The 5 “Ins” of Successful Businesses
Invested – v. devoting (one's time, effort, or energy) to a particular undertaking with the expectation of a worthwhile result.
synonyms: spend, expend, put in, venture, speculate, risk
Informed – adj. having or showing knowledge of a particular subject or situation.
synonyms: knowledgeable, enlightened, literate, educated
Insightful - adj. having or showing an accurate and deep understanding; perceptive.
synonyms: intuitive, perceptive, discerning, penetrating, astute, wise, judicious, shrewd, sharp, intelligent
Integrated – adj. with various parts or aspects linked or coordinated.
synonyms: unified, united, consolidated, amalgamated, combined, merged, fused, homogeneous, assimilated, cohesive, complete;
Inspired – adj. of extraordinary quality, as if arising from some external creative impulse.
synonyms: outstanding, wonderful, marvelous, excellent, magnificent, fine, exceptional, first-class, first-rate, virtuoso, supreme, superlative, brilliant;
The savviest of executives know that the up-hill battle to achieve a sustainable share of the marketplace never actually diminishes. Rather, it becomes the challenge of maintaining and demonstrating continued relevance - aka staying “IN.” Your organization’s future demands that you lean in and stay current with the resources available to give you a competitive edge. Fortunately, the growing pains have been alleviated for many small business owners with the rise of enterprise cloud-based software. Online services ranging from sales lead generation (Salesforce.com) to inbound marketing analytics (Hubspot.com) to administrative reporting (Quickbooksonline.com) are meeting the needs of leaders across every industry AND every department. However, valuable business events that could be shared between these separate software services are being missed and productivity is suffering because of it.
The problem with the above picture, is that integration implementation costs have remained too high to be reasonable for cash flow conscious organizations. Also, small businesses typically don't capture the same value that larger enterprises see at scale. Why worry about infrastructure when we only have 5-50 employees right? The development of such systems requires costly code, time to implement, and continual maintenance costs… It's no wonder that development of CRM and internal IT infrastructures has commonly been reserved for the larger established enterprise level organizations. It just hasn’t made sense to consider business integration and automation at the earliest stages of business… until now.
By utilizing a cloud-data integration service, like Azuqua, smaller organizations benefit by saving an extraordinary amount of money and frustration connecting their cloud-based services. Azuqua’s platform delivers an enterprise grade, secure, reliable cloud integration solution for a fraction of the price. Productivity will reach new heights with the insights gained. Connect critical internal data points to make your services talk with relationships you didn't think were possible. Create new automated processes that require no additional effort. Remove redundant data input, copying and pasting, screen scraping and the other manual steps that are detrimental to your productivity.
It no longer makes sense to let your business go unconnected. Now is the time to address your data in a meaningful manner. Get to your “A-game” by implementing Azuqua Flõs in your organization. We promise you value in minutes not months. We're working diligently preparing pre-built templates to assist in adding valuable automation solutions. Sign up today to get pre-registered for a free trial. Soon you'll see the incredible ways your business can benefit, and that there’s never been a better time to go with the Flõ.
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Author notes: Brett Reifers is a Custõmer Maniac, CPA and business strategist. His passion to provide business insights to startups and small businesses brought him to the Azuqua team where he realized the potential of their product to disrupt the online automation marketplace. Google
