Zoho Workplace: Business Cloud Nine

  Who doesn’t love being on cloud nine? Whether it’s the fun of quality family time, the heavenly joy of a holiday or the delight of relaxing downtime that brings you blissful happiness, there’s no denying cloud nine is the place to be. But have you ever thought it’s the place your business should be? Now, with Zoho Workplace your business can always be on peaceful cloud nine. Based on three main pillars of Zoho’s…

Yes-There Is A Better Way!

  You love your job. You adore your business, respect your team, enjoy helping your clients. You’re crazy about the product/service you offer, you’re fond of your office and you even appreciate the journey to work. You’re just not so keen on all the other stuff. The chasing, the forgetting, the duplication, the menial, the clashing and all the other stuff that bogs you down in the day-to-day running of your business and stops you reaching your…

Don’t Fall For Shiny Penny Syndrome!

  What was the last thing that you treated yourself too? If you’re a shopaholic it might have been new clothes or a new pet if you’re an animal lover, perhaps the Apple Watch or some other gadget or gizmo? But what if you had no wardrobe or drawers to store the clothes, or couldn’t afford to feed your new pet or you didn’t have a way to charge your Apple Watch? It would be…

Workflow Whizz: Save Time & Grow Your Business!

  Who doesn’t like being productive? The truth is even the biggest procrastinators among us relish the feeling of being efficient and kicking that to-do list to the curb. With the amount of things you could do instead of spending ages on a menial task that should take a fraction of time- from creatively coming up with your next product or service idea to penning that book you’ve always wanted to write- it’s no wonder…

Vision: What’s Your Business Destination?

  Sometimes the best things that happen to us are spontaneous. Bumping into an old friend can bring more laughs than an obligatory scheduled meeting with an acquaintance. A surprise out of the blue from a loved one can be more touching than a planned birthday surprise. Stumbling upon an advert for a local networking event on social media can result in better business relationships than your organised direct sales strategy. But when it comes…

Identifying Opportunities: Waving Goodbye to ‘What-Ifs’

  Do you know when we know we’ve missed a great opportunity? When it’s passed us by, with that pesky feeling of hindsight mischievously and knowingly grinning at us as we reflect on the ‘If Onlys and ‘What Ifs’. What if we had developed that relationship with that interested possible client more? If only we had made time to go to that networking event where lots of other local small enterprises picked up new business….

Businesses’ Secret to Surviving Brexit

  “Brexit”. It’s become the buzzword of 2016 hasn’t it and will probably be added to the Oxford Dictionary soon, in fact I’ve just added it to my computer’s dictionary now! It’s no wonder people from all walks of life are familiar with the term, given that business confidence in the UK economy has dropped by almost double since the historic EU Referendum on June 23rd. The BBC reported that, according to a YouGov and…

Goal Grin: How Integrated Systems Mean You Always Rock Yours

  If you were ever sporty you’d know the pleasing power of utter contentment when that football you kicked smashed into the net or that basket ball you strategically threw soared through the hoop, gliding into the basket. If you were ever musical or into acting you’d know the blissful feeling of fulfilment at performing a masterpiece in front of a cheering crowd. As a parent you probably relive this amazing, adrenaline high of accomplishment…

Endless Possibilities With Zoho Connect

  Possibility- it’s a powerful word isn’t it? In fact it gives me goose bumps. It just oozes potential and radiates opportunities in abundance. Put the word ‘Endless’ in front of the plural version and I go into  full on meltdown! However, ‘Endless Possibilities’ rarely crosses the mind unless collaboration occurs. Think about it- just mull over the wealth of possibility that online collaboration has enabled. People combine signatures to raise awareness, promote positive change…

Business vision is key to creating effective CRM systems

Every Power Pack CRM that we build starts in the same place – the business vision. Without knowing where the business is going there is no way of fully understanding how to create the system that is going to underpin the processes and automation within that business. CRMs and other business systems are only as good as the design they are built on. They’ve got to be treated like a satellite navigation system – it…