Outlook is not CRM software (Customer Relationship Management). I don’t care if you are a small company of just 1 sitting at the dining room table – Microsoft Outlook is not CRM software. You, dear friend, are better than that… I know, the price is right – you got it because you use Microsoft Outlook ...…
“Just as what we want and what we say we want aren’t always the same thing, the way we place a value on something isn’t always rational. You must learn to think about value the way your customers do, not necessarily the way you would like them to.” – Chris Guillebeau, as overheard on Copyblogger…
I was reading a rather interesting blog rant about how LinkedIn is actually what a police state would look like if it were a social media site. The author was speaking about how bland, generic, basically plastic most of the so-called recommendations on the site are. He further went on to say that most sound ...…
What if you could increase you close rate for your sales calls by triple digits? Right – not just 20 or 30% – not that that wouldn’t be great. But, let’s say that there was something that you could do that you could easily track and measure, and prove to yourself that instead of your ...…
Many of us are interested in having some “drip” content in our membership sites so as to allow “doses” of content for our members. This serves at least two purposes: It helps with retention and also helps alleviate member overwhelm. Wishlist Member by itself will not allow for a highly granular drip program. While it ...…
vTiger is a full-blown CRM software solution with the right price: FREE! “Free?” you say? Well then, it must be wimpy or hard to use… Nope. vTiger CRM includes contact, company, calendaring/scheduling, project, opportunity, product, document and marketing management. Yes – actually 20 modules in all (you can elect to turn off as many as ...…
One of the benefits of creating pages that generate leads online is that they are mostly a “set and forget” deal: Write the pitch, set up the autoresponder or affiliate links, publish, done. Move on to getting the message out there and watch the leads begin to come in. Maybe. I just came face to ...…
I was thinking about a business decision we were facing recently, I had come to the realization that I was dragging my feet. Anyone who knows me knows that putting off a decision or delaying, is not my typical MO. So, it occurred to me that I was just plain unsure – I couldn’t see ...…
We don’t have to live great lives, we just have to understand and survive the ones we’ve got. Andre Dubus…
Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.…
