How Important Are Dialer Metrics for Your Business?
We may live in a world where texting reigns supreme and calls from robots are not out of the question. But when it comes to sales and support, there’s still something to be said about a voice-to-voice conversation. Dialer metrics can help you draw useful data from these conversations to push sales forward. 55% of […]
Learn More About Our Back-Office Tools
From an internal business perspective, CRMs are most often broadly associated with the benefits they have to offer teams in sales and marketing. And understandably so, seeing as these departments rely heavily on their ability to build and maintain meaningful customer relationships. But back-office operations are just as important. With that being said, the aforementioned […]
IRIS CRM At MWAA2019 Chicago
Our Lead of product Jaron Ruckman is present at the 2019 MIDWEST ACQUIRERS ASSOCIATION (MWAA) Conference. MWAA 2019 CONFERENCE July 17-18, 2019 The Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel 1551 N. Thoreau Dr. N. Schaumburg, IL 60173
Residual Income 101
Selling merchant accounts in the payment processing industry is no walk in the park. Welcome to residual income 101. For starters, the digital payment industry is still very diverse and evolving quickly. Pair this with the fact that non-cash methods of payment now dominate purchases made globally, and high demand meets high levels of competition. […]
How to Use Zapier for Your Merchant Services Business
You may already be familiar with the variety of tools and services IRIS CRM integrates with. But if you haven’t checked in recently, you’ve likely missed out on some pretty big additions to the lineup. One such addition we’ve made available to our customers as of this year is Zapier. In this article, we’ll show […]
How Do Independent Sales Organizations (ISOs) Work?
We’re frequently asked, “How do independent sales organizations (ISOs) work?”. The payments processing ecosystem is undergoing some major shifts. Digital payments are the way of the future, paving the way for digital and omnichannel providers to gain prominence. Customers are becoming more and more comfortable with varied methods of transaction (e.g., mobile-in-store, voice, and chatbots). […]
The Green Sheet Online – Privacy and social media: a delicate balance
Our President, Dimitri Akhrin opinion was showcased in this issue. Dimitri Akhrin, president of IRIS CRM, concurred, stating that scrapers sometimes extract and use data in ways that companies didn’t intend when they made those sources available. As a Venmo user, he noticed Venmo profiles are public unless users toggle back the settings. Not every […]
The Importance of Tracking Residuals Analytics for Your Business
It’s one thing to have a tool in place for getting a job done. It’s another to have one that helps you get the job done more efficiently and effectively. Enter: the importance of tracking residuals analytics for your business. Based on results from a survey conducted in 2018, Statista reported that only 16% of […]
Automate ISO Residual Calculations
ISO residual calculations are central to any business in the payments processing industry. But do you automate ISO residual calculations? This is because as an ISO, you establish relationships with banks but function as an independent entity. You don’t handle merchant money flat-out but instead work as a contractor, able to set independent rates and […]
Payment Processing CRM
If there’s one thing our team knows, it’s payment processing CRMs. But long before we developed a tool for those in the industry, our founder, Dimitri Akhrin, experienced all that was wrong with it. He was managing and running an ISO, struggling to find business management tools specific to his needs. No single web application […]