Smart Data Collective
MARCH 24, 2020
Big data is changing the direction of our economy in unprecedented ways. Every business should look for ways to monetize big data and use it to optimize your business model. The number of companies using big data is growing at an accelerated rate. One poll found that 53% of businesses were using big data analytics in 2017. This figure has presumably risen in the years since.
Zoominfo
MARCH 17, 2020
In just a few weeks, the novel coronavirus COVID-19 has become a globe-wide pandemic and changed our lives in fundamental ways. Naturally, a health crisis of this magnitude has also turned the business world on its head. No matter what industry you work in, you’ve likely been a part of these changes. Maybe your entire office […].
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Primary Intelligence
MARCH 18, 2020
Melissa Short, VP Reporting Services. Why measuring effort to value is critical to understanding customer success. In brief: Recommendation likelihood (also referred to as Net Promoter Score or NPS*) likely has limitations in describing customer success and can disguise risk. Even when highly likely to recommend, some customers still reported failure to reach results with a vendor’s solution.
Timoelliott
MARCH 13, 2020
I’m an Innovation Evangelist for SAP. I typically spend this time of year on the road at conferences, but like many others I suddenly find myself spending more time in the virtual world! After some requests from others, please find below a write-up of how I do interactive presentations (in Zoom, Skype, etc.) in front of PowerPoint slides. First, a couple of examples (I got better at using the green screen tool after I did the second video — far less “halo” artifacts now).
Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin
As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.
Moz
MARCH 30, 2020
Posted by amandamilligan This is a stressful time to say the least. Everything is impacted by COVID-19 in some way, including our work. Once we’ve taken time to acknowledge how lucky we are to work in digital, it’s time to assess if our current content strategy needs any adjusting based on current events. Many marketers are finding themselves: Wanting to write about something topical Needing to add more content to their calendars At a loss for how to contribute at a time like this.
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Smart Data Collective
MARCH 27, 2020
The auto insurance industry has always relied on data analysis to inform their policies and determine individual rates. With the technology available today, there’s even more data to draw from. The good news is that this new data can help lower your insurance rate. Here is the type of data insurance companies use to measure a client’s potential risk and determine rates.
Zoominfo
MARCH 12, 2020
Not too long ago, artificial intelligence seemed like something straight out of a sci-fi movie. But today, AI is being used throughout every facet of the companies we buy from, sell to, and work for. That includes the field of human resources — and it doesn’t look like AI is going anywhere any time soon. […].
Primary Intelligence
MARCH 18, 2020
Melissa Short, VP Reporting Services. Why measuring effort to value is critical to understanding customer success. In brief: Recommendation likelihood (also referred to as Net Promoter Score or NPS*) likely has limitations in describing customer success and can disguise risk. Even when highly likely to recommend, some customers still reported failure to reach results with a vendor’s solution.
Timo Elliot
MARCH 21, 2020
I’ve seen lots of you on your webcams recently. So I know you need this! I previously wrote a post about how to get a really professional look when using video conferencing , but here are some quick steps to get a better image out of even the most basic webcam built into your computer, without any extra equipment, in just a few minutes. A typical webcam view.
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Moz
MARCH 23, 2020
Posted by Roger-MozBot The well-being of our community — from our customers to our readers to our team members — is of the utmost importance to us here at Moz. The ongoing situation around the spread of COVID-19 is ever-changing. Many of you are experiencing the impact of this pandemic, and we want to address the difficulties you’re facing and acknowledge how you might be feeling.
Datapine Blog
MARCH 18, 2020
“In Social Media, the “squeaky wheel” gets the oil. You have to put yourself out there, to find people who will relate or even debate with you, depending on what you are looking for.” – Jessica Northey. There are billions of social media users across the globe, most of which share their thoughts, feelings, opinions, and recommendations with friends and family.
Smart Data Collective
MARCH 18, 2020
Cloud computing has now become a common term that all of us have heard of. However, unfortunately, many of us still don’t understand the complete potential of cloud computing. It is high time for all us to understand how it can make our lives easier. Instead of storing data on a computer or hard drive , cloud computing stores programs and data over the internet.
Zoominfo
MARCH 3, 2020
There’s a lot to think about when developing an annual sales plan to support your organization’s strategy and objectives: new customer acquisition, customer retention, increasing share of wallet, resource budgeting … just to name a few. But don’t forget about your sales territory plan. It’s a critical team effort to determine the best place to […].
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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.
Owler
MARCH 29, 2020
Owler is committed to helping our customers navigate changes to their professional and personal lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. To that end, we launched two new features to help you monitor how the COVID-19 coronavirus is affecting the companies that matter to you. NEW COVID-19 news page Today we launched a dedicated page which displays all published news content about the COVID-19 coronavirus as it relates to specific businesses in Owler’s database of over 13 million public and private comp
BI Insight
MARCH 30, 2020
I was working on a project a wee bit ago that the customer had conditional formatting requirement on a Column Chart.They wanted to format the columns in the chart conditionally based on the average value based on the level of hierarchy you are at.Here is the scenario, I have a Calendar hierarchy as below: Calendar … Continue reading Highlighting Below Avg Sales per Hierarchy Level with SWITCH() and ISINSCOPE() DAX Functions in Power BI.
Moz
MARCH 29, 2020
Posted by MiriamEllis Local businesses know better than any other model what it means to fully participate in community life. You are the good neighbors who are there to serve, inspire, and sustain the people and traditions that make your town a unique and enjoyable place to call home. As we explore this topic of what local businesses can do during the COVID-19 pandemic, I want to honor all that you have always done to take care of your community as a local business owner or marketer.
Datapine Blog
MARCH 4, 2020
In our information-rich age, a business can accelerate its success by harnessing its organizational data in a way that is both efficient and value-driven. To squeeze every last drop of value from your data, both in an operational and strategic sense, it’s important to leverage the right online reporting tool. When it comes to reporting, the daily running of your business, the plans and methods you formulate to improve the organization will steer your long-term success.
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Smart Data Collective
MARCH 23, 2020
Big data is driving a number of changes in our lives. Forbes recently wrote an article about the impact of big data on the food and hospitality industry. However, other sectors are changing as well. Big data phenomenon has revolutionized almost every aspect of an average citizen’s life. Information about our online activity has been accumulating for years, and now is actively used to know more about us.
Zoominfo
MARCH 9, 2020
Wash your hands frequently. Call the doctor if you have flu-like symptoms. Be prepared to work from home. These phrases have been repeated ad nauseam as the U.S. reacts to the coronavirus outbreak. And while ZoomInfo doesn’t monitor hand hygiene efforts or health care records, it does track one data type that offers insight into […].
Contify
MARCH 21, 2020
Given the unprecedented nature of the crisis we face, Contify has announced today that it is offering free access to its platform and curated newsletter reports to help professionals track the coronavirus’s business impact on industry sectors and locations. Contify has configured an instance of its intelligence platform to track both local and global developments of strategic importance to various industry segments. .
BI Insight
MARCH 17, 2020
When you create a report it’s highly likely that you’d like to copy other visuals’ formats from an already formatted visual using “Format Painter” tool in Power BI. Perhaps you already used this awesome tool available in Power BI Desktop. As you see in the tooltip shown while hovering over the “Format Painter” tool you … Continue reading Quick Tips: How to Copy Visual Formatting to Multiple Other Visuals in One Go Using Format Painter Tool in Power
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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
Moz
MARCH 1, 2020
Posted by LilyRayNYC While Google’s mission has always been to surface high-quality content, over the past few years the company has worked especially hard to ensure that its search results are also consistently accurate, credible, and trustworthy. Reducing false and misleading information has been a top priority for Google since concerns over misinformation surfaced during the 2016 US presidential election.
Datapine Blog
MARCH 11, 2020
As digital transformation evolves, and more businesses begin to harness the power of digital technologies, the rate at which we are creating data is rising by the second. But, while data offers us invaluable insight in more ways than one, with so much to analyze and such little time, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to understand which metrics offer real value.
Smart Data Collective
MARCH 24, 2020
One of the most important elements in the evolution of the education system is the ability to make informed conclusions about the need to change approaches that are used and the actions that are taken. According to a 2015 whitepaper published in Science Direct , big data is one of the most disruptive technologies influencing the field of academia. The educational system continuously creates and accumulates a significant amount of data, and the question of the systematic work with these data by a
Zoominfo
MARCH 3, 2020
There’s a lot to think about when developing an annual sales plan to support your organization’s strategy and objectives: new customer acquisition, customer retention, increasing share of wallet, resource budgeting … just to name a few. But don’t forget about your sales territory plan. It’s a critical team effort to determine the best place to […].
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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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