Recent content by Norman

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    Public Liability Insurance

    Evening folks..... As usual looking for some help and advice from the forum......My wife has a small jewellery business....she makes the items at home and only sells through her website. Does she need Public Liability Insurance... thanks guys
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    SugarCRM......

    Evening all..... Need some help and as usual I turn to you guys. I run a direct sales company generating leads from various sources including instore, telecan, mail order. I have bought a licence for SugarCRM but am now beginning to think its much more B2B based as its all about leads...
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    CRM System

    Evening all..... Need some help and as usual I turn to you guys. I run a direct sales company generating leads from various sources including instore, telecan, mail order. I have bought a licence for SugarCRM but am now beginning to think its much more B2B based as its all about leads...
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    Help Needed........and heres just the best place to get it..

    Evening guys.... I've used this forum a lot since starting up and found a great printer for my flyers, a really good copy writer for my direct mailings and a fine graphic designer for my van livery. And now what I am looking for is help with my wife and daughters ecommerce jewellery website...
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    Business Names

    HI folks, Decided against clockwork cladding as a name for my new business. Whats your thoughts on: homeworks Making the necessary affordable .....As a name for a home improvement company. Look forward to your input. Its always appreciated N
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    Business Names

    You guys on this forum have been so very helpful toward me in the past. I've used it to source printers, a website designer, a copy writer and accounting software. So I thought I'd ask for your help again. What do you think of this name for a roofline, soffit and guttering replacement...
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    Sales person (new business)

    Hi Why not try gumtree first.........its free and very good for sales people Norman
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    Commission based salesteam

    For what its worth here's my thoughts. I've worked as Sales Manager for both Monster.com, Yell.com and a couple of internet start ups where people have basic salaries of circa £25/£30K + OTE bonus. I've also spent many many years in commission only sales with NO basic, NO car and No...
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    Commission based salesteam

    Hi Adam I've worked in commission based sales for the past 20 years - never had a basic - never wanted one either. The top performers in direct sales all tend to be commission based. You need to get them to sign an Agency Agreement that spells out exactly how you employ them. Second...
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    Flyers for Home Improvements

    Evening folks, Perennial question......what makes a good letterbox flyer. I employ a couple of door canvas teams to generate leads for roof coatings and fascias. Looking for ideas or help with designing a simple flyer for them to put through the letterbox of the 70% or so of houses that...
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    Looking for Companies that generate leads

    Hi Tom, can you give me a ring on 079 1234 6360 so we can talk more about this.
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    Direct Mailing Costs

    Evening guys, I run a smallish home improvement company. Thinking about doing a direct mail to say about 500 old leads I have in my database. These are people we pitched to but were unsuccessful. Just wondering whats the most cost effective way of posting these as this size of mailing is...
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    Looking for Companies that generate leads

    Hi there I run a small roof coating and roofline company based in Central Scotland. Have a couple of door canvassing teams but am always looking for warmer leads. Any one know of any companies that generate good quality leads for roof coating and roofline thanks guys
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    lead generation companies

    Hi there, Anyone know of any companies that generate leads for roof coating and roofline. Thanks
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    Online Diary - Any suggestions

    Evening gang I run a small roof coating company and use door to door canvassers to generate leads and appointments. I'd like to set up an online diary so they can upload leads and appointments for me to look at later. Any suggestions