July, 2018

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10 Webinar Metrics to Measure Success

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B2B marketers have embraced many new strategies to cut through the influx of content in our increasingly digital landscape. Yet, many tried-and-true marketing strategies continue to generate results. Among such strategies, webinars come out on top. Webinars are live or prerecorded online events, used to teach attendees about a specific topic or service.

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Did you say $5.15 a mile?

DC Velocity

That's right. A mid-July haul from Spokane, Wash. to Key West, Fla. fetched that princely sum. That doesn't include a fuel surcharge equal to 22 percent of the rate.

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Analytics for Retail Can Help You Achieve Your Goals!

Elegant BI

Why Does My Retail Business Need Self-Serve Business Intelligence? Today’s retail market is more diverse and complex than ever before. Brick and mortar stores compete for revenue against global and online retailers. Perhaps the greatest challenge is to sustain profit margins in a market where profit margins are traditionally small and shrinking rapidly.

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Quick Tips: Keyboard Shortcuts/Hotkeys When Writing DAX in Power BI Desktop

BI Insight

Keyboard shortcuts is an interesting topic for developes that can really improve your report development in Power BI Desktop. In this post I show you some keyboard shortcuts/hotkeys when writing DAX in Power BI Desktop. Indend right: Ctrl + ] Indent left: Ctrl + [ Mini-tip: You can also indent your code to ther … Continue reading Quick Tips: Keyboard Shortcuts/Hotkeys When Writing DAX in Power BI Desktop.

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Are Your Impact Comms Resonating With Stakeholders?

Whether your organization is at the start of its sustainability and impact journey or years into it, many brands share a common concern: the uncertainty of whether they are sending stakeholders mixed messages. Creating content that speaks to your audience's “love language” can be a tricky dance. But, worry not! 3BL has put together tips to ensure that your content not only finds its rhythm but also resonates with your target audiences.

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The Guide to Instagram Influencer Marketing: 4 Benchmarking Tips for Marketers

Digimind

If you are a social media marketer, chances are you have considered tapping into the power and clout of Instagram influencers. But before you rush into your next Instagram influencer marketing campaign, check out how you can benchmark and identify the most effective and relevant one for your brand. The post The Guide to Instagram Influencer Marketing: 4 Benchmarking Tips for Marketers appeared first on Digimind Blog.

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18 Jokes for Recruiters and Hiring Managers

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We get it, recruiting can be tough—especially in today’s competitive hiring market. The reality is, as a recruiter, you’re competing with thousands of other recruiters for the same batch of high-quality candidates. In any given day, a recruiter must focus on building strong relationships with both job seekers and hiring managers and put in the effort to stay organized, keep track of scheduling information, minute candidate details, and hiring preferences.

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The Rainmakers

DC Velocity

For our 2018 Rainmakers, success isn't just about fame and fortune. It's also about making a contribution to the logistics field and advancing the profession. We'll reveal one of our eight Rainmakers each day between now and next Monday. Check in daily to read our interviews with these thought leaders.

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Can Plug n’ Play Predictive Analytics Be Used in Hospitals?

Elegant BI

How Can Predictive Analysis Tools Help My Hospital or Healthcare Organization? Hospitals and healthcare systems are turning to predictive analytics tools to plan and forecast and understand what, when and how to support patients. Some hospitals use predictive analysis software to gather data and analysis the incidence of readmissions for patients presenting with critical health issues.

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Quick Tips: Comment/Uncomment Multiple Lines in DAX Scripts

BI Insight

There are lots of cases you may want to comment/uncomment multiple lines in DAX scripts. You can save lots of development time if you know the shortcuts. Here you go: Select multiple lines of code you want to comment Press Crtl+KC to comment those lines Press Ctrl+KU to uncomment commented lines Mini-tip: The shortcuts … Continue reading Quick Tips: Comment/Uncomment Multiple Lines in DAX Scripts.

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7 Strategies to Gather (and Actually Use) Competitive Intel from Employees

Leaders in competitive intel know that the employees who interact with customers and prospects every day hold valuable competitive insights that could help win sales. But they don’t have a good plan or system to gather, organize, and share these insights with the stakeholders who need them. In this eBook, we outline 7 strategies to make it easier to build and scale an employee sharing program that will drive competitive advantage.

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Capitalize User Reviews With These 5 Key Insights

Digimind

From brutally honest to ragingly hilarious, customer reviews are without a doubt a great source to get consumer opinions about a product or service prior to committing to a purchase. Research has found that 85% of consumers trust online reviews as much as personal recommendations. In fact, 68% of consumers will form an opinion about […]. The post Capitalize User Reviews With These 5 Key Insights appeared first on Digimind Blog.

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Better Buys’ Office Equipment Editor’s Choice Award – 3Q 2018

Better Buys

Better Buys has announced its 3Q 2018 Editor’s Choice Award winners for its office equipment devices. These winners represent the top manufacturers in the industry and were compiled from in-depth analysis of recently-released office equipment products. Each award recipient not only offered the greatest value and functionality but also exhibited unique features.

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6 Important Social Selling Mistakes to Avoid

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Social selling has quickly become one of the most popular and effective selling tactics. As social media platforms grew in popularity, businesses began to recognize how essential social media is to the sales process. Consider these statistics ( source ): 78% of salespeople using social media perform better than their peers. Social sellers generate 38% more new opportunities than traditional sellers. 62% of employees at large companies say social selling enables them to build stronger, more authe

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PX, I love you

DC Velocity

When the military expanded its online PX shopping privileges last fall, eager customers flooded its website with orders. New warehouse software and automated equipment helped its DCs cope with the deluge.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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BI Reporting Tool in Self-Serve Environment!

Elegant BI

Modern BI Solutions and Advanced Data Discovery for the Organization! Today’s modern BI solutions include Advanced Data Discovery tools in a self-serve environment that is easy enough for all business users. Every enterprise needs BI tools that can be used out-of-the-box. To meet the needs of the enterprise, your business users will need key performance indicator analytics (KPI software), and BI reporting software that is mobile and suitable for use on a desktop, laptop or smart phone.

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Quick Tips: Keyboard Shortcuts/Hotkeys When Writing DAX in Power BI Desktop

BI Insight

Keyboard shortcuts is an interesting topic for developes that can really improve your report development in Power BI Desktop. In this post I show you some keyboard shortcuts/hotkeys when writing DAX in Power BI Desktop. Indend right: Ctrl + ] Indent left: Ctrl + [ Mini-tip: You can also indent your code to ther … Continue reading Quick Tips: Keyboard Shortcuts/Hotkeys When Writing DAX in Power BI Desktop.

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How Should Your Company Be Monitoring Regulatory Changes?

Digimind

What does your company do to stay ahead of new and changing regulations? Is it consistently finding new methods and sources of monitoring? Every organisation should be able to answer these questions to ensure they keep up with today’s legislative landscape. In the wake of GDPR, it’s the perfect time to reevaluate the ways you […]. The post How Should Your Company Be Monitoring Regulatory Changes?

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6 Signs You Need A Computerized Maintenance Management System

Better Buys

Computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) have come a long way. They were once exclusive to the manufacturing industry but are now widely accepted in many organizations that have little or even nothing to do with manufacturing. Sports centers, shopping malls, airports, educational institutions, research centers and almost any kind of business you can imagine uses […].

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Maximize Productivity and Simplify IT Management with Conversational AI

ChatGPT has dominated boardroom conversations for months now. From drafting a stock trading program, to creating a SQL query to model data, there are practically no limits to the applications of the AI language model assistant. At ManageEngine, we have been working on our own AI-assistant, Zia. Zia is a fully-trained analytics assistant that can perform a range of functions such as creating and adding reports to dashboards, providing conversational support to data analysis, insight discovery, bu

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4 Tips for Selling to the Social Savvy Buyer

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We know B2B decision makers are using social media to inform their buying decisions. In fact, a recent study suggests that 91% of B2B buyers are active and involved in social media, while 75% are significantly influenced by social content when forming their buying decisions ( source ). But—as B2B marketers and sales professionals—we have a lot to learn about social selling.

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Multi-colored barcodes could store three times the data as black and white

DC Velocity

JAB-Code patterns will likely see applications in government ID documents before logistics, AIM says.

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What is Smart Data Visualization and Can it Make Business Users Smarter?

Elegant BI

Smart Data Visualization can radically improve your business intelligence, data discovery and analytics. It can streamline the work process of business users, improve the accuracy of planning and forecasting and ensure better, more timely, more accurate business decisions. What is Smart Data Visualization? Smart Visualization tools allow users to gather various data components and tell a story.

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Quick Tips: Comment/Uncomment Multiple Lines in DAX Scripts

BI Insight

There are lots of cases you may want to comment/uncomment multiple lines in DAX scripts. You can save lots of development time if you know the shortcuts. Here you go: Select multiple lines of code you want to comment Press Crtl+KC to comment those lines Press Ctrl+KU to uncomment commented lines Mini-tip: The shortcuts … Continue reading Quick Tips: Comment/Uncomment Multiple Lines in DAX Scripts.

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A Practical Guide to Business Intelligence Governance

Speaker: Marius Moscovici, CEO Metric Insights & Mike Smitheman, VP Metric Insights

While the proper governance of data is clearly critical to the success of any business intelligence organization, focusing on data governance alone is a huge mistake. Organizations continually fail to generate ROI on their governance initiatives because they are too narrow in scope. To be effective, Business Intelligence (BI) governance must cover both data and visualizations.

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The (not so) Secret Recipe of a Successful Digital Command Center | Socialize Singapore July 2018

Digimind

According to Forbes, data-driven marketing leaders are more than six times more likely than laggards to achieve competitive advantage in increasing profitability. With so much data readily available, marketers are hungry for real-time insights. But more is not always better. How should marketers structure data in order to make it relevant and actionable?

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ApplicantStack vs. PDS Vista: A Comparison of ATS Solutions

Better Buys

ApplicantStack and PDS Vista are two leading names in the applicant tracking system (ATS) market. Their capabilities allow businesses of all sizes to easily manage vacancy requisitions, interact with candidates, schedule interviews and create reports. While both automate the several processes associated with onboarding and recruiting, they aren’t the same.

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57 Essential Multichannel Marketing Statistics

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The world of B2B marketing underwent a dramatic transformation in recent years—and unfortunately for us marketers, we no longer have such rigid control of the buyer’s journey. Instead, we’re operating in a business environment dictated by the wants and needs of our customers. Think about it, the internet has given modern buyers an expansive list of options to choose from—what brands they buy from, what content they consume, which products they purchase, what channels they use, and so much more.

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What are buyers looking for in a WMS?

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New research offers insight into what distribution and supply chain professionals want when they go to purchase warehouse software.

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What Regulations Will Impact Sustainability Comms in 2024?

Navigating the waters of sustainability reporting disclosures and regulations can be intimidating, to say the least. With various measures set in motion in 2023 to keep companies accountable, there is a lot in store for brands’ impact communication in the upcoming year. 3BL is kicking off this January with our Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Capricorn Edition by highlighting the impact of: The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Climate disclosure rules The European Commission

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Data Governance and Self-Serve Data Discovery Tools!

Elegant BI

Data Discovery Tools and Data Governance: A Dynamite Combination! If your organization is planning to implement advanced analytics tools or to democratize the use of data discovery tools, your IT staff and senior management are probably concerned about losing control of data access and about data security. Data governance is a real concern and it should not be minimized but there is no reason to change course and decide against data democracy just to accommodate data governance.

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8 B2B Sales Appointment Setting Tricks

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There’s no doubt about it—appointment setting is an important aspect of B2B sales and business growth. Landing an in-person appointment with a key decision-maker provides salespeople with the opportunity to respond directly to a prospect’s needs and pain points. Yet, scheduling B2B sales appointments is no easy task. Let’s review why: Complex Buying Committees: Selling to businesses is much more complex than selling to individuals.

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The Beginner’s Guide to Agile Marketing

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As technology continues to grow and evolve, the needs of the modern customer are also changing. In an effort to meet those changing needs, marketers are ditching traditional marketing initiatives in favor of a more adaptive approach to marketing– also known as agile marketing. If you’re unfamiliar with agile marketing, it’s time to get on board. Implementing an agile strategy will help you increase marketing productivity, reduce your time-to-market, increase profits, and so much more.

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