Margaret JacobyApril 24, 2015 Hiring and training a new employee is often just as stressful for managers as it is for the new hire. Preparing the necessary paperwork, outlining job responsibilities (especially if you’re creating a new position), and making sure the employee knows the ins and outs of your company are all important aspects … Continue reading Onboarding Employees: Waste of Time or Strategic Process?
New B2B web usability report shows considerable disconnect between what B2B buyers want on a website and what vendors provide. Amy Gesenhues on April 9, 2015 A newly released B2B web usability report from KoMarketing and BuyerZone shows a sizable disconnect between what B2B e-commerce buyers want on vendor websites and the content vendor websites … Continue reading Less Than 20% Of B2B Buyers Say Social Media & Blogs Impact Vendor Discovery Process [Report]
Sylvia FoersterMarch 23, 2015 Graphic design isn’t a process many people are familiar with. It can be hard to envision how one can create something from nothing. With building construction, you can drive by a site and see the foundation get poured, the frame go up, and as the weeks go by, you can see … Continue reading What is the Design Process?
Dave BrockMarch 21, 2015 Before going further in this article, stop for a moment and look at the steps and activities in your sales process. At some point is there something similar to, “Deliver value proposition to customer?” Now a few of you may be scratching your heads–if you don’t have a sales process, you … Continue reading “Delivering You Value Proposition” Is Not A Step In Your Sales Process!
Will HollandMarch 9, 2015 In order to help employees perform job functions correctly, it’s common to establish processes that outline workflows – a guide to who should be touching what part of the project and when – and procedural guides that detail what steps are required and in what order they should happen. These are … Continue reading Process Vs. Knowledge: Learners Need Both
Columnist David Booth argues that if you’re not using web analytics data to drive decisions from the C-suite on down, you’re doing it wrong. David Booth on March 2, 2015 I’ll start with a bold statement: In 2015, you can no longer afford to live with a web analytics deployment that was slapped on by your … Continue reading Strategy Before Code: A Process For Valuable Analytics
Mark PearsonFebruary 22, 2015 Recently I have been thinking about how the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process fits in with the other planning processes within an organisation. A lot is written about the S&OP process and its big brother IBP (Integrated Business Planning) but a lot of it is focused on the S&OP process … Continue reading Integrating the S&OP Process: Go with the Flow!
Business.comFebruary 11, 2015 The year, 1998. The place, some nameless IT office. A young man is preparing for his first day of work. He has no idea what a business analyst does, but he knows it has something to do with computers and will mean gainful employment for him. His mentor sits him down and … Continue reading Why Requirements Refinement Should Be An Ongoing Process
Business.comJanuary 31, 2015 In order to become and remain successful and competitive, businesses must continuously improve their processes. Failure to do so is likely to result in higher costs, lower revenues, less motivated employees and fewer satisfied customers. Business Process Management (BPM) is a powerful tool businesses can use to keep all aspects of operations … Continue reading Why Every Company Needs Business Process Management
Greg Finn on January 30, 2015 As animated GIFs continue to captivate on social media, the ability to create is becoming easier. Last month, YouTube demoed an example that it had featuring a native GIF–creator. Not to be outdone, image and video host Imgur, has released a super simple GIF creation tool that works with … Continue reading Imgur Tool Simplifies The Process Animating Videos Into Gifs
