Elizabeth Lockwood

Elizabeth Lockwood is the content marketing associate at Smith.ai. She focuses specifically on writing and editing engaging articles, blog posts, and other forms of publication.

Articles by Elizabeth Lockwood

The Top 10 CRMs for Marketing & Design Firms: The Right Tools to Streamline Success

May 31, 2021
The Top 10 CRMs for Marketing & Design Firms: The Right Tools to Streamline Success
You already handle so much when running a marketing and design firm. It's time to let a tried-and-true customer relationship management platform, or CRM, take on some of your load for you. From small, day-to-day tasks like sending out emails to more complex sales responsibilities, like tracking leads, CRMs have your covered so try out one of our top ten CRMs for marketing and design firms and get more hours of your day back.
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The Top 10 CRMs for Insurance Agents: Proven Agency Growth Solutions

May 31, 2021
The Top 10 CRMs for Insurance Agents: Proven Agency Growth Solutions
You're an expert at finding the right coverage for your clients, but what about the right coverage for you and your insurance agency? A customer relationship management platform, or CRM, can help give you and your agency the support you need by taking your most tedious tasks, like tracking policies and claims, off your plate. That peace of mind knowing a trusted service is working to keep you and your agency is taken care of is well worth the investment. For the top ten most recommended CRMs for insurance agents like yourself, check out our list below.
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The Top 10 CRMs for Veterinary & Pet Services: Ensuring Strong Patient/Owner Relationships

May 28, 2021
The Top 10 CRMs for Veterinary & Pet Services: Ensuring Strong Patient/Owner Relationships
Whether you're looking to better manage patient records and treatments, streamline and automate tasks, or simply offer stellar customer service, a customer relationship management system, better known as a CRM, can be just what your veterinary practice or pet service business needs. To help you pick the CRM that will work best for you, and helps prioritize your customers and their furry friends, we've compiled a list of the best CRMs that are specifically designed to support pet-centered businesses like yours in achieving more efficient workflows and happier clients.
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The Top 10 CRMs for Startups on a Budget: Features and Capabilities Don’t Have to Cost a Fortune

May 28, 2021
The Top 10 CRMs for Startups on a Budget: Features and Capabilities Don’t Have to Cost a Fortune
To set your business up for success, you'll want to find the best way to manage your workload and keep track of your customer interactions, but as a startup, you'd like to find a way to stretch your dollar as much as possible. Finding the right tools to help you manage your budding client relationships at an affordable price can unfortunately feel like finding a needle in a haystack – that's why we organized this list of the top ten best CRMs, or customer relationship management systems. With the right CRM, your startup can create a sustainable workflow and customer retention process that won't break your budget.
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The Top 10 CRMs for Photographers: Seeing the Bigger Picture

May 26, 2021
The Top 10 CRMs for Photographers: Seeing the Bigger Picture
Whether you've been in the photography business ten years or ten minutes, a reliable CRM, or customer relationship management, platform can work wonders for your ability to simplify your workload and manage your growing customer base. With the right CRM in place, all of the most tedious tasks of keeping your business running are streamlined and automated, freeing you to focus on the parts of your business only you know how to do. To learn which CRM might be right for you, check out our top ten best CRMs that are specifically designed to support photography businesses like yours.
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The Top 10 CRMs for Medical & Wellness Clinics: Building Stronger Patient Relationships

May 24, 2021
The Top 10 CRMs for Medical & Wellness Clinics: Building Stronger Patient Relationships
We know that, as a health and wellness professional, you value maintaining a good relationship with your patients. Unfortunately, with so many patients to look after, it can be challenging to keep up. Customer relationship management softwares, better known as CRMs, help medical and wellness professionals stay on top of patient information and interactions, making it that much easier for you to develop and manage your relationships with patients. To give your patients the personalized services they expect, check out our complete reference guide for the best CRMs for practices like yours.
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How to Record Calls, Plus Call Recording Rules for Every State

February 5, 2021
How to Record Calls, Plus Call Recording Rules for Every State
Learn how to legally record calls with your phone or third-party apps to help your business. If call recording is not right for you, our answering service can help you with call summaries and chat transcripts.
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Email Rules to Avoid Spam Filters and Keep Your Marketing Emails CAN-SPAM Compliant

January 22, 2021
Email Rules to Avoid Spam Filters and Keep Your Marketing Emails CAN-SPAM Compliant
There are rules to follow when strategizing email marketing campaigns. You don’t want them to turn to spam and you don't want them to break the law. In this article, we help you avoid both.
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Master Class: 7 Steps to Reducing Interruptions and Achieving a More Productive Law Firm

January 15, 2021
Master Class: 7 Steps to Reducing Interruptions and Achieving a More Productive Law Firm
Nothing is more annoying and detrimental to your lawyering work than constant interruptions. To show you how to curb those disturbances and get your law firm focused back on more productive work, Maddy Martin sat down with Amy Mann to share the seven easy steps any lawyer can take that can help them streamline their processes and create a more efficient workflow that'll set them for long-term success.
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Master Class: Lead Conversion Practices Every Legal and Financial Professional Should Know

January 14, 2021
Master Class: Lead Conversion Practices Every Legal and Financial Professional Should Know
Every legal or financial professional needs to know how to convert leads, but, especially for solo or small practices, lead conversion can be a complicated and overwhelming process. To help solo attorneys and small financial agencies build simple and efficient lead conversion processes that are guaranteed to result in an easier workload, more successful conversions, and increased revenue, Maddy Martin of Smith.ai shared her best practices for attracting, qualifying, converting, and retaining new clients.
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