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On International Data Privacy Day, Celebrate Your Employees’ Privacy

Enza Iannopollo January 28, 2021
In their haste to manage the pandemic's impact, many employers deprioritized their data protection responsibilities. Now is the time to renew the focus on employee privacy and confidentiality.
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How Customer Service Can Emerge Stronger From The Pandemic In 2021

Kate Leggett January 27, 2021
The pandemic exposed some gaping holes in customer service technologies and processes. Learn the three key areas where customer service organizations should focus in the year ahead.
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Microsoft Is Now A Cybersecurity Behemoth

Jeff Pollard January 27, 2021
Microsoft has achieved its goal of being a mega-security vendor. For Microsoft competitors — which is almost every vendor — this also makes the company an existential threat.
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What A Biden-Harris Administration Means For The Healthcare Industry

Daniel Hong January 26, 2021
The new administration will quickly move to create a healthcare system that tackles key health insurance pain points for consumers: plan quality, accessibility, and costs. Learn what health insurers should expect.
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It’s Time To Crack The B2B Sales Gender Diversity Code

Mary Shea January 26, 2021
Women hold just 12% of top B2B sales positions — though the evidence shows greater profitability and performance when women are represented at the highest levels. Recent research by Forrester analysts outlines what needs to change.
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Five Actions Every Portfolio Marketer Should Take To Drive Business Value In 2021

Katie Fabiszak January 21, 2021
As organizations prepare for 2021 and beyond, they need to focus on what matters most, which includes examining market trends and understanding buyer needs. Here are the five key actions portfolio marketers must take.
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Four Key Takeaways For Brands From CES 2021

Dipanjan Chatterjee January 19, 2021
Discover what this year's all-virtual event revealed about the future of brand experiences.
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Empowered Consumers Call For Sustainability Transformation

Anjali Lai January 19, 2021
While consumer conversations about the climate have ebbed and flowed for decades, 2020 marked a turning point that sparked unprecedented urgency around the climate crisis. Learn how this will impact consumer trends in 2021.
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What B2B Marketing Leaders Are Measuring: Five Key Takeaways

Ross Graber January 15, 2021
Instead of asking leaders which metrics they feel are most important, we asked which metrics actually appear on their top-level dashboards. Here's what we learned.
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Reaching Gen Z Starts With Understanding Their Truths

Mike Proulx January 14, 2021

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Frustrated With Findability? Tagging Content Takes Teamwork

Kathleen Pierce January 13, 2021
Best-in-class organizations pair SMEs with content operations to optimize all aspects of content performance at scale.
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Why The Service Mesh Should Fade Out Of Sight

David Mooter January 13, 2021
Service meshes need to fade away into the background of development platforms. To understand why, one must first understand the quiet revolution happening with Kubernetes.
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Update Your Understanding Of Emotion (Hint: It’s Not Just Feelings)

Jim Nail January 12, 2021
We’ve assembled a compendium of Forrester’s existing research on emotion, with the help of analysts across a variety of coverage areas. This research will help CMOs — and other leaders across the enterprise — rethink the dynamics of emotion.
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Emerging-Company Sales Leaders: Shape-Shift Or Face Failure

Nancy Maluso January 11, 2021
Sales leaders at emerging-growth companies must evolve their skills and focus to successfully execute and build the revenue engine. Those who don’t will hurt the company’s ability to grow.
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Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, And JPMC’s Haven Disbands — What That Means For Healthcare Companies

Judy Weader January 6, 2021
Some may be breathing a sigh of relief — but this is a temporary reprieve. Healthcare organizations and employers must act now to innovate and rethink the way they deliver healthcare services and coverage.
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Can Your Sales Rep Be Influenced By Commission?

Seth Marrs January 5, 2021
Compensation is important — but it isn't always the primary sales motivator. Evaluate these three factors to determine the true impact of commission.
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It’s Likely You Already Have Low-Code Developers — Get Them Into Your Security Neighborhood

Sandy Carielli January 4, 2021
Security pros should work to integrate security into the developer experience to ensure customer-facing applications are secure. Consider these three points to get started.
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The Ideal Partner Profile — A Channel Sales Leader’s North Star

Chris Cleary December 30, 2020
B2B channel chiefs often forget or overlook the impact that partner profiling has on the indirect business. An ideal partner profile is a “job description” for hiring new partners, and this profile data is connected to every decision that a channel chief will make.
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Consumers Ride A Rising Tide Of Consumer Energy Into 2021

Anjali Lai December 22, 2020
Consumer energy is rising again. The latest pulse reveals that, over the course of the past three months, overall consumer energy has moved from 39 up to 43, and consumer energy has grown along every key emotional dimension.
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The 10 Best Ways To Spend Your B2B Paid Media Budget In 2021

John Arnold December 21, 2020
As paid media spending rebounds, these strategies can help you amplify the impact of that spending.