If you’re in business, one of your primary objectives is, of course, to grow. The expansion is a wonderful thing, but it also carries several inherent problems. As you grow, you need more staff. You require more space if only to park those new employees. If you’re in the manufacturing sector, you may need additional ... Read Post

As you know, customers are now more aware of the options available to them than ever before. The explosion of information online combined with content marketing and discussion on social media has changed the buying journey – forever. Now that may sound dramatic, but the implications for sales teams are HUGE – and not every ... Read Post

A prime concern with companies contemplating the move to a cloud CRM solution is: will my data be safe? With data being potentially stored off-shore, potential data ownership issues, and even concerns over safely transferring data, it certainly isn’t a minor issue. But as with other cloud CRM concerns we’ve been addressing in this series, ... Read Post

Sales velocity is a crucial factor in today’s highly competitive business environment. The last thing a company needs to worry about is the sales force not being able to instantly save to or access data from CRM system, when needed. Hence a common concern about moving to a cloud CRM is the worry about poor ... Read Post

As a sales manager, you have the challenging task of motivating a team of sales professionals (who often work remotely), to achieve individual and the wider business sales targets. To enable you to keep a grasp on performance, no doubt you rely on metrics. But as Jason Jordan, Co-author of “Cracking the Sales Management Code” ... Read Post

To take full advantage of your sales process, you need a management tool that will enable you to: Track the performance of your sales process Manage the sales staff that are responsible for using it Here are five reasons why: #1: Manage Your Sales Force Effectively and Fairly If you don’t have a sales management ... Read Post

With regard to a CRM solution, it is a question on the minds of many businesses these days: should we move to cloud CRM, or “stay on the ground?” What would be the benefits? What are the risks? Is it safe? Is it cost-effective? Will it impact our sales process and pipeline management? Read Post

For many years, a CRM software solution has been considered something separate from other vital sales tools—tools such as a sales process, email, web services and, lately, social media platforms. This prevalent consideration has been aptly illustrated by the fact that for salespeople, entering data into CRM was yet another cumbersome administrative task carefully designed ... Read Post