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Let's Solve Common Frustrations About Technology in Business...

scott@piggybanktechnology.com — Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

We're honoured to be partnering with Diane McGee and WINGS & HEROS� to deliver a series of "Tech Talks".

http://www.piggybanktechnology.com/tech-talk.html

But first, I want to say THANKS to all of you who filled out our survey la [...]

Internet Marketing Presentation at East Gwillimbury Chamber of Commerce

scott@piggybanktechnology.com — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

I had the pleasure of doing a 1-hour keynote presentation for the East Gwillimbury Chamber of Commerce last Thursday night.

We covered "How to Build A Piggybank [...]

Take Your Business To The Next Level With Strategic Planning

scott@piggybanktechnology.com — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Strategic Planning isn't something reserved for just big companies. In fact, even Solopreneurs working from home need the benefits that come from holding regular strategic sessions.

Every month, Jennifer and I sche [...]

Mr. Bob's "Let's Get Connected" A Raving Success

scott@piggybanktechnology.com — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Anyone who knows Mr. Bob knows that he's big on creating Raving Fans and they sure showed up at the Let's Get Connected event last night. By my count, there were well over 100 show up, including several friends/customers who travelled to listen to my "Gravity" speech.

Mr. Bob speech on Gravity Factor for business

scott@piggybanktechnology.com — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Tomorrow evening, I'm showing entrepreneurs how they can move their business beyond the "doing, doing, doing" and take their business to the Next Level. I'm speaking on "Harness the Power of Gravity For Your Business" at the "Let's Get Connected" business tradeshow.

I encourage you to come check it out!

What: "Let's Get Connected" Business Tradeshow
When: Tomorrow (Thursday March 27) from 4:00 to 7:00
Where: Barr [...]

Brand Your Business Email Address

scott@piggybanktechnology.com — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0100

If your business card has an Email address with "sympatico", "rogers" or any other personal-type Email address, then this article is of particular importance to you.

I remember back when having a fax number on a b [...]

How Do Your Back-ups Compare To Mine?

scott@piggybanktechnology.com — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0100

I recently did an informal poll of business owners, asking them about their data back-ups. Sadly, most failed to have adequate protection in place and only one scored an A+.

What really alarmed me is that almost all of them knew of someone who [...]

60% Of Small Business Owners At Risk Of Losing Their Domain Name...

scott@piggybanktechnology.com — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0100

There can be some nasty business hiding beneath offers of "free domain name included" or "comes with a free domain name". In fact, I've had a few clients (and some very high profile ones) lose their domain name and have to start over with a brand new web address.

Find a Profitable Need To Fill

scott@piggybanktechnology.com — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0100

To find a need to fill is the single most important decision you’ll make in your entire business, and that decision will impact everything you do in your business.

Finding the right need to fill is the difference between struggling day after day to make a go of your business and having a business that takes on a life of its own.

How To Find A Need

Many Internet Marketers will tell you not to care about what niche you get into, just find a hot market and sell [...]

Turn Tradeshow Leads Into Gold

scott@piggybanktechnology.com — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:00:00 +0100

Many companies use tradeshows to generate customer and distributor leads. However, more than 95% of companies exhibiting are missing a huge opportunity to supercharge their leads.

Tradeshows can be expensive. By the time you add up the costs for the booth space, the booth display itself, transportation, having employees out of commission during the show, food and so on, it can be thousands of dollars to display at a tradeshow.

So, wouldn't it be nice if there was o [...]

The Difference Between The Pro And The Amateur

scott@piggybanktechnology.com — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Not too long ago, we renovated our home office. It was simple stuff…fixing up the walls in preparation for painting, fixing floor trim, putting up shelves…easy stuff. My wife Jen and I put together out budget, bought our supplies and got to work on what we thought would be a pretty straight forward day. Once again, I was about to be reminded of the parallels between amateur home renovations and companies doing CRM projects.

Now, when it comes to home renovations, you need to und [...]

Why CRM Implementations Fall Short Of The Gold

scott@piggybanktechnology.com — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:11:32 +0100

Why do companies spend the time and money to implement a Customer Relationship Management system? The reasons vary, but near the top of the list you’ll almost always find:

Generate more sales.Get control of their contacts with a central database.Reduce operating inefficiencies and costs.

Companies get sold on how slick everything fits together and the flashy reports that will give magical insight into their business. CRM demos are designed to give maximum WOW factor and all of the [...]

Is Economics Killing Off Small Business CRM?

scott@piggybanktechnology.com — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:42:49 +0100

I've been noticing a disturbing trend in CRM that could have a major impact on small business...the move to eliminate single license versions of products.

Case in point: FrontRange has officially dropped their GoldMine standard product. The option available to new users is to buy their GoldMine Corporate product which comes with a 5 license minimum.

And FrontRange isn't alone.

Another popular CRM package with deep Open Source roots is SugarCRM. You can ge [...]

Help Your Chosen Charity By Doing Something You Already Do...Internet Searches!

scott@piggybanktechnology.com — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 22:22:38 +0100

My sister just alerted me to a fantastic service called GoodSearch.

It's a yahoo powered search engine that lets you do your searches as you normally would WITH A TWIST...every time you do a search, money flows to your favourite charity!!

In my case, my niece has a rare conditon called "Russell-Silver Syndrome" and the charitythat supports that is called the Magic Foundation.

I encourage everyone to try out this search engine with a social conscience and do som [...]