Running a business is one challenge after another. We know, we've been there. Pouring over spreadsheets and financial reports... analyzing results and budgets... mentoring your employees so that they can do what you used to have time to do -- before you had all this success!

Indeed, success and growth can be the biggest challenges that a small business faces. And having the right tools in your corner can make all the difference in the world. We've designed Elements SBM to be that tool, to be your companion on the road to success. It's a 24/7 manager and communicator that will give you more time for doing those things that made you successful in the first place. Or maybe even take that holiday to the South Pacific.

To improve that bottom line, you can either reduce expenses or increase sales. Let's look at the first one, increasing sales. Elements SBM can actually help you make more sales by driving your sales cycle.

Customers are the life blood of any business. The happiest customers tend to be those that you stay in touch with without annoying. "Touch base" calls are great tools to keep the customer happy, while presenting the opportunity to bring up new sales possibilities. Elements SBM can factor in such "touch base" calls and feed them to your sales team as part of their daily call cycle. You set the frequency, you set the subject, script and format of the call, you can even flag customers as not wanting or needing such a call.

The bottom line? Happier customers, busier sales people, and an automated method of digging new sales out of an area you haven't mined before.

You may have a rudimentary sales system in place, but consider what Elements SBM can do:

Track leads and customers -- information such as the last time they were contacted, what products they own or are interested in, their contact information and categorizations that are unique to you

Automatically generate call lists based on criteria that you establish. Need to push a specific product? Elements SBM will help you do that, while not ignoring other calls that need to be made

Keep your sales force busy with an automated sales funnel that optimizes opportunity, while ensuring that your staff has access to every bit of information they need to close the sale. Web based product information? A list of current promotions and price schedules? Your knowledge base of product data? It's all a mouse click away.

Generate marketing campaigns based on financial need, using cost and profit ratios to give you solid sales projection information

Tie everything together into a single system. Enter a sale, and not only are your financials brought up to date, you can also generate a shipping order, schedule a follow up call, or even apply a new marketing campaign to the customer. Oh, you bought product A? Well, we'll tell you about product B in a couple of months!

This is just the beginning of what Elements SBM can do for you.

We're big fans of ROI. We're even bigger fans of factoring in the Cost of Lost Opportunity . If your sales staff spends an extra minute on each call because your systems aren't tied together, put enough of those minutes together, and you might be losing several additional calls per day. Two missed calls a day per person is over 400 a year! How many missed sales does that amount to?

Even going beyond that, consider what a system that can actually plan your sales teams' day can do for you. Need to push Product A instead of Product B? Let Elements SBM know what your priorities are, and the system will handle the rest.

Add to this a system that facilitates communication between you and your employees in an environment that is safe, secure and spam free. A system that is fast, secure, and uses cutting edge technologies for unprecedented ease of use. We think you'll agree that the "return" bit of ROI is handled nicely.

So, what about the "Investment" part? Well, we saved the best for last, since Elements SBM is so affordably priced, you may wonder if we're "Crazy Eddie"s offspring. Because there's no sense in not paying for what you don't need, we provide Elements SBM on a tiered pricing scale, per seat. If you don't want something, you don't pay for it. If you only have three employees, why pay for five?

We charge a minor set up fee (and we laugh when we hear about some other web solutions proudly proclaiming set up fees that start in six figures) and can also provide you with affordable data migration services if you need them. Onsite training? Of course that's an option, call us to see when we can schedule it for you.