Everyone has data to worry about, but what good is it if you can’t put the information to good use?  

Businesses are starting to come to terms with that question. Harnessing fast, accurate business intelligence is essential today, the kind you can’t get simply by staring at pivot tables on a spreadsheet, and Power BI is one way to help you get there.

You’ve researched the benefits and decided it’s time to get down to brass tacks: What does a company intranet cost?

Have you ever looked at a string of emails and said to yourself, “This should’ve been a phone call?” 

Of course, you have. We all have.

Over-reliance on email has become a real problem in the workplace. We’ve somehow decided it’s socially acceptable to have real-time conversations there, and the result is not good. We get a bloated inbox where important information is hard to find, and we spend hours every week trying to manage it all.   

Do you really need salespeople today?

Think about that for a moment.

When buyers need something, they jump online and start researching. When they need a referral, they ask a friend or colleague. When they are ready to make a purchase – and your brand is on the short list of contenders – you will hear from them.

That’s how empowered today’s customer is.

Every team needs an MVP, and Aerie Consulting has one that just earned high accolades from Microsoft.

Beau Cameron, our solutions engineer who manages Aerie’s offices in Boulder, Colorado, has won Microsoft’s prestigious MVP (Most Valuable Professional) award for outstanding work in the “Office Servers and Services” category. This award puts him in the ranks of an elite group of true experts in the Microsoft community.

Before getting into this topic, I have a challenge for you.

Pull up your laptop and think of a client your company has done business with for at least five years. Get your stopwatch ready…

Find the invoices from April 2016, February 2015, and October 2013. GO!!

Remember when your corporate CRM was used only for improving the customer experience?

You should. It wasn’t that long ago. 

Even though they are still the backbone of a lean, efficient service and sales operation, CRMs can and should do much more for your organization.

If your SharePoint is several years old, there’s a good chance your teams are doing a few things the hard way.

Like everything in tech, intranets evolve fast. As things change, some standard practices start to fade from importance, eventually joining the great beyond where all outdated intranet features are laid to rest.

“How much should I budget for a new SharePoint intranet?”

I wish there was a quick and easy answer to that question. 

The truth is, costs vary based on several factors, but you can start crafting a budget by making a few decisions about what you need from your platform. Here are some of the biggest considerations that will influence what you spend.