Posts Tagged ‘professionals’

 

Do you want to save 100’s of hours this year?

How many times do you receive an email and need to phone the person back, but the person does not include their phone number in their email signature line?

I’ve been at work for 2 hours today and returned around 15 phone calls in response to email messages I received.

Since many of them are new prospects, they aren’t in CRM yet. I probably wasted an average of one minute looking up each person’s phone number since it was not in their email signature line. That easily translates into an hour of wasted time EVERY DAY.

When I see an e-mail signature with a phone number, I rejoice! Are you willing to set the example?

Does your phone receive email? If the person put their phone number in their email signature line, you can click the email to place the phone call.

Set an example by setting up your automatic email signature line to include your phone number. When you email someone, they can just tap on your phone number in your email signature line to call you.

I receive so many email messages that say, “Mike, call me!” and there is no number to click on. I can look up their number, but it would be so much faster if it was included in their email signature line.

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What are your favorite apps?

Here are a list of favorite applications created from polls of CEO groups. You may wish to try out some of these yourself, and I will GREATLY appreciate you responding with YOUR favorite apps—especially those you use in business. It is okay if they are in the list already—I’m keeping score of how many people like them.
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Big benefits of using the cloud

There are major benefits for executives to consider about the cloud.
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Build a better firewall?

Your IT professionals can protect you even more than they are now.
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Cloud computing problems and concerns

Just how important is “moving to the cloud” for your organization?
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Microsoft’s new management tool

Microsoft is expected to release Windows Intune later this month. For an expected $10 per month per computer, Intune provides your IT professionals a way to centrally manage your computers.
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Do you use video on your website?

In case you haven’t noticed video clips are becoming very important on websites. If your website does not have videos and your competition does you could be missing out.
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IT professionals have to cooperate

A common complaint I receive from IT professionals is, “Senior management is using very insecure practices.” I have to explain that as long as the senior management made an informed decision and they are aware of the risks they are taking, IT needs to follow their ruling.
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Executives-are you making informed decisions?

Often IT provides senior management with IT options, but fails to adequately inform the executives what the consequences are to a selected action.
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Your customer service experiences

When you, as an executive, have to call customer service or technical support do you ever feel frustrated? I know the answer of course, and it is interesting to examine why. Here are some examples:
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