Sat.Dec 26, 2020 - Fri.Jan 01, 2021

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Competitive Intelligence Priorities for the New Year from the Experts

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As we head into the New Year, many of us are deep in planning, strategy brainstorm sessions, and goal-setting. For competitive intelligence (CI) practitioners, there are many elements to building your annual plan. CI pros have their own roles and KPIs to think about, but the impact of their work felt across the entire organization.

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How Trucking Companies Use Telematics to Increase Trucking Safety

Smart Data Collective

As technology has advanced in the transportation industry, there’s a lot of data available that can enhance truckers’ safety all over the world. One recent example is the development of electronic logging devices (ELD) that monitor drivers’ Hours of Service (HOS) compliance. But there are other examples of how technology is improving truck driver safety – that’s what telematics is all about.

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How to Recognize and Respond to Buying Signals (and Close More Deals!)

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You’re about to get that hot lead on the phone. You’re armed with your prospect’s buying signals, right? What are customer buying signals? By definition, buying signals are the actions potential customers take that indicate they’re close to making a purchase. They’re customers’ verbal buying signals—the cues your sales agent homes in on when talking to a prospect.

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How to Create a Chatbot With No Coding Experience in 4 Simple Steps

Alexa

If you really want to drive customer engagement, learning how to create a chatbot is a great place to start. According to Dmitriy Kachin, COO of Chatfuel, strong chatbot experiences with higher audience engagement register 80–90% response rates. This result shows that users are willing to use chatbots, but the experience still needs to be properly executed to meet their needs.

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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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Estee Lauder Battles Maskne & Wins Consumer Love

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The world is changing and 2020 has offered lots of opportunities for cosmetics brands to transform with it. And many are – making decisions informed by social media listening and consumer intelligence, often with practical purposes. For example, Estee Lauder and others are offering products to help consumers battle “maskne” and are winning consumer love for it.

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How to Recognize and Respond to Buying Signals (and Close More Deals!)

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You’re about to get that hot lead on the phone. You’re armed with your prospect’s buying signals, right? What Are Customer Buying Signals? By definition, buying signals are the actions potential customers take that indicate they’re close to making a purchase. They’re customers’ verbal buying signals—the cues your sales agent homes in on when talking to a prospect.

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Cybersecurity Isn’t Going Anywhere in 2021: Expert Predictions Part One

Dataversity

Click to learn more about author Samantha Humphries. When reflecting on 2020, the effects of COVID-19 have touched nearly every corner of the globe, spanning continents, age groups and industries. The pandemic forced an almost overnight transformation in the way most businesses operate, particularly for those that did not already have cloud security tools in […].

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Restart Your Consumer Intelligence Clock in 2021

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. The coming of the new year brings with it a time for reflection and resolutions for the future. So, there’s no reason that brands shouldn’t take this opportunity to take another peek under the hood at their social media listening and give it a good tune-up. There’s no time like the present for a first-rate recalibration to restart your consumer intelligence clock for 2021.

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Affiliate Networks vs. Affiliate Marketing Programs: Everything You Need to Know

Similarweb

What’s the big deal with affiliate marketing? Everyone is talking about it, it’s an exciting and profitable marketing method but there’s a lot to know and understand before you jump in. . There’s a reason affiliate marketing has become so popular in recent years. The method uses affiliate marketers to advertise products (receiving an affiliate commission for each sale), allowing businesses to gain traction and followers in new markets with minimal effort.

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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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Benchmarking Lead Conversion Rates for Industrials

Weidert Group

Let’s talk about the performance of your website and marketing campaigns (the keys to a powerful inbound marketing program). Do you know how your assets are converting leads that deliver company growth? In this article, we’ll offer insights and guidance on determining reasonable conversion rates from top-of-the-funnel to bottom for complex B2B industries.

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Analyzing Gene Expression Data

Dataversity

Click to learn more about author Jeany Prinz. Express Yourself! All individuals are unique, and so are our data needs. From simple CSV files to REST APIs to Google’s BigQuery or using customized shared components, Data Science Analytics Platforms offer many ways to access and analyze your data. Today, we will demonstrate how to access […]. The post Analyzing Gene Expression Data appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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Nostalgia Marketing Resonates with Consumers During Tough Times

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It is well known that everyone enjoys reminiscing on happy memories. However, due to the pandemic and a tumultuous year overall, many people have been reminiscing about the past to escape the uncertain times of the present. This is exactly why many marketers are appealing to the masses by featuring nostalgic facets in their products and campaigns—offering feelings of comfort and security during tough times.

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Best ibi blogs of 2020

IBI

These top-ten 2020 blogs tell the story of a momentous year for all of us at ibi: The post Best ibi blogs of 2020 appeared first on ibi.

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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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What is the “New Normal”?: Vable’s Top Blog Posts from 2020

Vable

Who can believe 2020 is nearly over? Normally we approach the close of the year with optimism and anticipation of spending time at home with friends and family. We are still hopeful of having the best time possible, but perhaps our celebrations will be more low key than usual.

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How Big Data Enables One-to-One Marketing

Dataversity

Click here to learn more about Gilad David Maayan. What Is One-to-One Marketing A one-to-one marketing strategy strives to create an experience that fits the individual customer. Rather than segment customers into groups, one-to-one marketing strategies treat each customer individually. This is similar to how sales representatives remember details about each customer, like date of […].

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The TikTok Effect: Breathing Life into Music Industry & Brands

Netbasequid

TikTok is changing the world, one music-powered trend at a time. And in the process, it’s breathing new life into the music industry and offering a viral way for brands to reach consumers. Let’s see how it looks and where your brand can benefit! And be sure to check out our Adweek webinar where we’ll share How to Use TikTok, Instagram and Facebook Insights to Propel Your Content Strategy !

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Competitive Intelligence Wrap-up: 4 Lessons 2020 Taught Us

Evalueserve

As we close this challenging and unprecedented year, it is important to reflect on the hardships and lessons taught us. The pandemic has forced industries across the globe to change the way they use insights to reduce uncertainties and maximize opportunities. With competitive intelligence (CI) playing a more significant role in the next year, looking back on the highlights of the previous year will keep us focused on the things that really matter.

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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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The Link Building Webslog

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Posted by rjonesx. This is not the link building article you — or really anyone — were probably hoping for. It isn't a step-by-step guide to getting the best backlinks, it isn't some list of hot tips or new opportunities, and it isn't the announcement of some great tool. What it is, unashamedly, is a window into the brutal slog that is outreach-based link building.

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Data Mobility and Cloud Services Are Essential for Success in 2021

Dataversity

Click to learn more about author Charles Burger. In a year full of uncertainty, 2020 reinforced the value in safeguarding data and effective storage solutions. As the pandemic created a need for rapid transitions to remote work and an increased reliance on the cloud, many organizations moved to a full or hybrid-cloud model. Historically, data […].

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Consumers’ Love/Hate with Smart Home Gadgets

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. The internet is in everything these days, from thermostats to doorbells and everything in between. But with privacy concerns, security and functionality issues, consumers have a love/hate relationship with smart home gadgets. So, do smart home integrations make sense to consider in 2021? Here we’ll explore what the consumer and market intelligence has to say about this emerging trend with a focus on: Consumers growing more tech-focused.

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37+ Helpful Social Media Stats for B2B Inbound Marketers

Weidert Group

For many industrial companies, B2B social media marketing can deliver quite a challenge. On one hand, companies get a sense of obligation to have a social media presence — first, because everyone else seems to have one, and second, because some social platforms can truly be part of an effective B2B social media strategy. On the other hand, many B2B industrials downplay the importance of social media in their marketing mix because they don’t perceive a strong industry presence there, or they’ve s

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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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Managers Should Evaluate Citizen Data Scientists Differently!

Elegant BI

How to Evaluate Business Users in Their New Role as Citizen Data Scientist! When a business initiates a Citizen Data Scientist movement within its ranks, it is important to recognize the other changes that will be required in order to reinforce the value of the program by reviewing and modifying team member evaluation and merit programs to reward Citizen Data Scientists for their collaboration, use of data-driven information in decisions and recommendations and work with Data Scientists , IT and

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December 30th, 2020 - Product Updates and Data Additions

Thinknum

Product Updates Anomaly Detection Our Anomaly Detection feature flags data points that are more than one standard deviation away from the dataset's moving average. Identifying these outliers in your data can help find insights, opportunities, or errors. Data Additions Stores Olaplex Chowbus Job Listings Olaplex Paula's Choice Skincare Fetch Rewards Howmet Aerospace Trane Technologies Truist Vontier Zenoti Chowbus The Farmer's dog M1 Finance Curology Summit Midstream Partners.

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Do Citizen Data Scientists Need Special Analytics Tools?

Dataversity

Click to learn more about author Kartik Patel. When Gartner talks about expanding data analytics to business users, they also talk about how the analytical tools must be suitable for business users. If a business wants to implement a citizen data scientist initiative and encourage their business users to become more productive and valuable within the […].

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Ep. 319 – Kristin Luck, founder of ScaleHouse, on 2021 Global Market Research Outlook

Happy Market

My guest today is Kristin Luck, founder and managing partner of ScaleHouse. ScaleHouse is a management consultancy that provides a range of advisory services for companies aiming for exponential growth. Prior to founding ScaleHouse, Kristin co-founded OTX, an online research business that was named the fastest growing research firm in the world in 2002 and 2003; and founded Forefront Consulting Group, a research technology firm that was acquired by Decipher.

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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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Intricately’s New Report Helps Cloud Sellers Understand the Application Deployment Landscape

Intriccately

It’s an exciting time to be a cloud seller as the application landscape continues to grow into the cloud. Intricately data shows that 250% more applications were deployed to the cloud last year—that’s 7 million apps and up from the 2 million deployed the previous year.

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Politics & Social Listening DO Mix: 5 Incredible Ways To Make Market Research Work For Your Next Political Campaign!

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**THIS ARTICLE ONLY SCRATCHES THE SURFACE FOR POLITICAL SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE. FOR AN EVEN DEEPER DIVE INTO POLITICS & SOCIAL LISTENING, CHECK OUT OUR LATEST REPORT ON THE 2020 US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION**.

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Two Real-World Scenarios That Illustrate PCI Scope

Dataversity

Click to learn more about author Rob Chapman. When I find myself discussing PCI compliance, it always seems like the conversation goes in one direction. Whether I’m speaking with business leaders, IT executives, or the team responsible for deploying technology, everyone primarily just wants to know that a certain solution will check all the boxes […].