20+ Tips for Improving Productivity and Maintaining a Work-Life Balance

August 23, 2019 Alana Ross

"There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow. Today is the right day to love, believe, do and mostly live."- Dalai Lama

Today’s fast-paced, always-on culture and non-stop digital chatter makes it harder than ever to be more productive and juggle work and personal lives. However, there are some things that you can do right now to improve your productivity and enjoy a happier work-life environment.

Here are a 20+ tips (in no particular order) to help increase your productivity, reduce stress levels and maintain a better work-life balance:

How To Get the Blue Angels at your Sales or Marketing Event

July 22, 2019 Alana Ross

Getting the Blue Angels to show up at your sales or marketing event is a great way to promote your company and bring in new business. No doubt you’ve been to your fair share of events over the years. And you know that some of them were great while others not so much. As a former independent meeting and event planner for 15 years, we know it’s easy to host an event, but to do it right and make it a resounding success takes a little more effort. Here’s an example of a successful event.

Top 10 Cyber Security Checklist to Help Stop Cyber Attacks

June 21, 2019 Barry Ross

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Cyber Security has jumped to a top ten issue for every business and industry. All large enterprises are now dramatically increasing their investments in cyber security due to the high-profile attacks this past year. The hackers know this and are now adding small and midsize businesses (SMBs) to their attacks as fast as possible.

Many executives are struggling on how to evaluate their cyber security technology and best practices. The following is a Cyber Security Checklist with the top 10 projects you should implement immediately to increase your business protection and reduce your company risk.

List of Top Medical Records Providers in Healthcare

May 1, 2019 Barry Ross

The key to any future digital transformation of the Healthcare Industry is moving away from old paper medical records to electronic medical records (EMRs) or electronic health records (EHRs). The following is a list of the top companies providing medical records systems to the industry today.

Healthcare: The Dirty Little Secret About Today's Electronic Medical Records (EMR, EHR)

November 7, 2018 Barry Ross

Electronic medical records have the same problem that Customer Relationship Management (CRM) applications have had in business for over 20 years. Physicians, Nurses and Admin workers hate the systems. Why? They have to spend extra hours every day updating the patient data and much less time analyzing information to help them treat their patients. According to Bruce Korus, co-founder of the Health Innovation Think Tank (HITT) and a top Healthcare Industry Consultant, the University of Wisconsin Madison, studied the time spent by primary care physicians (PCP) on data input. They found PCP’s spent about 6 hours a day, with many hours spent outside of clinic hours updating records.

The healthcare industry is about 10 years behind other industries and can avoid many of the same mistakes.

Infographic: Four Reasons Why You Need Digital Transformation

October 8, 2018 Barry Ross

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Look around your office. If you see a lot of file cabinets, stacks of paper on desks and you spend a lot of money each month on your office printers and copiers, you need to take a hard look at digitally transforming your office.

4 reasons for replacing old inefficient technology and office processes

The Number One Secret to a Successful Sales Demo?

September 10, 2018 Barry Ross

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So how many times have you watched a Product Demo in a Webinar, Trade Show or in a face-to-face meeting and all you see is a Rep walking you through each feature and function on the webpage?

Then the Rep clicks on another page, shows you another feature (or the application settings) and does it all again. At the end of a 10 to 45-minute demo, they ask you if you have any questions. Sound familiar?

Unfortunately, when you see this type of demo, you are watching a typical demo done by 80% of Sales Reps and Business Development Reps. Yesterday, I sat through another demo just like this.

There is a better way!

Top 10 CRM Complaints that a CRM Administrator Can Fix

July 23, 2018 Barry Ross

Many Companies and Sales Organizations do not know the proper level of System Administration resources they need for a Customer Relationship Management (or CRM) System. This page will help explain why a Systems Administrator is so critical to your short and long-term sales success and the cost of Systems Admin Resources: