USP Data : New Product Feature

5 February 2021, by Niel Dalrymple

Using keywords can be a great to identify the companies likely to be of interest. Of course the quality of the data being searched needs to be high and even then care needs to be taken if keyword searches are to result in useful suggestions. The latest update to USP focuses on adding powerful options to assist in the screening of firms as shown in the video below:

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