One of the challenges that businesses often face in the software selection process is defining, summarizing and communicating their specific requirements. In documenting your business software requirements, you need to have a clear understanding of the important issues: What type of system are you looking for? Why
Read more →We live in a buyer-centric world. Research into B2B purchase decisions suggests that power is increasingly shifting to buyers. Today, buyers are more often driving the process on their own terms and timetable. For example, here’s an interesting statistic on how businesses buy things: “9 out of
Read more →I’m a firm believer that business priorities should drive your IT decisions, not the other way around. This ensures that you are achieving real business impact, not just following the latest IT trend or getting distracted by low value activities. As Peter Drucker once said: The most
Read more →As the name suggests, Software Shortlist is all about helping you create a shortlist of the best software options. Over the past 3 years, we’ve offered a range of resources to help you choose software well, including an online comparison service, software directory, independent review packs, and
Read more →Are you looking for a CRM system? The start of the new year is a great time to reflect on opportunities to drive your business further and sometimes the solution involves implementing or upgrading a core business system such as a customer relationship management (CRM) solution.
Read more →Choosing the right software for your business can be challenging. Although there are best practice guidelines for effective software selection, sometimes it helps to be aware of the pitfalls – the things that can and do go wrong most often. Here’s a list of the top 10 mistakes when choosing business software.
Read more →Timesheet software is a popular category on Software Shortlist, so today we will share some interesting statistics about which features are considered “must have” features by prospective software buyers who use our online comparison service at www.softwareshortlist.com.
Read more →After helping over 28,000 firms so far, Software Shortlist is making some small but important changes to its business model. Here’s how you can now get free access to our unique and valuable content on software selection…
Read more →After recently completing some customer research and marketing planning*, Software Shortlist is now gearing up for its next phase of growth. More on that in a future post because today I want to share some thoughts on “software conversations” and how they relate to our role at
Read more →Energise Enterprise is an annual small business month comprising an extensive program of events aimed at providing inspiration, ideas and information to build your business. Presented by Small Business Victoria, the festival is expected to reach 42,000 people this year with both online and physical events. Software
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