If you haven't heard it, check it out and let us know what you think: http://www.kazeli.com/upload/kazelifightingthewar.mp3
KAZELI WEEKLY TIPS & IDEAS SERIES
26/08/09
My new Kazeli Weekly Tips & Ideas series for all paying subscribers to the Kazeli Web Office has launched and will be sent to your email each week. I will share practical business building tips and ideas with you that can be implemented right away to help accelerate your business, increase productivity, decrease costs and enable better levels of collaboration throughout your entire organization.
All the tips and ideas that I will present can be instantly incorporated using your existing Kazeli Web Office account. They consist of short online audio and video presentations that walk you through everything you need to do.
Here’s a link to my first tip: www.kazeli.com/help/tips/sharing
I hope you enjoy the series and I look forward to your comments and feedback.
To Your Success,
Lonny Hallsted Kazeli Founder/CEO
OUTDOOR ADVERTISING COMPANY ENHANCES CLIENT EXPERIENCE WITH KAZELI
20/06/09
Our Business Primary Media specializes in maximizing outdoor media opportunities. From a complete outdoor campaign to a single billboard - regardless of the type of billboard solutions you require: we deliver.
In a world that’s increasingly complicated, some of the best ideas are the most simple. No other media vehicle is better at bringing more attention to your BIG idea than outdoor advertising. Whether it be a picture that stops you in your tracks or the driving force of a few powerful words, no other outdoor company is better at turning your big ideas into action than Primary Media Outdoor Advertising.
Primary Media Outdoor Advertising strives for results that maximize your impact - driving more business to your door. We will help you take your advertising from conception to creation to delivery.
To learn more about our business, please visit: www.primarymedia.com
Our Challenges With the current downturn in the economy, the realization that Kazeli could immediately help us:
optimize processes specific to our business (e.g. By the introduction of an online client upload feature - for submissions, that instantly eliminated time, risk of loss and cost of shipping)
increase internal and external communication quality and efficiency (e.g. By the introduction of such features as automated client follow-up)
and in doing so enhance our overall productivity, while enriching our client experience, translated into cost-effective optimization, which is good news to any business.
Why We Chose Kazeli We chose Kazeli because it is unlike any CRM application we have ever seen. It is a wonderful way to systematize our business as a whole. The internal webbing of information that happens with Kazeli is phenomenal.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CONSULTANT AND SPEAKER CHOOSES KAZELI
20/06/09
Our Business Eric Edmeades is an international business consultant and speaker. He travels extensively working with entrepreneurs and undertaking philanthropic projects all over the world. He works with companies to double their revenues without straining the infrastructure. Eric is very selective about the companies he works with tending toward 'social enterprises' that give back on a local or global scale.
For more information about what Eric Edmeades does, please visit: www.ericedmeades.com.
Our Challenges Much of Eric's work requires travel both for him and his team. This means that the consolidation of information about schedules, clients and projects is both challenging and imperative. To be both responsive and effective with clients, it is important that all members of the team have access to the latest information about each client.
Why We Chose Kazeli We chose Kazeli after extensive testing of other CRM packages including Goldmine, Salesforce and Sugar. Like these other CRM packages, Kazeli allows us the free flow of information, transaction and project management and communication. Unlike these other CRM options, Kazeli does it under budget and with a smile. We have been very happy with our move to Kazeli because as well as being less expensive than any of the other packages we looked at, the program is highly functional and well thought out. Kazeli is feature rich - beyond what we had expected.
Our Kazeli Experience The team at Kazeli is responsive and clearly cares about the customer experience. Within a few weeks of choosing Kazeli they had already implemented some of our suggestions to improve the system. They are a pleasure to work with and their software does so much more than you would expect.
CUSTOM LANDSCAPE DESIGNER IMPROVES PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND CLIENT COMMUNICATION WITH KAZELI
19/02/09
Our Business Salisbury Landscaping specializes in custom design and build of residential landscapes. For more information about what we do: www.salisburylandscaping.ca
Our Challenges Having multiple designers, each using separate systems for tracking and communicating with clients, with no centralized way to manage or monitor this client communication, at times left us out of touch with project status, client service and satisfaction levels.
Also with several landscape projects and designs always going on at the same time and with each designer managing around 50 clients throughout the year, it was difficult to prioritize our commitments, with specific client requirements occasionally getting overlooked or lost in the workload.
Once a project is completed its transferred between our various departments to our warranty department, but with no centralized process in-place to manage this transfer of information, data was sometimes inconsistent, incomplete or even lost. There was also no systematic or uniform client follow-up process.
It was also very challenging to monitor or track client or internal projects, communications and data without physically chasing down information between different departments and individual designers from within the office.
Why We Chose Kazeli Kazeli provides a simple and immediate way to centralizing internal and external communication. It also makes it refreshingly simple to track, share and monitor project status and information and prioritize the different phases of each project. Using Kazeli’s features we were also able to streamline the flow of information and to effortlessly automate our follow-up processes and it has also become possible for us to log in and track the status of any project, view any internal or client communication and files from any computer anywhere inside or outside the office.
The Kazeli Experience Our experience so far has been great. They have made sure that every transition happened very promptly and accurately. Now it is up to us to make it successful and we know that the Kazeli team is always available to help.
ENERGY SAVINGS SUPPLIER IMPROVES PRODUCTIVITY AND CUSTOMER SERVICE WITH KAZELI
06/02/09
MEET EQUITY THRU ENERGY
Our Business Equity Thru Energy is a state-of-the-art energy management company that empowers businesses to increase profits through the maximization of energy efficiency. Equity Thru Energy works with restaurants, hotels, motels, and multi-family dwellings to implement innovative high-tech solutions that instantly increase profits.
For more information about what we do: www.equitythruenergy.com
Our Challenges Equity Thru Energy faces the challenges of rapidly increasing growth. Rising costs in the energy market and the adverse environmental impacts of energy use create an escalating demand for our profitable energy-saving solutions.
As our sales have taken off, we’ve grown a pressing need for a quick and pragmatic way to manage a high-volume of contacts, consistently communicate with clients, and engage in educational outreach to thousands of people. Additionally, to ensure smooth operations, we needed a user-friendly and reliable place to internally track the status of any given project at any given moment.
This lack of integration and the inability to instantly track internal and external communication, projects and leads in real-time was costing us in both time and lost opportunities. We were in need of finding a way to combine, manage and track all our projects, emails, website leads and communication efforts, across our entire organization while also encompassing existing and prospective client interaction.
Why We Chose Kazeli Equity Thru Energy chose Kazeli because it’s a comprehensive, easy-to-use, and cost-effective solution. We see Kazeli as an effective means to managing contacts, communicating internally and externally, and guaranteeing structure and synergy in operations. Kazeli offers value on multiple fronts, ranging from our sales and marketing efforts, to customer service and operations.
Furthermore, Kazeli offers additional value through website hosting, campaign tools, business networking, and file management. Bottom line is Kazeli presents Equity Thru Energy with an all-inclusive solution at an affordable cost, and they deliver in a professional and timely manner.
The Kazeli Experience Kazeli has been helpful, reliable, and professional in guiding the Equity Thru Energy transition into their system. Kazeli’s training and customer service have been outstanding, as they have uploaded over 20,000 of our contacts, trained our teams, and been available on-call to answer questions and guide us through system operations.
Aligning business operations with Kazeli is a time-saver that ensures organization and proficiency while increasing the scope and effectiveness of marketing and sales efforts.
CHET HOLMES INTERNATIONAL CHOOSES KAZELI CRM
17/12/08
Kazeli is excited to welcome the Chet Holmes International team to our list of satisfied clients.
It's always great to receive positive feedback, but it's even more incredible when it comes from an internationally acclaimed, top-selling business author and renown growth strategist to over 50 of the Fortune 500 companies.
"There is nothing like this that we’ve seen and this works ten times easier than Salesforce or Sugar and even costs a lot less. After a year’s investigation, Kazeli is the one we’re going with " - Chet Holmes
Chet describes Kazeli's CRM as the "most versatile CRM system on the planet" and we are working with his team to implement Kazeli across every aspect of their organization and to ensure it exceeds their every expectation.
About Chet Holmes: Chet Holmes has worked with over 60 of the Fortune 500 companies as America’s top marketing executive, trainer, strategic consultant and motivation expert. He has identified and developed the 12 core competencies that are proven to provide the main structure of truly great companies and he has developed more than fifty proprietary methods you can implement to see these ideas actually take root and grow.
These 12 competencies became the foundation for more than 65 training products now selling in 23 countries. Chet is the author of the best-selling book, The Ultimate Sales Machine (#1 Sales and Marketing book on Amazon, and also on NY Times best seller list). Chet also authored the Business Growth Masters Series (with Jay Abraham), Mega Marketing and Sales and Guerrilla Marketing Meets Karate Master (with Jay Levinson).
What people have said of Chet:
“America’s greatest sales and marketing executive.” - Charlie Munger (on the Forbes “Billionaires” list and partner of Warren Buffett).
“one of the top change experts in the country.” - Industry Week
“Chet Holmes breaks sales records wherever he goes.” - Success Magazine
“perhaps one of the most prolific creative machines of our time.” - Jay Levinson (author of Guerrilla Marketing and 55 other best -selling books)
“When you see how methodical Chet’s approach is, you understand instantly how he can assure dramatic sales increases. Chet is a very brilliant man in his discipline. He’s a very strategic-minded person, but his even stronger suit is figuring out the systems, the process, and the procedures that drive, sustain, maintain and replicate a system so a company can grow and become great. This is what I think is missing in most entrepreneurial companies” - Jay Abraham (one of Fortune Magazine’s top five business growth gurus).
Chet has also been written about in The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle and more than 50 other publications.
His client list includes: American Express, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, Pac Bell, Estee Lauder, Thomson International, Merrill Lynch, Solomon Brothers, W.R. Grace, Citibank, Cosmair, Banker’s Trust, Xerox and many more. He has designed more than 500 advertising campaigns and hundreds of sales systems in hundreds of different industries.
Chet says, “Becoming a master is not about doing 4000 different things, it’s about doing 12 things, 4000 times each.” A strategic sharp shooter, Chet consistently catapults his clients beyond the competition.
Chet has also ventured into feature film producing and has secured a three-contract deal with Warner Brothers as a feature film producer and writer.
Chet Holmes is also a devoted father and husband, which he calls “my best accomplishment.”
MEMBER SUPPORT GROUP
03/09/08
To get all the latest Kazeli system announcements, tips & tricks, troubleshooting and more join our Member Support group below:
Sometimes just a few changes to a business can mean increased profits, more website traffic and less hassle - Jonathan and his team can show you how to free up your time to focus on creating a business strategy that allows you to eventually sell your business to the highest bidder.
I've recently had the opportunity to interview Jonathan (http://www.kazeli.com/jonathanjay) and thought he gave some great tips. I'm looking forward to attending his seminar next week.
Learn more about Jonathan Jay and his new company SuccessTrack: http://www.kazeli.com/kbn/index.cfm/comid/7184
Lonny
OUR FIRST KAZELI LIVING MARKETPLACE WITH CHET HOLMES
14/08/08
We had a blast during our first live teleconference featuring 8 businesses pitching their product or service to a virtual stadium of callers. I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. Thanks to Chet Holmes and to the 8 businesses that participated in our first call. Being the first to try something new can be a little daunting, but I thought you guys (and girl!) all did a great job! Also, a big thanks to everyone who stopped by to listen-in on the call as well as to those who downloaded the call after the event.
We did however experience a little unforeseen technical ‘glitch’ that prevented hundreds of additional callers from accessing the call live. Once the call got started, our software automatically started taking registrations and prompting participants to our next event date :-0 So we unfortunately managed to disappoint hundreds of people who wanted to join us on the live call and ended up getting signed up for our next event. Sorry!
We received a lot of feedback during and after the last event. Here’s some highlights:
Both the listeners and the speakers were very excited about the uniqueness of the venue, the energy of a live audience and the scope of the opportunity
Listeners enjoyed the spontaneity
Listeners learned a great deal about products and services that they normally wouldn’t have taken the time to hear or research
People are anxious for our next event
Most speakers are keen to participate again on future Living Marketplace events and many new potential speakers have already signed up to present in the next event
Speakers liked the concept and platform for the event
We had a mixed bag of results for the speakers. Some got tremendous results while others were a little disappointed.
Some of the speakers were a bit nervous and maybe didn’t present their product as well as they would have liked.
Almost all the speakers felt the live interaction with Chet helped them in their presentation.
Getting on the call at the right time is always a bit tricky, especially working with multiple time zones
Some products are geographically specific and the value of broadcasting to 150+ countries doesn’t appeal/apply to every business
What did you think? Let us know what you thought!
If you haven’t yet heard the audio podcast from this event, please visit: www.kazeli.com/livebonus.
JONATHAN JAY INTERVIEW
13/08/08
I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Jonathan Jay, a well-known accomplished UK entrepreneur. I took the opportunity to ask questions I felt would be of interest and benefit to Kazeli members.
I also secured 200 complimentary copies of his latest book for the first 200 Kazeli members to claim them.
Jonathan’s book is a very hands-on dynamic approach to business with dozens of great strategies and tactics you can walk away with and implement today, that can significantly boost your bottom-line.
I will soon also be posting a follow-up on how some of the strategies and tactics covered in Jonathan’s book can best be utilized alongside Kazeli to further ensure and accelerate your business success, with minimal time and effort on your part.
I hope you enjoy the book and audio podcast.
I’d also very much like to get your feedback on both the book “The Marketing Secrets of a Multi-Millionaire Entrepreneur” and on how helpful you find such offers and initiatives. Want to hear from more entrepreneurs? Want to be able to ask them questions? Live events? Let us know what you want to see from Kazeli!
If you haven’t yet heard the audio podcast of this interview or would like to request your free complimentary copy of the book, please visit: www.kazeli.com/event/jonathanjay.
Lonny Hallsted
THE MARKETING SECRETS OF A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE ENTREPRENEUR
13/08/08
Jonathan Jay (Entrepreneur, Business Coach, TV Personality, Author and Self-Made Multi-Millionaire) talks to Lonny Hallsted (Kazeli Founder & CEO) and gives 200 copies of his new hands-on marketing book 'The Marketing Secrets of a Multi-Millionaire Entrepreneur'- Retail Price £9.99- FREE as a gift to the first 200 UK Kazeli members who claim it.
Log-in and listen to Jonathan talking with Lonny about his entrepreneurial success, his new book and what tips and insights he has to share with our Kazeli members. Find out how he went from his first business card at 12 to his first million at 30, the highs the lows and the knowledge he gained along the way.
Both the book and the audio podcast are packed with practical, proven strategies and techniques to benefit your business that you can start implementing immediately.
Listen to the audio podcast & claim your free book: http://www.kazeli.com/event/jonathanjay
Above all, Kazeli wants to provide you with tools and platforms that will accelerate your success!
Zoe Aristotelous
REACH THOUSANDS OF DECISION-MAKERS IN 150 COUNTRIES
20/06/08
INTRODUCING: THE KAZELI MARKETPLACE Post your products/services on the Kazeli Marketplace and capture the attention of thousands business owners/decision makers. This is a great medium to post bulk stock lots, clearance items, unique or specialized items and to run special Kazeli member promos and offerings on your services.
Already a Kazeli member? Login (www.kazeli.com/weboffice), then from the left navigation click the Business Network button from the left navigation and then the Marketplace link to get started.
Not a Kazeli member? Join the Kazeli Business Network now for FREE and take advantage of this opportunity: www.kazeli.com/go/connect
BLACK BOOTH MAGIC - STAND 330
07/11/07
"Hello Kazeli! I'm one of your subscribers..." "Oh yes...I know you guys! I get your newsletters" "Just love this product... Makes my life so much easier" "Please, please tell me more!"
There were many instant smile triggers @ Olympia last weekend that lit up our faces and illuminated stand 330!
There's no greater satisfaction than hearing positive feedback from the people who are actually using your product and seeing how it's changing the way they do business...for the better!
Same is true for meeting with potential subscribers and seeing their excitement build up as they begin piecing together the advantages of an integrated solution and realizing what that means for their business, as well as their bottom line.
This is of course only the beginning and we will always be developing new components and striving to improve our user experience, but nothing provides better fuel and motivation than hearing from Kazeli users.
Thanks to everyone who stopped by our stand. It was truly a pleasure. Keep the feedback coming and we'll keep delivering!
BUSINESS STARTUP - 2 / 3 NOV 2007, OLYMPIA, LONDON - STAND 330
A Kazeli favourite is meeting and mingling with new and existing members…LIVE! The Business Startup is a great event and the Olympia downtown London venue, greatly compliments the buzz and excitement of the Kazeli solution.
Come meet us, ask us, tell us… Friday November 2 & Saturday November 3, 2007.
Event Info: www.bstartup.com
KAZELI WEBSITE LAUNCHES!
27/06/07
The Kazeli website launch is a very exciting and significant milestone for us, as it marks the beginning of our joint Kazeli journey and is the first step towards the global launch of the Kazeli Web Office.
I’d like to thank everyone who has worked to make this possible. I’d also like to thank you for taking the time to explore Kazeli.com.
The Kazeli Website development is an ongoing process, as we continue to optimize and improve your Kazeli experience. We invite you to share your feedback with us (feedback [at] kazeli.com) and to check-in with us often, for news and up-dates.
"I can’t believe it!! I have never won anything before in my life!! Thank you to all."
Geraldine gets to enjoy a one week stay for two at the beautiful 4-star Lordos Beach Hotel in Laranca, Cyprus.
The hotel accommodation is sponsored by Lordos Beach Hotel and Loucas Travel (www.loucastravel.com). Flights are courtesy of Kazeli.
WEBINAR SCHEDULE FOR WEEK OF MAY 13TH
11/05/07
Our demos this week will be on the following dates:
Wednesday May 16 @ 10am GMT
Thursday May 17 @ 5pm GMT
Friday May 18 @ 3pm GMT
If you are interested and one of these dates/times, please send a quick email to demo@kazeli.com specifying your preference.
KAZELI WEB OFFICE: ONLINE DEMO
05/05/07
After receiving many requests for an online demo, I've scheduled the following days and times to hold online demo sessions for the Kazeli Web Office. If you are interested and one of these dates/times, please send a quick email to demo@kazeli.com specifying your preference and we'll do our best to accommodate your choice.
May 9 - 10am GMT May 10 - 7pm GMT May 11 - 3pm GMT
Once you have secured your spot, we'll send you all the required information to participate.
LONDON BUSINESS STARTUP EXHIBITION
01/05/07
The Business Startup 2007 at the London Excel will always be remembered as the first public presentation of Kazeli Web Office 2.0.
Being currently headquartered in Cyprus and with the setup of our London office still in its early stages, it took a lot of effort, planning and expense to get us all over to London for the exhibition… That said we are definitely glad that we made it over! The show was a great success and to be honest, we were a little overwhelmed by the level of interest and the huge amount of positive feedback we received.
Getting live feedback by our potential end users was priceless and went a long way in helping us pin-point the advantages that you saw in the Kazeli solution.
The first visitor to our stand was just as memorable as the event itself… Stelios Hadjioannou, the man behind the global success of the Easy brand, and guest speaker at the event, was the first to stop by and check out Kazeli and that got us off to a great start.
20% of the people we talked to signed up for our special offer at the event, which is pretty excellent for a preview of a new solution! Only problem…we weren’t set-up to demo fast enough to those interested and for the most part only managed to demo to visitors one by one… which left many people disappointed. Next time round, we’ll be setup with a bigger booth and run mini-seminars and demos on the hour.
Thank you to all of you who stopped by to see us in London and apologies to those who didn’t get the chance for a personal demo. I would be more than happy to schedule an online demo with anyone interested. Just drop me a line with your contact info. at: demo@kazeli.com and someone will be in-touch to schedule a time that works for you.
Also, our Business Startup Early Bird Special Offer doesn’t expire until May 11th so if you’re interested, don’t miss the chance to SAVE through our Early Bird Special. Even if you’re not ready to activate this right now and still have things to work out with your business, by signing up by May 11th you can secure our promo price and contact us to specify when you would like to activate your subscription. (www.kazeli.com/go/bstartup)
I’ve also uploaded a small video taken from the London show that you can check out below… and maybe you’ll even find that you’re in it!!!
Thanks again to all the event organizers (Simon, John and Lucy – great job!), my team for the show (Zoe, Alex and Dennis) and all the suppliers who worked to meet the tight deadline and came through for us (Simon @ Pentagon Press, Richard @ Cartori and Melville) but number one on the list is definitely you guys, the visitors, who made it all worthwhile J
See you all back in London soon. Meantime those of you who left us their contact details will be hearing from us and the winners of the Cyprus Holiday Giveaway (Sponsored by Lordos Beach –& Loucas Travel) ane the Ultimate Business Website (Sponsored by Manicbox) – will be announced May 16th!!! – Good luck to all ;-)
Our Business
MEET EQUITY THRU ENERGY
I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Jonathan Jay, a well-known accomplished UK entrepreneur. I took the opportunity to ask questions I felt would be of interest and benefit to Kazeli members. 
BUSINESS STARTUP - 2 / 3 NOV 2007, OLYMPIA, LONDON - STAND 330
