CRM, sales and marketing Insights by Lindsay Garrison
Some friends and I recently joked about the overuse of the phrase, “Now, more than ever . . .” applied to, well, almost everything. But we are challenged, in fact, to think about what we can do differently now to dig out, get ahead, and stay ahead. One easy solution is to use the systems we have in place more effectively. For others, it’s developing new systems to streamline and automate. [...]
You’re hep, you’re groovy, you’re now. You’re down with your peeps but not quite up on technology. You think, “This blog and Twitter jive might be what’s happenin’ but I’m not down with it”. Bummer, man. Back in the day, as the internet and email evolved into business tools, some people thought they could wait it out and it would go away. Maybe they were intimidated or clueless as to [...]
How do you know what you don’t know? It’s with great confidence that I say: What I don’t know would fill – should they still exist – several sets of encyclopedias. This is the natural state for most human beings, and it’s a condition that’s accelerating with the pace of technological change. Tags: ACT!, Business, contact management, CRM, CRM, Customer Relationship Management, Productivity, Project planning, ROI
One brilliant little app. Countless process improvements. Smart Notes for ACT! enables “Hey! Pay attention to this!!” notifications that can accelerate sales, improve productivity, and impact customer retention. This little ACT! integration is a simple, effective way to inform a user of important information when viewing a contact record. A field or a note update in ACT! may not be noticed by a busy sales rep or harried admin; Smart [...]
