Why does your business need a CRM? When implementing or upgrading a customer relationship management system (CRM), your goal is to make work easier for your team. From streamlined activity tracking to automated tasks and optimised insights, you need a system thatās both easy to set up and intuitive to use. We have a lot […]
Bowimi vs HubSpot: Why Field Sales Teams Need a Dedicated CRM Read More Ā»
Starting your own field team can be daunting, and itās very tempting to sidestep the hassle and find a more plug and play solution like an agency. At Bowimi, I work with brands of all sizes who do it really well themselves, and agencies who can accelerate the growth of a brand or help maintain
What they donāt tell you about building your own field sales team Read More Ā»
When I first started working in sales, I found picking up the phone pretty daunting so Iāve always admired the folks who head out into the trade and try to sell in person!Ā Since Iāve been with Bowimi, Iāve become friends with some amazing field sales reps, so I asked them what it takes to
How to master field sales, with insights from high-performing reps Read More Ā»
Making a hire in field sales is a make or break moment for any brand, and there are 2 points of failure: hiring the wrong person, or not hiring fast enough and missing a busy season. Here weāll walk through a speedy, modern and empathetic hiring process to get this position filled ASAP.Ā Ā Great
4 things that great FMCG brands get right when they hire field sales representatives Read More Ā»
What is a CRM? A CRM is a database where a company will keep track of their leads and customers, CRM stands for āCustomer Relationship Managerā.Ā CRMs are used to store contact details such as email addresses and phone numbers, notes about meetings and calls that have taken placeĀ Hereās a list of popular CRMsĀ Ā
Field Sales App vs CRM, which is right for your business? Read More Ā»
There’s a niche, un-sexy intersection between brand field sales reps and their wholesalers, which no tech startups have ever shown an interest in. Traditionally, if you visit a store and want to help them order your product through their wholesaler, itād be a tedious, manual task of typing out an email with all the relevant
How we disrupted wholesale transfer orders, again. Read More Ā»
Buying software sucks. Thereās so much noise out there and weāve all signed up for products weāve not used and been tied in for 12 months š¤ Unfortunately for us, CRMs are the worst offender in this category. Teams donāt like them, they rarely get adopted and most CRMs have large set up costs and
Your First Month on Bowimi Read More Ā»
When you hear the word āautomationā, youād be forgiven for thinking about robots stealing our jobs and a dystopian future where a handful of pale, eccentric billionaires own armies of mechanical workers whilst the rest of us live out our days in the metaverse. Whilst I canāt predict the future, Iām here to paint a
Automation for Field Sales Read More Ā»
Running a challenger food and drink brand can be difficult on the best of days. After a year of working with dozens of leading and early-stage challenger brands, Iāve come across a number of products and services that I feel make a real impact. For any brand with grocery accounts, Elm is quickly establishing itself
The Challenger Brand Tool Kit Read More Ā»
Imagine waking up in the morning, you look at your phone and thereās a perfectly curated list of tasks for you to complete. New customers to visit, follow ups with those who havenāt placed an order in a while and a handful of relevant, new prospects to explore. The app organises your day for you,
The Future of Field Sales Read More Ā»