Resources
Guides for people running a business, not a CRM team.
Practical, opinionated writing about choosing a CRM, getting a team to actually use one, designing a sales pipeline that means something, and keeping customer data worth trusting. Useful whether or not you ever use bizzMate.
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CRM guides
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What is a CRM? A plain-English guide for small businesses
What CRM software actually is, what it does on an ordinary Tuesday, and how to tell whether your business is ready for one.
9 min read - CRM guides
How to choose a CRM: a practical evaluation process
How to run a real evaluation in two weeks: what to decide before you look at products, what to test, and the questions that separate good vendors from confident ones.
11 min read - CRM guides
CRM for small business: how to introduce one without the rollout failing
The rollout, not the purchase, is where small-business CRMs fail. A week-by-week plan for making one stick.
10 min read - CRM guides
Spreadsheet to CRM: when to move beyond Excel
The signs a sales spreadsheet has broken, and how to move off it without carrying the mess across.
9 min read
Comparisons
bizzMate against the tools you are probably also looking at
Written to help you decide, including where the other product is the better fit. Every claim about a competitor is sourced from their own public material; we do not restate their prices, because a stale price is worse than a link to the current one.
- Comparison
bizzMate vs Pipedrive
Pipedrive is a well-built sales CRM with a long track record. The honest difference is scope: Pipedrive is a sales tool, and bizzMate puts sales and customer support on the same customer record. Here is how to tell which one fits you.
- Comparison
bizzMate vs HubSpot
HubSpot is a large, capable platform with a genuinely free tier. The question is not which product does more — it is whether you need what the extra costs you in complexity and eventual price. Here is how to tell.
- Comparison
bizzMate vs Zoho CRM
Zoho offers a lot of software for the money, and a free edition on top. The trade is breadth against focus — and, for an Australian small business, how much of that breadth you will ever switch on. Here is how to tell which fits.
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