Is your business's shop floor taking full advantage of a customer relationship management (CRM) system? If not, you might not only be failing to earn your clients' loyalty, you might also outright be losing them. CIS Magazine found this topic so important that it recently ran a feature article titled "Top Ten Tips to Build and Keep Customer Loyalty with CRM."Before delving into some of those strategies, let's get a better picture of CRM. Short...more
Processing Talk, which covers the latest news for engineers in the process industries, recently addressed the topic of how an "Efficiency system improves factory operations." More specifically, the publication detailed how a factory floor efficiency system was "helping to ensure smooth running" at a U.K. ice-cream plant. But indeed, a real-time data collection system that provides job tracking and factory floor control can "bring improved...more
There is no shortage on advice on Goal Setting, and it's one of the "basics" of business planning. But how do you set goals when sales are down and all you hear on the news is bad news. What is the alternative? Participate in the recession? Just sit back and let things happen to you? Good economy or bad, goal setting is pivotal. From professional athletes to motivational speakers to CEOs to Real Estate Agents to Super Small Business Owners to Stay-at-Home-Moms, Goal Setting is undeniably the key to success. If you don't know where you want to go, how can you create a plan? It is like jumping in the car with your family in it ready to go on vacation and you have no idea where the family is going. You don't know if you are going across the county, across the state, or across the country. You can't plan how long it is going to take, or the best way to get there, because you are not sure where you are going. You just get in the car and drive, hoping that something will come up that will give you direction, will give you hope. If your days seem like you are just hopping in the car and driving around without a plan, maybe it is time to do some goal setting. First, THINK LARGE. Don't...more
What is a strategic alliance? It is an alliance between two or more entrepreneurs or business owners who work together in a strategic fashion for mutual benefit. It is a double "win" arrangement that is based on a solid joint relationship.If you are considering a joint venture or strategic alliance, begin your process with a few questions: Who is...more
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It seems that a day does not go by, without hearing about job losses and redundancies, and how small businesses are closing down or going into administration.One example of this is apparent in Stratford upon Avon, as an independent retailer following a fall in trade has had to close down.The Oil and Vinegar franchise on Wood Street which has been trading for some 3yrs can no longer remain a sustainable business, due to the deepening global recession.But there are other factors; the recent extension to the Maybird Centre with its free parking has not helped smaller retailers. Although the centre has attracted larger retailers, it has resulted in taking footfall from the smaller businesses.Residents of Stratford have noticed that several shop fronts lie empty, and the weak pound against the Euro is not helping because a lot of businesses have to buy products. People are now fearful that Stratford may become a ghost town if things don't start to improve.But it's not all doom and gloom, Stratford upon Avon attracts some two million foreign tourists each year, with its Theatres and Gardens, plus the pound been so weak this will of course attract American, European and Japanese tourists...more
When it comes to buying mortgage leads, there are many good companies out there for you to research, and many avenues to travel down when considering which lead type will work best for you.While working as a loan officer, I dealt with my fair share...more
Direct sales, or direct selling, is a retail channel for the distribution of goods and services. It is basically the marketing and selling of products directly to consumers, not in a fixed retail location. Sales can be made through a party plan,...more
Network Marketing, AKA Multi-Level Marketing, is a scheme that shells out compensation to direct selling companies' promoters, not just for the product sales generate by them, but also for the other sales introduced by them to the company. The...more
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Despite the economic downturn, the Confederation of British Industry has reported that some businesses are flourishing against the odds and, as corporations reduce the graduate intake for 2009, many entrepreneurs are deciding to set up their own...more