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Sales Best Practice #21 – Uses an effective system for making appointments

By CommenceCRM / October 13, 2011

The best sales people have thought deeply about the best way to acquire appointments, and have put together a system made up of processes, practices and tools.

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Young Salesman Grows Personally and Professionally Using CRM Software

By CommenceCRM / April 21, 2010

I started my career in the Mortgage industry selling re-financing services. The job was quite structured: call fifty people each day, document my discussions then follow-up with those that were interested as well as any I was unable to reach.  The company had no automation, but people learned to manage their daily business using a spiral notebook or a Microsoft…

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Redefining Customer Relationship In CRM

By CommenceCRM / March 8, 2010

As small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) struggle to survive in this economic climate, they are placing a major emphasis on increasing sales. Whether through finding new customers or attempting to increase the volume of purchases by the existing customer base, the attention is on getting the sales organization to be more productive.  SMBs, in spite of tough economic times, are…

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Want to Win Sales? You need to Differentiate

By CommenceCRM / January 8, 2010

Sure it’s tough out there. There is no doubt about it.  In today’s environment no matter what you are selling there are dozens of competitors calling on your prospects and making similar claims.  So how can you differentiate yourself from the pack? I have some recommendations. As an executive of a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software firm I understand competition. …

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Successful Sales CRM – It’s All About Process

By CommenceCRM / November 12, 2009

I read an interesting article that compared the success rate of accounting software implementations to that of CRM solution implementation within a sales organization. The results were intriguing.  While accounting software implementations seem to enjoy a high level of success, this is not the case for sales automation systems.  The article went on to compare and outline the differences between…

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Manufacturing and Distribution CRM

By CommenceCRM / October 13, 2009

Industrial CRM Solutions That Eliminate Company Inefficiencies When it comes to using Contact Management and Customer Relationship Management software for Industrial Sales, Commence literally wrote the book. Using Six Sigma, lean practices, Commence CRM can help you implement smart business processes that will make your company a more efficient sales and service organization. Manage the selling cycle from introduction to…

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Commence Corporation to Offer Cloud Computing Option

By CommenceCRM / October 13, 2009

Commence Corporation, a leading provider of customer relationship management (CRM) software solutions designed specifically for small- to mid-size businesses, today announced details of the new cloud computing edition of its award-winning CRM software. The new offering, planned for January 2010, will initially be deployed for the Amazon Web Service’s Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) environment. Amazon EC2 is a Web…

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