JF Bélisle https://jfbelisle.com Artificial Intelligence Applied to Hospitality Tue, 06 Jun 2017 02:50:56 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 The Battle of Web Analytics Solutions in 2013 https://jfbelisle.com/battle-web-analytics-solutions-2013/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=battle-web-analytics-solutions-2013 https://jfbelisle.com/battle-web-analytics-solutions-2013/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:50:43 +0000 https://jfbelisle.com/?p=2296 I’m loudly claiming that 2013 will be a great year for web analytics solutions! Actually, that’s my two cents on this market I’m monitoring on an everyday basis from both a selling and a practical perspective. So why 2013 should be a great year? Each of the top 4 web analytics solutions in North America ... Read more

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]]> https://jfbelisle.com/battle-web-analytics-solutions-2013/feed/ 5 The 10 Most Hi-Tech Cities in the World https://jfbelisle.com/the-10-most-hi-tech-cities-in-the-world/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-10-most-hi-tech-cities-in-the-world https://jfbelisle.com/the-10-most-hi-tech-cities-in-the-world/#comments Fri, 22 Jun 2012 03:16:14 +0000 http://jfbelisle.wordpress.com/?p=7 When asked the question “which are the top 10 hi-tech cities in the world?”, even the most “tech savvy” candidates tend to have a hard time comparing and/or imagining what is happening on the other side of the globe. In this way, the question is worth asking, and frankly, is far from easy to answer. ... Read more

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]]> https://jfbelisle.com/the-10-most-hi-tech-cities-in-the-world/feed/ 9 What is Big Data? From Bytes to Petabytes https://jfbelisle.com/big-data-bytes-petabytes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=big-data-bytes-petabytes https://jfbelisle.com/big-data-bytes-petabytes/#comments Fri, 22 Jun 2012 03:16:13 +0000 https://jfbelisle.com/?p=2225 This post is the first of a series of posts related to Big Data, since I thought it was worth going in-depth with this topic. Big Data is a big word, a big buzzword, some might even call it big bullshit, since many components revolving around Big Data, and especially the ones on the analytics/methodology ... Read more

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]]> https://jfbelisle.com/big-data-bytes-petabytes/feed/ 2 Retailer – Real Basket Value in Retailing https://jfbelisle.com/retailer-real-basket-price/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=retailer-real-basket-price https://jfbelisle.com/retailer-real-basket-price/#respond Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:40:20 +0000 https://jfbelisle.com/?p=2145 Extreme couponing is not only one of these weird shows on TLC, it’s also more and more a way of living for many households. Since January is generally one of the months where households spend less and are looking to save money in opposition to the bloody months of November and December, I thought it ... Read more

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]]> https://jfbelisle.com/retailer-real-basket-price/feed/ 0 An Overview of QR Codes: From Web Analytics Tracking to Advertising to Grandma https://jfbelisle.com/an-overview-of-qr-codes-from-web-analytics-tracking-to-advertising-to-grandma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-overview-of-qr-codes-from-web-analytics-tracking-to-advertising-to-grandma https://jfbelisle.com/an-overview-of-qr-codes-from-web-analytics-tracking-to-advertising-to-grandma/#respond Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:19:24 +0000 https://jfbelisle.com/?p=1837 During the last year, QR codes have popped up from everywhere around me as well as in most marketing circles in North America. However, for many people, QR codes still remain a mystery. This post is a humble attempt to decorticate what QR codes really are, both from a customer’s and an advertiser’s perspective. A ... Read more

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]]> https://jfbelisle.com/an-overview-of-qr-codes-from-web-analytics-tracking-to-advertising-to-grandma/feed/ 0 An Introduction to Data Mining for Marketing and Business Intelligence https://jfbelisle.com/an-introduction-to-data-mining-for-marketing-and-business-intelligence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-introduction-to-data-mining-for-marketing-and-business-intelligence https://jfbelisle.com/an-introduction-to-data-mining-for-marketing-and-business-intelligence/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:45:35 +0000 https://jfbelisle.com/?p=1810 I spent the last few weeks digging deeper into time series-related methods and data mining methods. For this post, I have decided to write a broad introduction related to the latter (data mining), since it may look more practical and also trendier than time-series (but watch out with the emergence of Particle Filtering and other ... Read more

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]]> https://jfbelisle.com/an-introduction-to-data-mining-for-marketing-and-business-intelligence/feed/ 7 My Top 10 Super Bowl Commercials for 2011 https://jfbelisle.com/my-top-10-superbowl-commercials-for-2011/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-top-10-superbowl-commercials-for-2011 https://jfbelisle.com/my-top-10-superbowl-commercials-for-2011/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 05:51:02 +0000 https://jfbelisle.com/?p=1706 I know the Super Bowl XLV is over since more than a full week and most of you must have been thinking in the last few days about the Valentine’s day or the Arcade Fire Grammy Award instead! I spent the last week grading some MBA projects so I was on a grading/rating mode and ... Read more

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]]> https://jfbelisle.com/my-top-10-superbowl-commercials-for-2011/feed/ 5 Budweiser Super Bowl Commercials and Bad Drivers https://jfbelisle.com/philosophy-of-life-and-budweiser-superbowl-ads/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=philosophy-of-life-and-budweiser-superbowl-ads https://jfbelisle.com/philosophy-of-life-and-budweiser-superbowl-ads/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 01:59:06 +0000 https://jfbelisle.com/?p=1675 About 10 days ago, it was Saturday January 22nd (generally you remember those dates), my girlfriend and I were driving en route for a beautiful snowshoe trip. Few minutes before arriving to our destination, a driver completely burned a red light at an intersection and drove right into the front left wheel of my girlfriend’s ... Read more

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]]> https://jfbelisle.com/philosophy-of-life-and-budweiser-superbowl-ads/feed/ 2 The World of Marketing is Changing – Three Types of Interconnected Marketing Revolutions https://jfbelisle.com/the-world-of-marketing-is-changing%e2%80%93three-types-of-interconnected-marketing-revolutions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-world-of-marketing-is-changing%25e2%2580%2593three-types-of-interconnected-marketing-revolutions https://jfbelisle.com/the-world-of-marketing-is-changing%e2%80%93three-types-of-interconnected-marketing-revolutions/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:57:24 +0000 https://jfbelisle.com/?p=1626 The right-wing is growing in popularity in the United States, Ben Ali is finally kicked out of Tunisia. Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Iceland are leaning toward bankruptcy, Fidel Castro will die soon, Duvalier is back in Haiti, and India and China are continuing to embrace capitalism. It smells change! It smells revolution! But what about ... Read more

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]]> https://jfbelisle.com/the-world-of-marketing-is-changing%e2%80%93three-types-of-interconnected-marketing-revolutions/feed/ 3 Worldwide Internet Penetration Rate Part 3 https://jfbelisle.com/worldwide-internet-penetration-rate-part-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=worldwide-internet-penetration-rate-part-3 https://jfbelisle.com/worldwide-internet-penetration-rate-part-3/#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 03:37:02 +0000 https://jfbelisle.com/?p=1532 2011 is officially started and I am back from my Holidays vacations as fresh as the Social Network movie on Rotten Tomatoes (97% of freshness while this post was published). Similarly to last year, I have decided to start the year with an update on the world Top 30 countries with the highest Internet penetration ... Read more

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