Posts Tagged ‘Automation’
9 Ways Automation Makes Your Sales Team More Efficient
A good sales team is one that is persuasive, effective, and above all, efficient. Having the soft skills to close a deal is paramount. But, it’s also important that a salesperson has the tools to prioritize, nurture, and in some cases, move on from as many leads as possible. That’s where automation comes in. In…
Read More3 Best Practices for Delivering Excellent Customer Service
Customer service is critical for your business’s success. In fact, American consumers will spend 17% more to do business with a company they feel gives exceptional customer service. Additionally, incredible service can lead to more customers while a poor experience can have a huge negative impact on your business. On average, customers who are happy…
Read MoreOffice Automation: Is Your Business Keeping Up?
Automation is often considered as the preserve of heavily mechanized, just-in-time production verticals such as automotive, or similar ‘Industry’ with a capital ‘I.’ But a growing host of innovative products and services is changing that rapidly. From safety mechanisms to protect workers, through to cost-saving efficiency devices, the age of interconnected sensors and integrated management…
Read MoreHow to Automate Your Small Business
The logistics of running a small business can eat up a lot of your time. Seemingly simple tasks, like tracking mileage and invoicing, can often keep you working late into the night and on weekends. That’s time you could be spending focusing on your clients or customers, being with your family, or just taking a…
Read MoreConversation Qualified Leads: Using Drift to Engage Prospects
Marketers feel that sales don’t care enough about existing content and simply let it go unused. Sales teams say that marketers aren’t doing enough to deliver quality leads that show signs of purchase intent. The rift between sales and marketing dates back to the earliest days of online marketing (probably earlier). It’s a vicious circle that business…
Read MoreRobots: The New Tech Trend Taking Off
For a select group of early adopters, robots are making life safer and easier. They’ve emerged from labs walking, rolling and leaping on command. The term robot originated in 1921 from Czechoslovakian playwright Karel Capek’s play called (R.U.R) Rossum’s Universal Robots. It originated from the Czechoslovakian word for “forced labor.” The play left the public…
Read MoreMarketing Automation Doesn’t Mean Autopilot
Marketing automation is nothing new, but it is enjoying a renewed focus in conversations about how to stay connected to your prospects and customers. As brands get better about creating content and understanding that our potential customers watch and interact with us for a long time before they’re ready to buy, we have to be…
Read MoreHow to Survive Automation: Upskill and Adapt to Change
If you haven’t already, you should definitely check out the CGP Grey video on YouTube titled “Humans Need Not Apply.” The “threat” of automation has people scared, worried that technological unemployment will reign supreme once we allow robots to take our jobs. The good news is that many agree that even if massive robot-induced layoffs…
Read MoreTop 5 Smart Home Systems to Improve Your Home Office
As technology advances, our need for quicker and more efficient products, capable of keeping up, increases. Currently, smart home systems are on the top of the list. Whether you need a hands-free voice-activated device to lock all your doors or you want to control your thermostat from an integrated app on your phone, here are…
Read MoreAutomation as Design Partner = The Power to Make a Better Future
As a member of the next generation, are you worried about the future? Are you worried about robots and increasing levels of automation impacting your life and livelihood? Given the headlines these days, this is understandable. I, however, am more optimistic than ever about the future—one with 10 billion people on Earth, most living in…
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