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How CRM Increases Your Profit

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Increasing profits is always a priority for any successful business, but navigating this growth during an economic downturn is not a particularly easy affair. CRM, or Customer Relationship Management, is a simple and effective way to organize the different aspects of a business effectively in order to maintain steadily increasing profitability.

CRM software do not merely focus on one aspect of a business, such as sales or marketing, but rather provide an essential overview of the business itself, linking all departments and areas together into one fully-integrated and easily manageable system. By covering all aspects of the business a CRM system is an ideal way to instantly increase profits by keeping expenditures low while increasing incoming revenue.

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What Your Website is Missing

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Chances are that unless you hired a web professional with SEO experience, your website is missing essential components. The entire purpose of a website is to establish your online presence in a positive light while increasing your customer base. Whether you’re an alcohol treatment facility or a shoe store, if your website is not doing a good job marketing your business, you’re missing out on easy revenue.

There are certain essential elements to a well-crafted and productive website. Find out what it is, make sure your website has it, and enjoy a more successful business.

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The Inside Scoop On The iPhone 4S

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If you have been looking forward to getting a new iPhone 5, then think again. Apple made an announcement about the new iPhone 4s yesterday instead. It looks just like the regular iPhone 4 on the outside. The inside is what has changed. Let's see what is new.

One of the most important things that is different about this phone is that it is powered by a A5 processor. That means that it is twice as fast as the previous version. Apple also stated that data speeds will be faster on this phone at 14.4 Mbps for downloading and 5.8 Mbps for uploading. The battery life is a little bit longer than the iPhone too, but standby time is less.

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Dreaming of 70’s Design Spirit

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Neon orange alongside stark green. Bubbly lilac font on dead-pink walls. Overly stretched lines in contrast with playfully curved Letraset prints. Childlike hippie flowers and strict Saul Bass’ title sequences. Those were the “in” designs during my teen years--the happy days of the good ol’ 1970’s.

Loud and glaring and often gaudy, designs that are reminiscent of the 1970s are not completely gone. Buildings, kiosks, subways and other forms of transportation, structures, posters, ads--all these continue to sport a lot of 70’s-inspired design. If there’s anything that appears to be missing, it’s the SPIRIT. The design spirit that was palpable back in the day seems to have disappeared completely.

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Are Fast SEO Results Realistic?

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When it comes to search engine optimization, most of us want to see results. But we don’t want to be waiting for too long. We want to see results soon!

The problem is that massive leaps in search engine positioning don’t tend to happen in a matter of days. I’m not saying that it’s impossible, but it’s certainly unlikely, that you’ll see a website rising in this way.

Under normal conditions, a site will tend to rise in a gradual manner. There may even be occasions when it slips down the rankings, before making a further upwards movement. This can be frustrating, particularly if you’re relying on the optimization work to generate much-needed income for your business.

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Tech Glasses Bring Computers Closer Than Ever

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The demand for technology in this day and age is staggering, and it represents one of the largest business sectors on the planet. The drive is always on for greater performance in an ever smaller space, and this development is affecting a whole range of devices, not just the computer. It was only 10 years ago that the webcam, for example, was a bulky device with a 15mm diameter lens that sat on top of your computer like some kind of odd animal. Today, they appear built into everything, and have decreased in size to only a few millimeters, whilst improving in quality. The range of objects that have electronic technology built in is quite wide today, and includes glasses, clothing and even sleeping bags. However, the glasses sector has seen a the most interest out of these areas, as the miniaturization of technology has helped them fit more and more into the lenses and arms of the glasses without compromising the function. Here are some of the most interesting models on the market, as well as a few yet to make it:

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Walmart Acquires OneRiot

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OneRiot may not be a name you are familiar with, but the company was a major player in the real time search industry. The company eventually gave up that aspect of its research and concentrated on a social mobile advertisement network.

The company has just been acquired by Wal-mart and the employees will soon be part of the retail giant's Silicon Valley operation, known as WalmartLabs.

Software Sensations

Top 5 features of an effective CRM

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Want to develop strong relation with your customers? Looking forward for best Customer Relationship Management tool? Then you need to perform groundwork on features of the CRM, so that you can get the right one for your business.

Customers are the pillars of every organization. For growth in any business customer satisfaction is very much necessary. This CRM helps you know about the requirement of the customer, so that you can provide service as per that.  It helps you in increasing the profit by strengthening customer loyalty. You need to understand the purchasing habits of customer, and then provide them with offers that help them.

Various tools involved in the CRM help you in taking apt decisions that boost up your sales. It even helps in getting touch with new customers, retaining current customers and getting back the customers who left to other competitors. So get the best Customer Relationship Management tool with best features for your organization.

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Online Ways to Promote Your Small Business for Free

There are many marketing ways that guarantee your small business to be successful. These marketing strategies, however, require you to spend a lot of money. After spending your hard-earned cash, it is still difficult to determine the most effective strategy. Are there other means for you to promote your small business without spending huge amount of money? 

Yes, there are online ways on how you can promote your small business. What more is it is for free! Success can easily be achieved if you are persistent enough to promote your small business via online marketing. All you need to have is a computer, internet connection, and the passion in entrepreneurship. You can get started by trying the following:

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5 Tips to Get You Started with Google Plus

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Ever since launching Google+, Google has been getting an overwhelmingly positive feedback from current Google+ users. Though many are still beginners as to how this new social networking site works, the good thing is that you don’t need to worry about this until you get invited to join. Once you do manage to get invited however, you should immediately start learning how to use Google+ or navigate around it. To help you out, here are 5 tips to get you started with Google Plus:

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