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What is data analytics? Analyzing and managing data for decisions

CIO

What is data analytics? Data analytics is a discipline focused on extracting insights from data. It comprises the processes, tools and techniques of data analysis and management, including the collection, organization, and storage of data. The chief aim of data analytics is to apply statistical analysis and technologies on data to find trends and solve problems.

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6 Tips from the Experts On Driving Adoption of CI

Crayon

There’s a lot of things I should do. I should stretch in the morning. I should go to the dentist every six months. I should stay off Twitter for the rest of my life.

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Remove Your Rose Tinted Glasses: Data Visualizations Designed to Mislead

Datapine Blog

Table of Contents. 1) Misleading Data Visualization Examples. 2) How to Avoid Misleading Visuals. 3) The Impact Of Bad Data Visualizations. Nobody likes feeling manipulated in any way, shape, or form. But while that may be the case, people are duped by data visualizations every day. From political issues to sports statistics and the recent report you received on the ROI of your company blog, the internet as well as informational reports are flooded with examples of misleading data visualization.

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How to Use a ROAS Calculation to Optimize Your Ad Campaigns

SpyFu

If you’ve ever run a digital advertising campaign, you’ve likely run into the issue of not knowing if your campaign is performing well enough to make it worth the cost. To answer this question, some advertisers use click-through rate (CTR), some use impression count, others use CPA, and some use engagement stats to determine how effective their campaigns are.

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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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Using Continuous Intelligence to Identify Unmet Needs

Netbasequid

We aren’t mind readers, but consumers expect us to be. They want brands to infer what they want without having to spell it out. Luckily, continuous intelligence provides mind reading powers that facilitates meaningful insights to please any global consumer base. And this is good news, because consumers are fickle when it comes to their wants and desires, as these stats bear out: 92% of global consumers say that they don’t consider themselves brand loyal.

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How to conduct international market research: 4 methods for global insights

ATTEST

Are you planning on taking the world by storm with your new brand, product or service? Do some international market research first, to make sure you understand the nuances of different global markets, and create a comprehensive picture of your new target market. You could use international market research to get a clear picture of the risks and business opportunities that lie ahead in countries you plan to export or expand to.

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3 Data Team Time Sinks and How to Solve Them

Dataversity

Unlocking value from data is a journey. It involves investing in data infrastructure, analysts, scientists, and processes for managing data consumption. Even when data operations teams progress along this journey, growing pains crop up as more users want more data. The problems can spike quickly or grow subtly over time. You don’t have to grin […].

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How To Avoid Life Insurance Fraud

Wink Intel

Inflation, exacerbated by the military conflict in Ukraine, and countered by Federal Reserve Bank monetary tightening, has been pushing up interest rates, particularly the last few months. Moody’s Investor Service reports inflation and rising interest rates are a benefit for life insurers, whose bond yields and investment income are rising, and whose spread-based product margins are widening.

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1 Percent Better: How to Have Tough Conversations

Zoominfo

Recently, I was in a meeting with some of our sales development reps and one of them asked me: “What is your definition of leadership?” I paused, not being immediately ready with an answer, which is a little out of character for me. I realized that I hadn’t taken time to fully articulate how I feel about leadership, running a company, or what has made ZoomInfo successful.

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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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Which Vegetable Is The Best? The Apple Or The Orange?

Wink Intel

There are a few annuity and life insurance social media groups in which I am a “group expert.” These social media chat groups are closed groups that are only available to financial professionals where they can ask questions and comment on ideas and strategies that are working for them. It is also a forum for which other financial professionals can respond to the feedback and strategies communicated.

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Hit The Road To Get The Latest In Life Insurtech And Underwriting Innovations

Wink Intel

Industry conferences are back! I just returned from a two week business trip. First I flew to Tampa to attend the LIMRA Life Insurance Conference at the end of April. I was then invited by the National Brokerage Agencies (NBA) to speak at their Spring Conference in Dallas. From there, I flew to Denver to attend the Association of Home Office Underwriters (AHOU) Annual Conference.

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In A World Full Of Volatility, Give Your Client Certainty

Wink Intel

Volatility is the word of the day. For so many years, economic news has followed a predictable trend—the markets are up, inflation is low, prices are stable, etc. There was comfort in that predictability. Sure, there were the occasional spikes in gas prices and rough days in the market, but our 401(k) statements generally looked good and we didn’t gasp when we went to the gas station to fill up. .

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Planning For Special Needs: Overcoming The “Atlas Syndrome” With Life Insurance

Wink Intel

Nearly one-fifth of all Americans—more than 54 million—have a physical, sensory or intellectual disability, according to the National Organization on Disability. 1 Many of them are children. While the definition and severity of the disability may vary, parents and caregivers of children with special needs are invaluable to their daily well being—providing medical, emotional, social, financial or learning assistance.

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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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Happy Annuity Awareness Month

Wink Intel

Years ago, I was able to get a proclamation signed by my then-governor Terry Branstad, to declare June as Annuity Awareness Month. In celebration of that, I wanted to post some content that I created, to help consumers, journalists, regulators, etc. to understand the basics of annuities. Click HERE for Annuities 101. -sjm . The post Happy Annuity Awareness Month appeared first on Wink.

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Traditional universal life is withering on the vine, says Wink CEO

Wink Intel

As traditional universal life insurance sales continue to plummet thanks to low interest rates and carriers exiting the business, “it is heartbreaking to see a product wither on the vine, the way traditional UL has,” said Sheryl Moore, president and CEO of Wink, Inc. Fixed UL sales for the first quarter were $107.4 million, down 21.4% compared to the previous quarter and down 10.9% as compared to the same period last year, according to Wink’s Sales and Market Report.

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NAIC Rejects Need for Federal Help With Private Equity-Owned Life Insurers

Wink Intel

A group for state insurance regulators has told Sen. Sherrod Brown that its members are well-equipped to oversee the private equity firms that now own many U.S. life insurers. State regulators are not seeking help from Washington with monitoring those private equity firm owners, the officers of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners wrote in a public letter sent to Brown earlier this week.

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