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Defining value through pricing
3rd April 2012

By looking at pricing for a lot of different vendors and products submitted through the FreePint Research Benchmarking on Pricing project, three main approaches to price modeling emerged. This four-part series examines these models and discusses how a buyer might approach negotiations over products offered under that pricing model.

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A brief history of FreePint's social interactions
3rd April 2012

Cast your mind back to 1996. A new search engine called Google launched. The first DVD players were being sold. The hottest new gadget on the market was the Palm Pilot.

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Diversify your business networking with these LinkedIn alternatives
2nd April 2012

Just as Google isn’t the only search engine, YouTube isn’t the only source for online videos and Twitter isn’t the only option for microblogging, LinkedIn isn’t the only social networking source for business and professional interaction. The LinkedIn alternatives presented below may be just the ticket to diversifying your networking strategy.

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Managing your very own moment of insignificance
2nd April 2012

The nature of a successful business is drastically different today than it was just a few years ago. The nature of a successful, growing professional has transformed too. Why the change? So many aspects of doing business involve managing (or failing to manage) communication.

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Cybercrime - not so high tech after all?
2nd April 2012

With news that Visa and Mastercard accounts may have been compromised and further alarm bells ringing about cybercrime, information professionals look to see where the risks are and what they can do about them. However, it seems that it's the low end of the technical spectrum where the biggest dangers lie and not with young, technically literate criminals.

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Industry consolidations may provide opportunities
1st April 2012

Many businesses are consolidating through economies of scale, brand alignment or market reach expansion, and their needs will of course change. For information professionals it is essential to think about how you can adapt your product or services to take advantage of these changes.

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Content and technology. A Profound difference?
1st April 2012

Information providers and market researchers need to keep ahead of the game, looking for new ways to enhance and extend the range of their products. Profound from MarketResearch.com is one such, now offering new features and categories along with an improved searching facility.

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Online or ePaper news - which camp are you in?
30th March 2012

With the growing trend for newspapers to be published online as well as in print form, readers tend to prefer one format or the other. Enhancements to digital versions can offer useful additional features but research suggests people have better recall of news read in paper form than online.

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Building a Knowledge Management tool that lasts
30th March 2012

What happens when you're asked to implement a knowledge management tool that everybody loves the sound of, but aren't prepared to put the effort into maintaining? That's right, you'll end up with an unloved and unwanted tool, that promised much but ultimately delivered little. So how should you approach the development of a knowledge management tool?

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This week's recommended reading
30th March 2012

This post highlights another week of articles on web strategy, intranet management, search and information resources tweeted and retweeted by FUMSI contributing editors.

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