Are You Missing the Key to Customer Loyalty?


26 OCTOBER 2011


This week's issue brought to you by: Flexera

Big Data

Action-Enabled Enterprises in the World of Big Data

By Steve Shine, CEO and President, Actian

A stewardess on a flight from London to San Francisco did something that all companies should be doing in order to boost customer loyalty. Are your employees taking advantage of this opportunity?

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		SandHill’s New Mobile Site is Launched

		Check out the new mobile version of SandHill.com on your tablet or smartphone. The streamlined view speeds up your search for news, insightful articles, and research. And you always click on the link for the desktop view if you prefer. SandHill is a great place to be seen, whether on the mobile or desktop version. Is your company’s message there?. Visit the site

Startups

How to Prepare a Software Business for Growth

By Avinoam Nowogrodski, CEO, Clarizen

When scaling your business, re-evaluating your vision and re-targeting your market, how important is your existing client portfolio?

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		Cool New Lead-Nurturing Program Beginning November 1

		The Ultimate “Live in 45” Lead Nurturing Program is a no-travel-necessary, six weekly sessions program developed by Henry Bruce of The Rock Annand Group. Each 90-minute live webcast describes the specific, practical steps needed to construct an effective lead nurturing program for your company. The program is the result of a year’s worth of work that culminated in several webcasts with Hubspot and a major presentation CRMe2011 in NYC in August. You’ll learn good practices to follow and bad ones to avoid in emails, whitepapers, webinars, articles, landing pages and third-party resources and content. A one-hour private consultation is included in the program. Click here for more information or to sign up.

Startups
Modernizing the American Dream for Software Companies in a Global Economy

By John Cowan, CEO, 6fusion

“As we reflect on Steve Jobs, it is worth noting that if he were not American born the chances he would have built the Apple dynasty in the United States would have been dramatically reduced.” Are America’s policies in line with the reality that the world is flat and the economy is global?

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