How to Write a Winning Startup Business Plan
A solid business plan is crucial for the success of any green, fresh startup. It’s a battle strategy to help small businesses navigate potential pitfalls in the road and set...
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70 Influencers to Connect with at Dreamforce #DF18
Salesforce has evolved from being a cloud SFA tool in 1999 to THE Enterprise CRM platform in 2010, to become the premier development environment that enterprises use to build their...
How to Deliver Customer Service Experiences that Disrupt the Competition
In today’s business world, delivering good customer service is just a starting point. Customers know what good service looks like, and they expect it. So, how do you get from...
Best Sales Conversation Starters
Aren’t you tired of having the same conversation over, and over, and over again? You: “Hi, how’s it going? Thanks for taking the time to speak to me today.” Prospect:...
How to Improve Your Content Strategy with Influencer Marketing
Influencer. It’s a powerful word, isn’t it? It conveys authority, respect, and expertise. An influencer has the power to affect the decisions of other people, who accept or perceive this...
How to Write the Perfect Cold Calling Script
It’s time to rethink cold calling. Traditionally, cold calling is associated with robotic telemarketers who “just need a few minutes of your time” in order to push a service or...
Marketing Dashboards: Why You Need to Deafen the Signal-to-Noise Ratio
When I began creating marketing dashboards earlier in my career, the effort was a manual and cumbersome process. As a result of the Herculean effort required in gathering and analyzing...
How B Squared Media Uses Nimble in Office 365 to Scale Its Digital Agency
Based in Stanton, New Jersey, B Squared Media is a rapidly growing done-for-you social media marketing and advertising company. Founded by Brooke Sellas in 2012, today the team of 13...
How To Write A Business Plan For Sales Teams
According to the Small Business Association (SBA), 30% of new businesses fail during the first two years of their launch; 50% fail during the first five years, and 66% of...
6 Tools to Help You Find Top Niche B2B Influencers
Some would say that it’s much harder for B2B marketers to source the right influencers than it is for B2C marketers. I would argue the contrary. As I recently experienced firsthand,...
How To Take Your Small Business To The Next Level
The life of a small business owner is no easy task. (more…)
How To Find Trusted Advisors & Mentors In The Sales World
Startups should seek out trusted advisors who will guide them on the path to success, show them their areas of growth, and how to avoid potential pitfalls. In our latest interview, LinkedIn/personal...
How To Optimize Your Social Selling Strategy
Studies show that 80% of prospective customers decide whether to do business with you largely based on what they see on social media regarding your work community, thought leadership, and...
5 Tips to Find the Perfect Micro-Influencer For Your Next Campaign
It seems like everyone is working with social media influencers these days. It’s almost impossible to scroll through your Instagram or Facebook feed without seeing a sponsored post of some...
Four Tips for a Successful Cloud Migration and CRM Implementation for Small Businesses
According to Giacom World Networks CEO Mike Wardell, migrating your company's workload to the cloud doesn't have to be a hassle. In his recent feature in IT Pro Portal, Wardell...
How to Use Interactive Content as a Lead Magnet
Interactive content, such as questionnaires or calculators, can be a perfect tool to engage with your audience - and to grow it as well. By creating authentic, playful, and personal...
A Step-By-Step Guide to Setting Up Nimble CRM
Whether you’re completely new to working with contact relationship management databases, or a seasoned professional who has worked with multiple CRMs in the past, sometimes you need a little helping...
Introducing Nimble Today: The Smarter Way to Start Your Day for Success
Nimble’s newly optimized Today Page gives you a clear, customizable dashboard view of your sales pipeline, calendar appointments, tasks, and social signals. (more…)
Webinar Replay: How to Jump-Start A Successful Business
In this webinar, Jon discusses business creation and growth with Brian Moran, founder and CEO of Brian Moran and Associates. Brian is a business leader who is passionate about helping...
Sales Tools Your Team Should Be Using
It’s not in the nature of the business world to stand still for too long. The rule of thumb in business is: if you’re not progressing or changing, you are...
Boost Your Sales By Implementing These 5 Leadership Practices
Deb Calvert and Jon Ferrara bonded years ago over their commonality of a shared purpose-- helping other people grow. Deb is the president of People First Productivity Solutions, a sales...
Nimble Signs Reseller Agreement with Microsoft Master VAR Velosio
Nimble and Microsoft North American partner Velosio are proud to announce a global reseller agreement. Backed by expert assessment, training, community forums, and support professionals, Velosio will resell Nimble CRM as one...
Three Pivotal Steps To Follow When Developing a Marketing Campaign
If you’re like many of our customers, you’re in the thick of executing a plethora of various marketing campaigns at once. Often, these campaigns entail a number of moving parts,...
How to Use Nimble with Your Favorite Google Apps
You probably landed on this blog post because you already use Nimble, or are researching to find the best CRM for G Suite. We use G Suite internally because we...
Webinar Replay: 7 Foolproof Ways to Boost Your Online Brand & Grow Sales
In this webinar replay, Nimble CEO Jon Ferrara interviews Mike Sadowski, CEO of Brand24. Brand24 is a social media monitoring tool that is used by over a hundred thousand different brands...