December, 2021

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Recapping the Society of Insurance Research Annual Conference 2021

Cipher

This fall, the Society of Insurance Research (SIR) hosted their 51st annual conference, bringing together leaders from across the insurance industry. And as we approach winter, we’re still making our way through all the valuable content presented at the conference. The conferences co-chairs Neelam Paharia with Allstate and Lori Schoenberger with Amerisure did a fantastic job curating an agenda that delivered.

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Positioning vs. Messaging: An Easy Guide

Crayon

We’ve all found ourselves lured by the siren song of some irresistible silver bullet.

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How To Use Data For Smarter Business Decisions

Smart Data Collective

Big data technology has become an invaluable asset to so many organizations around the world. There are a lot of benefits of utilizing data technology, such as improving financial reporting, forecasting marketing trends and efficient human resource allocation. It is crucial to business growth , as companies transition to more digital business models.

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The Importance of Video Content in Days of Uncertainty

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Whatever misgivings people had about video content integrations in our daily lives before the pandemic, we can safely say they are long gone now. As many of us were compelled to find out, video content can help simplify and improve our lives in many ways. Not just as a welcome source of entertainment and distraction, but also a powerful tool to facilitate our work, learning, and even the way we communicate and relate to one another.

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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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Dyson’s AI Success Story: A New DTC Playbook for Consumer Brands

Intelligence Node

Key Lessons from Dyson to Boost Your Direct-To-Consumer Retail Growth Content Summary : Why Dyson’s DTC Strategy Works Take Back Control of Your Brand’s Online Presence How Digitally Advanced Brands Use AI as a Differentiation Strategy How to be a DTC Trailblazer in 2022 Futureproof your Digital Growth with Dyson’s Data Best Practices The strongest […].

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Getting Started with Knowledge360®

Cipher

If you’re in the process of evaluating different Market and Competitive Intelligence (M/CI) platforms, two of the most important variables to consider are what your implementation and rollout processes will involve. CI platforms are complex, and without the right guidance, you risk delaying the benefits of your new software and possibly the reputation of your CI team.

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A CI Pro's Guide to Helping Content Teams Thrive In 2022

Crayon

Blogs. E-books. White papers. Reports. The list goes on and on.

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Python for Business: Optimize Pre-Processing Data for Decision-Making

Smart Data Collective

The rise of machine learning and the use of Artificial Intelligence gradually increases the requirement of data processing. That’s because the machine learning projects go through and process a lot of data, and that data should come in the specified format to make it easier for the AI to catch and process. Likewise, Python is a popular name in the data preprocessing world because of its ability to process the functionalities in different ways.

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4 Unskippable Social Rituals for Remote Teams

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Remote work has thrown up a lot of new challenges for teams. Before, office life was dominated by connecting in person and being physically present. This enabled work to get done and allowed an easy pathway to socialize. A coffee chat here, team lunch there, after-work drinks, and a host of activities can be efficiently planned as most people share a common factor – the office.

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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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Competitor Highlight: Sev1Tech

FedSavvy

You may have noticed Sev1Tech ’s recent M&A fueled evolution in utilizing funding from private equity owners. This blog provides a short overview into the Sev1Tech’s latest key hires, acquisitions, and new customer footprint. Founded in 2010, Sev1Tech began as a data center consolidation and relocation consulting firm. The business has greatly expanded its offering to include providing enterprise IT, cyber security, cloud services, engineering, C5ISR, fielding, training, and program support

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What’s New at ZoomInfo: Buying Committees, Email Templates, Candidate Filters

Zoominfo

At ZoomInfo, we’re constantly working behind the scenes to improve our product so that you can continue to grow your business. With every update, we prioritize helping you understand each new feature and how it can be of use to you and your team. That’s why we’re introducing “What’s New at ZoomInfo,” a quick monthly overview of the latest and greatest updates across the ZoomInfo platform.

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Are You Using Email to Manage Third Party CI Vendors?

Cipher

For decades, email has been central to the way we work and communicate. Professionals all over the world use email to share updates, schedule meetings, consume information, and much, much more. It’s no stretch to say that for many of us, working without using email would be close to impossible.

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Product Marketing Spotlight Series: Elizabeth Brophy

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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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Data-Driven Marketing Strategies to Supercharge eCommerce Businesses

Smart Data Collective

Big data has become a highly invaluable aspect of modern business. More companies are using sophisticated data analytics and AI tools to overhaul their business models. Some industries have become more dependent on big data than others. The e-commerce sector has been one of the most affected by major advances in data technology. Smart e-commerce entrepreneurs are utilizing big data to address many of the problems they are facing.

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How To Use Zoom Backgrounds Effectively: 7 Best Practices

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Your Zoom background creates a strong impression of you. This can be professional or otherwise depending on your choice of real or virtual background. With the right background, you’ll feel a lot more confident while broadcasting from your home or office. Backgrounds also come with a wide range of additional benefits, such as: They keep your private spaces private They can be a great icebreaker They help you project a professional appearance They create a feeling of calm/fun They minimize distra

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Hybrid Tables, Incremental Refresh and Table Partitioning in Power BI

Paul Turnley

The December 2021 Power BI Desktop update introduced a long-awaited upgrade to the partitioning and Incremental Refresh feature set. The update introduces Hybrid Tables, a new Premium feature that combines the advantages of in-memory Import Mode storage with real-time DirectQuery data access; this is a big step forward for large model management and real-time analytic reporting.

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Conversational Marketing: How Chat Can Turn Visitors into Buyers

Zoominfo

Marketing teams spend a huge amount of time and money to find out what motivates their prospective customers. When a prospect finally lands on your website, those efforts have reached a critical moment: you have their attention, and it’s time to build a relationship. But too many campaigns are still using an approach that treats all visitors the same.

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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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Breaking Down the Pricing Models of CI Software

Cipher

If you’re in the process of selecting the right Competitive Intelligence (CI) software for your organization, you know there are many variables to consider. You’ll need to think through how easy the software will be to implement in your organization, the benefits the technology can offer your team, and the data sources you can leverage to generate insights.

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Using Win Loss Analysis: Product

Primary Intelligence

As a product developer, knowing the needs and desires of your buyers can mean everything to making and keeping your product relevant in your marketplace. If your internal vision deviates from the needs of the market, eventually your product will be surpassed by competitors may drift into irrelevancy. There are several ways a product leader can use win loss analysis to keep your offerings in line with buyer needs.

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Data-Driven SEO Strategies Are Essential for Your Small Business

Smart Data Collective

Big data has become invaluable to many businesses around the country. A growing number of business owners are investing in data-driven marketing strategies. One of the biggest ways that big data can help your business reach more customers is through SEO. Earlier this summer, we talked about the approaches to data-driven SEO. However, there are a lot of benefits from the business side that you have to understand as well.

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2021 – Mention’s Year in Review

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Table of Contents: 50% of marketers globally have turned to Social Listening Social Listening is a necessity for business in 2022. 50% of marketers globally have turned to Social Listening. Mention is celebrating its 10 year anniversary this year. It may seem like nearly a century in software years. But we promise to continue to innovate to deliver a solution that meets the needs of your ever-changing industry.

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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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Competitive Intelligence is Key to Effective Strategic Management

ArchIntel

ArchIntel™ -. Businesses cannot survive without an objective or direction, nor can they remain viable without long-term goals , a recent article on Contify’s website said. Author Malay Mehrotra emphasized that any organization that wants to thrive will need planning and strategy. The author said that to develop a business strategy at any level of an organization, and to see it through fruition, requires a strong grasp of one’s own products or services, an understanding of global tren

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Send a pre-demo survey

Zoominfo

Scenario You’ve scheduled a demo and want to make sure that people show up for it. Send out a qualification survey ahead of the demo meeting. You’ll see a huge increase in show rate for those who take it and know more about them before you meet. If someone spends time filling out the survey, they’re both interested in the product and invested in the process.

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The State of Competitive Intelligence: Q3 2021

Cipher

Welcome to the State of Competitive Intelligence Update, a quarterly report from the team at Cipher. Today, we’re discussing the latest insights from the world of Market and Competitive Intelligence (M/CI), and sharing how leading organizations around the world are using the Knowledge360 ? platform to advance their CI efforts.

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Using Win Loss Analysis: Customer Experience

Primary Intelligence

Most often when people think of win loss analysis, they think of the sales process. But win loss analysis has tremendous benefits on the customer success side of a buyer’s journey. It is not uncommon for the sense of urgency to dip once the deal is done. Using buyer feedback throughout the customer experience helps delivery ensure they are fulfilling on the expectations of the customer.

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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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Good UX Design Principles Must Be Predicated on Big Data

Smart Data Collective

Meta Description: Having a website and/or mobile app is important for your business success. That is why you have to know the good UX design principles. Continue to read this blog post for more important details. Big data technology has transformed the web design and e-commerce professions in recent years. It is no longer possible to rely on artistic abilities or even coding skills alone.

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Engage3: A Year in Review

Engage3

2021 has been a crazy year in the world of Retail pricing. As we write this, our inflation tracker is showing Year-Over-Year price increases of nearly 10%, promotion frequency declines of over 5% and promotion depth of discount reductions well over 10%. Despite the turbulent environment, 2021 was a year of unprecedented growth for Engage3. We are incredibly proud of how our team grew, adapted, and supported our partners to track and optimize their Price Image.

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Competitive Intelligence Can Support Businesses of All Sizes

ArchIntel

ArchIntel™ -. Businesses have been allocating large budgets for competitive intelligence , information-gathering and analysis services to help them gain a better understanding of the competitive landscape. Competitive intelligence helps both large corporations and small- and medium-sized businesses to grow and gain an advantage over others in the same playing field.