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Coronavirus Compliance Updates: What Your HR Department Needs to Know

Meredith Wholley — April 16, 2020 COVID-19 has already made a big impact on the workforce and the economy in just a few short weeks. As remote work becomes the norm and employers are faced with layoffs and furlough scenarios, there are many regulations being put in place to protect businesses and their employees. At … Continue reading Coronavirus Compliance Updates: What Your HR Department Needs to Know

How to Communicate Software Development Costs to Your Finance Department

Katy Stalcup — March 9, 2020 If you’re in engineering or development, communicating about cloud infrastructure and other software development costs with your finance department is tricky. For one thing, those costs are almost certainly rising. Also, you are in different roles with different priorities. This naturally creates barriers of communication. You may think your … Continue reading How to Communicate Software Development Costs to Your Finance Department

Justice Department homing in on Google Ad Manager in antitrust probe

The feds are interviewing publishers and ad-tech rivals about whether Google has too much control “over the monetization of digital content.” Greg Sterling on February 5, 2020 The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) is talking with multiple publishers and ad-tech companies as it scrutinizes Google’s third-party ad tools, as part of the DOJ’s antitrust investigation, the … Continue reading Justice Department homing in on Google Ad Manager in antitrust probe

Is your marketing department the ‘useful idiot’ of your business?

In politics, the useful idiot is someone who can be misled into supporting a dubious cause that goes against his own best interest. In marketing, the outside actor here is ignorance and it’s time to change that. Ryan Phelan on January 29, 2020    As an email strategist and fractional CMO, I’m always amazed – … Continue reading Is your marketing department the ‘useful idiot’ of your business?

Web Accessibility: Why It Matters to Your HR Department

Jeffrey Mirro — October 14, 2019 Most people think that digital technology has made the world more accessible. While websites do increase accessibility for many people, they can be limiting for others. Specifically, people with disabilities may have increased difficulty accessing online content. This is not merely an inconvenience in some cases. For businesses that … Continue reading Web Accessibility: Why It Matters to Your HR Department

Why You Need an Insights Department and How To Build It

Jessie Coan — August 16, 2019 Follow @jessiecoan — August 16, 2019 geralt / Pixabay Data bombards decision-makers from all sides. And while there is no right answer when it comes to capitalizing on data, the ability to quickly transform it into insights about consumers is what increasingly separates Best-in-Class companies from All Others. The … Continue reading Why You Need an Insights Department and How To Build It

How Your HR Department Can Improve Information Security and Prevent Data Loss

Ray Costello — October 27, 2018 — October 27, 2018 In an era where cybersecurity regularly makes the headlines and data is increasingly valuable, it’s often IT professionals who take the spotlight. While tech pros are certainly critical to information security safeguards, they aren’t alone. Your HR department can and should play an important role … Continue reading How Your HR Department Can Improve Information Security and Prevent Data Loss

How to Bring Counterpart Redlines to the Law Department for Review

Jeanette Nyden — November 15, 2017 Follow @JeanetteNyden — November 15, 2017 Recently I received this email from a coaching client, who is a contract administrator on the buy-side. His concerns and my advice are applicable to sales-side contracting too. “How do I intelligently bring the contractor’s exceptions (to our master agreement) to the Law … Continue reading How to Bring Counterpart Redlines to the Law Department for Review

Location data beyond the marketing department: A look at 3 use cases

As mobile location data evolves beyond just ad targeting, contributor Eric Aledort takes a look at how it’s being applied across the entire enterprise, from urban planning to the pricing of real estate. Eric Aledort on October 23, 2017   More and more marketers are using mobile location data to target their ad spend: In … Continue reading Location data beyond the marketing department: A look at 3 use cases