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Benefits of Using a CRM System to outsmart the end of year Sales Countdown.

November 17, 2016 11:50 am Published by Leave your thoughts       (Me Every Year) Have you noticed? The Christmas decorations are beginning to pop up everywhere. If you're anything like me every year I think to myself "But it's too early for Christmas!" And then you realise it's mid November. At the time of writing this it's the 15th of November 2016. What we're looking at is about 5 weeks until Christmas 2016. As a sales manager this countdown usually means 2 things, and they both lead to the same action. First: It's time to ramp it up & close some deals so we can hit quota or...

Why Email Marketing is the Secret Ingredient

September 29, 2016 8:53 am Published by Leave your thoughts     The dictionary meaning of effective is: "Successful in producing a desired or intended result" So how can email marketing help you achieve a desired or intended result? Well not to count how reliant the modern world has become towards emailing systems as well as the fact that the majority of workers within this world each have a work email account and then a personal account. The numbers for email are staggering: In, 2015 the number of emails sent & received per day total over 205 billion (Radicati). This is expected to grow by 3% per annum till 2019 (Radicati) Email Marketing generates 40x more customers than...

8 ways to become more productive when working in marketing

June 10, 2016 12:59 am Published by Leave your thoughts Photography: Pexels.com Are you a great marketer at heart but you are struggling to get things done some days? Here are some personal tips and tricks to get more productive in your daily work. The list below reveals some common energy stealers, how to cope with them and some great tools to use. Declutter; not just your desk It’s easy to lose focus if you cant use your necessities for executing a certain task. This is true both on your desk, but also in your computer. Make sure you have an easy and manageable system for your folders and a clean desktop. To...

How does CRM Help in Sales?

May 26, 2016 2:08 pm Published by 1 Comment   CRM (Customer Relationship Management) systems aren't a new development within the technical world. The world was first introduced to a CRM database in 1986 which served as the first digital form of a rolodex. Since then CRM systems have become more advanced and more involved within the sales process, especially within large multinational organisations. While they have become quite common place globally, many small to medium organisations still question the impact these systems have on organisational sales. How does CRM help in sales? How does storing all of your contacts/leads/customers in one place help with your conversion rates? Having a well organised CRM system...