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Beware the Bots! Over Inflated Marketing Clicks

This notice is related to the quality of the metrics you are getting through your Marketing Automation Platform (such as ClickDimensions, Dynamics 365 for Marketing or other similar products).

Microsoft 365 Teams and SharePoint Strategic Training - 50% Off

Get a 50% off coupon for 3 Microsoft Teams and SharePoint workshops and conferences from Advanced Learning Institute.

Geoff Ables Receives Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award

The C5 Insight team is thrilled to announce that Geoff Ables has recently been titled "Most Valuable Professional," receiving a Microsoft MVP award for his Microsoft Business Solutions expertise.



How Teams Can Collaborate Closely While Working Remotely

COVID-19 has made technology more vital than ever to businesses across the world. Learn how to foster collaboration among team members working remotely.


3 Easy Tips for Better Lead Generation On Your Website

Looking to increase lead generation on your website? Learn 3 simple tips - explained in detail - that can help you refine your lead generation strategies, today.


What is Digital Transformation?

Do you know what digital transformation is? Or why your efforts are more likely to fail than succeed? Let's gain some insight on the topic and uncover common roadblocks that affect the process.


The Future of Work: Microsoft and AI

The digital workplace is being transformed by AI more and more every year as it takes front and center stage at Microsoft's Future Decoded conference. Are you prepared for the future of work? Read how AI continues to evolve, impacting both industries and individuals


Where to CRM: Dynamics 365 CRM vs Business Central or NAV

You're using Business Central or NAV, and you're aware that it has CRM capabilities. But you know that Dynamics 365/CRM may provide a stronger feature set. In this article we help you understand the differences between these options so you can make a decision.

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C5 Insight Acquires SharePoint Revolution

C5 Insight today announced the acquisition of SharePoint Revolution. 

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Happy St. Pat’s Day!

🍀 Happy St. Patrick's Day! 🍀

Learn why St. Patrick's Day is so important for customer and employee engagement!

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When You Are a Hammer, Everything Looks Like a Nail

Are you trying to find a problem to fix with SharePoint or Dynamics 365? Then you might be a hammer looking for a nail...

When You’re Are a Hammer, Everything Looks Like a Nail

Improve CRM Adoption by Asking Why

Struggling with CRM adoption? Maybe it's time to start acting like a 4 year old! Learn why...


CRM Failure: The Tortoise and the Hare

The struggle is real: Over 60% of CRM projects encounter challenges to adoption or even outright failure.  Apply this simple lesson when you (re)start a CRM project to ensure success.

CRM Failure - Project Plan

Microsoft SharePoint: The Facts and Nothing But the Facts

About Microsoft SharePoint

There is so much information available about SharePoint that sometimes it can be confusing to understand exactly what it's all about.  Here is a very quick introduction to the facts about Microsoft SharePoint.


Dynamics 365 View: Accounts with No Activities for 30 Days

Want to be able to easily see Accounts, Contacts, Leads or Opportunities that haven't been followed-up within 30 days (or some other period of time)?  In this blog we'll review 5 options to help you make sure that no one is slipping through the cracks!

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SharePoint Favorite Team Sites are all Named “Home”

If you’re creating Team Sites in SharePoint Online/Office 365 (either as part of Microsoft Teams, or as stand-alone Team Sites), you might have noticed that the list of sites you’re following are named “Home”.

SharePoint Following all named Home

How to Drive, Measure, and Manage Employee Engagement and Adoption

According to Gallup, organizations that successfully engage customers and employees experience a 240% boost in performance. How can you harness that kind of power? Can technology help? We’re going to try and answer those questions for you.

Driving Employee Engagement

3 Case Studies in Customer Service

Customer Service is often an afterthought. And that’s a pity. Because once you’ve attracted all of those new customers by implementing the superpowers of your Sales and Marketing engines, how can you possibly expect to retain them without providing superior Customer Service?


In this article we look at 3 examples of customer service - and how a slight advantage can be the difference between a customer for life, or a one-transaction relationship.

Case Studies in Dynamics 365 CRM Customer Service

Sharing is Caring: Share Knowledge and Transform Your Business!

Organizations that freely share knowledge internally are the ones that tend to bring new innovations to market faster.

Knowledge Sharing with SharePoint

Free Image Sites for SharePoint Intranet Articles and Blogs

It’s a fact: using images with your SharePoint blogs and articles improves readership. But finding just the right image can be tough – particularly if you don’t have a budget.  Here are some websites where you can download free images that are professional quality.

Free Photos for Intranet Articles Blog SharePoint Office 365


The Role of Microsoft Dynamics 365 in Your Digital Transformation

Digital transformation is like the timeless question: what came first, the chicken or the egg?


Will your digital transformation lead to business transformation?  Let's take a look together!

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Web-to-Lead with Microsoft Flow, Forms and Dynamics 365

Today I’ll show you how to use Office 365 Forms, Microsoft Flow and Dynamics 365 to easily create a form that adds a new lead record to CRM. 


Microsoft Forms for Dynamics 365


Microsoft Forms for Dynamics 365


Dynamics 365 and Outlook: The Road Forward

Dynamics 365 App for OutlookMicrosoft Dynamics 365 now has two different versions of Outlook integration available:

  • Dynamics 365 for Outlook: This is the older version of Dynamics and Outlook integration. I’m going to call this the “Outlook Client” in this blog.
  • Dynamics 365 App for Outlook: This is the newer version. I’m going to call this the “Outlook App” in this blog.

Yes, those names are confusing. But choosing which one to use, and the right time to make the change, can be even trickier. Read on to understand the options and make a good decision about the best timing for your organization.



Dynamics 365 Lead Qualification and Conversion Fix

Who would have guessed the frustration that the tiny little QUALIFY button on the Lead form in Dynamics 365 could cause!  In this post, we take a look at a better solution for qualifying and converting leads in Dynamics 365 for Sales.

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Video: Microsoft CRM Field Service Management

If you have a field service delivery team, Microsoft Dynamics CRM field service management has a lot to offer. This article and one minute video provides a rapid overview.

 

Microsoft CRM Field Service Management Video Demo


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CPR for CRM Study

The complementary paper includes over 12 years of research, recent survey results, and CRM turnaround success stories.

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SharePoint Readiness Assessment

This 60-second assessment is designed to evaluate your organization's collaboration readiness.

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CRM Self Assessment

Learn how you rank compared to organizations typically in years 1 to 5 of implementation - and which areas to focus on to improve.

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SharePoint Feedback Solution

This is a sandbox solution which can be activated per site collection to allow you to easily collect feedback from users into a custom Feedback list.

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SharePoint Upgrade Checklist

Whether you are upgrading to SharePoint Online, 2010, 2013 or the latest 2016, this checklist contains everything you need to know for a successful transition.