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CRM and hidden costs

CRM and hidden costs

When implementing a new CRM solution, the old standby “expect the unexpected” certainly comes into play. As many businesses will discover, not all the information that your CRM provider gives you covers the whole story. The Compare Business Product's new CRM guide can fill in those blanks. In “The Hidden Costs of CRM”, we’ll expose the costly truths to CRM implementation, upkeep and upgrades. Read with care to make sure the pitfalls do not apply to you as an SMB or professionals. There are many providers of CRM that make sure you comply on all fronts, like Atol Solutions.

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Magical New Year

Magical New Year

HAPPY 2014 to ALL, may it be a Time of Health, Peace, Joy and Prosperity. Enjoy the Colors of Life with Love and Laughter.

We like to thank our clients and partners for all the wonderful projects and moments in 2013 and we look forward to our continued Journey.

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Do PUT YOUR HOLIDAY MARKETING PLAN IN ORDER!

Do PUT YOUR HOLIDAY MARKETING PLAN IN ORDER!

And let your business get some real profit this winter.

The year's most active shopping period is almost here and millions of online shoppers start their holiday rush. That's a huge marketing opportunity, if only… you set clear objectives and plan wise to reach them.

But what are these objectives for your biz? And what's the effective way to reach them? This exclusive marketing insight is sure to help you choose the most effective holiday strategy, asking the right marketing questions and answering them the right way.

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Why Social CRM is important to Business

Why Social CRM is important to Business
The term “social CRM” carries two very different meanings for businesses. On the one hand, social CRM can refer to customer relationship management systems that track social media campaigns and engagement. On the other, social CRM systems can be considered those that use familiar features of social networking to facilitate collaboration and communication across and within business units. The first is increasingly critical for successful marketing and sales; the second is becoming indispensible for organizations looking to involve a variety of stakeholders in customer-centered sales cycles. This paper by Ziff Davis, explores both facets of social CRM and explains how businesses can benefit from their implementations.
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Email newsletters can still be a thriving business model

Email newsletters can still be a thriving business model
Email sometimes seems like an outdated technology, but email newsletters can still be a thriving business model. The former CEO of Daily Candy offers some guidelines based on first-had experience on what works and what doesn't - for email newsletters.

The email newsletter model comes from some very humble roots, yet has grown into a powerful business model. 

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Mobile CRM Pros & Cons

Mobile CRM Pros & Cons
 

What is Mobile CRM? 

Mobile Customer Relationship Management is a kind of CRM application that is developed to be used through mobile platforms. The idea behind Mobile CRM is that companies can manage interactions with both current and potential customers or clients using mobile applications on mobile devices – either cell phones or tablets. Organizations are able to use Mobile CRM to add, edit and manage customer relationships in this way. In many cases Mobile CRM has the same sorts of features that regular CRM has. This is frequently the desired goal of Mobile CRM. As Microsoft explains of its Mobile CRM product offering: 
 
“It does everything you would expect a Mobile CRM solution to do, and much more. It makes all of your core CRM functions available to your mobile workforce”.
 
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Partnering with nonprofits: Driving profit with purpose

Partnering with nonprofits:  Driving profit with purpose
This information is to  point out, that statistics show that people are seeking brands that support causes that are important to them. This trend doesn’t seem to be slowing down, and it’s pushing companies to reconsider their philanthropic efforts. While in the past, it may have been sufficient to write a check in support of a particular cause, today that can come across as passive and inauthentic. Nonprofit partnerships have evolved into strategic partnerships, tied to the products and services of the business. 
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Pros & Cons Application/IT Outsourcing

Pros & Cons Application/IT Outsourcing

IT Outsourcing is a big decision that can lead to big benefits. The reasons are clear: cut costs, gain professional and trained personnel to handle your web presence or internal applications, and get more time for focus on your primary business.

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Amazing Responsive Joomla Templates

Amazing Responsive Joomla Templates

We are extremely happy to share the availability of responsive templates for this day and age. Our experience with this template provider is excellent and it is great to work with them, in a courteous and professional manner. The templates have been tested and work as promised on all devices and browsers; are easily customizable and come with great documentation.

Actually the BEST we have seen so far in the Joomla industry.

So if you are developing websites or building your own, these templates are a must have!

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Great ways to keep track of Things to get Done

Great ways to keep track of Things to get Done

In our lives filled with regulations, organization, rules and just keeping track of agenda items it is great to have some place for one to have "keep in minds" or checklists. Atol Solutions has come across a wonderful development that may be of great use to any one who can associate with this point of view. Checklist.com is a initiative to make checklists available, enable you to contribute and make and manage your own checklists, whereever you are, as long as you have web access.

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