October, 2021

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How to Find Competitor Pricing Information (5 Key Sources)

Crayon

Picture this: You’re a sales rep at an email marketing software company. One day, you hop on a discovery call with a prospect. As you’re chatting with them about their goals, they say this: “Easy automation is really the key here. In order to hit my targets, I need to send a ton of emails, and I just don’t have that much time on my hands these days.

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Competitor Intelligence Doesn’t Get the Job Done

Cipher

Competitive intelligence (CI) plays a critical role in enabling organizations to be successful. But let’s be clear: a singular focus on tracking a predefined set of known competitors is checking the box and far from what is needed to effectively compete in today’s marketplace.

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Be the Best – 9 Ways to Market Your Business with Big Data

Smart Data Collective

Big data technology has been a highly valuable asset for many companies around the world. Countless companies are utilizing big data to improve many aspects of their business. Some of the best applications of data analytics and AI technology has been in the field of marketing. Data-Driven Marketing is More Important than Ever. The competition out there is fierce, so it is vital that you find ways to make your business stand out from the crowd.

Business 345
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Stockouts and Over-Stocking Affecting Your Revenue? Here’s the Solution

Intelligence Node

Inventory Optimization Techniques to Avoid Out-of-Stocks & Excess Inventory Costs Content Summary : What are Stockouts and Overstocking and Why Monitor Them? The True Business Cost of Stockouts & Overstocking Balancing the Trade-Offs between OOS & Excess Inventory 3 Common But Preventable Causes of Stockouts Solve Inventory Problems Before They Become a Problem We don’t […].

Business 197
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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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Potential of OSINT for National Security Not Being Maximized

ArchIntel

ArchIntel™ -. Harry Kemsley , president of national security and government at Janes, argued in an opinion piece for The Hill that open source intelligence is at the apex of transforming how national security organizations conduct intelligence analysis. Despite its wide availability and potential as a resource for real-time indications and warnings, OSINT remains unexploited to its fullest extent, Kemsley said.

Security 194
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5 Signs You Need Sales Experience Analysis

Primary Intelligence

In a recent study, 36% of buyers said that a losing vendor could’ve won the deal by making a change in during the buying process. Most often, buyers described missteps in the sales experience as the reason for lost business – even above price or product features. However, according to a study by Gartner1, sellers will often blame their losses on pricing and feature issues, or claim it as an accident and credit their wins to their own heroics.

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The State of Competitive Intelligence: Q2 2021

Cipher

Welcome to the State of Competitive Intelligence Update, a quarterly report from the Knowledge360® team at Cipher. Today we're sharing the latest insights from the world of Competitive Intelligence (CI).

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4 Reasons to Hire a Data Science Company

Smart Data Collective

1.145 trillion megabytes! Unbelievably, this is the amount of data that was created every day in 2021. That’s a lot of data and a lot of work for experts working in the field of data science services. Amidst growing competition, businesses are under increasing pressure to come up with unique and more cost-effective ways to manufacture and market their products.

Knowledge 333
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Stockouts and Over-Stocking Affecting Your Revenue? Here’s the Solution

Intelligence Node

Inventory Optimization Techniques to Avoid Out-of-Stocks & Excess Inventory Costs Content Summary : What are Stockouts and Overstocking and Why Monitor Them? The True Business Cost of Stockouts & Overstocking Balancing the Trade-Offs between OOS & Excess Inventory 3 Common But Preventable Causes of Stockouts Solve Inventory Problems Before They Become a Problem We don’t […].

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CI Sources for Monitoring Competitors

ArchIntel

ArchIntel™ -. In a recent blog post, Mackenzie Colcord , a content marketing and community specialist at Crayon, identified sources of competitive intelligence that companies can use to keep track of industry rivals. First on her list are competitor websites. According to Colcord, these sites can inform companies of their rivals’ priorities, targets and overall business direction.

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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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How to Engage & Recruit Great Passive Candidates

Zoominfo

Most organizations know how to recruit active candidates. But when active candidates aren’t the right fit, how do you search beyond those already in the job market? Passive candidates with job security and a strong track record are traditionally more challenging to recruit. However, things are changing in the post-pandemic economy. According to CNBC , one in four workers is considering quitting their job.

Travel 147
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6 Brand Message Examples That’ll Spark Your Creativity

Crayon

All successful companies have brand messaging that is clever, strategic, and relevant to their target audiences.

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How to Build a Competitive Intelligence Deliverable

Cipher

In the competitive intelligence (CI) process, one of the most important aspects is building an effective CI deliverable that decision makers can act upon. No matter how robust the underlying data might be, or how insightful the intelligence is, it will all be for nothing if the CI deliverable isn’t built effectively for the stakeholder it is presented to.

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Using Machine Learning to Improve Cryptocurrency Mining Profitability

Smart Data Collective

Satoshi Nakamoto introduced the world to bitcoin in 2008. Many people speculated that the virtual currency would never gain traction and become extinct. However, it has grown faster than even some of the staunchest supporters originally predicted. Advances in AI and machine learning technology have been important in setting the trend for bitcoin. It’s been over a decade since the cryptocurrencies were introduced to the world and since it has become increasingly popular.

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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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Competitor highlights: Leidos

FedSavvy

Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos is a technology, engineering and science solutions and services provider serving the defense, intelligence, civil and health markets. The company consists of 43,000 employees and reported revenues of approximately $12.3 billion in FY2020, an increase of $1.2 billion (11%) compared to FY2019. Originally formed in 2013 when SAIC Inc. separated its system integration business into a new company – Leidos.

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Samsung Envisions More Resilient 5G Networks With AI-Human Collaboration

ArchIntel

ArchIntel™ -. Multinational electronics company Samsung said on it website that while the world is more connected than ever before, there remains a need to make customers’ experiences with their devices more seamless and consistent. Today, the market demands that network operators offer constant access to millions of devices while supporting enormous data flows without failure, a major challenge for any company.

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How To Build Your Go-To-Market Strategy

Zoominfo

It’s the day of a new product launch. You’ve got butterflies, your team is excited and you know your customers are going to be impressed. Launching a new product stirs excitement for any company, regardless of size. Introducing each new solution is a milestone for a brand’s continuous growth and success. And for that launch’s success, it’s crucial to set goals, plan future steps, and obtain a competitive advantage.

Marketing 147
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12 Sales Enablement Assets & Materials That Win Deals

Crayon

Making cold calls. Running demos. Persuading decision-makers.

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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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Manual Data Collection vs. Automated Monitoring

Cipher

The collection and organization of high-quality data is foundational to the success of any Market and Competitive Intelligence (M/CI) effort. Without data, organizations cannot perform analysis to guide their decision making, and will effectively be stumbling around in a dark room, blind to valuable insights and information that could help them improve their products, services, and business models.

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Important Steps to Take to Address the Bias in AI

Smart Data Collective

We mentioned previously that bias is a big problem in machine learning that has to be mitigated. People need to take important steps to help mitigate it for the future. Regardless of how culturally, socially, or environmentally aware people consider themselves to be, bias is an inherent trait that everyone has. We are naturally attracted to facts that confirm our own beliefs.

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GSA FEDSIM…who buys from them and what do they buy?

FedSavvy

The Federal Systems Integration and Management Center ( FEDSIM ) provides assisted acquisition services for federal agencies. Housed within the U.S. General Services Administration’s (GSAs) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) – Office of Assisted Acquisition Services (AAS), FEDSIM consists of nearly 300 employees, providing acquisition, financial, and project management support for the full acquisition life cycle.

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Human Insights Key to Successful COVID-Era Digital Transformation

ArchIntel

ArchIntel™ -. The COVID-19 pandemic has seen businesses worldwide migrating a huge part of their operations online. This trend holds true whether the company is engaged in financial services, health care systems, apparel, fitness or even the retail of basic necessities. However, an article on Forbes Magazine argues that the key to successful online working remains the constant oversight provided by the human employee.

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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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Six Ways to Put Enterprise Sales in the Fast Lane

Zoominfo

“Enterprise sales” and “fast” are two terms that don’t often go together. Once you start selling into the enterprise world, you’re greeted with more complex processes, more decision-makers, and slower-churning gears. But the rewards are substantial, as these large companies — often with $1 billion or more in revenue and thousands of employees — can lead to large annual contract values.

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Product Marketing Spotlight Series: Jaime Singson

Crayon

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CILIP's Research Report: Should librarians embrace AI and learn how to code?

Vable

He had wondered, as had most people at one time or another, precisely why an android bounced helplessly about when confronted by an empathy-measuring test. Empathy, evidently, existed only within the human community, whereas intelligence to some degree could be found throughout every phylum and order including the arachnida.

Learning 144
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AI Advances Help Contextual Targeted Advertising Strengthen Branding

Smart Data Collective

Artificial intelligence has become essential to modern marketing. Companies are finding newer, more creatives ways to integrate AI into their marketing strategies. This goes for both brand and performance marketing. AI can be useful in both online and offline marketing, but it tends to have greater efficacy in regards to online marketing strategies.

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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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Top 15 Consumer Trends in 2021 and Beyond

Netbasequid

There are many new consumer trends taking shape over the past 18 months – some were inevitable, and others were accelerated by COVID. But which consumer trends are the most crucial to monitor as you map out marketing campaigns to round out 2021 and beyond? We have 15 consumer trends here that are likely to have the most impact and opportunity for brands below!

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Rubrik Recruiting Director of Competitive Intelligence

ArchIntel

ArchIntel™ -. Rubrik is currently searching for a qualified individual to serve as the company’s director of competitive intelligence, for placement in its offices in San Francisco, California. The recruitment effort tries to fill a key vacancy in the product management and marketing team so the next hiree can expect to play a crucial role in developing the company’s market intelligence organization.

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Business Development vs. Sales: Getting the Best of Both Worlds

Zoominfo

The business world is full of terms that sound similar but carry different meanings — the kind of terms that newcomers (and those who should know better) are prone to trip on. You can add “business development vs. sales” to that long list. Sales is, well, sales: bringing your product to your target market. Business development can concern anything your company does to expand its market reach.

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Compete Like You Mean It: Taking Crayon’s Brand—and Competitive Intelligence—to New Heights

Crayon

For the second time this year, allow us to kick off a blog post with our favorite declaration:

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What Questions Are Brands Asking About Their ESG Initiatives Ahead of 2024?

Temperatures are rising (and not just metaphorically) as key stakeholders anxiously anticipate the outcomes of COP28. While companies reconsider their 2024 environmental sustainability strategies, there is another aspect of ESG that deserves exploring, the social sector. In the latest edition of "Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Sagittarius Edition", 3BL hones in on this sign’s bold quality of asking questions others are burning to know the answers to.