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Poor CRM User Adoption – What You Can Do
May 23, 2017

How to Convince People to Use Your CRM

The reason many CRM systems and projects fail is because of poor user adoption. Ask yourself, right now, who is actually using…

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May 10, 2017

Wondering How to Access Your Business Documents Wherever You go?

“I need that document!” I’m guessing you place a lot of value on documents – contracts, quotes, orders and even a manufacturing…

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Great data with Dynamics 365
April 20, 2017

Too many business systems? 7 signs you’re ready to simplify with Dynamics 365

If you’re running your business across 5, 10, or 15 different systems and spreadsheets, you’re probably wasting hours on duplicated data entry…

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Is Your Data Good, Bad or Ugly?
April 12, 2017

12 Ways To Improve Your Data Quality

Data quality is everything. Good data oils the wheels of your business. Poor data grinds it to a halt. Research shows that…

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Stop - don't add yet abother Excel spreadsheet into your business
April 6, 2017

Why Excel isn’t Right For Your Your Business

We’ve all been there – you need to capture some new data quickly… This time it’s contract renewal data. You turn to…

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December 7, 2016

Microsoft Dynamics 365 – choose the right apps for your business

As we discussed before, one of the main benefits of the update from Dynamics CRM to Dynamics 365 is that businesses only…

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November 8, 2016

Demystifying Microsoft Dynamics 365 Pricing Options

These prices have been updated by Microsoft in October 2019 – we have a full guide to pricing here Microsoft Dynamics 365…

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April 28, 2016

Are you missing out on insightful management information because of your current database?

“I don’t have access to all the database fields I need for my reports”

“Our reporting system isn’t very flexible and it doesn’t tell me what I need to know”

“I have to go back to our supplier each time I want a slight variation on a report, I want to do it myself!”

These are just some of the common issues we hear when discussing databases and reporting with business owners and managers […]…

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March 24, 2016

The Best Way to Use Opportunities in Dynamics 365

Enquires and opportunities are at the heart of everything you do to grow your business. Maintaining good opportunity data provides more accurate…

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March 18, 2016

CRM User adoption – Why your business needs the best Outlook and CRM integration

Successful Customer Relationship Management (CRM) depends on two key things in a business, a deeply embedded culture of the importance of excellent customer relationship management and the right software tools to make this culture a reality in the day to day operations of a business […]…

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March 3, 2016

ETHICS Series: Mapping your business processes for a more efficient and effective system

How can you replace an existing system with a new system when you don’t know exactly how the existing system works?

Mapping business processes is a part of requirements analysis, and is one of the most difficult but most important tasks of implementing an information system. Its difficulty is based on the size and complexity of the system being implemented, and the ability of users to specify their requirements. A system with multiple shared databases crossing different functional areas or global locations will clearly be a complex implementation, compared to a simpler implementation where a system with a single database is operated in one department […]…

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February 25, 2016

Task Management Strategies Using Outlook

Feeling overwhelmed? It could be a lack of organisation What’s the main thing within your business that gives you that feeling of…

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February 18, 2016

3 Top Tips to Setting and Monitoring Business Goals – The Key to Your Sustainable Growth

Success in business and life is a continuous journey. As with any journey, it’s important to set relevant destination points or markers…

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Modify search results
February 11, 2016

Customise Dataverse Search Results in Dynamics 365

If you’re an existing user of Microsoft Dynamics CRM you may find it useful to modify the 3 fields displayed in the global search results. It helps users get access to the information they need quicker, which improves productivity…

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January 28, 2016

How To Keep On Top Of Customer Relationships As Your Business Grows

As your business moves through the different stages of growth, your communications need to be managed Start up At this point, you’re…

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