Derek, Author at Eligeo Business Solutions

Why open source can save you thousands

August 17, 2015

I love open source software. We’ve built a lot of solutions utilizing open source technologies such as Bootstrap, jQuery, CodeIgniter, CakePHP, SugarCRM and many others.

Canadian Small Business: We can be more competitive if we used technology better

July 27, 2015

In the past several weeks I’ve been starting to do a lot more research into the impact of technology on small businesses in Canada. A

Dealing with the falling Canadian dollar

July 20, 2015

One of the challenges that we have in Canada is that we are very much an export oriented country. Whether it is automobile, other manufacturing,

10 Inspiring Quotes in Sales

July 6, 2015

This week I thought I would change it up with a few inspirational quotes that have had an impact on my career and many of

“This changes our lives”

June 26, 2015

This has been an exciting week at Eligeo CRM. We have a number of projects on the go and this week we touched 4 different

7 things a CRM will teach you about your company

June 18, 2015

I often meet a lot of business owners and executives that are pondering the merits of purchasing a CRM system for their company. Whether you’re

Small Businesses Taking Notice of CRM

June 10, 2015

If you’re a small business owner, I have no doubt that you have heard of the acronym CRM. I think I’ve heard the term client

The 2 Keys for getting Sales People to buy into CRM

June 1, 2015

How do I get my sales people to use a CRM? That is probably the question that I hear the most from our customers and

Tools to Visualize your Sales Workflow

March 18, 2015

I did a blog post yesterday about defining the sales stages in your sales process so I thought I would add another piece to it

Technology shouldn’t dictate your business process

March 16, 2015

If you’ve ever been in a consulting session with me then you’ve probably heard me utter these exact words: Technology shouldn’t dictate your business, your

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