Wed.Sep 08, 2021

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Pre-Call Planning: Why Sales Reps Need Competitive Intel

Crayon

Unless you’re subscribed to the Crayon blog, you’re most likely reading this because you Googled “pre-call planning.”. If that’s the case, you probably noticed that there are a lot of blog posts on this subject. You may have even read some of them. We read some of them, too, and after the third or fourth one, we were struck by a surprising realization: No one is talking about competitive intelligence.

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5 Potent Ways to Use Free Live Video Events for Lead Nurture

mention

Nurturing leads is still a challenge for businesses of every size. A recent survey from Demand Gen Report found that only 8% feel their lead nurture process is excellent – and many of the respondents there were from enterprises with large, dedicated marketing departments, mind you. It’s even harder for small businesses with a skeleton marketing crew. .

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How AI-Driven Data Analytics Tools Benefit Businesses and Organizations

Smart Data Collective

More and more businesses and organizations treat data as an essential asset. The importance of managing and leveraging data cannot be overestimated. The process of interpreting and analyzing data and putting it into context helps businesses and organizations make informed decisions, predict trends, anticipate expectations, improve security, optimize internal operations, and stay ahead of competitors.

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Competitor highlights: GovernmentCIO…M&A fueled and on the rise

FedSavvy

Headquartered in Washington DC, GovernmentCIO (“GovCIO”) is a private IT services company, providing services in IT modernization, digital solutions, analytics, cybersecurity, and management and advisory support. GovCIO’s portfolio also includes a Media & Research business, which runs a digital publication covering federal technology topics. With its recent acquisition of Salient CRGT, the combined company consists of more than 2,200 employees and FY2021 revenues of approximately $700 millio

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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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Fascinating Impact of Machine Learning on Streamlining App Development

Smart Data Collective

Machine learning has made app development much easier than ever, even for people without previous coding experience. Once upon a time, coding and developing seemed like it was something hard and far-fetched for anyone with no previous experience. Only those who studied software building, coding, and development could do this, but this isn’t the case anymore.

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Competitive Monitoring: Definition, Importance and Methods

Contify

The post Competitive Monitoring: Definition, Importance and Methods appeared first on Contify Market and Competitive Intelligence Platform - Blog.

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Winning the Page Speed Race: How to Turn Your Clunker of a Website Into a Race Car

Moz

Winning the page speed race requires the same things as winning a car race: making sure that your vehicle is as lightweight as possible, as powerful as possible, and that you navigate the racetrack as efficiently as possible.

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Can Business Users Really Use BI Tools?

Elegant BI

Don’t Leave Your Business Users Out in the Cold. Give Them BI Tools! Don’t underestimate your business users! They have market, domain and professional expertise that add value to the organization and, with the right BI tools and features, business users can gather, analyze and make decisions using data from all across the enterprise. You don’t have to leave the business intelligence and analytics efforts to IT or business analysts or data scientists.

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BusinessObjects in the Cloud – No Big Rush and No Big Deal

InfoSol

While we have definitely seen an acceleration in organizations using or moving operational applications to the cloud, Business Intelligence has lagged behind. Today, the majority of BusinessObjects customers use the product on premise and that will not change for a while. Why? Well firstly, if the main data warehouses, repositories, or application databases that BusinessObjects accesses are on premise, it makes no sense to move BusinessObjects to the cloud until you move its data sources to the

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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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Ep. 426 – SampleCon 2021 Highlights: Ted Pulsifer, Executive Vice President of Enterprise Solutions at Schlesinger Group

Happy Market

Welcome to the SampleCon 2021 Highlights Series. Recorded live in Pasadena, this series is bringing interviews straight to you from exhibitors, speakers and attendees at this year’s event. In this interview, host Jamin Brazil interviews Ted Pulsifer, Executive Vice President of Enterprise Solutions at Schlesinger Group. More about SampleCon 2021: [link].

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Case Study – Smarten Integrates R Scripting for Gujarat Environment Management Institute (GEMI) for Predictive Analysis

Elegant BI

Gujarat Environment Management Institute (GEMI) is an ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004, OHSAS 18001:2007 certified Autonomous Institute under the auspices of the Gujarat Forest Department agency. The GEMI charter supports the “Think Global, Act Local” concept and is integrally involved in the pursuit of environmental protection for India. The Client team is engaged in assuring sustainable development, and provides research to measure and gauge the impact of various human, economic and industrial ac

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Ep. 427 – SampleCon 2021 Highlights: Timothy McCarthy, General Manager at Imperium 

Happy Market

Welcome to the SampleCon 2021 Highlights Series. Recorded live in Pasadena, this series is bringing interviews straight to you from exhibitors, speakers and attendees at this year’s event. In this interview, host Jamin Brazil interviews Timothy McCarthy, General Manager at Imperium. More about SampleCon 2021: [link]. Find Timothy Online: LinkedIn: [link].

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Case Study – Augmented Analytics for India Software Services and Technology Company

Elegant BI

The Client has achieved a dynamic global presence as a Technology Consulting and Software Services Company and serves some of the largest fortune 500 companies around the world. The Client employs more than 1000 trained team members and professionals and offers a broad spectrum of IT services including Custom Application Development, Management and Re-Engineering, Backend Integration, Testing and Validation, Technology Evaluation and IT Service Management.

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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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Ep. 428 – SampleCon 2021 Highlights: Vignesh Krishnan, CEO of Research Defender

Happy Market

Welcome to the SampleCon 2021 Highlights Series. Recorded live in Pasadena, this series is bringing interviews straight to you from exhibitors, speakers and attendees at this year’s event. In this interview, host Jamin Brazil interviews Vignesh Krishnan, CEO of Research Defender. More about SampleCon 2021: [link]. Find Vignesh Online: LinkedIn: [link].

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Understanding ETL Tools as a Data-Centric Organization

Smart Data Collective

The ETL process is defined as the movement of data from its source to destination storage (typically a Data Warehouse) for future use in reports and analyzes. The data is initially extracted from a vast array of sources before transforming and converting it to a specific format based on business requirements. ETL is one of the most integral processes required by Business Intelligence and Analytics use cases since it relies on the data stored in Data Warehouses to build reports and visualizations

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Fixing gaps in business growth: Buying, Borrowing, and Building in GOVCON

FedSavvy

Businesses can encounter many barriers to entry when pursuing a contract. Whether it’s a lack of relevant past performance, technical capabilities, personnel with expertise, or experience with the customer…any business (including GOVCON!) seek solutions to such gaps. This challenge comes up in any number of situations, from Black Hat reviews, to market intelligence engagements and others.