The recent COVID-19 pandemic has truly changed the World. Businesses are shut down, people are working from home where they can and most people are uncertain about what to do. The economic impact of social distancing will likely be huge. So what do you do as a business owner or manager?
Read MoreThis is the first article in a series I’m going to be writing about some bad website design ideas. Almost every time I build a website these are some of the top “modifications” clients want after they see the website. However, most of them are not great website design ideas and I’m going to explain why in this series of articles. The intent is to educate my clients on why I’ve made many design choices in the first draft of the website. Make the Logo Bigger Make the logo bigger is by far the most common request I get after…
Read MoreIf you’re in the market for a website designer, you probably don’t know exactly how you should choose one or what questions to ask to determine a great website designer from a poor one. Here’s a bunch of key questions you should be asking your website designer before you hire them.
Read MoreEasily Integrate SuiteCRM and Contact Form 7 I came across a great plugin the other day while trying to integrate SuiteCRM and Contact Form 7 for a client. The normal SuiteCRM Web to Lead form is great for simple lead capture. However, if you want something a little more advanced or custom, you’ll need something different. Contact Form 7 is a great contact form builder for WordPress that’s been around for years. While there’s a bit of a learning curve with it, it does the job. Here’s how to integrate Contact Form 7 with SuiteCRM. Step 1: Install the Plugins….
Read MoreWordPress is a great website building platform. This article explores the many advantages and some of the cautions you should know about before deciding to build a WordPress website.
Read MoreGoogle has been slowly changing the Chrome browser to make users more aware of secure and insecure browsing. It’s imperative you add an SSL to your websites for both user experience, security and Google ranking in the months to come. Going back even just a few years ago, almost all web browsing was done insecurely via HTTP. You’d notice in your URL it was http://mysite.com. Web sites usually only installed an SSL for checkout. You’d notice because the URL would be https://mysite.com. What an SSL does in encrypt the information between the user and the webserver. It also, in some…
Read MoreCRM Software can be expensive. Many commercial CRM’s bill by the user and have large add on fees for additional features. I helped my client save $40,000 in fees to their CRM software provider by migrating their CRM from Salesforce to a free Open Source CRM called SuiteCRM. Background My client has about a dozen or so users, plus they use quite a number of custom fields and workflows. The problem is that every time they wanted an additional field added it bumped them to a higher cost tier. Their monthly fees grew to the point of $40,000 per year!…
Read MoreClients often try to communicate what they want to web designers but much of which they are trying to communicate is lost in translation. As a web designer, here are a whole bunch of things clients ask for that web developers will never understand. Plus, some tips on trying to clarify what it is that you want so your website designer will understand what you’re really asking. “Make the page pop” This is one every website designer hears from their clients. Please tell me how to make a page pop! I’d love to know. The reality is, what is appealing…
Read MoreAfter spending 15 years in Transportation & Logistics I’ve seen that the majority of companies just aren’t leveraging digital marketing technologies for their Sales and Marketing Teams. Sure, they invest fortunes in dispatch and freight management software and technology, but their sales and marketing departments are often left behind. Many sales teams are “old school” setting up in person appointments on a regular basis to prospect. They are not leveraging the wealth of sales leads they already have!
Read MoreHere’s a basic walk-through of how to set up your products in SuiteCRM, plus set up your custom SuiteCRM quote form PDF, as well as, how to add a quote. Great tips to make your quotations easy to enter and send to clients.
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