The right Customer Relationship Management or CRM software can be a small business owner’s best friend; it helps you keep up with every lead and customer without adding more employees to do the work manually. The wrong CRM software, on the other hand, will add to your burden — one more piece of technology that...
Businesses today are run very differently compared to the businesses of old. Once upon a time, to keep everything in order, your office needed to be filled with filing cabinets, boxes, and clutter. And those filing cabinets, large and unwieldy as they were, were filled with paper copies of everything - often in duplicate,...
This article is published in partnership with Insightly, providing CRM and project management solutions for small business owners. Anyone who runs a small business knows that there are many different components that need to be kept straight in order for it to run smoothly. One of those top priorities is customer management. In a recent...
What are you doing Thursday, August 23 at 3pm EST? Hopefully, you can block an hour out on your calendar because the Smart Hustle Team would like to invite you to a fun Insightly Twitter Chat with special guest Ramon Ray (Smart Hustle Editor). We know you’re busy, so we’ll get right to the...
Black female founders get some of the least funding for their business. Ginger Siegel, who heads Mastercard's small business in North America wants to change that. Her passion is authentic. Listen to our podcast here Smart Hustle Small Business Podcast · Digitize and Automate - Tips from Mastercard Exec Watch the video interview here Grants and Investments This "do...
The Best Software & Tools to Grow Small Businesses Tips from Ramon Ray, founder, SmartHustle.com A small business owner is always on the lookout for ways to improve efficiencies and increase productivity. Putting the right systems in place is essential. When you’re working to start or grow your small business, leveraging the right systems, software and tools...
We talk a lot about how to live your "best life". But what does it look like if you wanted to know the steps to live your worst life? I'm a host of Breakfast with Champions, one of the fastest-growing shows on Clubhouse (the audio only app). In an episode, I did a "spoof" show...
Laura Spaulding, is the owner of Spaulding Decon. She's a former Kansas City Police Officer, who transitioned to entrepreneurship through a series of tough lessons, school of hard knocks and the joys of the freedom of business ownership. Today Spaulding Decon cleans up messy, toxic, and at times emotionally traumatic crime scenes. But that's only...
Smart Hustle Guides: Tips to Expand & Grow Your Business Wondering how to grow your business? We have the best guides for small business owners who need tips, tricks and strategies to expand business. How and Why to Hire a Virtual Assistant Click here Delegating to others is the best way to build your business and live the...
Communication is critical to the success of any company. So you should implement a small business phone system that can expedite procedures and improve communication between consumers and agents. What's more, good communication builds a business culture that both employees and customers appreciate. As part of your communications solution, we will discuss how to set...
