Turn It Up Tuesday: Tips from Insightly to Take Your Business to 11
Welcome to Turn It Up Tuesday, where we bring you 3 weekly tips—a tip on running your business, a tip on using Insightly CRM, and a tip on improving your life. Enjoy this week’s tips!
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Body Language Speaks Volumes |
| It’s never too late to brush up on our networking skills.
Whether you know the person you are talking to, always find a common point of interest as quickly as possible. It helps put both parties of the conversation at ease. Ask the right type of questions. You don’t want to ask people about the weather. Instead, ask questions that begin with “What’s your favorite…” “Tell me the best…” or “When was the last time…”
Heed the power of body language. For instance, don’t Cross Your Arms. It sends out a strong signal that you are skeptical, bored, judgmental, or even close minded. As silly as they might look always wear your nametag, even if you think you already know everybody at the event. New people join organizations all the time and let’s face it, even if we’ve met somebody before sometimes we simply forget names.
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Changing Your Insightly URL |
| Want to change your Insightly URL to something that is a better reflection of your company name? Your Insightly administrators can do that by clicking Profile icon > System Settings > Insightly URL. If you are a Google Apps user on an Insightly for Google Apps account your Insightly URL will incorporate your domain name and cannot be changed.
What’s the Insightly URL for? It is the unique web address that users can use to log in and access Insightly. The last part of this address is always “.insight.ly” but you can change the first part of the web address to something your users will remember, if it has not already been reserved. Your users will then type in that URL to access Insightly. Examples might include: http://mycompany.insight.ly, http://myteam.insight.ly/, or http://myproject.insight.ly/.
Your Insightly URL must contain only the characters A-Z or a-z, the numbers 0-9, or the hyphen character. No spaces are allowed and it must include at least 5 characters. If you change your Insightly URL, it’s up to you to tell all your users the new URL so they can continue to access Insightly. |
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Make Your Creativity Flow |
| Whether you’re a small manufacturer producing coat hangers or an accountant advising dozens of clients, we all need to step out of our tried and true “knowledge zones” and seek some inspiration from time to time. Well, inspiration and creativity abound at the Maker Faire. Held at both the national and international level, the spirit of the Maker Faire is rooted in bringing together the minds of people who are involved in science, technology, crafts, engineering, authoring books, creating art, and more.
From hands on demonstrations of personal 3D printing and a life-sized mouse trap to tattooing and sock making, there is sure to be something that will get your creative juices flowing. Find a Maker Faire near you. Check out Insightly’s features and plans on our pricing page or sign up for a free trial of the best CRM around. About the author: Marta Bright is Insightly’s Content Manager. She’s been writing about the “business of technology” in the Silicon Valley for more than a decade. |
