Tag: data

  • Grading the Performance of Your Company’s Retirement Plan

    Grading the Performance of Your Company’s Retirement Plan

    Imagine giving your company’s retirement plan a report card. Would it earn straight A’s in preparing your participants for their golden years? Or is it more of a C student who could really use some extra help after school? Benchmarking can tell you. Mind the basics More than likely, you already use certain criteria to…

  • Build Long-Term Relationships with CRM Software

    Build Long-Term Relationships with CRM Software

    Few businesses today can afford to let potential buyers slip through the cracks. Customer relationship management (CRM) software can help you build long-term relationships with those most likely to buy your products or services. But to maximize your return on investment in one of these solutions, you and your employees must have a realistic grasp…

  • Be Vigilant About Your Business Credit Score

    Be Vigilant About Your Business Credit Score

    As an individual, you’ve no doubt been urged to regularly check your credit score. Most people nowadays know that, with a subpar personal credit score, they’ll have trouble buying a home or car, or just getting a reasonable-rate credit card. But how about your business credit score? It’s important for much the same reason —…

  • Five Ways to Give Your Sales Staff the Support They Really Need

    Five Ways to Give Your Sales Staff the Support They Really Need

    “I could sell water to a whale.” Indeed, most salespeople possess an abundance of confidence. One could say it’s a prerequisite for the job. Because of their remarkable self-assurance, sales staffers might appear to be largely autonomous. Hand them something to sell, tell them a bit about it and let them do their thing —…

  • Three Keys to a Successful Accounting System Upgrade

    Three Keys to a Successful Accounting System Upgrade

    Technology is tricky. Much of today’s software is engineered so well that it will perform adequately for years. But new and better features are being created all the time. And if you’re not getting as much out of your financial data as your competitors are, you could be at a disadvantage. For these reasons, it…

  • Big Data Strategies for Every Business

    Big Data Strategies for Every Business

    You’ve probably heard or read the term “big data” at least once in the past few years. Maybe your response was a sarcastic “big deal!” under the assumption that this high-tech concept applies only to large corporations. But this isn’t necessarily true. With so much software so widely available, companies of all sizes may be…