Crayon

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The new year is right around the corner. If you haven’t already, you’re likely about to kick-off your 2021 planning. A lot has happened in 2020 that has impacted businesses across the globe and changed how many of us run our businesses. For the competitive intelligence (CI) professionals out there, how are you adjusting your CI program plans? How are you prioritizing the many ways you can support competitive strategies across the company?

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Smart Data Collective

DECEMBER 17, 2020

How do your employees experience their professional lives? It’s a worthwhile question, yet one that can seem frustratingly vague or hard to measure – but it doesn’t have to be. Rather, as software companies craft new employee experience (EX) platforms designed around communication, data management, and feedback collection, businesses now have access to the perfect tools.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The holidays are here, and the new year is just around the corner…. Which means things shaking up in the B2B world — holiday emails are being blasted, sales deals are being closed, and 2021 recruitment strategies are finishing up. Integrating holiday energy with your B2B efforts typically increases chances of revenue success. And to get there, you have to ramp up your visibility and engagement with your best sales, marketing, and recruiting teams.

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Octopus

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Who does Competitive Market Analysis? Thorough knowledge of your competition is essential to staying ahead of your competitors. And Competitive Analysis is precisely what's needed. In this article called. The post Who does Competitive Market Analysis? appeared first on Octopus Competitive Intelligence.

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Crayon

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Crayon's Competitive Intelligence Spotlight is an interview series where we chat with intelligence professionals to get a glimpse into their careers and gain unique insight into competitive strategy. In this edition of the Competitive Intelligence Spotlight Series, we shine the light on Sunanda Thumati, Strategist at Think & Curate Intelligence.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 17, 2020

What do you do when all your plans fall out from under your feet? After a big deep breath and maybe a (couple) of beer(s), we adapt. It’s what humans do best and this year that effort took center stage. We are used to celebrating big moments with our friends and colleagues. We love the energy in the room when we sign a new client. We thrive on the thrill of that “deal closed” handshake.

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Octopus

DECEMBER 14, 2020

What is the threat of substitutes within Porter’s five forces model? This article is called what is the threat of substitutes within Porter's five forces model? It explains. The post What is the threat of substitutes within Porter’s five forces model? appeared first on Octopus Competitive Intelligence.

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SpyFu

DECEMBER 14, 2020

If you want to grow your blog traffic, it’s vital to post regularly—and frequently. Businesses that create 15 or more blog posts per month see five times as much traffic as companies that don’t post regularly, according to HubSpot. But 15 posts a month times 12 months is 180 new, engaging, and relevant pieces of content that you have to plan every year.

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Smart Data Collective

DECEMBER 18, 2020

We have talked in depth about the benefits of big data with VoIP. One benefit that has been overlooked is the use of big data and blockchain to improve VoIP security. VoIP has become a leading choice for business communications. It offers savings of up to 90% on international calls, 75% on operational costs , 40% on local call bills, and 30% on phone bills – as reported by Finances Online.

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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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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 16, 2020

As adoption rates in Customer Relationship Management Software (CRMs) continue to rise, a (data-driven) gap in usefulness and effectiveness is very clear. Let’s start with a reminder: CRMs have a purpose. Without question, the functionality within CRMs, particularly Salesforce, can create a 360 degree view of the prospects and customers alike. Yet there are some professionals out there that don’t take that statement as true.

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BI Insight

DECEMBER 16, 2020

It has been a long time that I use SQL Server Profiler to diagnose my data models in the Power BI Desktop. I wrote a blog post in June 2016 about connecting to the underlying Power BI Desktop model from different tools, including SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), Excel and SQL Server Profiler. In this … Continue reading Quick Tips: Registering SQL Server Profiler as an External Tool in Power BI Desktop.

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Vable

DECEMBER 18, 2020

New Year, new you New Library ! Everything changed in 2020. Our current remote working practices have been thrust upon many of us, and we have been making a success of it. We continue to provide an excellent library and information service to our end-users. W e are in need of rest and reflection to take stock of where we are.

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Smart Data Collective

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Retailers are struggling to keep up with a growing demand for online purchases. They have found that the pandemic has completely upended their business models, as customers shift towards online commerce. This has driven many companies to find more innovative ecommerce marketing models that rely on big data. As such, retailers have an even tougher job of keeping on top of supply and demand.

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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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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 16, 2020

As news of successful COVID-19 vaccine trials began to surface in October, businesses responded with increased interest in virus topics related to the workplace. While COVID-19 testing garnered strong attention from companies, health screenings roared ahead in interest from September to November, suggesting that this less costly measure may prove more popular for employers, according to data from ZoomInfo.

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Dataversity

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Click to learn more about author Tom Clancy. Over the last six months, the pandemic has dramatically changed the way we live and work – forcing organizations to turn to digital tools to mitigate challenges posed by the suddenly remote working world. In fact, a new McKinsey study found that 85% of C-suite executives reported a significant acceleration […].

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IBI

DECEMBER 15, 2020

How can federal government agencies capitalize on next-gen data management platforms to improve their internal human capital management strategies? Human capital management tools can help federal agencies manage dispersed workforces. With an increasingly distributed workforce, federal agencies face human capital management challenges on a previously unimagined scale.

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Smart Data Collective

DECEMBER 18, 2020

A few years ago, we talked about the benefits of using AI and big data in disaster relief. We have recently seen how important these applications are, as the damage of natural disasters is worse than ever. Mother Nature has been busier than ever this year, with natural disasters adding to the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic. A number of hurricanes have wreaked havoc on the Gulf Coast, and wildfires recently devastated the West Coast.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 17, 2020

What do you do when all your plans fall out from under your feet? After a big deep breath and maybe a (couple) of beer(s), we adapt. It’s what humans do best and this year that effort took center stage. We are used to celebrating big moments with our friends and colleagues. We love the energy in the room when we sign a new client. We thrive on the thrill of that “deal closed” handshake.

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Dataversity

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Click here to learn more about Gilad David Maayan. Deep learning is the basis for many complex computing tasks, including natural language processing (NLP), computer vision, one-to-one personalized marketing, and big data analysis. Deep learning algorithms are based on neural networks, which commonly have millions of parameters that need to be calculated numerous times in […].

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Evalueserve

DECEMBER 17, 2020

You can spend your entire career in the Financial Services industry and never hear the word “shame” within a work context. The Covid-19 pandemic, along with the social and economic disruptions caused by it, has made it vital for banks to understand how shame might be affecting their clients. In this blog post, we will discuss the rise of shame, why it needs to be understood, and how financial institutions can apply this research to improve treatment of their customers at the present time.

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Smart Data Collective

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Hackers have turned to exploiting website optimization platform Google Analytics to steal credit cards, passwords, IP addresses and a whole host of compromising information that can be shared by hacked sites. According to an investigation from Kaspersky Lab, a new hacking technique that’s been developed to tap into Google Analytics to steal confidential data surrounding payment cards and passwords among much more information that can be exploited.

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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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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 16, 2020

As adoption rates in Customer Relationship Management Software (CRMs) continue to rise, a (data-driven) gap in usefulness and effectiveness is very clear. Let’s start with a reminder: CRMs have a purpose. Without question, the functionality within CRMs, particularly Salesforce, can create a 360 degree view of the prospects and customers alike. Yet there are some professionals out there that don’t take that statement as true.

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Dataversity

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Click to learn more about co-author John Ladley. Click to learn more about co-author Thomas Redman. It’s hubris to think that the way we see things is everything there is.” — Lisa Randall Recently, Citi Group was fined $400 million by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) “… related to deficiencies in […]. The post Do Fines Motivate Data Governance?

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Moz

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Posted by clschwartz It goes without saying that 2020 has been a wild ride. If you're like me, you've missed some exciting news or even taken some time away from all things digital when it felt like the world was just too much. At Moz, we created a lot of helpful content in 2020, publishing community resources, reports, and guides across topics like local SEO analytics, competitor analysis, keyword research, campaign management, and more.

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Smart Data Collective

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Customer satisfaction (CSAT) metrics are a powerful tool for businesses, but despite the way we talk about it, satisfaction isn’t something you can easily measure. Instead, we typically measure satisfaction by proxy, based on answers to more easily quantifiable questions – and though there are companies that do try to measure satisfaction directly, they’re less likely to be collecting actionable data.

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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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Evalueserve

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Evalueserve’s “Competitive Intelligence Spotlight” series puts different competitive intelligence (CI) professionals in the limelight to share their experiences and unique perspectives. In this edition of the series, we put Satyajit Saha in the spotlight and learn what competitive intelligence teams should expect in the new normal, what brings the most value, and what they should be investing in now. .

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Dataversity

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Click to learn more about author Sowmya Tejha Kandregula. According to IDC, the size of the global datasphere is projected to reach 163 ZB by 2025, leading to the disparate data sources in legacy systems, new system deployments, and the creation of data lakes and data warehouses. Most organizations do not utilize the entirety of the data […]. The post An Introduction to Metadata Management appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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Moz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Posted by Dr-Pete On December 3rd, Google announced that they were rolling out the latest Core Update. Initially, the bulk of the impact seemed to arrive on that date, with MozCast spiking at 112.4°F: We measured above-average ranking flux in the three days prior to the update announcement, and a few days after the announcement, but the bulk of the flux seemed to occur on the roll-out day.

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