Enthusiastic Telemarketers Required

Two Enthusiastic Full Time Telemarketers Required

Intelligent Information Systems is a SAP Gold Partner focused on the reselling of SAP Business One and are own branded add on Intelligent Essentials. We require two full time telemarketers to make contact with SMEs within the UK and Ireland.

Applicants MUST have a clear speaking voice, fluent English, a confident telephone manner and a positive attitude.

The ideal candidates should be self motivated and target driven. They should have excellent time management, communication and organisational skills.

Applicants must also have a minimum of 1 years experience in Telemarketing. Experience of contacting SMEs and a knowledge of SAP Business One would be an advantage.

Please submit your CV and a brief cover note if you meet the criteria to Sonya O’Connor at sonya.o’connor@iisystems.net

IIS coming to a radio station near you!

Due to the success of our last radio advertising campaign on Irish radio we have decided to give it another bash.

As the new marketing coordinator at IIS I headed in to Newstalk yesterday afternoon to produce the ad.

I was immediately impressed by the bright and modern offices and made to feel at ease and extremely welcome by all the staff I came across and engaged with.
The atmosphere was relaxed yet professional, with staff clearly enthusiastic about their work and happy to be there.

The producer was excellent as was the voice over both clearly with a great deal of experience respectively and also in terms of working together which meant the ad was recorded, tweaked and ready to be aired within an hour and half!

I was mightily impressed and two days after having decided to invest in radio advertising our ad is now ready to go and due to air on Monday.

Listen out for Intelligent Information Systems on Newstalk 106 – 108 fm over the next two coming weeks. We’ll be getting our mention morning, noon and night and we would love to gain some feedback and will of course be happy to respond to any queries or interest that it sparks!

Don’t forget the radio

A lot of businesses are beginning to reconsider their marketing spend having curbed it during the midst of the recession. The realisation that this wasn’t and isn’t necessarily the answer or the area in which spending should be cut has become more apparent as businesses begin to look to the future and embark upon seeking more than mere survival.

Whatever industry you're in, one thing's for sure, you need to advertise your products and services in order to grow your business. This is the single, most important objective why you would want to advertise your business - to increase your opportunity for success. Without advertising, you might as well close shop and fold because you won't get an increase in sales if you don't continuously market to your clients as well as your prospective customers.

"Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing, but nobody else does."
Steuart Henderson Britt

An advertising medium which is regularly dismissed due to the difficulties in measuring the effectiveness of it is radio. However, there are many benefits which businesses fail to recognise.

It is perceived as the most intimate of advertising mediums as people are so often alone when listening to the radio such as when driving to and from work.

People also tend to develop a personal relationship and sense of loyalty with their favourite radio stations and shows. As a result people may be more receptive of radio ads than other advertising media, as well as trusting the messages and being more likely to have a direct interest in what is being advertised as they are specifically targeted. Radio stations and shows know the demographics of their listeners intimately.

Radio is an everywhere medium, the theatre of the mind which doesn’t require the audience to locate additional materials or objects to fully receive the message. They don’t need to buy anything, locate their glasses nor do they need to know how to read.

And most importantly it’s affordable and speedy in terms of production. Don’t forget the radio, it could be just what you've been looking for!

The How To: First Steps into the World of Social Media

Gaining support and encouragement from SAP as we enter the world of social media via monthly webinars has been fantastic and we continue to look forward to the forthcoming sessions as we embrace opportunities and elements of the landscape which haven’t yet been discovered by us.

Here are some of the tips that I’d like to share from the first two webinars which I’ve found effective and should help you on your way to making the first few steps into the world of social media.

Listen and Learn - The first step is to begin to observe what your customers and competitors are saying on the various social media platforms. Take your time and start with one platform; don’t take on them all at the same time because your likely to become overwhelmed.

Enable - Join or follow a forum and begin to comment as you gain confidence. This is the first step of social media interaction.

Connect - Reach out to those who have influence and seek to connect with your customers, competitors and all your business partners.

A useful blog post which may be of interest and use to those interested in SAP Business One connecting and engaging with SAP and other SAP Business One leading professionals and users from Intelligent B1 is "SAP in the World of Social Media".

To Do List Month One

•Check on main competitors.
•Check on customers.
•Find a niche social network and blog in your vertical; join and follow respectively.
•Respond to comments and queries if people looking for advice.

Note: If you’re a member of twitter use links shared by those you are following to find relevant and interesting blogs to follow.

Another useful and insightful blog post from Intelligent B1 is "Where to Start in the World of Social Media

To Do List Month Two

•Join LinkedIn and set up or check out your Company Profile.
•Join relevant groups and begin to interact with other professionals in your verticals.
•Present your Company’s unique message.
•Look at how you might encourage your audience to seek advice and put forward their queries via social media platforms in order to improve your service and products proffered.

Have Fun! The most valuable bit of advice is to enjoy it! If you’re not enjoying it your audience is unlikely to be inspired or motivated to engage with you and it’s also unlikely to last if it’s not something which you take pleasure in.