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Each week, we curate and publish the top 10 posts of the week on business innovation from across our content categories. We hope you find these articles valuable, informative, and interesting. Enjoy!
Is The Cloud Ready For Data Warehousing?
Cloud – By Lindsey Nelson, @LindseyNNelson
You may be contemplating the cloud, and if you are thinking of how it will help advance your business intelligence analytics, here are 4 reasons how.
Mobile Marketing – The Elephant In The Room For Marketers
Sales & Marketing – By Steve Olenski, @steveolenski
This is (the fourth) year for mobile, but it's time for marketers to talk about the elephant in the room and get on board.
Analytics Could Save Social Networks As Marketing Tool
Analytics – By Irfan Khan
For a long time, especially in the Mad Men era, marketers and advertisers alike used their guts. Now with a more informed customer, analytics is outsmarting intuition and showing how you can leverage your social media data to reach your audience.
‘Bring Your Own Network’: More Security Risks Than BYOD?
Cloud – By Eric Lai, @ericylai
Eric brings to our attention the dangers of the network, as well as a new acronym we can add to our already lengthy list.
The Most Toxic Words In Marketing
Sales & Marketing – Michael Brenner, @BrennerMichael
It's all about how you say it, and if your content isn't good enough to be behind that registration form it won't help you sell stuff.
The Emerging Social Enterprise: Catering to the Net Generation
Sales & Marketing – By Michael Brenner
The possibilities for success as a Social Enterprise are endless – as long as you listen to what the Net Generation is saying.
Myths In Risk Management — Exposing The Flaws Of Risk Heat Maps
Finance – By Bruce McCuaig
Bruce asks and answers how useful the frequently used heat maps actually are.
The Walmart Effect: 4 Best Practices For Dealing With That First Huge Order
Industries – By Christopher Koch, @Ckochster
So you're a small company who sells lollipops and Wal-Mart just called - they want 200,000 lollipops by Friday morning. What do you do with that big first deal?
Forrester: Top Marks For Windows 8
Mobile – By Sebastian Nikoloff
Sebastian gives us a quick once-over on the new Windows we've been waiting for.
5 Things Every Business Needs
Business Innovation – By Todd Wilms, @toddmwilms
It's not a broken record, big data is the biggest game changer for your company. With it you can reach a previously undiscovered level of engagement with your customer, especially if you have these five things.