How Social Media Reveals the Hidden You

In 2012, U.S. companies spent $170 billion on direct marketing campaigns, yet the response rate was only around 2 percent.  To address this meager return, computer experts are using new approaches to profile individual users and do more efficient marketing online—especially through social media. The following video discusses these developments in greater detail.

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