by Patty Wellinger | Mar 23, 2018 | Business Research, Competitive Intelligence, Strategic Thinking
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was passed in 1967 and gives the public the right to request access to records from federal agencies that are not publicly available. Agencies are required to disclose the information unless it falls under an exemption such as...
by Jessica Flores | Mar 16, 2018 | Business Research, Competitive Intelligence, Strategic Thinking
Competitive pressures are inherent to the business environment. Resourceful companies can typically carve out some piece of the competitive landscape to stake their claim. However, there are some market players that contain so much market share that competing with...
by Wanda McDavid | Feb 23, 2018 | Leadership, Workforce
By 2025, millennials will compose up to 75% of the workforce. The challenge for businesses is how to manage and motivate millennials who have grown up in a digital era. Practically speaking, businesses need to identify what the new preferred ways of working and...
by Jessica Flores | Feb 16, 2018 | Innovation, Technology, Winter Olympics
The Winter Olympics has finished its first full week with athletes braving freezing and often windy conditions. For me personally, I have enjoyed watching (through my half open fingers) the women and men who brave the 22-foot walls of the halfpipe, doing flips and...
by Patty Wellinger | Feb 9, 2018 | Business Research, Competitive Intelligence, Market Trends, Strategic Thinking
Knowing more about your competitors provides an advantage when making decisions about your business operations and strategies. Competitive intelligence reports are one of the most common requests at Access/Information and a previous blog explains why this data is so...
by Jessica Flores | Feb 2, 2018 | Business Research, Competitive Intelligence, Market Trends, Strategic Thinking
Research is a critical component of innovation, at least that is what we believe at Access/Information. More than that, researching your industry and all the pressures internally and externally that it faces leads to informed decision making. When planning the next...
by Wanda McDavid | Jan 26, 2018 | Client Acquisition, Innovation, Legal Research, Market Trends, Mergers & Acquisitions
Law firms continue to evolve and look at different ways to engage with their clients. The overall goal of the law firm is to understand the client’s business issues and deliver the best legal services possible. According to the Legal Institute for Forward Thinking,...
by Shani Cairns | Jan 19, 2018 | Branding, Client Acquisition
Businesses in the information age need to be aware of the value and importance of micro influencers. Micro influencers are reshaping the digital marketing landscape. Also known as influencer marketing, this form of advertising has become a power hitter in online...
by Jessica Flores | Jan 12, 2018 | Business Research, Client Acquisition, Market Expansion, Market Trends, Niche
Are all your proverbial eggs in one basket? For most companies, 80% of revenue is generated by 20% of clients, according to the Pareto principal. That means, if you have a total of ten clients, two of those clients are largely responsible for keeping your business...
by Jessica Flores | Jan 5, 2018 | Branding, Client Acquisition, Customer Experience, Market Trends
“The fate of individual companies has never been more uncertain, and the window of opportunity is closing for many companies unprepared or unable to adapt to new market realities,” according to Forrester’s report Predictions 2018: A year of reckoning. While the...
