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LinkedIn Today - Another News Aggregator on the Block
Monday, 20th May 2013
LinkedIn's recent purchase of the Pulse news app appeared to signal a move towards news aggregation. This was confirmed last week, when the business networking site launched a revamp of its social news service, LinkedIn Today. Users can now read content from credible news sources covering a range of business categories.
Source Update May 2013: What's Happening with Nexis?
Wednesday, 8th May 2013
This month's additions and takedowns in Nexis, researched and compiled by Anne Jordan.
Source Update May 2013: What's Happening with Eureka.cc and Europresse.com?
Tuesday, 7th May 2013
This month's additions and takedowns in Eureka.cc and Europresse.com, researched and compiled by Anne Jordan. Europresse.com is the European version of the Eureka.cc solution.
Source Update May 2013: What's Happening with Factiva?
Monday, 6th May 2013
This month's additions and takedowns in Factiva, researched and compiled by Anne Jordan.
Competitive Intelligence: Deciphering Corporate Strategy using Secondary Sources
Wednesday, 1st May 2013
As part of FreePint’s series of articles on competitive intelligence focused on helping information professionals gain a competitive advantage over technology, Milan Dalal of the Brook Intelligence Centre explains how piecing together the clues contained within secondary sources can surface a company’s strategy. He details why there is an increasing need for this type of analysis, the sources to consider, and how to critically evaluate them. He also demonstrates how your opinions can add value to the process.
Has LinkedIn Got its Finger on the Pulse of its Contacts?
Wednesday, 1st May 2013
There have been a number of very interesting announcements from LinkedIn recently. Amongst these was their purchase of Pulse, a newsreader application that aggregates news sources. How will this acquisition and other announcements such as the new LinkedIn Contacts App enhance our LinkedIn experience?
An Array of Needs in Mobile Content: A View from the FreePint Community of Practice
Thursday, 25th April 2013
The mobile environment is a dynamic one. Robin Neidorf offers an update into how organisations are tackling the challenge of making content mobile, which devices are proving the most popular and which barriers to implementation remain. Security and authentication issues are discussed alongside BYOD and softer challenges such as users' lack of information literacy skills.
Improving the Sales Process with InsideView
Friday, 19th April 2013
A good sales intelligence tool can make a huge difference to a company's sales and marketing success. Jan Knight explores how InsideView performs and gives her opinion on the 50 million people and company profiles, trigger event options, and integration with CRM and social media.
Product Review of InsideView: Executive Summary
Thursday, 18th April 2013
If you're a sales person or marketer interested in prioritising leads, researching what’s going on in your target markets and obtaining warm introductions to prospective buyers then InsideView could be the product for you. Jan Knight's executive summary of sales intelligence tool InsideView finds that the product would be an excellent addition to any sales strategy.
Product Review of InsideView: Outputs, Customer Support, Pricing
Thursday, 18th April 2013
Concluding her review of sales intelligence tool InsideView, Jan Knight reviews the output options, help and support available, pricing and timeliness of information. The company continually aggregates, triangulates and validates information from over 30,000 data sources and updates the system as soon as changes are found.
Product Review of InsideView: Search & Tools
Wednesday, 17th April 2013
Finding and prioritising leads, researching the activity of prospect companies and connecting with people for an introduction are all high on the salesperson's To Do List - Jan Knight finds out how InsideView fulfils these requirements by taking an in-depth look at the search options offered by this sales intelligence tool.
LinkedIn Purchases Pulse & Moves Closer to Being a Publishing Platform
Wednesday, 17th April 2013
LinkedIn's purchase of the Pulse news app is the company's latest move in news aggregation, building on its introduction of LinkedIn Today and the Influencer discovery tool over the last couple of years. The acquisition of mobile news specialist Pulse is the next step towards the business networking site becoming "the definitive professional publishing platform".
Product Review of InsideView: Sources, Content & Coverage
Wednesday, 17th April 2013
Marketing staff, sales people, customer service representatives and account managers all need access to high quality information to research and qualify leads and calculate the best time to approach prospects. Continuing her review of sales intelligence tool InsideView, Jan Knight looks at the sources of information available and the integration possibilities with CRM products such as Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics.
Product Review of InsideView: Introduction and FreePint's View
Tuesday, 16th April 2013
Prospecting for sales leads and the inevitable cold calling is a tough task but it's a vital part of any business operation. Jan Knight reviews InsideView, an award-winning sales intelligence tool which aims to make the process more effective by providing sales and marketing specialists with critical business insights to allow them to contact the right person at the right time... and with the right message.
Alternatives to Google Alerts - Is it Next for the Cut?
Monday, 8th April 2013
Google is the topic of conversation for the wrong reasons at the moment, from its copyright battles to disgruntlement over the recent cull of Google Reader. Now it seems free web monitoring service Google Alerts is providing poor results, leading to speculation about its closure. Penny Crossland looks at some alternative free alerting services and puts them to the test.
Source Update April 2013: What's Happening with EBSCO?
Thursday, 4th April 2013
This month's additions and takedowns in EBSCO, researched and compiled by Anne Jordan.
Fair Use vs Free Ride - Meltwater Loses US Copyright Battle
Wednesday, 3rd April 2013
The debate over copyright in the digital sphere continues with the recent ruling in the Meltwater/Associated Press battle. Central to the decision was whether or not Meltwater was driving subscribers to third-party news sites or acting as a source in itself, and how much free information constitutes "too much".
Source Update April 2013: What's Happening with Nexis?
Wednesday, 3rd April 2013
This month's additions and takedowns in Nexis, researched and compiled by Anne Jordan.
Source Update April 2013: What's Happening with Factiva?
Tuesday, 2nd April 2013
This month's additions and takedowns in Factiva, researched and compiled by Anne Jordan.
The Evolution of Video on the Web - Towards a Legitimate Resource
Monday, 25th March 2013
We live in a rapidly evolving, media rich world; a world that offers a robust and effective web-delivered pipeline of information that funnels a user's need to the appropriate technology-related resource or solution. Video on the internet is one such outlet that has been a mainstay for information gathering and dissemination - but how can you determine the credibility and reliability of the video and its source?
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