July, 2014

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Self-Service Business Intelligence for the Small and Medium Sized Business

Elegant BI

The concept of ‘self serve’ and ‘personalization’ is, I believe, an offshoot of the current state of technology, ease of access and ease-of-use. People are used to having information at their fingertips in a way that is meaningful to them, and serves their needs. Technology users are no longer willing to sacrifice personal requirements or accept a behemoth solution that suits 10% of their needs.

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Time Management: How Do Sales Reps Spend the Day?

Domo

Chris Harrington, Domo president, recently gave a presentation teaching sales leaders how to avoid “getting sold” by sales pros during the hiring process. The content has been hugely popular among sales leaders because of the practical yet simple approach Chris taught. Earlier this week, Chris posted a few of his favorite questions that help weed out the posers from the pack.

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Resolving “Object reference not set to an instance of an object.” Error When Deploying your Tabular Model

BI Insight

You’ve changed something in your Tabular model and you’re facing an ugly “Error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.” message, don’t rush. Just go to the table you’ve made some changes and click on “Partitions” button. Then click “Refresh Preview” button and click OK. All done! The post Resolving “Object reference not set to an instance of an object.” Error When Deploying your Tabular Model appeared first on BI Insight.

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Business and Analytical Considerations for Deriving Business Intelligence from Social Media Networks

Elegant BI

In our previous article, entitled ‘ The Provocative Possibilities of Combining Business Intelligence and Social Media ‘ , we talked in generalities about the opportunities of combining BI with Social Media to better leverage the potential of social media networks and internet marketing and to accurately measure the success of these programs and plan for the future.

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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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I Can Read Your Mind! You Want Balanced Scorecards and Great Corporate Performance Management!

Elegant BI

I Can Read Your Mind! You Want Balanced Scorecards and Great Corporate Performance Management! I may never have met you, but I know one thing about you! As a business person, I know that you believe in your organization! If you didn’t, you would not be in business. You wouldn’t be working so hard to achieve the goals of your company and your team.

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Hiring for Sales? How to Avoid Getting Sold by a Professional

Domo

Let’s face it: Most salespeople are good at interviewing. In my 25-plus years building sales teams, I’ve met the best of the best. And I’ve hired a few who I thought were going to be huge contributors, but they didn’t live up to the expectations. Hiring the wrong person can cost you 15 months and, as you know, that’s too much time to invest in people who don’t fit into your organization.

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BI – Managed Memory Computing is Superior to InMemory Computing

Elegant BI

Traditional business intelligence tools and corporate performance management solutions typically use an IO-based processing technique that makes the compilation and analysis of data a slow process. It limits processing and speed from hardware resources that use extensive IO to read and write to and from the disk. This challenge can be frustrating for users and for IT staff because it reduces productivity and can overwhelm systems during peak periods.

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Resolving “Object reference not set to an instance of an object.” Error When Deploying your Tabular Model

BI Insight

You’ve changed something in your Tabular model and you’re facing an ugly “Error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.” message, don’t rush. Just go to the table you’ve made some changes and click on “Partitions” button. Then click “Refresh Preview” button and click OK. All done! The post Resolving “Object reference not set to an instance of an object.” Error When Deploying your Tabular Model appeared first on BI Insight.

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Three Things to Consider When Streamlining Business Intelligence Reporting

Elegant BI

There are many other factors a business must consider when it elects to acquire or change reporting packages. In this article, we will focus on three of the most common problems a business faces in compiling, displaying and analyzing information to gain true business intelligence and create useful, clear reports and presentations. The problem with cookie cutter solutions is that every business has different requirements and reporting and business intelligence needs are as unique as each business

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Ten Business Intelligence Benefits Your Sales Team Cannot Afford to Be Without

Elegant BI

Successful sales force management is dependent on up-to-date, accurate information. With appropriate, easy access to business intelligence, a Sales Director and Sales Managers can monitor goals and objectives. But, that’s not all a business intelligence tool can do for a sales team. In today’s competitive market, marketing, advertising and sales teams cannot afford to wait to be outstripped by the competition.

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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.