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Facebook and Pinterest Take Big Data to Another Level:

Pinterest and Facebook Take Big Data to Another Level Bernard MarrBest-Selling Author, Keynote Speaker and Leading Business and Data ExpertFollowUnfollowFollowingLoadingPinterest and Facebook Take Big Data to Another LevelNov 22, 201517 views4 Likes0 CommentsShare on LinkedInShare on FacebookShare on Twitter Big data is a critical cornerstone of most s…

How to Grow Your Small Business After a Setback

How to Grow Your Small Business After a Setback Not all struggling small businesses are doomed—far from it, in fact. Think back to 2009. The U.S. economy was anemic. Companies were slowly clawing t

How To Use Failure To Your Advantage:

How To Use Failure To Your Advantage One of the biggest roadblocks to success is the fear of failure. Fear of failure is worse than failure itself because it condemns you to a life of un

The Power of Disrupting Adjacent Markets:

The Power of Disrupting Adjacent Markets Can a company actually disrupt itself? I often say that businesses must disrupt themselves (before someone else does) to survive. The fact of the mat

Social Good Practices For Companies

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/social-good-practices-companies-craig-shapiro Because of Collaborative Fund’s focus on investing in companies that push the world forward, I often meet entrepreneurs who have a genuine interest i

Schedule for the Unexpected

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/productivity-hacks-schedule-unexpected-shane-atchison In this series, professionals share their secrets to being more productive. Read the posts here, then write your own (use in the b

It's Time To Kill Performance Reviews. Here's Why!

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/its-time-kill-performance-reviews-heres-why-liz-ryan One thing we learn in life is that some of our most important lessons come to us slowly. We don't get every big "Aha!" all at once in a flash of insi

How Big Data Will Change Every Business:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-big-data-change-every-business-bernard-marr If you’re still saying, “Big data isn’t relevant to my company,” you’re missing the boat. I firmly believe that big data and its implications will af

Which one is a better indicator: Customer Satisfaction or Customer Dissatisfaction?

Which one is a better indicator: Customer Satisfaction or Customer Dissatisfaction? In the service industry, we have a few metrics to measure “quality of service” but none works better than asking the customers themselves. Hence, com

What I Learned From a Month of Tracking Every Minute of My Time:

What I Learned From a Month of Tracking Every Minute of My Time In this series, professionals share their secrets to being more productive. Read the posts here, then write your own (use in the b

Exceptional Employees Have Emotional Intelligence

Do You Have the Right Personality to be Successful? A recent international study surveyed more than 500 business leaders and asked them what sets great employees apart. The researchers wanted to know w

10 Things Successful People Never Do:

10 Things Successful People Never Do I have done all of these ten things and seen the results. I was very unhappy. Before I can give you the rules I must establish my credentials. I have

Three Ways Chinese Companies Are Winning with the Customer:

Three Ways Chinese Companies Are Winning with the Customer https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljrmike/Jonathan WoetzelSenior Partner at McKinsey; Director McKinsey Global Institute, Global Leader of the Cities Special InitiativeFollowUnfollowFollowingLoadingThree Ways Chinese Companies Are Winning with the Customer Sep 13, 2015281 views50 Likes8 CommentsShare on…

These Are The Creative Marketing Strategies For Building Huge Consumer Brands:

These Are The Creative Marketing Strategies For Building Huge Consumer Brands Ask any marketer at a consumer internet company where they spend their budget and the answer will be a long one.  A marketer may look at a daily dashboard of acquisition channels that looks something like this: Paid user acquisition is a science unto itself and very important for many consumer inter…

Nothing says transformation like the change from Serif to Sans Serif:

Nothing says transformation like the change from Serif to Sans Serif Google has released a new logo. Undoubtedly it was motivated by what is a larger and more significant restructure into Alphabet. The corporate story is an important one, and probably an overdue rebrand for a company that has long been about a whole lot more than the initial search product that brand…

How to Use Big Data to Make Better Business Decisions:

How to Use Big Data to Make Better Business Decisions I had a conversation recently with an early Uber investor who made something very clear to me: Uber is a data and analytics company. The same is true for the other tech valuation megastar Airbnb.Investors are wowed by the fact that Uber’s fixed cost base is so low. It doesn’t own its fleet of vehicl…

Separating Top Performers From Those With Great Interview Skills:

Separating Top Performers From Those With Great Interview Skills In this series, professionals share their hiring secrets. Read the stories here, then write your own (use somewhere in the body of your post).I often say that I’m successful now because I’ve...

How Anyone Can Avoid the Basic Social Selling Mistakes:

How Anyone Can Avoid the Basic Social Selling Mistakes People don't do business with companies. People do business with people, and that's why social selling, the process of building stronger relationships with potential customers based on truly understanding their needs and problems -- in short, better knowing the people you hope to do business with --…

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These Are the Companies That We'll All be Talking About in the Future:

These Are the Companies That We'll All be Talking About in the Future "Want to become a billionaire? Then help a billion people.""The world's biggest problems are the world's biggest business opportunities."Both of these statements are the way I describe the premise of Singularity University's Graduate Studies Program (GSP) and the companies we cre…

Smart People Never Make These Mistakes Twice:

Why It’s Good to Learn the Hard Way Everybody makes mistakes—that’s a given—but not everyone learns from them. Some people make the same mistakes over and over again, fail to make any real progress, and can’t figure out why.“Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.” – Bruce LeeWhen we make mistakes, it can…

What No One Ever Tells You About Being the Boss

The Inside Story of What Being THE Boss Really Means Mention you're about to start a business and you'll get plenty of advice. Everyone you know will suddenly turn into an expert on financing, marketing and sales strategies, and technology and innovation.But what you won't hear is what it's like to be a CEO, even if you're the CEO of no one but yourse…

These Tweaks To Your Morning Routine Will Make Your Entire Day More Productive:

Tweak Your Morning Routine, Transform Your Entire Day I don’t know anyone who couldn’t use a little boost in their energy and self-control.Researchers at the University of Nottingham recently published findings from their exploration of 83 separate studies on energy and self-control. What they found will change the way you start your day.The researcher…

A Sailor Showed Me the Way to Think Big:

A Sailor Showed Me the Way In this series, professionals thank those who helped them reach where they are today. Read the posts here, then write your own. Use and your mentor when sharing.It was not one of my bosses who had the biggest impact on my professional life; no, it was a sailor, called Trist…

Lesson From Alphabet: How Important Is The Name Of Your Business?

Lesson From Alphabet: How Important Is The Name Of Your Business? Google just shook the world, when it's CEO, Larry Page reported, "Our company is operating well today, but we think we can make it cleaner and more accountable. So we are creating a new company, called Alphabet" As strange as the name sounds, we've all gotten so used to Google, so in a few…

10 Digital Marketing Trends In 2015 That Will Boost Your Strategy:

10 Digital Marketing Trends In 2015 That Will Boost Your Strategy It can be a frustrating field, digital marketing, as it is an ever-changing landscape. However,  keeping up on the trends and forecasting your strategy on what is to come, can make sure you stay above the curve. This is a great article, highlighting some trends that we should be consider. Thanks Nei…

How to Start from Scratch and Become a Thought Leader

How to Start from Scratch and Become a Thought Leader Want to be seen as a leading thinker? Want to be the Seth Godin or Malcolm Gladwell of your field?Want to revolutionize entire industries -- and business paradigms -- like Steve Jobs?It’s not easy. It takes a lot more than sitting at a computer while the children are nestled all snug in their beds a…

An Employee Posts a Despicable Tweet. What Do You Do?

An Employee Posts a Despicable Tweet. What Do You Do? You might have missed this and that's too bad. The underlying issue is one you will hopefully never be forced to deal with, but it is a situation you should think hard about so you'll know how to respond in case it does happen.First a little background: Curt Schilling is a former pitcher (he played…

The importance of customer profiling - how well do you understand your customers?

The importance of customer profiling - how well do you understand your customers? A lot of start-up businesses make the mistake of kick-starting their marketing with a shiny new website and a beautifully designed flyer or advert before they’ve given proper consideration as to who their customers are. If you don’t know who you are talking to, then how can you hope to include messa…