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Steve Hamm

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Cary, NC, United States

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4 Reasons CRM and Automated Marketing Are a Killer Combo for Your Business

Here the $64,000 question for business owners: what’s the best way to boost sales and increase profitability? And here’s the…… → Read More

Automated Marketing and CRM for an Effective Business

If you own a business, chances are you could use a bit of simplicity in your life and a more efficient way to get your work done. Between juggling the financial accounts, emails, marketing, and customer service, you could use the help of powerful automated marketing and CRM software. Having the proper tools to assist you in the workplace will ease your workload. Here are five ways you benefit… → Read More

How to Declutter Your CRM’s Email Marketing and Make it More Efficient

Email marketing is a popular tool for companies who are interested in building up their relationship with customers, attracting new leads and sharing the latest news and updates with their contacts. The right automated marketing and CRM software can make it easier for your sales team to close deals and boost revenue. When you’re running multiple email campaigns and send a high volume of emails,… → Read More

3 Automated Tasks You Need Your CRM to Handle

Don’t use your CRM as a database. Enterprise-level tools are often too complex and require too many different parts to be used in small businesses, especially if you have employees who handle m… → Read More

How to Use a Entrepreneur-Specific CRM to Focus on Web Design

Small businesses are different from larger ones. It’s not just a matter of scale. Larger businesses have to focus on juggling an expanding internal infrastructure, quality control for a variety… → Read More

Automated Marketing and CRM Put You in the Driver’s Seat of Inbound Sales

Can you use automated marketing and CRM (customer relationship management) software to regain some control of the sales process? Experts believe that it is possible to use the tool as a way of positi… → Read More

Disorganization in the Sales Process: A Job for Automated Marketing and CRM

The sales process is all too often a glaring source of inefficiency within businesses. Companies can address this problem by getting set up with CRM software and committing to a more systematic proce… → Read More

Are You Sick of Interdepartmental Problems Slipping Through the Cracks? The Right CRM Will Help Treat the Problem

Every employee has a case of “that’s not my job.” For some employees, it’s not a serious condition. There are occasional flare-ups, especially during the busiest seasons of th… → Read More

The Power of 6-Month Reviews and How to Get Them

Reviews are one of the most powerful aspects of digital marketing available to us, and any company taking charge of their online reputation has already begun manicuring their review collection and re… → Read More

Automated Marketing and CRM Jumpstarts Your Business

Many years ago the work of sales and advertising departments were separate entities. Advertising efforts were geared toward pushing out commercials, prints ads, and outdoor billboards. Sales agents s… → Read More

Automated Marketing: Work Smarter, Not Harder

There is an old adage: “Work smarter, not harder.” This, in a nutshell, is at the heart of marketing automation. What it is As explained by HubSpot, marketing automation is software that… → Read More

Targeting Millennials With 3 Clever Automated Marketing Techniques

Most anyone in business agrees that automated marketing and CRM (customer relationship management) can significantly improve a company’s bottom line. It allows for the incorporation of a human… → Read More

Is Your CRM Just A Rolodex In The Cloud? 3 Ways To Fix That

CRMs can often pose a challenge for organizations, no matter their size. Many companies are encouraged to sign up for CRMs with stars in their eyes and great expectations of its capabilities. Automat… → Read More

Define Your Customer Journey with CRM

Having a concrete understanding of your customer journey helps your marketing campaign on so many levels. In this blog, we’ll explain how you can define your customer journey with CRM. Why mapp… → Read More

The 6 Ingredients to an Engaging Email Campaign

Whether it was from the perspective of a subscriber or a marketer, you’ve likely discovered by now that campaigns that “blast” customers with messages are ineffective. Total volume… → Read More

How to Simplify Social Media with Automated Marketing

Social media marketing campaigns are easy to manage at first. You have few accounts, few followers, and just enough content to keep your page active. As your campaign matures, it gets harder to keep… → Read More

Boost Customer Satisfaction With Automated Marketing and CRM

Business owners and management teams already know that automated marketing and CRM benefits companies. It boosts sales, leads to business growth, and enhances the efficiency of the sales department.… → Read More

Adding a Human Touch to Automated Marketing

The number one concern businesses have in regard to automated marketing is that it will lack a human touch. Fortunately, these systems are sophisticated enough that leads will never have the impressi… → Read More

Fortify Your Business Strategy with Marketing Automation

To stay competitive in your business, you need a marketing strategy. With a strong marketing strategy, your business will prosper. You will attract potential clients and build brand awareness. Your b… → Read More

5 Reasons to Get Started with CRM

CRM affects a company’s marketing, management, and business intelligence. Here are a few reasons you should invest in the software and make it a focal point of your strategy: Consolidate your d… → Read More