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View, visit and visitor count in SWOOP Analytics for SharePoint intranet
View, visit and visitor count in SWOOP Analytics for SharePoint intranet

We’re making changes to the way intranet view, visit and visitor counts are reported to make numbers consistent across all reports in SWOOP Analytics for SharePoint intranet.

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Dr SWOOP, our AI genius, is now live and ready to answer your questions
Dr SWOOP, our AI genius, is now live and ready to answer your questions

Dr SWOOP is now live on your SWOOP Analytics dashboards, ready to supply you with instant answers to just about all your digital workplace questions, and give you proven tips and ideas to boost communication and collaboration across your organisation.

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Out-of-the-box SharePoint analytics v SWOOP Analytics for SharePoint intranet
Out-of-the-box SharePoint analytics v SWOOP Analytics for SharePoint intranet

We compare Microsoft’s out-of-the-box analytics with SWOOP Analytics for SharePoint intranet in an easy-to-see table.

Microsoft’s out-of-the-box analytics will give you numbers that may not carry a lot of meaning, whereas SWOOP Analytics gives you insights into your employees’ behaviours, and shows you how your people are using, accessing and reading the intranet.

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We can predict which posts will go viral!
We can predict which posts will go viral!

The latest update to your SWOOP Analytics dashboard can predict which posts on Viva Engage or Workplace from Meta are likely to go viral.

We can tell you, with about a 99% accuracy rating, which posts are likely to get high levels of engagement across your organisation.

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Myth busting intranet statistics with SWOOP Analytics
Myth busting intranet statistics with SWOOP Analytics

We’ve been busting myths to help you better understand your intranet statistics! The latest myth busted relates to the time people spend editing intranet pages, and whether that time spent editing pages influences the average read time for each page. 

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What to do when intranet news becomes old news 
What to do when intranet news becomes old news 

When does “news” on your intranet become “old news”? SWOOP Analytics’ benchmarking of SharePoint intranet data found it’s about a week before news starts to decay. So, what do you do with this “old” news?

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The vital role of Internal Communications in aligning people to strategic goals – Part 1
The vital role of Internal Communications in aligning people to strategic goals – Part 1

We explore the critical role internal communications play in aligning employees with strategic goals, what happens when you don’t, how to get it right, and how to measure it.

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The pros and cons of internal communication channels
The pros and cons of internal communication channels

As a leader or executive, have you ever stopped to think about the best communication channel to reach your employees? Not your personally preferred channel, but the channel that will deliver the best outcome for your purpose and that of your employees.

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How long should an intranet news article be? 
How long should an intranet news article be? 

How long should an intranet news article be?

500 words! That’s the sweet spot for the length of an intranet news article. And longer is better than shorter.

Surprised? We were! Still, it’s hard to argue with real life data.

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What do we do with email?: A guide for Internal Communicators
What do we do with email?: A guide for Internal Communicators

Email just won’t go away! So how do internal communicators use it amongst a suite of other communications platforms on offer in the digital workplace?

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Listen Up: The importance of asking questions and fostering a culture of curiosity in the modern workplace
Listen Up: The importance of asking questions and fostering a culture of curiosity in the modern workplace

We have the key to driving engagement and innovation in the workplace. It sounds simple, but its impact is powerful.

This key is curiosity.

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Virtual meeting best practice – are we there yet?
Virtual meeting best practice – are we there yet?

Four years after the world was plunged into enforced remote working, what lessons have we learned about online meetings? What new work practices are working well for us, now we’re in a hybrid working environment? What hasn’t worked?

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Wanting to Transform your Business – Change the Logo? 
Thought Leadership Laurence Lock Lee Thought Leadership Laurence Lock Lee

Wanting to Transform your Business – Change the Logo? 

Digitally enabled business transformation may be pervading our discussions at the moment, but in reality, this conversation theme is at least as old as the Internet, and more likely older. It was therefore with interest that I read a recent HBR article by Scott Anthony and Evan I. Schwartz which noted how often significant transformations fail. They then followed on by listing the transformations that their research identified as most successful and why. On top of the list were Amazon and Netflix; but also on the list well-known brands like Apple, Microsoft and Adobe. In reading the profiles of the companies on the list, virtually all of them had achieved their successful transformation through digitally enabled interventions. For Amazon it was the addition of their cloud services which helped grow their profitability. Netflix was able to take advantage of burgeoning and cost effective bandwidth, to introduce their popular streaming service. And of course Apple’s addition of the iPhone, iPad etc. revived their fortunes from a struggling computer manufacturer into the world’s most profitable company today.

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