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Hermes transforms data infrastructure to speed parcel deliveries

CIO

Parcel delivery is a cutthroat business in the U.K., with margins of just pennies per parcel.

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How To Use Big Data To Deliver Optimized Customer Experiences

Smart Data Collective

Business success begins and ends with customer experience. According to recent studies, 90 percent of buyers would gladly spend more for a better customer experience. That’s exactly why understanding what an improved experience means for customers is so important. Companies have been able to perform more in-depth customer analysis—above and beyond social media commentary and feedback surveys—with the development and proliferation of analytics.

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The Cost of a Bad Hire [Infographic]

Zoominfo

A key component of organizational growth is hiring—but, if you hire the wrong candidate you can do more harm than good. Although it’s a drain on resources to replace a bad hire, that’s the least of your worries. In fact, before you even realize you’ve made a bad hiring decision, the wrong person can wreak havoc on your department’s productivity, reputation, results, and even your revenue.

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14 Dashboard Design Principles & Best Practices To Enhance Your Data Analysis

Datapine Blog

The rise of innovative, interactive, data-driven dashboard tools has made creating effective dashboards – like the one featured above – swift, simple, and accessible to today’s forward-thinking businesses. In the digital age, there’s little need for a department of IT technicians, plus a qualified graphic designer, to create a dazzling data dashboard.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

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.

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New Things I’ve Learned About Google Review Likes

Moz

Posted by MiriamEllis Last time I counted, there were upwards of 35 components to a single Google Business Profile (GBP). Hotel panels, in and of themselves, are enough to make one squeal, but even on a more “typical” GPB, it’s easy to overlook some low-lying features. Often, you may simply ignore them until life makes you engage. A few weeks ago, a local SEO came to me with a curious real-life anecdote, in which a client was pressuring the agency to have all their staff hit the “like” button on

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The Modern Marketer’s Guide to Social Listening

Zoominfo

It’s impossible to quantify the number of conversations happening on social media. Every second of every day, people discuss breaking news, share personal updates, trade inside jokes, and more. They also take to social media to discuss the products they buy and the brands they buy from. Modern marketers can’t allow these conversations to fall on deaf ears — and that’s where social listening comes in.

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Fighting E-Commerce FOMO

Domo

As an e-commerce business, you need to stay current—but you also want to be smart about where you invest your MarTech dollars. This whitepaper teaches retailers: How to create a clear plan for what you and your marketing team need from your technology. How to dig into your suite of tech tools, reconnect with vendors if needed, and map out where anything overlaps.

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Augmented Analytics with Smart Data Visualization!

Elegant BI

Smart Data Visualization and Augmented Analytics Makes Users Smarter! Why is smart data visualization important? Consider how difficult it would be to put together a jigsaw puzzle if you were blindfolded. You might have access to all the pieces, but you could not truly see the picture unless you were able to visualize the outcome. Data is like that.

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How Big Data Can Help Forex Traders And Brokers Build A Better Future

Smart Data Collective

It is no longer a secret that Big Data has left a major footprint on the financial market and has changed the way we interact with financial institutions. However, its influence goes much farther. Trading, which is an field that welcomes change and adopts disruptive innovations early, now also benefits from the ramifications of Big Data and is transforming to the benefit of both parties involved: traders and brokers.

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Gain a Competitive Edge With This Scenario Planning Toolkit

In a world where uncertainty and change are constant, scenario planning empowers companies with the agility and competitive edge needed to thrive. Download the toolkit to fortify your business strategy , set up your competitive positioning , and ensure your company is poised to respond to any future scenario.

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July 2019 B2B Blog Post Round-Up

Zoominfo

Welcome new readers and ZoomInfo regulars to the latest edition of our B2B Blog Post Round-Up series. For those of you who are new to the ZoomInfo blog, we regularly publish monthly round-ups to feature top B2B content from industry professionals, leading brands, and subject matter experts. . Today’s round-up features content about collecting better customer testimonials, building sales pipeline, executing data-driven business strategies, and more!

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Conquering Retail’s 6 Biggest Cross-Channel Challenges

Domo

This paper explores how point-solution pollution impacts the six operational challenges faced by cross-channel retailers, including: Coordinating across channels for a seamless brand experience Optimizing inventory deployment across channels Accommodating the way different consumer segments engage Cost effective shipping and fulfillment

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Business Intelligence Tools Are Suitable for Business Users!

Elegant BI

Data Analysis is Easier than Ever Today! Business intelligence and analytics is not just for data scientists or IT professionals anymore. If your business is going to be successful, it must compete and it must solve problems, find opportunities and plan with accuracy. There is no time for a misstep in the market! Today’s data analysis for business looks very different than what it did ten or 20 years ago.

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The Evolving Role Of Big Data In Accident Cost Containment

Smart Data Collective

Companies around the world are looking for ways to minimize the costs of accidents. Many regulators have found that the number of accidents in various industries is grossly unacceptable and have started imposing new penalties. The good news is that new advances in big data have made it easier for them to look for ways to prevent these horrific problems.

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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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How to Target Featured Snippet Opportunities — Best of Whiteboard Friday

Moz

Posted by BritneyMuller Once you've identified where the opportunity to nab a featured snippet lies, how do you go about targeting it? Part One of our "Featured Snippet Opportunities" series focused on how to discover places where you may be able to win a snippet, but today we're focusing on how to actually make changes that'll help you do that. Joining us at MozCon next week?

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The Three Last Miles of Retail Analytics

Domo

Across the hyper-competitive retail space, companies are wondering more than ever where they can look to find competitive advantages with analytics. Domo’s VP of Data Curiosity, Ben Schein, former Sr. Director of Enterprise Data for Target, shares his strategic approach to retail analytics, including: Looking beyond headquarters: Giving retail locations the opportunity to make their own decisions rather than relying on conclusions from the top-down.

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What is utility marketing and why you should use it

Digimind

We spoke to marketing gurus Ekaterina Walter and Jessica Gioglio about their book, The Laws of Brand Storytelling. You don’t need prior knowledge of brand storytelling to enjoy the book (or this post), but you can get a bit of background and a definition of brand storytelling by reading our other post about the book.

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The Dual Utilization of Big Data In SEO And UX

Smart Data Collective

Big data plays a prominent role in almost every facet of our lives these days. We are witnessing a growing number of companies using big data in healthcare , criminal justice and many other fields. One area that benefits from big data the most is website management and outreach. A growing number of web-based companies are using big data to interact more with their users.

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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 Make the Most of MozCon (and Stay Motivated Once it's Over)

Moz

Posted by Kirsten_Barkved Show of hands if the following scenario has ever happened to you: You make it to a conference. You sit through three to four days of amazing content, network like a boss, fill up on coffee and donuts, and cover page after page of notes — your wrist is dangerously close to being diagnosed with carpal tunnel. The energy in the room is contagious and everyone leaves the conference with the promise of new strategies, connections, and ideas that have the possibility to trans

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Retail Holiday Predictions 2019

Domo

Download the 7 Retail Predictions for the 2019 Holiday Season Whitepaper to learn: Why eye-to-eye interactions with customers are crucial for brand loyalty, especially during the holidays How to create an experiential treatment in-store for tremendous upsell results More about technologies like augmented reality and mobile-first for better traffic measurements The value of separating service and task as a huge differentiator in interactions with customers

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Next-Generation Anode Materials – The Latest Innovation in the Battery Industry

BIS Research

. Research and development focused on bringing technological advancements are the driving force behind the tremendous growth and expansion of the chemicals industry and the introduction of advanced and more efficient battery systems. A range of advanced batteries are available in the market today, however, the most widely used are lithium-ion (Li-ion).

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Global Hospitals Embark On A Worldwide Medical Data Initiative

Smart Data Collective

Big data is changing the nature of healthcare. One of the biggest developments was the implementation of the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care , which took data from 50,000 patients dating back to 2001. Big data will have an even more profound impact in the near future. More than 15,000 hospitals around the world collect real-time data on their patients.

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Business Intelligence 101: How To Make The Best Solution Decision For Your Organization

Speaker: Evelyn Chou

Choosing the right business intelligence (BI) platform can feel like navigating a maze of features, promises, and technical jargon. With so many options available, how can you ensure you’re making the right decision for your organization’s unique needs? 🤔 This webinar brings together expert insights to break down the complexities of BI solution vetting.

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20 Motivating Sales Quotes to Empower Your Team

Zoominfo

As any salesperson knows, motivation comes and goes. At certain points, we are hyper-focused and driven. And on other days, we don’t even feel like picking up the phone. So the question is – where do we find the inspiration to climb out of these slumps? If you’re dragging today and can’t seem to drum up the motivation to get going, we’re here to help.

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Grasping The Cutting Edge Technology Behind Data Recovery Tools

Smart Data Collective

Data loss is a common problem that many people face. The average data loss in incident at the corporate level costs $5.4 million. These costs might be lower for smaller businesses, but the consequences can be even higher, considering that they have more limited budgets. The good news is that big data technology has made data recovery more effective.

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Virtual Reality: Know How Mimic Technologies is Transforming Surgical Education

BIS Research

Mimic Technologies is one of the pioneers in the development of novel VR surgical simulators specialized for robotic surgery training. The firm is predominantly acknowledged for its eminent offering, named dV-Trainer, a novel technology which can be coupled with several procedure-specific modules to provide compressive robotic surgical training. The company, with 18 years of rich industry experience, holds proficiency in serving a few robotic surgery technological giants such as Intuitive Surgic

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Agricultural Surfactants Aid in Reducing Crop Losses Due to Pests and Weed Diseases

BIS Research

With the global population increasing at a robust rate, the demand and consumption of food are expected to witness an exponential increase in the coming future. By 2050, the demand for food is projected to grow over 60%. Moreover, with the increasing food consumption, the need to improve agricultural productivity has increased manifold. However, there are different factors that result in crop loss, thus affecting crop production.

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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