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Marketers can use machine learning to solve tactical and strategic marketing problems, but they need to ensure the completeness of the data.
FREMONT, CA: Machine learning (ML) is a segment of artificial intelligence methods distinguished by the fact that it does not provide direct solutions to issues but instead trains systems to implement solutions.
There are numerous machine learning techniques, but they can be broadly divided into learning with a teacher and learning without a teacher.
When learning with a teacher, a person provides initial data to the machine in the form of situation–solution pairs. The machine learning system then analyses these combinations and learns to categorize conditions based on previously solved problems. So a system, for example, can start understanding when to mark incoming messages as spam.
Machine learning in online marketing
Marketers use machine learning to identify patterns in user behavior on a website. It enables them to predict future user behavior and quickly optimize advertising offers.
What is the potential of behavioral data?
A pattern in psychology is a specific set of behavioral reactions or a common set of actions. As a result, people can discuss patterns in any context where they use templates.
When numerous parameters are gathered, the data becomes valuable as it contains patterns of behavior and dependencies. It conceals the massive potential of behavioral data by enabling companies to supplement user data with missing parameters based on data from other users.
With complete gender and age data, users can now make personalized offers to every website visitor.
Why is machine learning effective in marketing?
The function of machine learning in marketing is to enable users to make quick decisions depending on large amounts of data. Marketers work according to the following algorithm: they generate hypotheses, test them, evaluate them, and analyze them. This work is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the results are sometimes inaccurate because information changes each second.
With machine learning, evaluation takes a few minutes, and the number of segments and behavior parameters is virtually limitless. As a result, machine learning helps to react to changes in traffic quality caused by advertising campaigns more quickly. As a result, users can spend more time developing hypotheses instead of performing routine tasks.
The significance of the results is determined by the relevance of the data used in the analysis. The value of data decreases as it becomes outdated. Analytical systems collect massive amounts of data every minute, which no human being can process. Machine learning systems are capable of processing numerous requests, organizing them, and delivering results in a prepared response to questions.