Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.2, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # karmaCRM ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.karmacrm.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [10 Reasons to Use CRM to Manage Your Real Estate Database](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/10-reasons-to-use-crm-to-manage-your-real-estate-database/) - Many agents still use Excel spreadsheets or a simple contact manager (like the one in Outlook or Gmail) to manage their database. - [How to Build and Implement a Successful CRM Strategy](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/how-to-build-and-implement-a-successful-crm-strategy/) - if you’re reading this article, it’s likely you’re wondering how to apply higher level thinking to the way you integrate your CRM with your existing workflows and to how you collect and analyze your data. Here are five tips for creating a successful CRM strategy. - [How to Get Your Customers to Open Every Email and Answer Every Call](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/how-to-get-your-customers-to-open-every-email-and-answer-every-call/) - How do you cut through the noise meaningfully? How do you deliver solutions to your audience in ways that allow them to hear you? Here’s how to get your customers to open your emails and answer your calls. - [5 Must-Have CRM Integrations for Every Small Business](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/5-must-have-crm-integrations-for-every-small-business/) - CRM gives you the option to integrate some of your favorite apps with the system and get real time automated updates. Here are 5 most important ones - [How to Get Great Data Out of Your CRM](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/how-to-get-great-data-out-of-your-crm/) - Your CRM can produce the kind of data that helps you run your business better. It can yield the kind of data that allows you to not only improve your today but maximize your success tomorrow. - [How to Be Persistent in Sales Without Being Annoying](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/how-to-be-persistent-without-being-annoying-in-your-sales-follow-up/) - We all know what it’s like to be on the receiving end of a company’s unwanted attention. Here’s how to be persistent without being annoying in sales. - [If You’re Not Putting Your Customers First, Someone Else Is](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/if-youre-not-putting-your-customers-first-someone-else-is/) - In sales today, it’s not the product with the most flash and features, it’s not the service with the most options that wins — it’s the company that gives their customers the attention they need. Here’s how to keep your customers front and center in your business. - [Always Be Helping: How to Sell to People Who Don’t Want to be Sold](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/always-be-helping/) - Your potential customers know when they are being sold to. The good news is they also know when you are thinking of them first. - [How to Close More Sales Without Being a Jerk](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/how-to-close-more-sales-without-being-a-jerk/) - And salespeople have a reputation for prioritizing money over people. Here's how to sell more without being a jerk. - [The Most-Read Articles of 2017](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/the-most-read-articles-of-2017/) - From our professional speaker interview series to our tips on how to get your team to love your CRM, these popular articles will help you start 2018 on the right foot. - [Prospecting Mistakes That Are Ruining Your Business](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/prospecting-mistakes-ruining-your-business/) - You're driving away your best future customers before they even come through the door. Here are the top prospecting mistakes that are ruining your business. - [How to Get Your Employees to Use Your CRM](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/how-to-get-your-employees-to-use-your-crm/) - Did you know that over 60% of CRM implementations fail? Here’s how to get your employees to use your CRM. - [Customers Are People, Too: How Being Human Will Help You Sell More](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/customers-are-people-too-how-being-human-will-help-you-sell-more/) - Businesses run on relationships first, not ROI. Here’s how focusing on being human first will help you sell more. - [10 tips to Boost Sales Productivity with CRM Software](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/10-tips-to-boost-sales-productivity-with-crm-software/) - Sales automation software is a great tool to increase sales and make your team more productive. Here we present 10 tips on how to utilize your software fully. - [Does Your Business Have Good Karma? 5 Ways to Make It Better](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/does-your-business-have-good-karma-5-ways-to-make-it-better/) - What better place to make sure you’re building up good karma than your workplace? Here are 5 ways to make sure your business has good karma. - [Tracking Sales from Lead to Close: CRM Metrics That Matter](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/tracking-sales-from-lead-to-close-crm-metrics-that-matter/) - Assess your sales funnel using these 5 CRM metrics. - [Why Customer Relationship Management is Your Most Important Sales Tool](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/why-customer-relationship-management-is-your-most-important-sales-tool/) - Relationships are the wheels to your success. Without good tires, a car is just a hunk of metal -- and without relationships, businesses won’t move. - [5 Reasons Your Salespeople Hate Your CRM](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/5-reasons-your-salespeople-hate-your-crm/) - You’re spending money on CRM software that your sales team won’t use. So what gives? We’ve got a few ideas. - [Have a Small Business? Here’s Why You Need CRM](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/have-a-small-business-heres-why-you-need-crm/) - Right now, you may be thinking, “CRM is only for big businesses, not the little ones like me!” But CRM doesn’t need to be overcomplicated. - [New Features for March: Redesigned Emails, a Zapier Integration, and More](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/new-features-for-march-redesigned-emails-a-zapier-integration-and-more/) - This month, we launched a massive project to refresh karmaCRM’s interface, starting with app emails. We’re pretty excited about it. We think you will be too. Read on to learn more about what’s new at karmaCRM this month. Enjoy redesigned emails No one should have to look at an ugly email, especially first thing in - [Announcing KarmaCRM](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/announcing-karmacrm-2/) - Why in the world would we want to create another CRM system? Simple. Because we are tired of feeling overwhelmed by features we don't use, while missing the few simple features that we need in CRM Software. We aren't trying to shoot for the moon, just provide you with a system that just works, leaving all the nitty gritty behind the scenes. - [Featured Customer: Green Dot Bioplastics](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/featured-customer-green-dot-bioplastics/) - The folks at Green Dot Bioplastics are no strangers to innovation. The bioplastics company created the first compostable elastomer, the kind of flexible plastic that you’ll find in toys for your kids and the soles of your shoes. Dedicated to creating sustainable alternatives to traditional plastics, Green Dot works to create a little more good - [7 Questions to Ask a CRM Consulting Company Before Hiring](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/7-questions-to-ask-a-crm-consulting-company-before-hiring/) - Before hiring CRM Company, you have to interview them to see if they are a good fit for your business and here are 7 questions for you to use as a guideline. - [What to Expect from the KarmaCRM Blog](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/what-to-expect-from-the-karmacrm-blog/) - With 1,000,0000,000 blogs out there, its crucial to know what your getting into when considering subscribing to a new one. This should help explain what you should expect from the Karma blog. If you are interested in getting sales tips and tricks or help streamlining your sales process then this could be a good resource for you. It's our goal to provide you with information without the rhetoric, so you don't have to spend stripping it all out to get down to the useful details. - [Meet Shirley Robinson!](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/meet-shirley-robinson/) - Many of you have had the pleasure of working with our very own Shirley Robinson, from our Customer Support team. Originally from Little Rock, Arkansas, Shirley joined the karma team in July of 2012 and has been instrumental in the development of many internal projects. In her own words, "Figuring out and solving a problem - if there - [Top 10 Apps for karmaCRM, Pt. 2](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/top-10-apps-for-karmacrm-pt-2/) - Part 2 of 2 In continuation of our Top 10 Apps for karmaCRM blog post last week, below you’ll find the remaining five applications to round out our Top 10 list! Clicky Visit Clicky’s website and one of the first things you’ll see is “Real Time Web Analytics” - and that’s exactly what you get. - [Announcing Email Reply Tracking](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/announcing-email-reply-tracking/) - Hello folks! Today, we're proud to announce another exciting feature, driven by your survey feedback. Tonight we'll be releasing email reply tracking for all per user pro plans. This was the #1 requested feature from our most recent email automation survey. So what does this feature do? Reply tracking Now every email you send comes - [New Features - Imports & Exports & Cases Oh My](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/new-features-imports-exports-cases-oh-my/) - Over the past few weeks you may have noticed new features appearing here and there. We have outlined what's been added, and how to use them within this post. - [The Job Market Stinks, Is Freelancing the Answer?](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/the-job-market-stinks-is-freelancing-the-answer/) - With the economy circling the bowl, more people are turning to freelance work and finding a lot of success. - [Ethical Online Brand & Reputation Building](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/ethical-online-brand-reputation-building/) - There are many different platforms in the online world to create your brand and message, but its not as simple as just posting a message. There are ethical ways and steps that businesses need to take so that their company is seen in a positive light. - [New Features: Chat & Color Schemes & Wufoo](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/new-features-chat-color-schemes-wufoo/) - We've been a bit quite the past few weeks but we can assure you it's been for good reason. The karmaCRM team has been hard at work preparing for public beta launch. We've got some interface revisions, added the ability for you to select a color scheme/logo and added group and private chat! - [How To Help The Tsunami Victims Using The Web](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/how-to-help-the-tsunami-victims-using-the-web/) - The Japanese need our help more than ever after this devastating event. This event will change their lives for many, many years, and by helping even a little bit can make a significant difference. Here are a few ways that you can use the web to help these victims: Text to Donate: The American Red - [Distracted by Color?](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/distracted-by-color/) - Find out how color can be a huge distraction and what you can do about it to increase productivity. - [Announcing Public Beta and Some New Features](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/announcing-public-beta-and-some-new-features/) - After much elbow grease, user feedback and 40 hour days, we're pleased to announce karmaCRM is in public beta. This doesn't change much of anything for our existing users, but new users can signup without the need for an invitation code. - [KarmaCRM gets Zippy...Sorry IE](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/karmacrm-gets-zippy-sorry-ie/) - We've just make an advancement in our never-ending quest to provide you with a quick, zippy, responsive CRM. If you're using Firefox 4, Any Chrome or Safari 6, then you may have noticed pages are now loading a bit faster and there is a loading indicator in between page transitions. We've taken advantage of some pretty cool technology supported by modern browsers to allow this to happen. - [New Feature - Track Relationships & Referrals](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/new-feature-track-relationships-referrals/) - Depending on your business, it might be important to track contacts who've referred business, or who's related to who. We have added a feature to do just this. This feature wouldn't have been possible without the wonderful suggestions and contributions from all of you! - [New Feature - Inline Editing Everywhere](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/new-feature-inline-editing-everywhere/) - Our team has been hard at work, making it easier to update information wherever you are within karmaCRM. Now you can edit information in the profile view, in your lists and anywhere you see the yellow indicator when you hover over information. - [New Feature - Public Changelog and Ability to Filter History](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/new-feature-public-changelog-and-ability-to-filter-history/) - As you all may know, our development team is always on the move, knocking out new features and changes karma based on your wonderful feedback. We understand how it's been difficult to keep up. To combat this issue, we've added a public changelog on our website and matching dashboard widget within karmaCRM. - [New Feature - Duplicate Detection & Note Filtering](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/new-feature-duplicate-detection-note-filtering/) - We've made it easier to identify duplicates by adding duplicate record detection to contacts and companies. When adding a contact or company, if the name or email address matches an existing record, you'll get a red notification of the records it found that matched. You can continue to create the record if you choose, but at least you'll know there is a potential duplicate. This detection runs on all records whether it is private or not to help minimize redundancies. - [New Feature - Beta Outlook Plugin](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/new-feature-beta-outlook-plugin/) - Ask and ye shall receive! We are really excited to announce the Beta release of our #1 asked for feature, the Outlook plug-in! - [Announcing karmaCRM Mobile!](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/announcing-karmacrm-mobile/) - After much ado, the karmaCRM mobile app is here. We understand the importance of accessing your contacts and CRM data on the run and want you to know we are committed to constantly expanding our mobile presence. This launch is just the first of many regarding mobile so be on the lookout for more to come. This version is still beta, but we wanted to get it into your hands as quickly as possible to get your feedback. - [New Feature - Calendar Revisions, Google Calendar and More](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/new-feature-calendar-revisions-google-calendar-and-more/) - We’ve made it easy for you to easily upload multiple files at once. This feature is available to all browsers except IE, as the trend generally goes. It also comes with a fancy progress bar. If you use IE you’ll still be able to upload files, but just one at a time and without drag and drop. - [New Feature - Relationships and Links Abound](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/new-feature-relationship-and-links-abound/) - With our expanded relationships feature you can add multiple companies to a contact, link companies together, or add contacts and companies to deals. Relationships can be anything from a contact who referred another contact, to contacts and companies associated with a deal. - [New Feature - Drag and Drop File Uploading](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/new-feature-drag-and-drop-file-uploading/) - We've made it easy for you to easily upload multiple files at once. This feature is available to all browsers except IE, as the trend generally goes. It also comes with a fancy progress bar. If you use IE you'll still be able to upload files, but just one at a time and without drag and drop. - [New Feature - Task ICal Feed & Birthday Reminders](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/new-feature-task-ical-feed-birthday-reminders/) - See your karmaCRM tasks everywhere now that we've added an ICal friendly feed for your tasks. Subscribe to this feed by going to your tasks section and clicking "Subscribe to your iCalendar task feed" below your task filters. Please keep in mind that while these tasks can be displayed externally, they cannot be edited, created or changed there. You'll need to do that within karmaCRM. - [Looking Ahead: karmaCRM v2.0](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/looking-ahead-karmacrm-v2-0/) - We’ve embarked on a journey to greatly enhance your experience by making karmaCRM faster and more customizable. - [Announcing: The karmaCRM Support Center](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/announcing-the-karmacrm-support-center/) - The new karmaCRM Support Center (http://support.karmacrm.com) will allow you to find helpful documentation, submit ideas for new features, and contact us for immediate assistance, all in one place. - [Karma2 Updates: Getting Close](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/karma2-updates-getting-close/) - While our blog and Twitter feed might have been quiet over the past few months, we can assure you our development team has been anything but. We've been hard at work on karma2 over the past and are getting very close to its completion. We're all excited about where it's going, and can't wait to unveil all the wonderful new features your business will benefit from! What we need now is your feedback and input to ensure we got it all right. - [Our Favorite Articles This Week](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/our-favorite-articles-this-week/) - There's been a lot of great writing recently on CRM, customer service, social tech, and all those other good things. Here are some of the best we've read this week: Leonard Kile at destinationCRM, "Customers Should Help Create Major Innovation" http://www.destinationcrm.com/Articles/CRM-News/Daily-News/Customers-Should-Help-Create-Major-Innovation---86738.aspx This was a great piece about how to engage with customers and why they - [Being customer-driven means sharing power, and that's a good thing](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/being-customer-driven-means-sharing-power-and-thats-a-good-thing/) - We as a company have a much bigger sphere of influence thanks to social media, but we share that sphere and its power with our customers. Our marketing isn't about hard selling or trickery. It's about reaching out to like-minded people who vibe with what we do and could benefit from it. - [After we stopped blushing...](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/after-we-stopped-blushing/) - "Lean" and "agile" can sometimes have connotations of haste and incompleteness, but for karma, that's a virtue, not a drawback. - [Introducing the Advanced Query Builder for karma2!](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/introducing-the-advanced-query-builder-for-karma2/) - Here's one of the coolest features to come to karma in a long time: the advanced query builder! Our post and video explain its power and flexibility. - [Introducing Record Templates for karma2!](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/introducing-record-templates-for-karma2/) - Record templates in karma2 will allow you to create reusable forms for all types of records: contacts, cases, tasks, events, and more! - [Building a better small business CRM with karma2](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/building-a-better-small-business-crm-with-karma2/) - Check out some big and small updates that make karmaCRM an awesome small business CRM for your team! - [Introducing Maps!](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/introducing-maps/) - karmaCRM is proud to announce our new built-in Maps feature! When traveling to a new area, it is nice to be able to see where your contacts are located. Our Maps feature will make it possible for you to do just that. We've added a geographic display that will allow you to view where your - [Task Templates](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/calendar/) - Task Templates With task templates, you are able to add multiple sales templates and apply them to contacts, companies, cases etc. Dependent Steps These templates can have dependent steps, and you are also able to add automatic reminders and categories. To help guide your team, you can add a description or script. Reduce Repetition Task - [Bulk Actions](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/some-feature-title/) - Tired of updating a ton of data, item by item, to keep your CRM up-to-date? The answer to that old headache is to update in bulk: bulk emailing, bulk tagging, bulk plotting to a map (so you can see where your contacts are located across a geographic area), bulk updating Assigned To, and updating both - [Feature Title](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/feature-title/) - Record Templates Record templates help you to both streamline and standardize the process of creating multiple, repetitive records. They allow you to create baseline templates for common Tasks, Cases, Deals, etc., that you find yourself creating over and over again. You are able to pre-set your record templates beforehand, which will help you speed up - [SMS / Email Reminders](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/easy-to-use-and-build-reports/) - SMS / Email Reminders Whether it’s a text message or email, you can set up reminders based on the medium that works best for you. This keeps you from worrying or thinking much about what it is that you need to do next. You can set up reminders for Tasks and/or Events, and you can - [Try Karma](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/try-karma/) - [karmaCRM is...](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/karmacrm-is/) - Simple A feature that will have more information Another feature here Some more features go here A feature that will have more information Another feature here Some more features go here Powerful A feature that will have more information Another feature here Some more features go here A feature that will have more information Another - [Our Culture](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/our-culture/) - At Karma, we come from many different backgrounds, cultures, and beliefs, and we feel incredibly fortunate to have so many perspectives from such a wide array of experiences that we all carry within us. We have fun where we work and although we try not to take our own selves too seriously, we absolutely take - [Our core values](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/our-core-values/) - Deliver Bar-Raising Customer Service Cultivate Personalized Relationships Learn Constantly and Strive for Expertise Be a Human, Not a Robot Listen & Maintain an Open Mind Integrate Play with Work - [Ready to give it a try? Sign up for a free 30 day trial now. No credit card required.](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/ready-to-give-it-a-try-sign-up-for-a-free-30-day-trial-now-no-credit-card-required/) - [What Our Customers Have to Say](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/what-our-customers-have-to-say/) - More customer stories - [Why choose KarmaCRM](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/why-choose-karmacrm/) - Helping you compete Insane customer service We are honest and real Keep it simple Affordable Customizable Learn More - [We are an extension of your team](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/we-are-an-extension-of-your-team/) - Have you ever submitted a support ticket and had the sinking feeling as it disappears into the void that you would never receive a response? We've experienced it ourselves and are firmly committed to responding quickly. We passionately believe in delivering "Over-the-Top", "Knock-Ya-Socks-Off" service. It's our goal to become an extension of your team as - [Web iPhone](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/web-iphone/) - WebiPhone Watch Demo - [Integrations](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/integrations/) - [Top 10 Apps for karmaCRM](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/top-10-apps-for-karmacrm/) - Part 1 of 2 In the spirit of recognizing the apps that have helped our company grow and get it to where it is today, we would like to present to you our Top 10 Apps list! Here they are, in no particular order: Mixpanel Launching in July of 2009 and based out of San - [Meet Kimi Gray!](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/meet-kimi-gray/) - This week, we’re thrilled to feature another one of our Support Team members, Kimi Gray. Hailing from Westland, Michigan (about a half hour west of Detroit by car), Kimi also serves as a Project Manager at karmaCRM and is responsible for checking in on everyone to ensure all of our projects are being completed in - [58% of the US is doing this. Is your company adapting?](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/58-of-the-us-is-doing-this-is-your-company-adapting/) - In this day in age, it is impossible to stand still while your competitors rush past you. Innovation and evolution are the rules of the game for most businesses. The digital platform that your business uses could be slowing you down, which could lead to a loss of revenue. Though it can be costly, expanding - [The 11 Essential Types of Software You Need For Your Business To Succeed](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/the-11-essential-types-of-software-you-need-for-your-business-to-succeed/) - Every small business needs to boost their productivity. KarmaCRM has a list of 11 Essential Types of softwares which will help you become more organized. - [5 Benefits CRM Will Bring to Your Sales Team](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/5-benefits-crm-will-bring-to-your-sales-team/) - CRM software is created to help companies and their sales teams to make sales processes better, convenient and practical. - [The Past, Present and Future of Sales Team Management](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/the-past-present-and-future-of-sales-team-management/) - The art of selling has improved a lot and it still continues to evolve thanks to development of customer lifecycle as well as sales team automation technology. - [Using CRM to Improve B2B Customer Experience in 2015](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/using-crm-to-improve-b2b-customer-experience-in-2015/) - Creating a positive customer experience is quickly shifting from being a top offer from industry leading companies to a standard that everyone has to deliver. - [5 Reasons Why You Need a CRM System](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/5-reasons-why-you-need-a-crm-system/) - RM systems are there to assist businesses to track and analyze all of the interactions they have with their current and potential customers anytime, anywhere. - [7 Astonishing Ways Small Businesses Can Benefit From Cloud-Based CRM](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/7-astonishing-ways-small-businesses-can-benefit-from-cloud-based-crm/) - Whether there are 150 people in your company or just 10, CRM is a great tool that helps businesses build good relationships with customers and increase sales - [5 CRM Productivity Hacks That Help You Get More Done, with Less Work!](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/5-crm-productivity-hacks-that-help-you-get-more-done-with-less-work/) - Today we focus on 5 hacks that help you get more done, with less work for CRM productivity improvement. - [Bridge the Gap Between Your Sales and Marketing Teams Using CRM](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/bridge-the-gap-between-your-sales-and-marketing-teams-using-crm/) - Sales and marketing teams are the two essential sides of the coin for any company. Their synergetic work is essential to ensure revenue growth, - [How to Use CRM to Better Manage Collaborative Teams](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/how-to-use-crm-to-better-manage-collaborative-teams/) - Team collaboration is a very important aspect of the work process for every company. Find out how to improve it and achieve higher results. - [From Lead to Loyal Customer: How CRM Software Helps Find, Nurture and Win Deals](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/from-lead-to-loyal-customer-how-crm-software-helps-find-nurture-and-win-deals/) - Today, our focus will be on how great CRM software helps businesses find, nurture and win deals. Get the most qualified leads for your business with CRM systems - [How to Start Meaningful, Professional Relationships in a Room Full of 500 People](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/how-to-start-meaningful-professional-relationships-in-a-room-full-of-500-people/) - We’ve all been there. Stuck in a room of 500 other professionals going from circle to circle, attempting to forge the beginnings of a meaningful relationship out of a business card and a cocktail. For many, these events only end with dozens of business cards to which you could hardly match the name with the - [The One Thing Everyone Gets Wrong about CRM](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/the-one-thing-everyone-gets-wrong-about-crm/) - I'm about to say the unthinkable - that a primitive, cell-toting spreadsheet can be just as effective as any million-dollar-a-month CRM. "WHAT?” you say? "Aren't you the founder of a CRM company? Blasphemy!" It really doesn’t matter if you use a spreadsheet, a Rolodex, or a complex CRM; without the right strategy, you won’t make - [Putting the Karma in karmaCRM: Our Commitment to Giving Back](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/putting-the-karma-in-karmacrm-our-commitment-to-giving-back/) - karmaCRM recently turned 6. Today, we lay out our vision of karma and make a commitment to honor that vision into the future. - [New Feature - Better, Faster, Stronger Calendar](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/major-calendar-improvements/) - We have been hard at work adding a lot of much needed features to the calendar. Since this is one of the features we use most, we wanted to make sure it was powerful enough to handle the many unique scenarios your calendar needs presented. - [Groups, Sitewide Search, Help Guides and More](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/groups-sitewide-search-help-guides-and-more/) - Our team has been hard at work adding much needed & requested features. There's a lot to digest here so feel free to contact us if you have any questions! One of the biggest enhancements we've added is the ability to have private groups. - [Delegation: Knowing When to Step Back and Let Others Run With It](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/delegation-knowing-when-to-step-back-and-let-others-run-with-it/) - To many managers delegation is a four-letter word. Many would rather gouge their eyes out than hand over authority and decision making power to a subordinate or even an equal. - [Mom was Right! The Tie Between Diet and Work Efficiency](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/mom-was-right-the-tie-between-diet-and-work-efficiency/) - The world of Sales is filled with last second stops at McDonalds and multiple Nutri-Grain bars to get you through the day. Traveling around town for most of the day makes it hard to eat well, but as you'll see in this post, healthy eating pays off. Eat well and consider it an investment in productivity. - [What Would Warren Do? The Billionaire’s Guide to Your Work Day](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/what-would-warren-do-the-billionaires-guide-to-your-work-day/) - Warren Buffett's success is spectacular, yet hard to perceive. He keeps his life & his business practices simple, focusing on the basics. - [Three Conditions Required for the Mental State of Flow](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/three-conditions-required-for-the-mental-state-of-flow/) - Have you ever felt in tune with your surroundings a let your instincts take over? That's what happens when you attain "Flow". - [Can't Deal With Your Co-Workers or Boss? 5 Things to Try Before You Quit](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/cant-deal-with-your-co-workers-or-boss-5-things-to-try-before-you-quit/) - Loving your job entails many factors…compensation, benefits, loyalty, freedom, travel, but especially co-workers. If you are surrounded by people you don’t get along with, your day-to-day can be miserable. Don’t wait around, waiting for your boss to solve problems between your peers. Take action and make your office conducive to productive, rewarding work. - [Breaking out of the Cubicle: Pros & Cons of Telecommuting](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/breaking-out-of-the-cubicle-pros-cons-of-telecommuting/) - Telecommuting is a becoming more and more popular in this economy and in this progressive technological environment. With great advances in video conference technology and communications tools overall, more and more employees are finding it easy to work from home and contribute productively. But is telecommuting right for everyone? That's up to your and your boss. - [Will Flex Time Work for You?](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/will-flex-time-work-for-you/) - For those working in an office, the standard 9-5 schedule often times seems constricting. Have you ever looked out the window and longed to take off for a few hours? Many businesses are making this wish a reality, combining the self-governing schedule of working at home, with the teamwork and materials of an office. Flex time, once thought of as a scourge ruining employee work ethic, is now being embraced by companies around the country. Whether employee or supervisor, if you're looking to add flex time to your benefits package, we have some tips and tricks. - [Should You Be Working Out at Work?](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/should-you-be-working-out-at-work/) - Exercise and working out should be an integral part of your weekly routine. Refreshing the body with a hard workout will refresh the mind as well, resulting in higher levels of productivity. If you don't have time throughout the week to exercise, try implementing a few of these simple tips throughout your work day to burn calories and stay fit. - [The Future of CRM: Smarter Technology Means Stronger Customer Relationships](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/the-future-of-crm-smarter-technology-means-stronger-customer-relationships/) - John-Paul Narowski, Founder of Karma CRM, was a recent guest on the TechnologyAdvice Expert Interview Series to share his insight on the intersection of sales, marketing, and technology. The series, which is hosted by TechnologyAdvice's Josh Bland, explores a variety of business and technology landscapes through conversations with industry leaders. In this episode we discuss - [Ten Sales Tools You're Missing Out On](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/ten-sales-tools-youre-missing-out-on/) - We’re big fans of using the right tools at KarmaCRM. In a new digital era, that means embracing new digital tools in unforeseen ways to increase sales. One of the best things about technology is the various uses to which it can be put, some of them beyond their creator's thoughts. This is the case - [Addressing our Recent Issues Head On](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/addressing-our-recent-issues-head-on/) - As many of you have become aware, karmaCRM's contact functionality has been having a number of issues the past few days. Stability has always been a point of emphasis with karmaCRM and we have always taken the necessary precautions when releasing updates to karmaCRM. This commitment to excellence only makes our failure this past week even - [How to send cold emails your prospects will love (Template Included)](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/how-to-send-cold-emails-your-prospects-will-love-template-included/) - Fact #1: People do not hate cold emails or cold calls. No… Seriously. Cold calls and cold emails can be great… if you are contacting prospects with a way to solve a problem that they are actually having. I recently received the following email from one of the newest lead generation platforms (see growbots.com): Hi, - [How to Find 200 Targeted Email Addresses for Free](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/how-to-find-250-targeted-email-addresses-for-free/) - If you’re beginning a cold email campaign, then guess what...you need emails! Luckily, we’ve developed a method for obtaining up to 200 emails per month for free. What you’ll need Linkedin Email Hunter (Including Chrome Extension) karmaCRM (Including Chrome Extension) The Process The process is simple and can be completed in just three steps. Step - [How Pre-targeting Helped us Achieve a 75% Cold Email Open Rate](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/how-pretargeting-helped-us-achieve-a-75-cold-email-open-rate/) - Two weeks ago, the karmaCRM email marketing campaign was sitting at a healthy 51.5% open rate with a 13.5% reply rate over the last 1,000 sent emails. That has helped us generate 57 phone conversations which turned into 35 signups for our platform. Not too bad! However, after implementing a simple tactic to warm up our cold - [Generating Referral Sales Starts with Doing Great Business](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/generating-referral-sales-starts-with-doing-great-business/) - Unlike most big CRM companies, karmaCRM doesn’t have a enormous marketing budget and a 30 person sales team. We’re a small business, just like our userbase, and we have the small marketing budget to go along with that designation. This just means our marketing tactics and lead generation channels have to be a bit different - [A Startup Guy's Journey to 200 Active Business Relationships](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/a-startup-guys-journey-to-200-active-business-relationships/) - I’m about to start off the first blog post in our business relationship building series by saying what we all know is true. Networking really sucks and you’re probably really bad at it. How did I come to this conclusion? Well because I suck at it myself - and I also hate it. I try - [Maximize your referrals in 2016 by asking at the right time](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/maximize-your-referrals-in-2016-by-asking-at-the-right-time/) - Most sales reps, entrepreneurs, coaches, and other professionals don’t ask clients for referrals. It’s not because it’s not effective and it’s not because clients are unwilling to give referrals. The fact is that asking for referrals is a task that makes even the toughest sales reps squeamish because it often feels and comes off as - [New Feature - Announcing Buckets!](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/new-feature-announcing-buckets/) - 2016 is the year of selling through relationships. KarmaCRM has decided to focus on making our CRM software less about high volume transactions and more about high value relationships. This bucket feature is the first of many that will help you maintain richer relationships, better leverage your existing network, and more easily identify the places - [Generating Referral Sales Starts with Doing Great Business](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/generating-referral-sales-starts-with-doing-great-business-2/) - As you probably already knew, referrals are king not only for real estate agents, but small businesses and other professional service businesses. - [Referral leads not closing? Here's how you can increase your referral lead quality](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/referral-leads-not-closing-heres-how-you-can-increase-your-referral-lead-quality/) - In businesses – like real estate – where people typically work by referral, many agents focus on bringing in a high quantity of referral leads. - [The Best Time to Ask For Referrals](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/the-best-time-to-ask-for-referrals/) - This will help you know the perfect time to ask for a referral. - [Keys to Becoming a Successful Real Estate Agent](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/keys-to-becoming-a-successful-real-estate-agent/) - To help educate people about how to become a successful realtor. This should be an insightful, research-backed article explaining the strategy behind success - [5 Ways CRM Software Can Increase Your ROI](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/5-ways-crm-software-can-increase-your-roi/) - Here are some products that require a lot of time, sometimes many years, in order to show the benefits. Cloud CRM will cut that time significantly: First Day - [5 Customer Service Metrics Every Business Owner Should Follow](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/5-customer-service-metrics-every-business-owner-should-follow-2/) - 5 most important customer service metrics that every company has to track and upgrade continuously to achieve the highest level of customer satisfaction. - [Six actionable tips to help you capture the power of relationship building in sales](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/six-actionable-tips-to-help-you-capture-the-power-of-relationship-building-in-sales/) - If you find yourself pushing the customer at all costs to get a short-term sale, step back and think it through for a while. - [Perfect Sales Advice from Nine Of The Best Sales Pros](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/perfect-sales-advice-from-nine-of-the-best-sales-pros/) - Here at KarmaCRM, we've taken the time to curate together some of the best sales advice we've seen from some of the best sales professionals out there. - [How to sell more with sales automation software](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/how-to-sell-more-with-sales-automation-software/) - People always talk about sales automation software and customer relationship management databases (CRM), but that’s only half the picture. - [New Feature - History Redesigned](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/new-feature-history-redesigned/) - We've simplified and enhanced the history feature! Now if you've typed a note into a record and leave the page, the note will be there when you get back. - [5 Sales Tips to Go from Good to Great](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/5-sales-tips-to-go-from-good-to-great/) - Basic sales skills will not push your business forward, but what will really help is your sales skills enhancement. Here are 5 tips for you. - [New Feature - Inline Help & Wizards](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/new-feature-inline-help-wizards/) - We understand that navigating CRM can be challenging, so we've been working on ways to put the help you need right at your fingertips. We've added a few self help tools to keep you focused on growing your business instead of trying to figure out how to use CRM. New Inline Help Menu When you - [Announcing KarmaCRM](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/announcing-karmacrm/) - Why in the world would we want to create another CRM system? Simple. Because we are tired of feeling overwhelmed by features we don’t use, while missing the few simple features that we need in CRM Software. We aren’t trying to shoot for the moon, just provide you with a system that just works, leaving - [How that Google algorithm update changed the game for local business](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/how-that-google-algorithm-changed-the-game-for-local-business/) - Small businesses and the need for success For small businesses that are struggling with Google's ranking but still need local growth, it can be tough to compete with all of the traffic from larger firms. With Google's new algorithm update, local growth is the focus— and small businesses can benefit greatly. Google’s New Algorithm Google - [Does your blog have what it takes?](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/does-your-blog-have-what-it-takes/) - Taking your blog to the next level with Google news just became much easier to do, but getting your content ready for submission may be a cumbersome task. Fortunately, your interns don’t have to study Associated Press Style to pump out content and boost your SEO. Being great at writing “leads” would be a plus, - [The Future of Internet Marketing](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/the-future-of-internet-marketing/) - Internet marketers of the future are setting their aims high as growth in that sector increases. What these jobs will be opens new doors to marketing careers. - [Android App Coming Soon!](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/android-app-coming-soon/) - KarmaCRM android mobile app is ready! Now you can upload it! - [09/24 - Service Outage Updates](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/0924-service-outage-updates/) - Over the past two days, we've experienced higher than normal load on our servers and as a result there have been some outages over the past few days. Our sys-admin team is working around the clock to ensure the right changes are made to keep your CRM service fast and consistent, as you've come to - [State of karmaCRM: October](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/state-of-karmacrm-october/) - We plan on releasing two entirely new mobile apps for IOS and Android in November. These new apps will help you to be more productive from everywhere. - [New Feature - MailChimp Integration](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/mailchimp/) - Now you can merge the benefits of managing your contacts in karmaCRM with the email campaign powers of MailChimp. - [KarmaCRM Scheduled Downtime: Saturday, January 17th 10AM EST](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/karmacrm-scheduled-downtime-saturday-january-17th-10am-est/) - KarmaCRM will be moving to a new data center on Saturday, January 17 beginning at 10am EST. We are allowing for a 24 hour window for the data center move, but expect things to go a lot quicker than that. During this time, your karmaCRM accounts will not be accessible. Switching data centers will allow - [We'd love to hear your thoughts](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/wed-love-to-hear-your-thoughts/) - Hey guys, We’re gearing up for an exciting 2015, and I know we wouldn’t be here without all of your awesome feedback, suggestions and contributions. As the founder, I started this business by talking to (and learning from) each and every customer, and want to get back to our roots with a renewed zeal this - [New Feature - Centralized Support!](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/new-feature-centralized-support/) - You can now easily submit (and check the status of) bugs, issues and suggestions right within karmaCRM. If you browse to the help menu (top right of the header), you'll now see a few options. These will toggle the messages sidebar, where you can submit your questions. As long as you submit your feedback through - [New Feature - Deal & Case Email Dropboxes!](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/new-feature-deal-case-email-dropboxes/) - You now have your own special task dropbox email. With this address, you can create tasks in karmaCRM via your email. - [New Calendar Updates...and an Apology](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/new-calendar-updates-and-an-apology/) - Yesterday, February 10th, we launched something we've been hard at work on for quite some time now: improving calendar functionality. Unfortunately, this resulted in an undiscovered technical issue that caused multiple event reminders to be sent to some of our customers in duplicate. We were hard at work throughout the day, mitigating the impact that - [Features: A Common CRM Misconception](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/features-a-common-crm-misconception/) - Selecting the appropriate CRM is essential to ensuring a long, healthy, and mutually beneficial relationship between business and CRM. - [User System Updates](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/user-system-updates/) - Karma is pleased to announce some great new changes we have recently implemented in order to provide our users with an improved and more stable experience. We have listened intently to your suggestions and recommendations, and we've put control of users' passwords and settings back in the hands of administrators! Below you'll find a breakdown - [Server Migration Update](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/server-migration-update/) - UPDATE: NEW MIGRATION DATE We are thrilled to announce that on April 3rd, we will be migrating our servers to a much more robust and scalable platform. These new servers will bring added scalability, redundancy, and security to our platform. When? NEW DATE: Thursday, April 3, 2014, from 9pm to 1am Eastern Time (US). There - [Server Migration Update #2](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/server-migration-update-2/) - This is an update regarding our server migration which took place last night (Thursday, April 3rd, from 9pm to 1am Eastern Time [US]). The migration is still underway, and although data might appear to be missing, it is safe and in the process of being restored as we speak. We wanted to keep you in - [Lessons Learned from Our Recent Server Migration](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/lessons-learned-from-our-recent-server-migration/) - We’re full speed ahead on our new infrastructure and hope that you enjoy this faster, more stable, and more productive karmaCRM experience. - [Being Customer-Centric in a Digital World](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/being-customer-centric-in-a-digital-world/) - Being Customer-Centric means not only on this deep understanding of your customers themselves, but it also is an awareness of what their intrinsic needs are. - [New karma Website!](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/new-karma-website/) - KarmaCRM is happy to announce a brand new, redesigned website! We’ve entirely changed the look and feel of our site and hope that you enjoy the new one. We’ve narrowed down some of our sections and added a fantastic new About Us area on the site, where you’ll have a chance to meet your karma - [aet](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/aet/) - Why choose KarmaCRM Helping you compete Insane customer service We are honest and real Keep it simple Affordable Customizable - [Customizable Side Menu](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/customizable-side-menu-2/) - To the right of your main work area within karma, you will see a menu along the right-hand side of your screen that can be always open and present. This menu displays at-a-glance relevant information, allowing you to navigate throughout the site while still keeping your tasks and other items always in focus. You are - [Quick Add Records](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/quick-add-records-2/) - We've created quick add icons to help you minimize the number of clicks needed to add information to karmaCRM. Using the top menu bar, you’ll be able to easily add a record - whether it’s a contact, company, task, or event - no matter what page you are on. All of this in just a - [Sitewide Search](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/sitewide-search-2/) - To help you find any record within karma quickly, we've designed a sitewide search bar. It’s designed to get you to the details you need quickly. With sitewide search, you can scope your search by the type of record you are looking for to speed things up even further. Once your record has pulled up, - [Built for Speed](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/built-for-speed/) - We've rebuilt karma2 from the ground up to emphasize speed. Your time is valuable, so we've designed karma to minimize loading time between pages or when opening a record. Every minute counts. - [Inline Editing](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/inline-editing/) - Karma allows you to perform inline editing all across the entire program, using either a grid or show view. This will help you to reduce the navigating you have to do, while simultaneously speeding up the updating process. This feature helps you ensure that your data is always accurate and up-to-date, and makes it easy - [Customizable Side Menu](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/customizable-side-menu/) - To the right of your main work area within karma, you will see a menu along the right-hand side of your screen that can be always open and present. This menu displays at-a-glance relevant information, allowing you to navigate throughout the site while still keeping your tasks and other items always in focus. You are - [Never Lose Track of a Lead Again](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/never-lose-track-of-a-lead-again/) - Never Lose Track of a Lead Again Your small business is constantly growing and changing, and that means there’s a lot going on when it comes to interacting with your customers. There never seems to be enough time in the day to put all the pieces together. You need a reliable way to manage your - [Account](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/account/) - You may not share your login details with multiple people. Accounts may only be used by Humans. Bots are not permitted. - [Tasks and Productivity: Breaking One Down to Achieve the Other](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/tasks-and-productivity-breaking-one-down-to-achieve-the-other/) - Much has been written through the years on the topic of productivity from a business standpoint; just scan the Internet any given day and you will simply be overwhelmed with the amount of articles and blog posts that you’ll find on this subject. So why the never-ending focus on productivity? It’s simple. Productivity is the - [3 Proven Ways to Construct a Solid Customer Relationship Management Strategy](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/3-proven-ways-to-construct-a-solid-customer-relationship-management-strategy/) - Everyone in a small business need to have a pretty good understanding of CRM solutions and its strategy. Here are 3 proven ways. - [With Deep Integrations, Get the Best of Both Worlds](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/with-deep-integrations-get-the-best-of-both-worlds/) - Because our focus is CRM, we’d rather partner up with all the other products you use and love instead of compete with them. We understand that you may want to use Mailchimp for email, karma for sales, and Zendesk for support. To simplify your team’s day, we’ll connect the dots within karma through integrations and - [Customization](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/customization/) - We believe in allowing you to make karmaCRM your CRM instead of ours. Our system is designed to wrap quite nicely around your sales and business processes, instead of us forcing you to change yours. This principle lies at the core of every design and development decision we make. - [Custom Fields](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/custom-fields/) - You can create the exact types of forms you need in order for your business to operate optimally, whether you need a short form for quick data input or longer forms to capture more information. We give you the ability to add custom text, select box, date, currency, and checkbox fields to your forms - - [9 Creative Ways to Jumpstart Your Referral LeadGen Engine](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/9-creative-ways-to-jumpstart-your-referral-leadgen-engine/) - When you first start out in the real estate business, you won’t have any clients. You might not even have any leads. - [The 3 Professionals Who Will Help You Generate Referrals and How You Can Engage Them](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/the-3-professionals-who-will-help-you-generate-referrals-and-how-you-can-engage-them/) - For many agents, referrals are at the heart of their lead-generation strategy. All too often, though, agents think in terms of getting referrals from people in their personal sphere of influence. This is a great tactic, since you are known and trusted by those people; for agents whose sphere may not be so large, it - [How to Get Real Estate Leads on Facebook](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/how-to-get-real-estate-leads-on-facebook/) - Facebook has become the most popular social network on the planet. It would be a mistake to ignore as a lead-generation source, but it’s easy to get lost or intimidated. This guide will help you focus on free tactics that are proven to work. Getting free leads on Facebook boils down to one thing: “Content - [How to nurture long-term relationships with clients](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/how-to-nurture-long-term-relationships-with-clients/) - Finding clients is only the first part of the equation to becoming a successful real estate agent. Once you find clients, you need to keep them engaged through the entire home-buying or selling process, so that they ultimately end up buying or selling with you. After closing, continuing to nurture those relationships ensures that they - [How much do users REALLY want to know about your product?](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/how-much-do-users-really-want-to-know-about-your-product/) - Today's customers have access to lots of information--but how much do they really want to know about product updates? We take a look at the issue here. - [Building Your Personal Brand: Good for You, Good for your Company [Part 1]](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/building-your-personal-brand/) - Great brands often have visionary leaders who have the power to motivate and inspire, but it’s small businesses that really rely on the CEO’s personal brand. - [Personal Branding for Small Business Owners, Part 2: The Nitty-Gritty](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/personal-branding-part-2/) - In part 2 of this series, we’ll give you some specific actions you can take to begin and nurture the process of building your personal brand. - [Learn how to get your team to work together (finally!) with an online CRM](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/learn-how-to-get-your-team-to-work-together-finally-with-an-online-crm/) - As a small business owner, you may have a right hand man or woman. But does the right hand know what the left hand is doing? Make it happen with online CRM. - [Do small businesses really need CRM software?](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/do-smbs-need-crm-software/) - The world is full of all kinds of software tools that think they’re indispensable. So how do you as a small business owner decide which ones actually are? - [Why Small Business CRM is Essential](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/why-small-business-crm-is-essential/) - Build and operate a successful small business with great Customer Relationship Management The double-edged sword of slow recession recovery has been the culprit of two definitive events in the business world - depreciation in profit margins on the financial statements of established businesses and a significant increase of new entrepreneurs launching their own start-ups. With - [Sales Automation](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/some-heading/) - Our Sales Automation features allow you to increase profitability and performance by doing more with less. It’s our goal to automate as much of your daily routine as possible, so you can shift your focus back to growing your business, instead of entering data. Whether it’s sales process task templates, bulk updating or emailing, we’ll - [Full Control Over Your Sales Process](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/full-control-over-your-sales-process/) - Full Control Over Your Sales ProcessDuis sed odio sit amet nibh vulputate cursus a sit amet mauris. Full Control Over Your Sales ProcessDuis sed odio sit amet nibh vulputate cursus a sit amet mauris. Morbi accumsan ipsum velit. Full Control Over Your Sales ProcessDuis sed odio sit amet nibh vulputate cursus a sit amet mauris. - [A Method that is Helping Sales People Save Time](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/a-method-that-is-helping-sales-people-save-time/) - How much time and effort is spent in the wrong places? Sales practices are best defined by a system. A system needs to be structured in such a way to help coordinate your efforts and the efforts of others within your business, and to help become more time efficient through activities that yield great return yet require less thought and creation. - [How's Your Sales Team Really Doing?](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/hows-your-sales-team-really-doing/) - Teams must work together in order to succeed. A manager’s job is to help their team become successful through guidance and understanding. It is not about control. Together, managers and associates work together through communication to reach their goals. - [When You Want a Smooth Sale](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/when-you-want-a-smooth-sale/) - Customer relations have always been a vital part of business. How you treat your clients ultimately determines your success. Whether your customer has a good or bad experience with your business is no longer the issue- it is about the relationship development that takes place. - [Who Wants a Smooth Sale? Part 2](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/who-wants-a-smooth-sale-part-2/) - Had a recent opportunity to visit and interview, Elinor Stutz, founder of Smooth Sale. Earlier this week, I posted the beginning of our conversation. - [Transparency Builds Relationships and Results](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/transparency-builds-relationships-and-results/) - A sale is the end result of all the business processes we implement correctly. These processes include letting people know who we are, what we do, and the valid reasons why we should be considered as their supplier. - [How to be Efficient and Keep it Personal](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/how-to-be-efficient-and-keep-it-personal/) - Email is one of the most powerful marketing tools because of its personalized power. The challenge is to make your email personal, but how do you do this? - [Developing Tools, Processes, and People Geared Toward Listening](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/developing-tools-processes-and-people-geared-toward-listening/) - Since we have benefited so much from customer input, we should continually be trying to find new ways not just to help our customers, but to learn from them. If we are really going to establish a partnership with our customers, we have to learn to listen, and that means having the right approaches and tools. - [Making the Most of Your Social Media Leads](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/making-the-most-of-your-social-media-leads/) - Contacting people who have spontaneously reached out to you via social media can be more powerful than simple advertising; in today's world people are very aware of advertising and very distrusting of it. But personal recommendations by people they trust and admire remain absolute gold. - [The Circle of Life: Customer Engagement as a Cycle](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/the-circle-of-life-customer-engagement-as-a-cycle/) - Think through what you want customer engagement to accomplish, and design your systems around that. - [What do business mentors want?](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/what-do-mentors-want/) - Mentorship can offer huge benefits to entrepreneurs. But the real question is, what is it that mentors want? Understanding that can pay off big both for you and your future mentor. - [Build Your Brand by Embracing Internet Folkways](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/build-your-brand-by-embracing-internet-folkways/) - Understanding and working within Internet folkways can make doing business more profitable and even more fun. - [Beware the Ides of March! But learn from it, too](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/beware-the-ides-of-march-but-learn-from-it-too/) - The story of Julius Caesar's assassination usually centers around betrayal. But an equally important theme has to do with the power of overconfidence in blinding us to what's going on around us. - [Taking the Time](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/taking-the-time/) - We all know how fast paced the business world can be. Traffic buzzes by in both directions with a few speeders and slow pokes amongst the crowd. And now that the holidays are here, everything seems to speed out of control as though someone has hit the turbo button on life. We sometimes find ourselves in such a hurry that we forget to take the time to do more than drop a message or wave at those around us. While we may get to where we’re going, we’ve forgotten to take care of what matters the most- our clients and customers. - [Break for Perspective: The Hub of Relationship Management](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/break-for-perspective-the-hub-of-relationship-management/) - “There are times when the best appointment you keep is with yourself.” The strongest relationship management tool? Time with yourself making sure your systems and focus are aligned to make your goals - inevitable. Many, especially those responsible for driving sales or those who are entrepreneurs, find it challenging, if not frustrating, during this week. - [Warning: A Lust For Lists](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/warning-a-lust-for-lists/) - The New Year has always been thought of as a time of change and new direction. We make huge lists of resolutions and plans of what want to change. Sometimes that's as far as we go yet we have to take things a step further in order to accomplish our lists for this upcoming year. - [It's Not Who You Know - It's Who You Know Well](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/its-not-who-you-know-its-who-you-know-well/) - Clients are valuable to our business and they are much more than numbers in our books. To us, they mean income, pipeline referrals, stability, and growth. Your social capital directly impacts your financial capital. So, how does your social portfolio look? - [The "We Forgot How Great You Are" Trap](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/the-we-forgot-how-great-you-are-trap/) - According to Sandler Sales System, 78% of your current customers will not do business with you again not because they dislike you or are unhappy - it's because they forgot about you. Out of sight and out of mind Small businesses may not be aware of this, but customers actually forget brands more often than - [Is Technology To Blame?](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/is-technology-to-blame/) - Technology has accelerated business into a new era. Information travels at the speed of light and arrives at the push of a button. Smart phones, tablets, netbooks, and the Internet are responsible for the way we conduct business. So you have to ask yourself: Why is it that we still struggle to accomplish so much? - [The Multi-Tasking Mistake](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/the-multi-tasking-mistake/) - With the high speed that the business world often requires us to operate at, we find ourselves trying to keep up by multitasking our lives. Have you ever found yourself writing a document on your laptop while talking to a customer on your phone? Have you ever stopped to consider how many words you got - [The Dangers Of Shuffling](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/the-dangers-of-shuffling/) - Let’s examine this scene for a moment: A business man sits at his desk, his tie loosened from frustration and his hands shuffling though files in one drawer, then another. He searches though his phone until he finds the right number and finally gets a hold of a partner. He asks for a certain document, - [Sharing is Caring … Or is it?](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/sharing-is-caring-or-is-it/) - Online marketing is a robust opportunity abundant arena in which a company can improve its ROI with a proper effort. There are pitfalls in the social media world as well and could damage a reputation with a single misstep. The online community is very vocal about bad service and through many social media sites can - [Dominating and Destroying Delays](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/dominating-and-destroying-delays/) - Nothing is more frustrating than being delayed. In this day and age, the business world moves fast, and time is seldom a luxury that we can waste. We travel through the day, placing check marks next to the things we accomplish, but every now and then, we run into speed-bumps. Some of them are avoidable, - [Set the Stage for a CRM Social Strategy](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/set-the-stage-for-a-crm-social-strategy/) - Set the Stage for a Customer Meet-n-Greet with Social Media For today’s business leaders, doing more with less has become a recent mantra. At the same time, in a tight economy it is more important than ever to reach as many customers as possible. Using social media is a highly cost-effective way to balance the - [Can You Handle a Complaint on Your Wall?](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/can-you-handle-a-complaint-on-your-wall/) - Social media is a window into the world. Here we can talk and listen what it is that our customers want from us. - [Be Alert or Have Your Day Hijacked](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/be-alert-or-have-your-day-hijacked/) - “Work smarter, not harder,” is perhaps the best advice anyone gave anybody, and teaches us the value of our time. Often activity is confused with accomplishment. - [Who Else Wants to be Valued More by Their Customers?](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/who-else-wants-to-be-valued-more-by-their-customers/) - Customers are the primary source of any business' profit. This ultimately means that our customers are our most valued asset in order to achieve success in our business. We know that the cost of acquiring a new customer far outweighs the cost of keeping and nurturing a relationship that already has begun with "know, like and trust." The question is always - how can you be more valued by your current customers? - [Now! Organize Your Area in One Sitting](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/now-organize-your-area-in-one-sitting/) - Perhaps one of the most unproductive events of the work day is the time spent looking for stuff. Documents, paperwork, and even writing tools are not always there right when you need them. - [Learn Customer Service from the Best](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/learn-customer-service-from-the-best/) - If you want to make your customers fanatic in their devotion, you have to bring more to the table then a killer product or service. - [Do You Have A Positive Online Presence? 5 Tips To Finding Out.](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/do-you-have-a-positive-online-presence-5-tips-to-finding-out/) - How many companies out there know how their online presence is doing? How important is it to really know? Below is great information that is out there explaining why its important, how to find out if your company is in the green, and how to fix your presence if it is in the danger zone. - [Customer service is child's play](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/customer-service-is-childs-play/) - You have heard the expression “All I have ever needed to know I learned in kindergarten.” Well, I learned the most valuable skill I have ever needed to know about providing excellent customer service by teaching kindergarten. My background in child development has taught me many things, but the technique I apply the most is - [Small business blogging 101](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/business-blogging-101-part-1/) - Having a blog for your business’ website is a great way to add value and broader your service. There are many ways you can communicate with your clients and customers that are non-intrusive and helpful. Blogging is a great way to keep your customer informed about the latest news in your field. It is also - [Using a Timer to Increase Productivity](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/using-a-timer-to-increase-productivity/) - Use an old school timer to help you set limits and keep focused on the task at hand. - [Simple SEO: Using RSS for Backlinks](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/simple-seo-using-rss-for-backlinks/) - RSS is a handy way for people to get updates from their favorite sites, but it’s also a powerful tool for increasing your search engine rankings. - [J.C. Penny Got Busted!: What their Link Scheme Means for You](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/j-c-penny-got-busted-what-their-link-scheme-means-for-you/) - Giant retail outlet, J.C. Penny, was using low quality paid links to game Google's organic search engine results. - [Customer Centric: Going Beyond the Mission Statement](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/customer-centric-going-beyond-the-mission-statement/) - Being customer centric seems to have become the in thing to talk about amongst CEOs, PR professionals and just about everyone else. - [How To Raise Your Google Rank](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/how-to-raise-your-google-rank/) - When it comes down to your website Google ranks relies on two different areas of criteria. The first part is your search results, and the second is your sites page rank or pr. - [The 7 Must Have Free Wordpress Plugins](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/7-must-have-free-wordpress-plugins/) - The thousands of free plugins available is one of the biggest reasons why WordPress is so awesome. Find out which seven free plugins are must haves if you want your site to function better, look cooler and be more profitable. - [4 Reasons Why You Should be Using Wordpress](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/4-reasons-why-you-should-be-using-wordpress/) - If you have been looking into starting a blog or website and aren’t quite sure where to begin, then you need to check out Wordpress. It's more than just a blogging platform... - [Business vs. Personal: How to Keep Your Online Personas Separate](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/business-vs-personal-how-to-keep-your-online-personas-separate/) - If you're using Internet or social media marketing for your business, then make sure you don't send the wrong message with your personal accounts and posts. - [7 Must Have Tech Tools to Make Your Business Life Easier](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/7-must-have-tech-tools-to-make-your-business-life-easier/) - Save time, be a better worker and have more time for your life with these seven awesome tech tools - [Learn to Harness the Power of Routines](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/learn-to-harness-the-power-of-routines/) - Using routines in your daily schedule can help you dramatically increase your productivity and make you a lot less stressed. - [10 Tips to Make Twitter Work for Your Business](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/10-tips-to-make-twitter-work-for-your-business/) - If you want to have success marketing yourself and business on Twitter, then you have to follow these 10 easy tips. - [How to Change Your Perception and Master Time Management](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/how-to-change-your-perception-and-master-time-management/) - You can't get more hours in the day, but by learning to perceive time differently you can easily master time management and become more productive - [New Feature - Sitewide Search Added](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/new-feature-sitewide-search-added/) - We know how important it is to have your customer data in arm's reach, so we decided to overhaul the search box located at the top of your app. You can now search almost everything in your CRM using this search. This means contacts, companies, deals, tasks, events, cases, and files. - [How to Simplify Your Social Media Marketing](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/how-to-simplify-your-social-media-marketing/) - Chances are your customers use at least one of the most popular social media outlets like Twitter or Facebook, so your business needs to as well. Make it run as smooth as possible with these tips! - [Three Laws of Power You Must Obey](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/three-laws-of-power-you-must-obey/) - Power is like gravity; you can’t see it, it’s always there and pretending its rules don’t apply to you will only lead to a great deal of pain. - [Are You Listening to Your Audience?](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/are-you-listening-to-your-audience/) - Hey you, are you listening? Are you paying attention to your online audience as if they were standing right in front of you? - [How to Use "The Art of War" to Destroy Your Sales Goals](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/how-to-use-the-art-of-war-to-destroy-sales-goals/) - Sun Tzu’s guide to military strategy, leadership and governance, The Art of War, might have been written in the 5th century B.C., but its teachings hold true to this day in a wide range of categories. - [Should You Host Your Own Blog?](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/should-you-host-your-own-blog/) - A blog is a must have tool if you are considering any sort of online presence. What’s the best way to host your blog? - [2011 Best & Worst Social Media Practices](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/2011-best-worst-social-media-practices/) - Here are a few of the best and worse social media practices reviewed in 2011. I would love to hear a few best practices that you have had the chance to experience, so make sure to leave a comment below. Here we go with the Best Practices: 1) Make sure that your are social media - [7 Reasons Why Social Media Isn’t a Waste of Time](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/7-reasons-why-social-media-isnt-a-waste-of-time/) - As social media’s popularity explodes, more businesses are throwing their hat into the social marketing ring. Unfortunately, there is a misconception that all you have to do is set up a Twitter account and Facebook page, post about your daily activities and a tsunami of traffic will slam through your virtual doors, begging you to take their money. - [Are You in Front of the Right Customers?](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/are-you-in-front-of-the-right-customers/) - If you want to see professional success, you have to put yourself in front of the right kind of customers. - [Do You Know Your Facebook Privacy Settings?](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/do-you-know-your-facebook-privacy-settings/) - I just got done reading a fascinating article on Mashable in regards to the top 10 Facebook privacy settings that everyone should know about. They went over some very important information and how messy these privacy settings get because Facebook does change their layout often. - [Sharpening Your Focus to Increase Productivity](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/sharpening-your-focus-to-increase-productivity/) - Productivity is all about maintaining focus and avoiding distractions. Here are plenty of ways to avoid the clutter and focus on your work. - [5 of the Most Useful Tech Tools You're Not Using](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/5-of-the-most-useful-tech-tools-youre-not-using/) - Use technology the right way when looking to increase office productivity. - [Business Slowing Down? Do the Unthinkable...Pick up the Phone!](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/business-slowing-down-do-the-unthinkable-pick-up-the-phone/) - Technology helps with productivity in many way, but it's important to balance these new technologies with the traditional sales-generating means, like the phone. - [How Intelligent Are Your Sales?](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/how-intelligent-are-your-sales/) - Sales intelligence is an important part of a salesperson's decision making process. You're probably already using this concept daily. The Office explains more. - [Saying Goodbye to Madison Avenue, the Heart of Traditional Media](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/saying-goodbye-to-madison-avenue-the-heart-of-traditional-media/) - Madison avenue and the Mad Men that dominated it in the 1960's is disappearing at the hands of social media and e-marketing. It's time to learn the latest trends. - [Starting a Business, Planning for it and Dealing with Change](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/starting-a-business-planning-for-it-and-dealing-with-change/) - Change is natural in business. Business models try to minimize the negative effects of such this inevitability, but ultimately, change must be embraced. - [What is the Effect of Social Media on the Brain?](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/what-is-the-effect-of-social-media-on-the-brain/) - The Internet is a blessing and a curse when it comes to productivity. Make sure your brain is focused on the goals and hand with delegation techniques. - [Five Easy Steps to Finding Your Flow, Part One](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/five-easy-steps-to-finding-your-flow-part-one/) - Zen practices are key to finding harmony and balance in your work and personal life. Reaching this state of Zen is difficult and often takes much hard work. - [Five Easy Steps to Finding Your Flow, Part Two](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/five-easy-steps-to-finding-your-flow-part-two/) - Productivity stems from the perfect Flow. Avoid the distractions that plague your unproductive self, and step into a new you with these four recommendations. - [Start Your Own Business: A Quick Guide to Breaking Free From the Cubicle](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/start-your-own-business-a-quick-guide-to-breaking-free-from-the-cubicle/) - Break free from your cubicle and be your own boss. Whether in sales or general office management, making your own money is just a few tips away. - [Are You Sabotaging Your Productivity?](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/are-you-sabotaging-your-productivity/) - Discover how you are sabotaging your productivity and what you can do about it. - [How Your Surroundings Affect Your Output](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/how-your-surroundings-affect-your-output/) - Your environment has a huge effect on your productivity. Learn how to avoid the distracitons and pitfalls that rob you of efficiency. - [Only Handle it Once; Learn it, Live it, Love it](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/only-handle-it-once-learn-it-live-it-love-it/) - By using the "only handle it once" plan you can dramatically increase your productivity. - [5 Tips to Help Increase Your Sales Today](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/5-tips-to-help-increase-your-sales-today/) - If you're looking to boost your sales and keep those commission checks rolling in, then you need to check out these 5 simple tips. - [Turning Your Customers Into Your Biggest Fans](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/turning-your-customers-into-your-biggest-fans/) - When analyzing good customers, we often look to sports fans. They are relentlessly loyal and supportive of their teams, often neglecting the success of other teams to cheer for "their" team. It is this level of customer loyalty you should strive for in your sales department. You can turn customers into your biggest fans by accepting responsibility where necessary and increasing your "WOW" factor. - [The Difference Between Assertive & Aggressive](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/the-difference-between-assertive-aggressive/) - In the Goldilocks world of sales, a passive salesman is too soft, and aggressive one too harsh, but an assertive sales profession: juuuuust riiiight. Finding the right balance between passivity and aggressive behavior is a tough road to manage, but ultimately necessary as you try to find new customers and make the next sale. Know when to take control of a situation, but do so with grace and poise and you'll keep revenue streams open. - [Simple Marketing Techniques to Increase Your Sales in Today’s Economy](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/simple-marketing-techniques-to-increase-your-sales-in-todays-economy/) - The economy is down, but you don't have to be. These strange economic times have created opportunity to grab new customers. With such a drastic shift in preferences and priorities in place nowadays, the smart salesman or women needs to take advantage of new markets that are opening up. Social networks are a great place to learn about these new target audiences. Be aggressive in this pursuit and be smart with your new strategies. - [Many Thanks to Our Dedicated Users](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/many-thanks-to-our-dedicated-users/) - Karma wouldn't be where it is today without the useful feedback of our excellent users. We want to take this time to thank you for your dedication to Karma's continual improvement and to extend a special thanks to one user who overnighted a homemade batch of cookies (to fuel our ongoing efforts). While the cookies couldn't be integrated into the application, they tasted quite great! - [How to Optimize Your Prospecting for Better Results](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/how-to-optimize-your-prospecting-for-better-results/) - We've covered cold calling on this blog before, but prospecting takes this strategy one step further. Prospecting entails some simple research and makes your cold calling efforts more efficient and effective. By removing the randomness from your sales process, you and your staff can focus on using your talents and meeting your goals. - [Get the Most Out of Your Day: 7 Killer Time Management Tips](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/get-the-most-out-of-your-day-7-killer-time-management-tips/) - Time is of the essence for any sales professional. There are definitely not enough hours in the week to get everything done. Due to this fundamental obstacle, it's important to make the most of your time and strike back against the infamous "Time Dragon". Use these 7 tips to find that extra hour or two per day to accomplish your tasks and reach your goals. - [Be a Big Picture Person: How to Focus on What Really Matters](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/be-a-big-picture-person-how-to-focus-on-what-really-matters/) - Those with perspective and wisdom often see the Big Picture first. And not surprisingly, these people are very successful. It doesn't take much to become one of these visionaries; just some focus and discipline. Prioritize the tasks of your day-to-day life and you'll be able to make decisions according to the Big Picture. - [Technology is Your Friend, Make Your Work Life Easier](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/technology-is-your-friend-make-your-work-life-easier/) - We are firmly implanted in the Wired era. New technologies, electronic tools, networks, and hardware appear each day all with the intention to cut down on wasted time and help you do business more efficiently. But have we gone too far? With so many new tools at our fingertips, it’s easy to spend over half your day just trying ‘em out! Learn that technology has a time and place so that you’ll stay organized and on track. - [New Feature - Add Task Templates to Your Deal Stages](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/add-task-templates-to-your-deal-stages/) - Standardize your sales process by assigning a task template to each deal stage. We know how hard it can be for a team with many different understandings of what the "Sales Process" entails. We have added the task templates function to ensure it's done the same way each time. - [How to Get Organized for a More Productive Life](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/how-to-get-organized-for-a-more-productive-life/) - It's hard to be both messy and productive, so if you're in the first category and you'd like to move into the productive classification, follow these simple steps. Cleaning up your workspace and staying organized leads to a more productive sales process and satisfying work flow. - [Never Lose a Number Again: How to Keep Your Contacts in Order](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/never-lose-a-number-again-how-to-keep-your-contacts-in-order/) - When trying to grow your network of referrers and influencers, you don't have to spend a bundle. There are many methods to find new business partners or resellers through traditional and new media. But what do you do once you get a contact or business card? It's a long way back to your desk, and there are plenty of opportunities to lose it along the way. Mind the tips we offer in this post to make sure you keep in touch with your network no matter where you meet them. - [5 Easy Tips to Reduce Stress at Work](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/5-easy-tips-to-reduce-stress-at-work/) - Stress is not only dangerous to your productivity, it's dangerous to your health. Too many top sales professionals are experiencing health problems due to high stress levels. It's time to take stress reduction seriously and focus on relaxing more. Start with these five steps and work for a stress-free life at work and at home. - [Beat Procrastination For Once and All](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/beat-procrastination-for-once-and-all/) - Procrastination eats up huge amounts of time that could be used for productivity. The more you sit and dread making that next sales call, the less time you have serving customers and converting sales. It's all part of a bigger picture. If you're having trouble powering through that procrastination monster, we have four tips to offer. - [Simplicity: How Keeping Things Plain Makes Everything Easier](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/simplicity-how-keeping-things-plain-makes-everything-easier/) - It seems that more often than not the ability to be able to sit and think clearly also means that you have a space with which to work in that reflects this. Ever have a hard time getting things done at your desk? Often times, I find that if I am able to take the time to properly clean the clutter around me and organize my space it make things flow so much more smoothly. - [New Feature - Upgraded Task and Event Reminders](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/new-feature-upgraded-task-and-event-reminders/) - We have just overhauled our reminder system for tasks and events allowing you to receive reminders via SMS, Email or Browser Pop-up depending on your preference. You can also add multiple reminders to each event or task. - [Five Things You Can Do Right Now to Increase Productivity](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/five-things-you-can-do-right-now-to-increase-productivity/) - Whether your working on your home renovations or trying to get that next proposal done, distractions always seem to get in the way of productivity. Distractions are even more plentiful nowadays as the internet continues to overwhelm us with procrastination programs. If you're trying to regain a high level of productivity, you need to manage your time and focus on the task at hand. You can start with these 5 tips to drown out the noise in in your hectic life. - [Customer Service: More Than Just Putting Out Fires](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/customer-service-more-than-just-putting-out-fires/) - Stop treating customer service like a cost and see it for what it really is: an investment. - [New Feature - Shared Events with Google Calendar Integration](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/new-feature-shared-events-with-google-calendar-integration/) - We know what its like to have various company and personal calendars strewn about your workflow, and wanted to solve this problem with Karma. We have just added the ability for you to create and share company calendars through Karma. - [Mastering the Art of the Cold Call](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/mastering-the-art-of-the-cold-call/) - Innovations in web-based technology has brought about many advanced communication strategies to the business world. But that doesn't mean you can turn your back on the tried and true methods of previous sales generations. Cold calling has served many salespeople well over the years, and it still has a role in today's sales industry. - [Use Twitter to Stamp Out Customer Service Fires](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/use-twitter-to-stamp-out-customer-service-fires/) - At any time, an angry customer can bring any business to a screeching halt. Just ask Southwest Airlines about their recent spat with movie director Kevin Smith. When Mr. Smith got bumped from his flight, he turned to his Twitter account to voice his displeasure with the airline. In this day and age, many people are airing their frustrations on Twitter and your customer service department can take advantage of this fact. If you implement social media tactics into your customer service strategy, you can handle customer issues efficiently. - [New Feature - Create Custom Fields for Contacts and Deals](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/new-feature-create-custom-fields-for-contacts-and-deals/) - We have now added the ability for you to add custom fields to your contacts and deals. This allows you to customize the form with fields that may be missing from the defaults you are presented with. Once you create these fields, they will appear at the bottom of your forms. - [First Impressions: Three Things to Avoid in Your Online Profile](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/first-impressions-three-things-to-avoid-in-your-online-profile/) - Your online profile says a lot about you...for good or bad. And what's more important, it can be seen by many more than you know. Make sure you're digital accounts give the right impression to those who happen to stumble onto your profile. Be professional and appropriate and you can leave a lasting impression. - [How to Improve Your Customer Follow-Ups](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/how-to-improve-your-customer-follow-ups/) - Keeping in touch with you clients is vitally important to any sales process. Providing the comfort and instilling confidence is priority number 1! This process starts early on with mailers and follow ups. Following up with each lead can begin a relationship or cut it short. Make sure you're follow up is well prepared and unique to each lead. - [Is Getting a Virtual Assistant Right for You?](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/is-getting-a-virtual-assistant-right-for-you/) - Small businesses are getting a helping hand these days with virtual assistants. Web innovations have ushered in a new wave of globalization of industries, including business assistants. 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That's why this month’s updates focus on tools to make keeping up with your sales activities as simple possible. - [Announcing Deals v2 - Visual Pipeline and more](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/announcing-deals-v2-visual-pipeline-and-more/) - In a CRM, deals are typically our lifeblood. After many customer discussions, surveys and white-boarding sessions we've made deals in karmaCRM a first class citizen, are proud to announce deals v2! We're best friends now. What's it all about? Visual Deal Pipeline The new deals system comes with a number of enhancements. First and most - [Announcing Business Card Scanning](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/announcing-business-card-scanning/) - Do you ever end up with a stack of business cards from strong leads, but they just gather dust sitting on your desk? Us Too! The last time we spent 2 hours entering business cards into karma we decided it was going to be the last time. We're proud to announce our new business card - [Announcing Browser Notifications](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/announcing-browser-notifications/) - Stop competing with your team's busy email inbox and keep everyone in the loop with our new Browser Notifications feature. This has come from a few conversations with our users who often lose the battle for people's attention throughout the day. Enter the browser notification hero! If you're using either Chrome, Firefox or Safari, you should have seen a - [Email Formatting Options, PDF Templates, and More -- What’s New at karmaCRM This Month](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/email-formatting-options-pdf-templates-and-more-whats-new-at-karmacrm-this-month/) - We’ve started the year off strong with a host of new features and improvements. From enhanced email formatting to a referral program, here’s what’s new. - [Stumped on How to Bring Mindfulness to Your Business? Learn from Top Brands](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/stumped-on-how-to-bring-mindfulness-to-your-business-learn-from-top-brands/) - Mindfulness is an in-the-moment answer from the pressure to work constantly. Take a page from the books of the big brands on how to get started. - [75 Quick and Dirty Mindfulness Techniques for Your Workday](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/75-quick-and-dirty-mindfulness-techniques-for-your-workday/) - Think you don’t have time for mindfulness? Think again. Here are 75 easy techniques that you can do before, during, and after your busy work day. - [10 Mindfulness Resources for Small Businesses](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/10-mindfulness-resources-for-small-businesses/) - So you know what mindfulness is and you’re intrigued. Here’s a list of resources to help you introduce mindfulness to your team. - [10 Benefits of Mindfulness for Your Business](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/10-benefits-of-mindfulness-for-your-business/) - By now you know what mindfulness is and that tons of people swear by it. Here are 10 benefits of mindfulness for your business. - [What Does Mindfulness Really Mean?](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/what-does-mindfulness-really-mean/) - Mindfulness is a buzzword that’s tossed around a lot. As we continue our series on mindfulness, let’s discuss what we really mean. - [Mindfulness and Simplicity: Using Less to Do More](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/mindfulness-and-simplicity-using-less-to-do-more/) - It’s so easy to get distracted by MORE. I’m here to remind you about the power of less. - [Announcing Print Templates](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/announcing-print-templates/) - If you print contracts or PDFs based on information from your info in karmaCRM, then this feature is for you. Now you can easily create PDFs from the data you already have in your contacts, companies, and deals. This feature is for the Per User Plans only. To create a template, go to your settings - [Making the Case for Mindfulness in Business](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/making-the-case-for-mindfulness-in-business/) - We live more and more of our work lives and our life lives online. But has it become too much? Here’s why you need a workplace mindfulness practice - stat. - [Our Top 5 CRM Articles of 2016](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/our-top-5-crm-articles-of-2016/) - This year, we launched a new content initiative focusing on sales strategies, customer engagement, and CRM. Here are our 5 most-read CRM articles of 2016. - [Selecting New Office Technology? 5 Reasons Simple is Better](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/selecting-new-office-technology-5-reasons-simple-is-better/) - The world is a complicated place. Your office technology solutions should be simple. Here's 5 reasons why. - [CRM Predictions for 2017](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/crm-predictions-for-2017/) - It’s prediction season! It’s that time of year when we all get together and think about what the future holds. Here's where CRMs are headed. - [Track, Filter, Save - The Latest karmaCRM Features and Updates](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/track-filter-save-the-latest-karmacrm-features-and-updates/) - The end of the year is upon us! Here are the updated features that will help you meet your quotas for 2016 and plan for 2017. - [How to Get Started with Mindfulness in Your Business](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/how-to-get-started-with-mindfulness-in-your-business/) - Here’s how mindfulness can balance out the constant distraction and help you and your team be not just more productive, but calmer, happier, and smarter. - [Announcing Engagement Tracking](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/announcing-engagement-tracking/) - Today marks a major milestone in our history. Our primary goal here at karmaCRM is to help you nurture personal relationships at scale, and we've just released a big step in that direction - engagement tracking! This was the #2 requested feature in our most recent relationship survey. Thank you for helping us define what - [7 Sales Tracking Tools for Small Businesses](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/7-sales-tracking-tools-for-small-businesses/) - No matter your niche, sales is your lifeblood.vHere are some tools to help you make sure that blood is pumping. - [Work Softer, Not Harder](https://www.karmacrm.com/blog/work-softer-not-harder/) - I’ve always had a problem with the phrase “work smarter, not harder” and I didn’t know why. Sure, I agree with the premise - who doesn’t want to work smarter? I’ve done my best to work smarter and to encourage the idea within my companies. 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