Sat.Apr 07, 2018 - Fri.Apr 13, 2018

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How to Build Your Email List in Seven Steps

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Fact: Your company’s email program will only ever be as good as your contact database. No matter how great your emails are, eventually your contacts get married, change jobs, or receive promotions; their companies go out of business or merge with entirely different organizations. Slowly but surely, you’ll be left with inaccurate and unreliable data.

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Craig McGraw accepted into Forbes Business Development Council

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Executive from Trans American Trucking & Warehouse joins sales and business development leaders on the Forbes Business Development Council, an invitation-only community for senior-level sales and business development executives.

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Advanced Analytics with Uniform, Secured Access

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Can One BI Tool and Solution Guarantee User Access and Appropriate Security? I have a few pet peeves but every one of my team members knows ONE of these pet peeves all too well. I HATE spending time and resources on endless report customization and data sharing that never quite makes it to every team member. I hate it when everyone isn’t on the same page!

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How to build a company that is Market Intelligent

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Credit?—?Unsplash Information that is actionable is intelligence. Actionable information from outside the four walls of your office, from your market, is market intelligence (MI). But Market Intelligence is one of the worst-kept secrets in organizations. Almost every department practices it. We do whatever is necessary to stay updated on the changing market conditions by keeping a close watch on press announcements by competitors, fundraising by prospects, management changes at key accounts, new

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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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33 Business Blogging Statistics

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If content is king, consider your blog its throne. In the B2B space, consistent blogging can have a huge impact on the success of your business—i.e. more leads, heightened brand awareness, improved customer relationships, and ultimately, more revenue. If your company isn’t blogging—it’s time to start. Not convinced? Check out these numbers: 33 Business Blogging Statistics.

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Modex 2018: Hurdling the barriers to a connected supply chain

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New MHI report explores the trends and technologies driving the future of supply chains and ways to break down the top barriers to adoption.

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What is So Important About Augmented Data Discovery?

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Can Augmented Data Discovery Make a Difference in My Organization? There are so many new terms in the business intelligence and advanced analytics domain. So, what is augmented data discovery, and why is it important for your enterprise? Augmented Data Discovery (aka Smart Data Discovery), takes the enterprise beyond data monitoring and helps users discover the more subtle yet crucial factors that affect business success.

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3 Times to Avoid Scripted Social Media

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From the time social media became a viable marketing channel, B2B companies have been looking for ways to automate social processes. Although social media tools have made this easier—with features like post scheduling, conversation monitoring, and hashtag tracking—some aspects of social selling can’t be pre-planned. Today we’re covering a topic that B2B marketers have disputed for years—scripted social media.

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Fan fare

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Craft beer maker Ritual Brewing struggled with steamy conditions inside the California warehouse that doubles as its taproom. A giant ceiling fan brought relief to workers and customers alike.

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Canvas LMS Pricing: Features, Costs and Top Learning Management System Alternatives

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Canvas is a cloud-based, open-source learning management solution created by Instructure for educational institutions. Developed in 2011, Canvas is designed to better engage teachers and students in the learning process. Versions of Canvas are available for grades K-12 and for higher education institutions. With Canvas, teachers also have access to Arc, an interactive video platform […].

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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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Analytics Translator? Citizen Data Scientist? What is the Difference?

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There is a new business role on the horizon and, at first glance, it may seem very much like a role that was introduced a few short years ago. This new enterprise role is known as an ‘Analytics Translator’ and, while there is some confusion regarding the distinction between this role and the newly minted Citizen Data Scientist or Citizen Analyst , there are some subtle but important differences.

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The Ultimate Guide to Hiring the Best B2B Sales Reps

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Whether you’re a hiring manager, sales leader, or the CEO of a company, you know it can be difficult to identify and hire top sales talent. Although an intensive interview process can help you weed out unqualified applicants, you never really know how well a candidate is going to perform until a few weeks or even months into the job. Hiring the right people can directly impact your company’s overall success and revenue.

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Show me the money, ASAP!: interview with Richard Piontek

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Speeding up cash flow is as important today as it was 20 years ago. Richard Piontek and eCapital are using today's tools to get the job done.

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Alteryx Pricing: Features, Costs and Top BI Alternatives

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Alteryx is an intuitive business intelligence solution designed for data analysts who need to blend complex data, build predictive models and create simpler reports that can be used by companies to make more tactical business decisions. Its efficient, data-blending workflow ensures that only the most relevant information is used for predictive analysis.

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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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B2B Blog Post Round-Up: Choosing Influencers & More

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Welcome to our eighth installment in our series of B2B Blog Post Round-Ups. As part of an effort to promote content we contribute to outside publications, each month we compile a list of our five favorite articles that we’ve written for other thought leaders and industry experts. Today’s edition features content about lead generation, data-driven recruitment, marketing influencer selection and more.

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Sales Hiring Questions to Hire Better Reps

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Whether you’re a hiring manager, sales leader, or the CEO of a company, you know it can be difficult to identify and hire top sales talent. Although an intensive interview process can help you weed out unqualified applicants, you never really know how well a candidate is going to perform until a few weeks or even months into the job. Hiring the right people can directly impact your company’s overall success and revenue.

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The secret weapon in the fight against fakes

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Looking to protect your goods from counterfeiting? Product packaging might be part of the solution.

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One Network and Imperial Logistics partner to use blockchain to secure medical supply chain and combat counterfeit

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Imperial Logistics uses the One Network's cloud solution to manage the entire distribution process and help ensure the delivery of clean drugs to patients, companies say.

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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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ABF hits Teamsters memo over pension concerns; says workers will be protected

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Union leader speaks for small group of ABF Teamsters, underplays health of pension fund and impact of company's contributions, carrier says.

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Marketplaces becoming popular among global online shoppers, UPS-commissioned survey says

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Consumers seeking different delivery options, survey finds.

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Read and watch: DC Velocity's Modex 2018 coverage

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We're reporting live from the show every day. You can follow the show news directly on our website or subscribe to our daily email.

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California truck leasing firm orders 50 Tesla Semis

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TCI will lease trucks for routes within 300- to 500-mile range.

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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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UPS' pilots union to survey large shippers to determine if capacity shortfalls hurt service

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High-volume shippers to be polled on UPS' performance, how it stacks up against FedEx, and impact of Amazon.

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So you think you can operate a crane?

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Hiab invites crane operators to compete in the World Crane Championship.

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I, Fro-bot: Robotic froyo kiosk serves up frozen yogurt on demand

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Machines use a robotic arm to dispense the frozen treats within 60 seconds.

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Aussies urge Sheilas to consider logistics careers

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Melbourne university launches program to recruit women for jobs in supply chain.

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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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Capacity crisis (surprise!) hogs the spotlight at TIA annual conference

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Public, private networking chatter focus on the rate pain likely to come.

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Night time is the right time—to drink coffee

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February's contest had two possible solutions—and our first-ever two-time winner.

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Day Two of Modex strong on education

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Keynote by MIT researcher emphasizes a fundamental shift in business models, strategies.

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Rite-Hite opens new office in Milwaukee's Third Ward

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Company says growth drives need for additional space.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.