You know how to code, craft products and launch them. But you’re out of ideas! Here is how programmers find startup ideas. — As a programmer, you are fortunate to be in a position where you literally can create a product or service out of nothing and go to market. …

No matter if you’re a digital marketer, data analyst or growth hacker — getting data from an API is a super-power. This is how you can get data from an API without being a developer or knowing programming. — If you identify as a digital marketer, growth hacker, growth marketer, or any combination of these, you are using data every day to get insights and evaluate what you do. …

Understanding link tracking is essential knowledge in digital marketing. Still, when talking to digital marketers, I notice a lot of confusion and missed opportunities for insights. That’s why I decided to write this in-depth guide to link tracking. — The essence of link tracking is to measure the amount of traffic one source drives to a destination, through a link. To be able to leverage the power of what is possible, it is critical to understand the fundamentals.

To be a successful growth hacker, or a marketer in the digital world, you need to be tech-savvy. Learn how to leverage the power of APIs for without programming. This is how you automate link tracking using the Bitly API. — Link tracking is essential to evaluate your marketing effort. When you are not in control of the destination where you drive traffic, it is not always you have access to analytics tools. With link tracking, you can measure how many have clicked on a particular link.

Are you looking for the next thing to learn to advance your skill as a software developer? Maybe you’re considering to dig into that new functional language? Or that new front-end framework? …

Having a job where it is possible to work occasionally from a remote location is an amazing privilege. Call it ‘remote work’ or ‘workation/workcation’, it is a great way to get away from daily chores, break routines, get inspired and an opportunity to focus. …

Soon the holidays starts, and I wondered if I could tell by looking at data from Instagram. Can we see a significant difference in the usage of holiday-related emojis and hashtags? Let’s find out! To facilitate execution of global, large-scale influencer marketing campaigns at Relatable we rely a lot on…

In the last week of April 2015, Instagram added support for using emoji characters in hashtags. Shortly after that, the 🍆-hashtag was banned. Apparently, there was more to the eggplant than tomato, cheese, and recipes… Let’s see what the data tells us about emoji hashtags today! — In the last article I looked at the unexpected usage of filters. This time I’ve looked at the quite special usage of emoji hashtags on Instagram. Not only is it a way to tag a post with emotion, some of them act as something resembling a portal to a secret…

What do dogs and beards have in common? The same filter! And do you know which filter is the least likely to be used in Venezuela? — I’ve continued my exploration of data related to filter usage among the most successful Instagram accounts. In the previous article I looked at, among other things, filter popularity and how filter usage correlated to the number of followers. …