In December 2017, the cryptocurrency market value surpassed $500 billion for the first time – an increase of more than 2,700% when it was just $17.7 billion at the year’s start. Furthermore, cryptocurrency trading platforms within the global market have reported adding more than 100,000 users per day, causing Binance – the global market’s largest…
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The Unexpected Downside of Fast Growth
Once upon a time you had an idea for a business. That idea germinated into a name, a product, and you were on your way. Along the path, though, there were many obstacles and high hurdles to leap over and sometimes you found yourself colliding with them instead. There were the wrong and costly turns…
Streamline Reporting Today So You Can Breeze Through the Holidays
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, but how would you know? You’re scrambling to get your year-end reporting tasks done. Is the lack of automated reporting keeping you tied to your desk? Are you afraid if you’re not there, key data collection and related operational decisions will just not happen? It’s great to…
Ending the Year-End Conflict Between Sales and Marketing
Finally! The end of another busy year. It’s hard to concentrate between holiday plans and anticipated time off with family and friends, but there is more ahead than just pumpkin pie and crowded airports. It’s also your dwindling opportunity to reach those sometimes-elusive sales or marketing goals that spell the difference between a fat or…
6 Best Practices for Delivering Excellent Customer Service on Social Media
If there is one thing that customer service professionals are reminded of during the holiday season it’s that it doesn’t matter if you’re in a store, on the phone, or online – no one likes to wait. This turns out to be particularly true when it comes to handling customer service inquiries on social media.…
Is Your Database a Hot Mess? Six Common Culprits to Avoid
Have you ever found yourself struggling to find a piece of company data you know is there, somewhere? Was it entered into one of your various databases, or is it nested on someone’s hard drive in an Excel spreadsheet created three years ago? The good news is that someone took the time and effort to…
Why You Need to Stop Using Excel for Your Budgeting Process
For all the progress companies have made in adopting new technologies over the last quarter century, it is alarming to consider the number of companies still utilizing Microsoft Excel for data entry, calculation, reporting and forecasting. While revolutionary in 1985 when it debuted on the Apple Macintosh, it has largely become unable to support the…
How Utilizing On-Demand Data Services Can Save You Time and Money
In an era where people can get nearly anything they want with the click of a button, the nature of business – and how companies are acquiring the talent they need – is bound to change. What was once an employee-based model, where companies were expected to engage employees on a long-term basis, has instead…
The Problem with Spreadsheets
It is amazing to consider how the number of companies that are reliant on spreadsheets to run their organization. Too many businesses have become dependent on spreadsheets to manage key business processes including contracting, payment calculations, inventory, sales, data management, and invoicing. Companies very often feel as though they don’t have much of a choice…
How Employing a Master Data Management Strategy Can Help You Outperform Your Peers
The circling headlines in recent years regarding data breaches, data security, hacking and data theft may be leaving some people with a conflicted view of data. From the standpoint of a compliance officer or a director of information security, data might appear to be more of a threat than a pool of unlocked potential. Interestingly,…