On March 9, we launched the update of one of our most read and anticipated reports, “The Forrester Wave™: Governance, Risk, And Compliance Platforms, Q1 2020.” It represents at least six months of work for the lead analysts (Alla Valente and Renee Murphy) and the research director (Amy DeMartine). The 2018 version of this Wave […]
This year is likely the last one ever in which you can say that more than half the planet is not on social media. Hootsuite just released a massive digital state of the union report. Some of the high-level findings: 5.2 billion of us now have phones globally 4.5 billion are connected to the internet
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Each year literally hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs and business owners will develop a business plan. Most will incorporate the ten key sections most business plan templates include. But even then, most miss two ingredients that are crucial, particularly if you are seeking outside funding for your plan. Let’s go through these two items so
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Throughout all of 2017, HubSpot experienced something that had never happened before — our blog’s monthly traffic flattened. Even worse, it started to decline. So after months of stressing over the mysterious cause of our blog’s traffic plateau, we decided to sit down, chug a bunch of coffee, and find the culprit.
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At the same time that the concept of customer experience seems to be attracting more and more thought leadership press, the stark reality is that in many B2B companies, three critical revenue-maximization efforts remain demonstrably sub-optimized. For ABM practitioners, closing these performance gaps promises to deliver additional improvements to the bottom line. Part of the
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Achieving customer-centricity involves deeply understanding customer needs and fulfilling them better than anyone else. In turn, design thinking is foundational to staying in sync with customers. That said, it’s one challenge to understand consumers in all their irrational complexity, and another to transform that understanding into meaningful innovation of products and services. The integration of human
LinkedIn is a powerful tool for marketing — in fact, a HubSpot study found LinkedIn generates the highest visitor-to-lead conversion rate at 2.74%
Oracle’s October 2019 Critical Patch update contains 219 security patches across virtually all of Oracle’s product families. The company strongly recommends all customers apply the Critical Patch Update immediately, as many breaches are a direct result of not applying security updates when they become available. “Oracle continues to periodically receive reports of attempts to maliciously
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Positive Search-Engine Optimization (SEO) is essential to building a successful and well-trafficked site, blog, or brand. There are plenty of ways that you can improve your SEO; however, many people don’t recognize how their current content may be harming their ratings. What are some of the issues that can harm your SEO ranking? How can
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With basic social media marketing jobs getting automated, critical thinking skills now in demand. Source: Pexels THERE IS no denying the fact that a strong social media presence is key to a brand’s success in the digital age. To grow that presence and create some influence, businesses hire social media managers. Thus far, it has
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