Thursday, May 30, 2013

Don't Whine About LinkedIn's Changes-Capitalize on Them!







Favorite applications have disappeared—Box.net files, SlideShare, and Events, to name a few. But the changes LinkedIn has made present some awesome opportunities.


Wayne Breibarth will be addressing the new features as well as updates to the existing ones. Not only will he show you how to access these features, but he will give you tips for using them to find your next customer, investor, strategic partner, vendor, donor, or job opportunity.


And with this guide you will receive weekly LinkedIn Tips and/or updates to the book, courtesy of Power Formula.






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The LinkedIn Connection Conundrum--Who Should be in Your Network?







On the other hand, LinkedIn can be one heck of a tool to meet people you don't know but would like to know. To help you better understand this quality versus quantity debate (whether it’s better to have an enormous LinkedIn network that includes hordes of strangers or a smaller but tight-knit network of people you know and trust), Wayne Breibarth has developed the LinkedIn Connections Continuumchart. The chart shows you what happens if you choose to increase your connections beyond the far left of the continuum (“I know everyone well”) and across the continuum toward the far right (“I know only a small %”). As you expand your network, some positive things will happen (you will have a larger marketing audience), but some negative things can also happen (you could be less effective when introducing your connections to each other).


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Look Ma, No DEX Cables






Intermec is driving an industry initiative to offer Bluetooth as an alternative for DEX/UCS in DSD, eliminating the need for consumer goods companies to carry DEX cables. Find out what Intermec is driving and how you and your customers can benefit.



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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Beyond Last Touch: Understanding Campaign Effectiveness






We know that understanding what drives customers to take action is critical to marketers' advertising investments. With a flood of available metrics along the path to purchase, advertisers must wade through data in an attempt to understand the metrics that truly matter.



Read this Digital Marketing Depot white paper featuring Quantcast and WebMetro which will answer those questions, and explain new attribution approaches and digital metrics that will help you track and drive new prospects to take action.



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Sunday, May 26, 2013

Dare To Be A Super Entrepreneur?

Let’s face it – We all know the fact that we are not born with an entrepreneur mindset.


If we are, we’d be making hundreds of thousands of dollars when we’re still young.


But as time goes on, more and more people have been learning more about entrepreneurship and how you can build your own business empire.


Anybody – Regardless of their circumstances can equip themselves with these information about entrepreneur mindset.


But before we go into that, ask yourself, have you ever faced any of these problems in your life?



  • Wanted to be an entrepreneur but you’re afraid.

  • Fear of taking business risk.

  • Do not know what is an entrepreneur mindset.


Well, you are not alone. I’ve once walked down this lost path and I told myself that I would do whatever it takes to figure out the key to entrepreneurship.


And after years of research and hardship, I’ve finally found the solution, which I want to share with you today.


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Thursday, May 23, 2013

Six Things To Know About Real-Time Display Advertising






At only three years of age, real-time bidding has been a catalyst for amazing growth and extraordinary technical accomplishments in the display advertising industry. But outside of retargeting campaigns, where is the promised improvement in campaign performance?



Quantcast has discovered six reasons why key assumptions of RTB 1.0 are incorrect. Read this white paper to learn why an integrated approach to targeting is what's needed to drive better results.



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A New Buying Model for Real-Time Media






For more than 100 years, Cost Per Thousand (CPM) pricing has controlled how advertising was bought and sold and how different media properties were compared. With the growth of real-time advertising over the past few years, there is now a significant opportunity for advertisers to reach more targeted viewers, gain efficiency and improve ROI.



Listen to Chris Martellotti, Quantcast's Performance Marketing Strategist explain:

  • Why real-time display buyers should consider shifting their focus from cost per impression

  • Why some should explore changing their fundamental unit to Cost Per Action (CPA)

  • When some buyers may be ready for CPA buying and provide advice on how to get started






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Display Ad Clickers Are Not Your Customers






But relying on clicks to drive conversions for display advertising is often a dead end. They've found that consumers most likely to click on display ads are often vastly different from an advertiser's best-performing customers. This means that optimizing display campaigns for clicks often means anti-optimizing for sales.



Read this white paper to:

  • Understand the differences in evaluating search vs. display ad performance

  • Optimize your campaign for conversions - instead of clicks

  • Learn how to better assess display ad effectiveness






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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

1-to-1 Customer Service Best Practice #3: Take Your Contact Center Routing Out of the Queue






With a true skills-based routing approach, combinations of skills and skill levels defined in agent profiles can be leveraged to match a customer request with the best resource. Register now for this webinar on Wednesday June 5, 2013 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific. Free yourself from the limitations of legacy/ACD queue based routing. Learn the skills-based routing approach for:

  1. Finding the BEST available agent / associate with the right skill profile and not the longest available agent

  2. Improving operational efficiency

  3. Delivering exceptional customer service and boosting agent satisfaction






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Authority Leadership Marketing: Making Content the Cornerstone of Customer Engagement and Relevance







This article from a leading practitioner of content marketing demonstrates how B2B leaders like Symantec, Oracle, Cognos, SGI, and others are using peer-powered, insight-driven content campaigns to engage target audiences around highly relevant topics and conversations that drive measurable brand and business results. This is the first in a series of original articles and reports from leaders in the field of content marketing brought to you by the CMO Council’s Content ROI Center.






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Engage at Every Stage: Using Mobile Relationship Marketing (MRM) to Put More Interaction in the Hands of the Customer







This report examines how industries ensure continuous customer touch and interaction, sustained support and service, closer and more dependent connectivity, as well as greater insight and intimacy. Detailed in the full report are best practices of early winners in mobile and executive perspectives from Anheuser-Busch InBev, Beam Global, Caesars Entertainment, Coca-Cola Company, Earthbound Farm, Eastman Kodak, Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, JP Morgan Chase, Nascar, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Sony Entertainment Television, Turner Entertainment Networks Asia, Unilever, Virgin America, and Wyndham Hotel Group.






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How to Earn a Nice Passive Income

It’s a fact – there’s lots of money to be made in the local lead generation for local businesses arena.


And while you see tons of products teaching you how to make money from local businesses, the big problem is this…


What they don’t tell you is that dealing with local businesses is a whole different animal and can be complicated and create headaches for you if you are not as familiar with this arena.


I’ve dealt with many local businesses only to find that I’m running around in circles simply because these local business owners are extremely hard to deal with and require a lot of handholding, and that’s why a lot of local marketers quit.


You’ll learn from my mistakes, and learn one of the easiest ways to generate income starting today.


Now there are several ways to make money in terms of lead generation for local businesses. In this case, I want to talk about just two.


1 – You could generate leads and sell them directly to companies, but with this the situation is actually harder than it sounds. This is simply because a lot of companies don’t know how much money they are willing to pay per lead, and you get caught into a never ending cycle of back and forth negotiation.


2 – Another way is that you can find companies that are already brokering leads and that act as the middleman between the leads you generate and the company, and simply generate leads for these companies. These types of companies are willing to give you a specific percentage of the money whenever you generate leads for them.


It’s quite obvious that these companies make a little more money. But the beauty of this is that you don’t have to do any selling or bargaining or anything like that. For example, let’s say that you are generating leads for roofing companies. In this situation you could generate a lead for the brokering company and earn $18.


If you generate leads directly for the roofing company, you may earn $30-40, but then you would have to spend a lot more time, you’ll have a lot more headaches, and your profit margin will not be as great if your system is not set up.


And that’s what this video training is all about, generating leads for these brokering companies that deal directly with local business owners so that you won’t have to do any of the selling or have any of the headaches that come along with it.


How would you like to learn how to setup simple sites that generate leads and earn specific amount of money per lead like clockwork over and over again?


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Monday, May 20, 2013

Harnessing BIG DATA to Grow Revenue






Social data is the key to more relevant marketing. Are you seizing the opportunity?



90 percent of the world's big data was created in the past two years alone. Despite the volume and scope of this data, however, businesses are often at a loss when it comes to effectively using it to drive user engagement and sales.



This white paper on social data discusses the following:

  • How social data is captured, stored, and managed

  • Best practices for collecting user data

  • Ways social data can be used to deliver direct value






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The Complete Guide to Social Infrastructure






Serving as the foundation to start incorporating social into your web properties, the Complete Guide to Social Infrastructure will show you how to:

  • Acquire more customers and information through social applications

  • Better understand your users and identify valuable customer personas

  • Expand the reach of your content and brand awareness

  • Incentivize valuable site actions and build customer loyalty

  • Turn social data and site activity into actionable insights


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Forbes.com: Real ROI with Social Infrastructure






In this case study you will discover the challenge and success of creating a full social infrastructure on Forbes.com to show real results such as boosting registrations and engagement with content.



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How to get more done quicker, easier, better and save time!

Do you ever wonder why some people are successful business online and others are struggling just to get one of their projects done?


Do you feel like a monkey who looks like “the-one-man-band”, hitting the drums and playing the flute and piano at the same time to entertain people?


Do you feel so overwhelmed by all the work which needs to get done, but you procrastinate because of it instead?


Well, thanks to today’s technology and rapidly growing Internet community, you can outsource almost any work.


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Sales: Maximize Profitability, Improve Performance, and Deliver Customer Value






Learn why your sales team's success depends upon its ability to acquire and grow profitable customer relationships and how the SAP Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM) application can help by empowering it with the tools and information necessary to plan and analyze sales execution throughout the entire sales cycle.



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On the Move: Great Productivity Solutions for the Mobile Sales Team






Selling will be a mobile discipline. It's imperative to craft a plan for making mobility standard and keeping information secure.



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Selling to the World's Fastest Growing Markets






Selling complex products on a global scale increases your need to provide content in multiple languages. English proficiency is generally low in emerging markets, so customers expect content in their native language.



The white paper Translation Services Drive Revenue in the World's Fastest Growing Economies explores this trend and provides a solution for managing growing demand with tight budgets.



Learn about:

  • Three trends driving the need for more global content

  • Solving the challenge of catering to local markets

  • A cost-effective solution for meeting your current demands


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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Create Global Content: How to Write for Localization






Because learning a few technical writing techniques now could save 10-15% on translation costs downstream. Here are a few key strategies for writing source content that make localization easier, less time-consuming and less costly.



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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Target Marketing






Find the latest strategies and tips on … email … social … mobile … direct mail … e-commerce … search … creative … database marketing … B2B and more!



Sign up today … just one good idea from every issue could make a BIG difference in your bottom line!



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Monday, May 13, 2013

Has Anyone Ever Returned an Unused Software License?






In this Webcast an analyst from Frost and Sullivan will go over the results of a recently published white paper on this topic and Deloitte & Touche will discuss the benefits their customers have gained in automating their license management processes.



View this Webcast to learn how you can reclaim licenses, avoid unnecessary license costs, achieve continuous compliance, and improve risk management.



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How To Create A Social Media ‘Plan of Attack’

Almost everyone uses some type of social media.


It can really pay off for your business if you use it correctly.


Through social media, your business can not only make money, but it can increase the satisfaction of its customers, create fans, and improve the reputation of your company.


It can work well for you if you select the medium that works best and is the most suited for your company.


Don’t get the wrong impression.


A lot of companies believe that when they start using social media, they’ll immediately begin to see a huge return on their efforts and their investment.


It doesn’t exactly work that way.


You need to remember that it takes time for you to build your following, and you may not always see the results you like, and they won’t be immediate.


You can sometimes, however, find benefits you didn’t even realize you would get from your social media marketing.


I’ve written a special guide which you can follow which gives you a plan of attack you can follow…


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Hear Why CareFirst BCBS is Switching to a SIP-based Contact Center






Traditional ACD vendors continue to struggle with their product roadmaps - stuck between the legacy hardware of the past and the open software of the present and the future. If your ACD-based contact center has become a road block for adding capacity or adding channels such as social media and mobile, you might want to think about making the switch to a SIP-based Contact Center solution.



Hear Why and How CareFirst BCBS is Switching to SIP



CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, a US based healthcare insurer, made the decision to migrate from its legacy ACD/PBX based contact center to a SIP-based contact center. High outages, high maintenance costs, lack of flexibility, lack of end-to-end high availability, and complex upgrades were some of the key reasons why they made this decision. In this webinar guest speaker, Troy Ridgley, will share the CareFirst story and talk about why and how Carefirst is making the switch to SIP.



Register now for this webinar on Wednesday May 29, 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific and you will also learn:

  • Why queue based routing doesn't work in today's contact center environment

  • How hardware ACD's can be a dead end towards consistent multi-channel customer experience

  • How you can reduce costs by migrating to a SIP based contact center


All participants will receive a complimentary OVUM white paper titled “Prepare Contact Centers for the Future With SIP”.



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Thursday, May 9, 2013

How To Succeed With Your Internet Business

Often new would be business owners are enticed by the promotional material on the latest internet tools thus making the mistake of purchasing them without really understanding the fundamentals of internet business marketing. In most cases this would lead to either the frustration or confusion of the business owner or to simply the total waste of funds spent when the item is shelved.


The following are some tips to help the potential internet business owner make some very relevant choices and decision:


The first thing to do would be to create or identify a product or service that would be of interest to the intended target audience. This is important as it features highly in the probability of the internet business being a success or a failure.


By doing some research to find out what types of products or services are currently receiving popular attention, the internet business owner will be able to estimate his or her products popularity thus deciding if the said product will be worth the establishment of the business entity.


Designing a website that would be operational around the clock is also another important point to consider as those in other parts of the world would also be able to access the site and make the relevant enquiries and purchases in real time. Building the site around the relevant tools that would make the site accessible and user friendly should ideally be the defining factor of the basis of the site.


Using other complimenting tools such as affiliate programs will allow the business to the visible and exposed in a very effective and quick way. These affiliate programs should be chosen with care so as not to jeopardize the integrity of the business owner’s site. By using such tools there is also the further possibility of expanding the current traffic flow to the site, thus creating heightened interest in the site and possible revenue earning possibilities.


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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Be A Success At Options Trading

With all the different forms of investment available today, it is often not easy for investors to choose ones that are best suited to them and their needs. However for the savvy investor, the options trading platform is fast becoming an attractive choice to make.


The power of such an options trading style of investment lies in the versatility it presents. Being able to make the adjustments in real time that would allow the investor to capitalize or limit the losses, is advantages, as the dictatorial element works in the favor of the investor.


The options can be speculative or conservative in style and this would ideally mean that everything is covered for the investor from protecting the position from sudden decline to speculating on the movement of the market or index.


However it should also be noted that such versatility does come with some costs tagged to it. Options trading platform can present a rather complex style of securities which contributes to its high risk factors.


There is always a cautionary note in the form of a disclaimer, which informs everyone intending to dabble in this style of investment, that it may not be a suitable choice to make, due to the risks involved.


The options trading are mainly for those who have the cash available to take such risks. If these transactions are successfully completed, the investor stands to gain a lot when compared to other types of investments.


If the investor decided upon the maturing of the agreed time frame, that the intended commitment is not worth the risk after all, the investor can walk away from the transaction without obligation to complete the deal. The only losses incurred would be the initial option trading fee that was paid to lock in the transaction in the first place.


With all the different forms of investment available today, it is often not easy for investors to choose ones that are best suited to them and their needs. However for the savvy investor, the options trading platform is fast becoming an attractive choice to make.


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A Guide to Pinterest's New Business Accounts






It turns out that Pinterest buyers spend more money, more often, and on more items than any of the other top 5 social media sites.



To help you reap the business benefits of Pinterest, HubSpot put together this eBook on how you can optimize and measure Pinterest business accounts -- including information on the all new Pinterest analytics.



In this 61-page eBook, you'll learn exactly how to:

  • Set Up Your New Pinterest Business Account

  • Optimize Your Pinterest Presence for Search

  • Add Pinterest Buttons & Widgets to Your Site

  • Follow the Business-Specific Terms of Service

  • Measure Pinterest Marketing Success






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The Anatomy of a Five-Star Email






You need to make sure you are maximizing conversions and clickthrough rates with every email you send.



To help you make every email effective, HubSpot has put together a deep dive into the 12 components of a five-star email. In it, you'll find a one-page printout that you can reference when you craft your emails.



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How to Navigate Events Successfully with Twitter






HubSpot has put together this eBook to help you get the most out of the events you attend with Twitter.



After reading this 31-page eBook, you will be able to:

  • Set goals that help you prepare for an event efficiently

  • Use Twitter to generate leads during event conversations and sessions

  • Start valuable conversations

  • Track your potential customers

  • Measure event success with calls-to-action






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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Understanding The Legalities Of Business

There are several different issues that the individual should consider before setting up a home based business enterprise. Failing to look into this important area can eventually lead to problems which may become so bad that it could and usually does affect the future of the business entity as a whole.


The following are some of the legal areas that one should be aware of even if the knowledge is rather basic:


Trading laws


If the business transaction is going to involve the exchange of goods and services of sorts, where the public is the target audience, then the individual needs to have some knowledge about the legislation involved.

This legislation covers the description of goods, the satisfaction of quality promised to be enjoyed, the befitting used of the product and any other description terms that are used to sell the item advertised. Failing to adhere to these perceived promises, will run the business and individual into the unpleasant confrontations with the law, thus causing an untold amount of problems and consequences.


Terms of trading


When there is a connection made based on the business makeup with the public and other business entities, there is a need to get the terms and conditions of the business procedures sorted out. This is very important and directly affects the trading arrangements. These usually cover elements such as the payment terms, the transfer of titles due to the successful sale, the estimates for work done, the title of goods, failure to perform up to the contract stipulations and any other contractual inclusions.


Employment of staff


Should the business expansion require the employment of staff, here too there are some legal implications that should be explored. This is to ensure the individual is well covered under the law and also to ensure all labor law requirements are met.


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How the New Facebook News Feed Changes Your Content Strategy






These News Feed improvements have serious implications on how brands are engaged with on Facebook, and what content these brands need to be posting for ultimate Facebook success.



But how do you adjust your Facebook marketing for these changes? What implications will this have on your EdgeRank, and your posting schedule? Download HubSpot's brand new guide on How the New Facebook News Feed Changes Your Content Strategy to find out.



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Monday, May 6, 2013

Retailing in a Social Media World






Despite the vast sums of money that retailers spend on marketing promotions and advertising, however, word of mouth remains the most powerful influence on consumer behavior. If a retailer wants to take the pulse of shoppers' desires, wants, needs, and perceptions to stay ahead of the game, they need look no further than Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube.



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Finally Succeed With Your Home Business

Almost everyone wants to dabble in a home business at some point in their lives. Today however for most people it is becoming a very viable option to garnering some healthy amounts of revenue. However in considering such an option the individual needs to be informed of all it entails.


The following are some tips to help shed some light on the home business and what it entails:


Setting up an office space that has some semblance of an official looking premise does help to create the conducive working environment for the running of the business on a daily basis.


This simulation will encourage the individual to keep a professional mindset when preparing for a day’s work.

Running a business also required the proper corresponding equipment that contributes to the many different relevant processes with the daily business transactions.


Often these tools are compromised upon and this eventually reflects poorly on the business as a whole.


Having a separate bank account is also important to the smooth running of the business as it allow easy access and deposits to the company’s ongoing processes.

It also ensures the company gives a professional appearance as those making payments will notice.


Having a website and email that is setup solely to cater for the business needs is another professional thing to design and execute.


Trying at all times to appear professional is very important to gaining the respect of others interested in striking up a business relationship or simply being a customer.


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Look Forward with Predictive Sales Analytics






Amongst the most widely deployed business applications today, Sales Force Automation (SFA) offers a goldmine of operational sales data, yet built-in reporting and analytics are oftentimes inadequate to answer meaningful questions. Hindered by simplistic analytics and siloed data, analysis is further limited to a “rearview mirror” perspective of what’s happened. What does it take for organizations to tap into this wealth of information to make better, more informed forward looking decisions of what will happen?



Join this webinar on May 30th at 10:00am PST/1:00pm EST to learn how to untap the wealth of information contained in Salesforce.com, Siebel, Microsoft Dynamics, Netsuite, SAP and other SFA applications to analyze and predict what will happen in your environment based on what already has. Discover the latest new capabilities of sales analytics representing the next generation of analytical applications that are in-context and forward looking. They will discuss how to solve the confining challenges of today's SFA applications to create predictive future sales performance and pipeline movement, identify sales opportunities that are at risk of getting lost and unlock the true value of your SFA.



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Paul Staelin

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Saturday, May 4, 2013

Reasons To Take Advantage of The Cloud

The constant advancement of technology is often the driving force behind the IT industry’s push to make newer discoveries and inventions available to the general user. This demand on the part of the user will create the necessity to have better applications and tools to enhance even the business side of the user’s requirements.


As technology has advance even further, so has the emergence of the cloud computing has been able to revolutionize the workings of business worldwide. Generally cloud computing is an application that facilitates the storage of data, processes information and retains setting on a central server as needed. This in turn allow the critical data to be stored and retrieved anytime and anywhere is a safe functioning platform which help to prevent the accidental loss of data through other external disturbances.


Cloud computing is able to help the user of the internet to transfer files and data according to the needs of the business endeavor undertaken. Some cloud computing allows the user to store and backup financial software on a central server whole other may require it to do other exercise for the business as a whole. This is done in a quick and efficient manner which is much better than the more complex and previously conventional way of getting such tasks done.


The cloud computing benefits the user in terms of broadband internet connections where a user may be interested in transmitting high definition images and audio information in real time. This is a great way for users to stream movies, audio files and other information with comparatively phenomenal speeds. There is also the facility of being able to store of back up all the files and folders on a central serves to be used by others privy to the information too.


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Friday, May 3, 2013

How SIP Delivers Your Next-Generation Customer Service Platform featuring Keith Dawson from OVUM






The technology landscape has changed in the last decade, with the transition to IP switching and SIP systems well under way. A contact center based on SIP technology offers you the opportunity to handle not only multiple channels such as email, chat, SMS, social media, mobile and video but also interactions across channels.



Register now for this webinar on:

Wednesday May 22, 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific (U.S. and Canada)

Wednesday May 22, 3 PM British Summer Time (EMEA countries)

Thursday May 23, 9 AM Singapore / 11 AM Sydney (APAC countries)



Keith Dawson from Ovum will discuss ways in which you can approach the technology deployment decision for building the next-generation Contact Center. You will also learn:

  • How to build a roadmap to transition from legacy contact centers based on ACD/PBX switching systems to a more modern, flexible, fully-capable contact center based on SIP

  • Trends and issues that you should be aware of during the migration, planning and procurement period

  • What steps you can take to future proof your contact center


Whether you have a 10 agent center, or multiple contact centers with over 1000 agents, this webinar will help you understand how SIP delivers your next-generation customer service platform.



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Thursday, May 2, 2013

The Next Generation of Social Innovation






Social media has officially taken its place in our lives and has led to a shift in expectations of real time, engaging experiences across the myriad of sites consumers visit across the internet. Marketers are subsequently adjusting their marketing strategies to embrace this trend and are starting to think strategically about new technologies that surface the true power of social media as a marketing channel.



This white paper will explore:

  • The opportunities that social data and real time experiences offer

  • Proven examples of the strategies, technologies and implementation guidelines brands are using to achieve real results

  • Guidance on leveraging these technologies for your own business success






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2013 Consumer Research: The Value of Social Login






Surveying a cross-section of more than 600 U.S. consumers, the results show social login is now understood, recognized and increasingly used by a majority of consumers. In addition, consumers better understand the value of sharing access to their social profiles when it results in a more personalized, relevant online experience.



A few of the findings:

  • 92% report having left a website when they've forgotten their username or password

  • 87% of consumers are aware of social login, and more than half have tried it

  • 98% of consumers report being mistargeted with ads, offers and promotions






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