Review: JIAN SmallBizCRM with Email Marketing
A CRM, or customer relationship management solution, is a must for any entrepreneur or small business owner.
I am sure this statement does not come as a surprise to you. However, finding the right CRM solution is not easy. Whether it is too complex, too expensive, too feature rich, too feature poor, lacks proper support, or a myriad of other reasons, many of us have struggled to find the right CRM solution.
Don’t get me wrong. I have found lots of things to love about each of the CRM’s I have tried in the past, from the early days of ACT and Goldmine to more recent entrants like Salesforce and SugarCRM. They all have some outstanding features that I love, yet there is also some functionality that never quite fit with the way I work.
I presently use Salesforce for my firm, BizPlanIt Companies LLC, and have come to appreciate the depth of capability and flexibility of the program. However, as a small consultancy, the only person using the CRM over the past few years in my company has been me. For that reason, I have been on the lookout for a CRM solution that would be simple, yet flexible enough for my specific needs.
As life often works, I received a phone call from a friend and past client who is the Vice President of Marketing for Jian Software. You know them – or at least you should – they are the publisher of Biz Plan Builder business plan software.
Jian Software just rolled out a suite of cloud-based productivity applications for small business, including CRM and Business Plan tools. While I have recommended their business plan software for many years, I was very interested when my friend called to talk to me about their new CRM solution.
I began using the Jian Small Biz CRM about a month ago, and have found it easy to use. There is plenty of functionality for my small business needs without the excessive bells and whistles that clutter up many of the other solutions in the marketplace.
Even better, Jian Small Biz CRM includes three integrated modules that any small business can use:
CONTACT MANAGEMENT
- Organize customer contacts and customer-related tasks
- Manage marketing events and campaigns
- Forecast sales activity and track sales activities
- Manage your business’s sales process and sales pipeline
- Build a custom dashboard that tracks key statistics that are specific to your business
EMAIL MARKETING
- Access hundreds of sales document and email templates
- Implement ongoing prospecting and email marketing campaigns
ISSUE TRACKER
- Manage customer questions, issues and requests
- Track issues by customer and product
- Flag emergency issues
- Assign issues to employees for prompt response
- Prioritize open issues
Is Jian Small Biz CRM perfect? No. Does it do everything that a small business owner or entrepreneur needs? For many of us, I would answer yes. (My Humble Opinion)
Will Jian Small Biz CRM be the right solution for you? I can’t answer that, but what I can do is let you know that they are offering a free 30-day trial to take the system for a test drive. Try it out and share your thoughts here.
Watch the Video: Jian SmallBizCRM (Customer Relationship and Marketing) Software
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