CRM vs. Excel: Why Small Businesses Should Make the Switch

October 28, 2024

Imagine this: you’re running a small business, and in the early days, everything runs smoothly using Excel to track customer interactions, sales data, and critical business metrics. It’s cost-effective, familiar, and the perfect tool for the job. Many startups and small businesses take this route because it initially works. But as your business grows, so does the complexity of managing customer relationships. What once felt manageable became a frustrating tangle of spreadsheets, scattered information, and manual processes.
Relying on Excel for CRM can quickly reveal its limitations. As more data flows in, keeping track of everything becomes complicated. Collaboration falters as team members work in isolated silos, and manual entry and updates eat away at productivity.
In this blog, we’ll explore these pain points and highlight how a dedicated CRM system can offer a more scalable, efficient, and user-friendly solution, empowering your business to focus on growth instead of fighting spreadsheet chaos.

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Festi Boosts Automotive E-commerce: Case Study

Festi Boosts Automotive E-commerce: Case Study

September 12, 2024

A startup launched by a car dealer in Illinois, USA, aimed to develop a global automotive e-commerce platform to revolutionize online car sales for dealers across the entire United States. The primary challenge was the lack of robust automotive e-commerce solutions in existing dealership websites, which limited customer engagement and online sales. By implementing Festi's scalable framework, we successfully transformed their platform into a comprehensive online store, enabling seamless transactions and real-time data analytics, significantly boosting online sales and enhancing customer insights.

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Excerpt Release v5.2.14: Developer Workflow

Excerpt Release v5.2.14: Developer Workflow

July 08, 2024

Managing a development team effectively can be challenging, especially for small and medium-sized IT companies. The lack of performance data and transparency often hinders the ability to make informed, data-driven decisions. Excerpt addresses these challenges with its new Developer Workflow feature, a comprehensive solution designed to monitor, analyze, and optimize your development activities.

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Hello Festi

Hello Festi

October 20, 2023

In this article, we delve into the world of DataGridStore (DGS), a powerful component for rendering tabular data. DGS allows you to display and manage data efficiently within your web application. We'll walk you through the process of setting up a DGS to manage company expenses, step by step.

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