3 ways SMBs can manage their big data

Ritu Jain
Ritu Jain|February 26, 2013

Inc.com blogger Jessica Stillman recently wrote about small businesses getting baffled by big data. These companies, she reported, struggle to even define what big data means – much less manage it to their advantage. I think that the issue is not limited to just smaller and midsize companies. Even larger [...]

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Forecasting improves search revenues by 300 percent for midsize business

Courtney Peters
Courtney Peters|January 30, 2013

To read more ongoing tips and insights for small and midsize businesses, follow our SAS4SMB blog series or visit SAS for Small and MidSize Business. We all wish we could predict the future. After all, when a company knows its sales for next week, next month and next year, it [...]

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SMBs: Five technology trends to look out for in 2013

Ritu Jain
Ritu Jain|December 27, 2012

Running a small or midsize business is not for the faint of heart. To help you better prepare for 2013, here is our compilation of the most important tech trends to be ready for in the New Year: 1. Mobile: From payment apps like Square and Google Wallet to device-supportive [...]

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5 features SMBs want from data visualization

Kevin Garbedian
Kevin Garbedian|December 11, 2012

To read more ongoing tips and insights for small and midsize businesses, follow our SAS4SMB blog series or visit SAS for Small and MidSize Business. Data underpins the operations and strategic decisions of every business. Yet these days, data is generated faster than it can be digested, making it challenging [...]

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SAS named “Champion” in InfoTech Midmarket BI Report – Why should you care?

Courtney Peters
Courtney Peters|November 27, 2012

To read more ongoing tips and insights for small and midsize businesses, follow our SAS4SMB blog series or visit SAS for Small and MidSize Business . The software industry is a complicated place, with new technologies constantly being introduced. As a small and midsize business (SMB), how can you keep up [...]

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Small Business Saturday is worth celebrating

Courtney Peters
Courtney Peters|November 19, 2012

To read more ongoing tips and insights for small and midsize businesses, follow our SAS4SMB blog series or visi SAS for Small and MidSize Business . When we take the pulse of the economy, small businesses are often overlooked. Why is that? Is it their size? The lack of a [...]

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3 signs you're ready to graduate from spreadsheets to analytics

Ritu Jain
Ritu Jain|November 12, 2012

To read more ongoing tips and insights for small and midsize businesses, follow our  SAS4SMB blog series or visi SAS for Small and MidSize Business . Small and midsize businesses live in the world of Excel. And why not? Spreadsheets are easy to use, inexpensive, and easily available – making them the [...]

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3 ways to improve customer loyalty with analytics

Courtney Peters
Courtney Peters|November 1, 2012

It’s no secret that analytics helps large organizations determine what offers are best for their customers and their business, but can powerful analytics be harnessed for small and medium business success? For the answer, I turned to Oberweis Dairy, a 90-year-old mid-sized business that has grown from a family-owned dairy farm [...]

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5 things I learned from leading entrepreneurs

Courtney Peters
Courtney Peters|October 23, 2012

I recently had the good fortune to travel to Phoenix, AZ, for the Inc. 500|5000 Conference & Awards, the must-attend event for the nation’s leading entrepreneurs. It is just that. Talk about inspiring!  In attendance were some of the most amazing people I have ever encountered — folks who are [...]

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Forecasting pitfalls – Ignore them at your peril!

Ritu Jain
Ritu Jain|October 17, 2012

There is no denying the value of forecasting. Ask any business – what would it give to know what the demand for its products or services will be in next three months, six months, two years? Forecasting matters for all businesses, but it is especially important for smaller and midsize [...]

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