J’s Ramblings

A Nimble Social CRM option

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Tried out Nimble – one of the new Social CRM (Customer Relationship Management) cloud based options available. To really call Nimble a CRM option for you business is stretching it.  Unless ALL of your business communications are done via social media – it really is not an effective CRM tool.  It has limited options for personalization of profiles, does not track the sales process in any way, and no way to track non-internet based communication (meetings, phone calls, etc). So what doe Nimble do? It puts all your online communication together under one program.  It links contacts across multiple platforms such as Google Mail, […]

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Blogging

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I have never really thought that I was a blogger.  This blog was simply a place I could share ideas and possibly attract clients. But I believe that I need to create a plan on what my message should be. Define better who I am speaking to, and give them more value in the content I create. I found this excellent resource to help me get organized. I like it since it is based on sound marketing principles. http://www.dailyblogtips.com/how-to-develop-a-blog-business-plan/  

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Building a top performing organization

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What does it take to have your business perform at its best! We can look at any organization and see that it is a mixture of both systems and people.  Therefore to improve the business we need to either create better systems, or have better people. Improving the systems can help the organization improve.  Often many systems improvements are easy to fix, and allow quick improvements to overall performance.  Other times tinkering with the systems can have detrimental effects. Or they can be costly in some organizations. Having better people is the other half of improving business performance.  This is often the harder side,

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Alberta safe driving Law

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Alberta’s safe driving law comes into play today, so no longer will you see people dialling cell phones, eating Big Mac’s or putting on their make-up (sorry ladies). Saskatchewan has had this law for quite some time, and since I travel there way too often, I had purchased a Bluetooth headset some time ago. Purchase . .and use are too very different behaviours. I tried it out, and it was ok. But then came the reality that this extra device must now be with me in the vehicle. And it must be charged.  And it must be on my ear in time to answer

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Social Networking Outskirts

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I checked out and filled in the blanks on a couple different social networks today.  Each has a particular unique slant on social media. about.me is a site that creates your own online profile/persona – a summary so to speak of all you are online.  It links your other social sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and other sites into your about.me profile.  It also allows you to link your own blog and add url’s from your other sites (work, etc).  They are also having a contest to put your profile on the big screen in downtown New York City! The second social network

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