CRM, HubSpot, Digital Marketing & Transformation

It is well-known and widely utilised as it has a myriad of positive benefits. It can assist with: Boosting the productivity of staff Streamlining workflows Increasing conversions Quality lead generation Why is marketing automation important? The beauty of marketing automation is that it allows you to control, manage and run quite complex campaigns quite easily. Such

Facebook is one of the largest social media platforms with over 2.32 billion active users globally. With the platform servicing more than half of the world’s internet-using community, which currently stands at 4.39 billion, advertising on the platform has become an essential part of many marketing campaigns. Facebook has accomplished a lot and… that’s enough for a

Marketing Automation's enormous rate of growth Internationally the industry is growing at a massive rate and is currently the biggest current trend in the digital marketing space. As with most trends, in South Africa, we lag a few years behind the USA, but we should expect the use of Marketing Automation in South Africa to trend upwards sharply in the coming years.

What is CRM? Often shortened to CRM, Customer Relationship Management is the heart of any business. CRM isn’t just a tool to help you be more productive at sales, it’s an application used to help you serve your customers better. We’re guessing that if you’re reading this blog you probably work in some sort of sales/marketing role and are probably even a manager. You’re interested in how to generate more leads, get more conversions, streamline your sales pipeline, customer retention and of

What is a Sales Strategy? A Sales Strategy guides your sales team to position your company and its products and services to your ideal target customers in a meaningful, differentiated way. A well-defined sales strategy is your path to sustainable growth. A winning sales strategy should deliver: Clear goals everyone can work toward Clear priorities everyone can understand Clear outcomes everyone can be measured by Clear guidelines everyone can follow If a Sales Strategy does not deliver on these factors, sales teams and

Marketing automation creates a user information journey to fill the gap between initial enquiry and sales team efforts Market research shows that 30-50% of users are not ready to buy when they first enquire about your business, but about three quarters of these leads will potentially become sales ready within 12 to 18 months. Lead nurturing via automated email journeys allows a brand to stay top-of-mind throughout an

Contents Part 1: Why CRM systems fail Poorly set objectives Scope creep User adoption Wrong CRM vendor Overcomplicating requirements Not getting management on board

A great web design and development process enables the final website output to be aligned with the goals of the business. Without a solid process the end product can stray from the original requirements of the website build very easily. A great web design and development process keeps the project stakeholders informed and makes it transparent what happens during the course of development from start to finish. It also favours ongoing feedback and input from the project stakeholders and the design/development team. With these qualities in mind, what is the process?

1. Content marketing Content is indeed king, and it's the cornerstone of any successful inbound marketing campaign. Beautifully designed and well written content does so much more than just arm your sales team with collateral to sell with. Well produced and informative content shows the world that you care about more than just selling. You care about adding value. When it comes to lead nurturing, providing specific target groups and personas with tailored content not only shows your potential customer that you are knowledgeable, but it helps them