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1988 RV: A Filmmaker’s #TinyHome Remodel
By: Bailey Eubanks
Tags: Tiny House, Outdoors, Travel, Adventure, Festivals

Last November I found this Avion 34' (Airstream-esque) travel trailer on Craigslist for $3,300. I was in Houston and couldn’t pick it up, but my buddies Hunter and Brandon took the reigns and not only did they go pick it up but also talked him down to $2,200 + a new AC, porcelain toilet and left over remodeling supplies from the previous owner’s attempt to do it himself.

Brandon’s Denali HD 2500 pulling the RV from Conway, AR to North Little Rock, AR

To give you some background, my buddy Hunter owns his own business called “Hunters Fix-it-All.” Before I pulled the trigger on the purchase, we had been discussing our plan of attack. We agreed to a time frame of about a month and $5,000 in labor costs… and man was that an undershot of the time it took to get this thing into shape. It ended up actually taking about 6 to 8 months and $9,000 in labor cost. Also, a huge thanks to Hunter’s wife, Olivia, who was so kind to let us park it outside their house so he could have access to his tools and shop right outside their garage.

Avion nestled tightly in Hunters drive-way. *NOTICE the difficulty of its parking and it where it is in relation to the house.

Another look at the parked RV during renovation.

The RV was a great shell but that’s about all it was. You’ll see from some of the initial photos we had to completely rebuild the back part of the RV’s sub floor. We had to pull out the stationary tanks that hold all the drinking, gray and black water. (FYI, for those of you who don’t know what that means: drinking water is your drinking water, obviously; gray water is your shower water and leftover sink water; and black water is your toilet water) You can see a lot of the electrical lines hanging everywhere that had to be made into some sort of light fixture, plug in or hid in some way. The only parts of the RV that we kept were the cabinets w/o the doors and the windows. Everything else was custom designed to fit the small home look we were going for.

RV shell. The very beginnings.

*FYI* the ‘Avion’s’ build is actually superior to that of its competitor, the Airstream. Not only are the walls fully insulated with THICK insulating foam but the floors are made up of two sheets of plywood that sandwich 3/16" polystyrene standard foam sheet. Needless to say, this thing is built to last. Unlike your standard box-y RV, an Avion/Airstream & its aerodynamic attributes allow it to haul down the road and across the country. In the pictures below you can see Hunter sealing the pipes and then adding additional insulation to their build. As if the RV’s build wasn’t robust enough… Hunter was sure to take it up a notch throughout the remodel.
Why ERP should have AP automation
By: Apexdroid Erp
Tags: Erp Software, CRM, Accounting, Payroll

Accounts payable (AP) is an challenging process to deal due to its conventional paper-based approach which increases the error rate. So AP automation in an ERP can be seen as an relief.

Conditions are changing in today’s business world and with market disruptions, companies have started to recognize the benefits of extending the functionality of their ERP by integrating other solutions that focus on specific areas such as payroll, T&E, tax and accounts payable.

Accounting systems in ERPs are essential to optimize accounting and financial operations. It remains your core system of record and centralized source of information across all functions within the finance organization. With accounts payable automation, it can provide a significant cost savings for a company beyond the expected savings from eliminating manual tasks.

Here we discuss why ERP must have Accounts payable automation:

Minimize wasted time

AP Automation saves a great amount of time from a manual paper-based approach and does entire work in much less time. You can receive now invoices directly into your system to process them faster and reduce inquiries from suppliers by providing payment status as a self-service.

Simplify operations

It simplifies the entire operations of account payable and reduces transactional costs and eliminates routine tasks by optimizing invoice processing for both indirect and direct procurement that also maximizes early payment discounts capture.

Go Touchless

AP Automation provides a digital workflow to manage steps previously handled by an AP staff member. It makes possible for organisations to touchlessly process invoices without any human intervention. You can upload digitally the invoices and later it will be processed accordingly.

Increase payment speeds

With AP automation, you can speed up your payments as it allows you to automatically code and distribute invoices to the right person for approval based on your company’s chart of accounts, business rules and approval hierarchy that are pre-configured in the system.

Provides Transparency

With a traceable approval process that allows the invoice to be processed for payment with designated authorizers indicating approval and decreasing the chances of fraud to occur. It gives management and AP staff unprecedented visibility and reporting capabilities into the flow of invoices and transactions across the company.

Accounts payable automation if done right improves the productivity of the enterprise and helps to have more valuable supplier relationships, and supports company growth and business agility. So it is required to have an ERP with the AP automation.

Apexdroid ERP integrates all core process that needed to grow a company :- Accounting, Finance, Payroll, Manufacturing, SCM, Procurement, CRM and others.Try Now: https://www.apexdroid.com
Why I am using Batchbook for CRM
By: Jason Shultz
Tags: Business, Personal, CRM

I try out a lot of different Customer Management systems. I used the 37 Signals offering for quite some time. I tried some others of lesser popularity. I even used Goldmine back in the day.

My thing, is I need a clean, easy to use CRM that stays out of my way. I also want one that does not have a lot of extraneous garbage that I don’t need. I’m not a professional salesman spending my waking hours chasing leads for some large conglomerate. I’m a self employed professional who needs to keep tract of contacts in a way that Outlook can’t do it. I want a system that is expandable on my terms.

I’m really liking Batchbook, though. It does the job really well, and the tag system is very nice.

One thing that I really like is the customer service. Twice I sent off an email to feedback and had a response back within an hour. Not only that, but it was a real response, not a copy/paste response from some bored flunky. That’s what I call service.

One of the features that I really need to start exploiting is the SuperTags. With SuperTags, you take a normal tag, for example “prospect” and when it’s “Super Sized” you can add field values to it.

Taking the example “prospect” we could add fields such as: “Where We Met” “Needs” and anything else that might be relevant for a prospect that your chasing. It has preset field types such as Yes/No, Number, Date, Recurring Date, etc.

The concept of SuperTags is just amazing. It really expands the power and flexibility of the service. Any tag can be come a supertag. At first I was reluctant to create supertags, but once I “broke the ice” then I got excited about just what I could do with them.

The service itself is really good, and it’s getting steadily better. There’s still some bugs and tweaks. The iCal feed gives Outlook fits when I do a send and receive, and the tasks interface needs some tweaking. The tasks interface, I already sent a suggestion about and quickly got a response back stating that they agreed with the suggestion and it’ll be updated soon. The iCal feed I need to send them still.

The interface is very clean and it makes good use of AJAX without over doing it. I also like that I can email someone and BCC my special mailbox and it’ll be attached to the appropriate contact.

In conclusion, Batchbook may be just what your looking for if you need something robust, easy to use, and expandable. I highly recommend it. It’s free for up to 200 contacts and only $10 a month for unlimited contacts.

Update 07/28/08: Just another example of how fast they can respond to problems. As I mentioned earlier in this post I had a problem with Outlook reading the iCal feed from my tasks. I shot off an email to support at 11:32am and by 12:36pm I had an email back letting me know the issue was fixed. Now that is SERVICE! And in the web 2.0 era of the Internet, service is a superior feature.

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The Misguidedly Targeted Flyer
By: Maximilian Weigl
Tags: Advertising, Brand Experience, Communication, CRM, Flyer

The Misguidedly Targeted Flyer

Every now and then a little piece of direct marketing gets lost in my mailbox. This particular time it was a flyer from an online retailer where I had bought some technical accessory for a washing machine a while ago. They offered me a 10 EUR discount code for my next purchase.

On the front page of the flyer: a blonde woman in a winter coat.

The guys in the marketing department there know my name (a common first name for a male in Germany) and they have my one dimensional purchase history. This should give them a good clue of what they need to show me in order to get me to actually use a coupon for their product offering similar to Amazon.

I thought so, too. That is why I opened it, assuming that the interesting offers must be hidden inside.

You guessed right: another winter coat, scarves, a sweater and a jeans — all for women.

The funniest thing was hidden on the back. There I was encouraged with a directed call to action:

“Use your 10 EUR savings code now, Mr. Weigl!”

That made me wonder if

(1) most other men shopping for washing machine equipment at this retailer lead a secret life where they dressed up as women in winter,

(2) these guys were so brilliant that they actually knew I bought this technical item for my girlfriend’s washing machine and they consequently wanted to encourage me to buy her more stuff, or

(3 and obviously least likely) those people don’t care about targeting.

I’m tempted to think it’s 1.
Is ‘World of Warcraft’ A Loyalty Program?
By: Ipg Media Lab
Tags: Blizzard, CRM, Diablo, Gaming, Loyalty

Column originally featured on MediaPost

What’s the difference between “World of Warcraft” and a loyalty program? Surprisingly little. Blizzard (now Activision Blizzard) has made an empire out of games that don’t end. From “Diablo” to “World of Warcraft,” these are bestselling hits predicated on a simple formula: Make your customer an addict.

There’s a ton of things to learn from this company, including novel tactics of CRM — but for the purposes of this post, we’ll limit ourselves to a look at how a store loyalty program would look if designed by Blizzard.

Diminishing returns: All Blizzard games start off with tremendous quantity of rewards per investment at the outset, but taper off into hours of work for a marginal but significant qualitative gain. So our loyalty program will be layered with bronze, silver, and gold points. At the outset, bronze points accrue quickly and can be redeemed often for small perks. Eventually members can purchase a silver membership using their bronze points, at which point they accrue silver points instead, albeit at a slower rate. These can buy more rewarding perks. Gold membership follows in the same manner as silver. Read more.
Co-Creation Enablement Is An Innovation Engine
By: Mike Boysen
Tags: CRM, Innovation

I feel the need to write a quick post on co-creation of value; a concept I really never even thought about until a year ago. Since moving some of my websites to Wordpress, most notably my Effective CRM site, it’s become blatantly apparent that only providing a solution for content co-creation is not enough. It’s wonderful and all that, and I’ve been using it for years — and no, it’s not simply comment forms. I’ve been letting users on my product review sites contribute entire pages to my sites, each of which allows comments and is properly interlinked into my content hierarchy. This generates massive long-tail keyword content creation, and I don’t have to lift a finger to do it. Yes, it’s co-creation.

However, being the guy in the middle, the one who is providing the medium to web searchers, I want to add more value than that. Currently, I had value to my vendor by subscribing to (and promoting) a service which gives me a finite set of tools. Sure, it’s an evolving set of tools, but they’ve been built into a proprietary platform which has no API, and I’m afraid to guess that an API is not even possible at this point. At least not in the form I would want to see it. It does what it does, and I can’t extend or change it at all.

With WordPress, not only can I replicate every implementation feature of SiteSell, I can create more features. This benefits Wordpress, my visitors and other Wordpress users since I can create a plugin and put in their version of an app store. That’s co-creation. What do I give up? The brainstorming tools at SiteSell are second to none, so I won’t be giving them up anytime soon. In fact, I have no intention of removing my existing content sites from SiteSell since they either doing well, or I’m well down the build out path.

How does this relate to CRM? Actually, it’s very closely related. Newer platforms like Nimble are going to offer massively powerful co-creation opportunities — which is one reason I think it will become an extremely viral CRM platform over the next few years. It enables innovative contributions without the vendor having to think it up, implement it and support it. The traditional names in CRM will attempt to replicate it, but they’re not quite as Nimble, so I’m not going to hold my breath. There’s room for both models, but more and more, I’m becoming a huge proponent of co-creation enablement.

Just a rambling thought for a Sunday morning.
CRM is much more than Customer Relationships!
By: Siddhesh Joglekar
Tags: Marketing, Strategy, Corporate, CRM, Customer

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CRM ( Customer Relationship Management System ) has to be one of the biggest and most used softwares by the enterprise today collectively. So much so that the leading CRM company in the world — Salesforce- is a billion dollar company today and the leading open source CRM company ( SugarCRM) just raised a lot of money!

But that apart, CRM has a place in every company’s life. We conducted a simple Hallway/walkway test in Mumbai & Bangalore about what people perceive about CRM and these are the statements we got from people.

CRM is about maintaining records CRM is used for sending Diwali Greetings to customers CRM is a very expensive software that consumes a lot of time and resources to maintain CRM is a part of SAP which only big companies can think of using

The truth is neither of this is incorrect, nor is anything close to being correct. Yes, CRM is a record maintaining tool, and is used for sending greetings, CRM tools can be expensive depending on what you choose and CRM would be a part of a custom made SAP integration in big companies. But CRM is much, much more than this.

In my opinion, a Customer Relationship Management system is every employee’s and entrepreneur’s best friend. I shall tell you how — read on -

1. CRM should be a record of every interaction with customer — A business may interact with a customer at different points of time under different circumstances. Today’s popular customer touchpoints include — SMS, Email, Office Visit, Telephone, Website visit, Website click, Website Product request, Facebook Page interaction, Twitter Interaction and so on. This itself would be great preparation for the next possible interaction prediction with customer.

2. CRM can help identify patterns — At the end of the day, for maximizing revenue, one has to hunt for specific patterns from within a CRM. For example, for a telecom firm, patterns such as ‘Customer who changes caller tune once every two weeks is a beautiful pattern . Accordingly, offering exciting offers based on those patterns is the way to milk that customer even more.

3. CRM helps proactively identify pain points — For example, a customer’s monthly usage of ebanking website has gone down. A CRM can help track down this and send a custom mailer to such customers asking them for the problems they faced. Such personal care means a lot for customers, who then become more loyal towards your brand.

In the next part, we shall look at CRM in more detail, with case studies.
CiviMobile — a Native Mobile Application for CiviCRM
Tags: Ngo, Nonprofit, CRM

The constituents of NGOs and nonprofits regularly leave the workplace to work with the local communities or vulnerable groups. As a result, members of organizations often lack an access to the CRM system and cannot find the necessary information on their cases during the fieldwork. Agiliway has developed a mobile application for CiviCRM — CiviMobile — that allows organizations’ members to reach their CiviCRM databases anywhere and anytime .

The first basic version of CiviMobile allows users to establish a secure connection to the CiviCRM databases and search for the necessary information. In particular, the current version of the mobile application has the following features:

Contacts. The mobile application allows secure connection to user’s contacts and their profiles.

Search. Users can search for contacts available in the database and dial them in one click.

Calendar. Users can view the planned events and activities in a graphical calendar.

Events. The mobile app allows to view all the planned events in the system and filter them by type, date or title. Users can view the details of the planned event, register for an event and receive a registration confirmation, view all of their past events, and share the events in one click.

Activities and Cases. Users can view their planned activities and cases, access their details, see what other members are engaged in them.

Offline Work. The application can operate offline due to cache retention on the mobile devices. The event registration made when there is no internet connection is placed on hold and executed once the internet connection is resumed.

To start using the mobile application, you need to deploy a CiviMobile API extension to your CiviCRM server and to install a CiviMobile application on your mobile device from AppStore for iOS or from Play Market for Android. More details about the installation process are given in the How To section of the CiviMobile website.
Core Banking Software Market Size Worth $16.38 Billion By 2027
By: Gaurav Shah
Tags: Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, CRM, Banking

Core Banking Software Market Size Worth $16.38 Billion By 2027

The global core banking software market size is expected to reach USD 16.38 billion by 2027, registering a CAGR of 7.5% from 2020 to 2027 according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. Core banking software and services are seeing an increased rise in demand as they enable customers to access their bank accounts and undertake basic transactions from any branch office of their bank, among other benefits. Core banking is often associated with retail banking, with many banks treating their retail customers as core banking customers and managing businesses via their corporate divisions.

The advent of telecommunication and computer technology is allowing businesses to share banking information with bank branches efficiently and quickly. Moreover, banks are focusing on moving to core banking applications to support their banking operations via a Centralized Online Real-time Exchange (CORE) of transaction data. Financial institutions and banks are adopting core banking software as it enables them to facilitate decision making through real-time reporting and analytics.

Large financial institutions are focusing on implementing their custom care core banking systems. Additionally, credit unions and numerous community banks are outsourcing their core banking systems, thereby driving the market growth. Large financial institutions and banks are increasingly realizing the need to focus on ways of achieving customer delight, thereby creating growth opportunities for the market.

While the market is expected to witness steady growth in the near future, the COVID-19 pandemic is anticipated to adversely impact the market to a certain extent. However, the increasing demand for managing customer accounts from a single or centralized server is expected to fuel market growth. Increasing investments in core banking system updates to handle a growing volume of product-channel banking transactions is anticipated to propel the market growth over the forecast period.

Click the link below:

https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/core-banking-software-market

Further key findings from the report suggest:
The Benefits of Everyone in Your Company Using Salesforce Every Day
By: Galvin Technologies
Tags: Salesforce, CRM

Customer relationship management (CRM) is one of the best things that your business can do. It can be hard to track and manage all the different relationships you have with your customers and a CRM tool is a great way to rope all that information together.

In the words of Salesforce.com, a provider of the leading technological CRM solution, “CRM combines business processes, people, and technology to achieve this single goal: [tweet_quote]getting and keeping customers.[/tweet_quote] It’s an overall strategy to help you learn more about their behavior so you can develop stronger, lasting relationships that will benefit both of you. It’s very hard to run a successful business without a strong focus on CRM.”

Embraced by Everyone

Everyone within your company in one way or another interacts and impacts your customer. So naturally a CRM tool should involve every department in your business, from sales, marketing and customer service to operations, accounting. Whether you’re in the warehouse, driving a truck or working on information technology you are impacting the business which impacts the customer. Because of this, it’s important to implement a CRM throughout your company and to work with it every day. After all, you work with your customers and clients on a daily basis, so why shouldn’t you manage those relationships every day as well?

As a cloud-based solution, Salesforce.com makes it easy to get up-to-date with the latest customer and company information while allowing for easy access for everyone on your team.

Simply put, when everyone uses Salesforce.com daily you’ll get:

A 360 degree view of each customer Accurate reports and dashboards of customers and business transactions Automation and mobility with business processes Overall efficiency in your office with everyone using the same program to track customer relations and much more

Salesforce.com is not a one-and-done program. It’s a program that, once you have all your customer data uploaded into it, you’ll end up relying on it a little more every day as you and your team learn the ropes of customer relations, setting business goals within its system and watching your business grow.

Rolling Out Salesforce.com Throughout Your Company

Keep in mind, it’s important to keep veins of communication open with your employees before, during and after the implementation of a new company-wide service. Salesforce.com offers great training and support, yet another reason to use their CRM solution, which is now available for a 30-day trial.

Once you’re set up with Salesforce.com, you can start really obtaining your business goals, earning better relationships with your clients and excelling on all fronts of business.
SugarCRM to Salesforce: Tutorial for The Great Migration [+Video]
By: Crmone, Crm Experts
Tags: Salesforce, SugarCRM, CRM, Business

They say, if you care a lot about brands, you end up paying much more than the thing is really worth for the sake of the name on the label. Salesforce, one of the pioneers of the CRM market and one of the most widely known CRM software, has become a brand as well. It is frequently accused of using the brand name as the excuse for the high price. However, in the business world hardly anyone would be paying extra money solely to be able to proudly mention the brand of the essential work too they’re using, wouldn’t they?

All that matters here is get the work done efficiently and save employees’ time. This is where Salesforce excels and this is what makes it one of the most desired CRMs out there. So, if you caught yourself thinking about Salesforce as the answer to your growing business needs which your current SugarCRM cannot handle, time to take a deeper look into it.

So, What You Get If You Switch from SugarCRM to Salesforce?

Make calls within the CRM — it includes dialler, apart from contact management, marketing, sales to customer service, project management, etc. So you can easily make calls within the system with no need to use other software outside. Ease of use — it is made to be a real helper from the start, instead of taking weeks to master the CRM before you can get down to work. Even if you find yourself wondering about a thing or two, a number of walkthroughs, video tutorials and online resources help you out in a snap. Customizable interface for each user — whether a sales rep, marketer or company director — you’ll be able to make your dashboard maximally convenient using tabs and shortcuts to quickly access the necessary tools. “Social network’ inside — called Chatter. It is the tool for communication within the company, where you can also organize knowledge base for employees, follow important clients and get in touch with individuals or employee groups at once — everything to facilitate the business processes in the company. Extendable — in spite of the fact that Salesforce is frequently accused of being not as customizable as SugarCRM is, it does provide lots of space for special needs. Its AppExchange marketplace presents numerous add-ons for extra features you might require.

SugarCRM to Salesforce Migration [Video]

Sounds like this CRM is right what you need or interesting enough to give it a test drive? It’s easy to do with Salesforce 30 days free trial. Already decided to move over from SugarCRM to Salesforce? It’s quite simple to do — following the Prezi tutorial below.

The Final Tips

Data2CRM migration service is here for you to handle the data migration from SugarCRM to Salesforce in the shortest possible time, securely and accurately.
CRM (Customer Relationship Management) Software
Tags: Crm Software, Crm Solution, CRM, Business, Software Development

What is CRM (Customer Relationship Management) software?

CRM stands for Customer Relationship Management. It is a technology used to manage relationships with customers. A CRM system helps companies to build customer relationships stronger and make elegant processes so they can increase sales, improve customer service, and increase their business. A CRM system fundamentally maintains and manages data obtained from multiple sources including email, the company website, live chat, telephone, and social media management, etc.

How CRM (Customer Relationship Management) software helps you in your business?

CRM helps businesses build a relationship with their customers stronger, creates loyalty and customer retention. Since both customer loyalty and revenue both important for a company’s revenue, CRM is a management strategy that results in increased profits for a business. A CRM software helps you to track the sales process from the initial lead and to generate opportunities, through to the final order conversion stage. A CRM system helps you to manage campaigns from start to end by using automated workflows. A CRM tool has the ability to analyze large amounts of data and generate actionable insights from it. CRM allows you to manage the business to make customer relationships stronger. A sales CRM system provides the company with information and helps us to identify more sales opportunities.

How IconicTek helps you in your business through CRM (Customer Relationship Management) software?

IconicTek helps you to grow your business with Customer management software. We help you in your business to build customer relationships stronger, long-lasting and make them satisfied. We offer you complete CRM software which you can easily grab by contacting us. we have experienced software developers who have the art to create what you want.
How to Control Blood Sugar in a Smart Way?
By: Surge Trends Cover
Tags: Sugar, Diabetes Solutions, Diabetes, Smart Blood Sugar

How to Control Blood Sugar in a Smart Way?

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There is a common misconception among the public that to control blood sugar level is a very hard thing to do. But it is just not so. If you are fully determined, then you can very easily control blood sugar level. You just need to act smartly and follow the set plan. There are various people around you who try out this option and have benefited from it too. To control blood sugar level, you just don’t need to take up medicine also. There is also no need to change life styles as well.

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The simple options available to you are:

Drink as much water as you can: It is highly advisable to you that you should drink as much fresh water as you can. If you will do that, you can bring down your blood sugar level in the normal range and along with them there are various benefits for you as well. So just check them out.

Dieting habits: Try to inculcate the right eating habits in your self. Always eat the nutritional rich food. Avoid fat rich food. Give over junk foods and other outdoor recreational food. It is just not good for you. Sp act sensibly and smartly. It will do well to you only.

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Exercising regularly and properly: If you will do regular exercises properly and under the expert’s guidance, then you can very easily bring down the blood sugar level in control. Nowadays, yoga is the best option available to you. So you should try to inculcate the right

Another good and interesting option available to you is to drink herbal tree. A herbal tree can very easily keep you fit and fine. There are various results which you can also check. So just try it out.

Controlling blood sugar levels is an art. If you want to be an expert in it, you should know the full details in Diabetic Foods to Eat AND Diabetes Foods to Avoid.

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Rickie Goes to Bat for Diabetes Ticket Package On Sale Now
By: Caitlin Moyer
Tags: Dailies, Diabetes

Rickie Goes to Bat for Diabetes Ticket Package On Sale Now

Today, we launched a very special ticket package called Rickie Goes to Bat for Diabetes, supported by RedPrairie. For just $149, fans can purchase a ticket to the Gehl Club at Miller Park for the Friday, May 28 game vs. the New York Mets at 7:10p.

In addition, for each ticket purchased, fans will receive an autographed Rickie Weeks bat and a portion of the proceeds will benefit the American Diabetes Association.

Besides being a great offer for a great cause, this is a unique opportunity to purchase individual tickets to the Gehl Club, one of the most popular all-inclusive areas at Miller Park, which is normally only available for group purchase.

Fans taking advantage of the offer will be able to enjoy the full buffet in the Gehl Club, including two complimentary glasses of wine or beer. Fans will receive their Weeks autographed bat on the night of the game.

Tickets for this special offer are limited and can be purchased by calling the Brewers ticket office at (414) 902-GAME (4263) or by visiting brewers.com/giveback.

Proceeds from this event will flow to Brewers Community Foundation, the official charity of the Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, and all donations will be specifically earmarked for American Diabetes Association. Funds generated by Brewers fans benefit American Diabetes Association of Wisconsin.

I hope you all will come out to Miller Park to join Rickie Weeks and RedPrairie in supporting such a wonderful organization and cause!

-CAIT

johnandcait@brewers.com
Making a difference for people with diabetes
By: Aaron White
Tags: Diabetes

“Most improved of all, my HbA1c from 50 to 41, which is almost normal! The best in years! This programme is working for me!”

In New Zealand, diabetes is the largest and fastest growing health issue with 1/4 million people diagnosed with the condition and another 100,000 people estimated to be undiagnosed. Globally, diabetes is a pressing health issue. By 2030, it is predicted that 522 million people will have the disease. A staggering 1 in 2 people worldwide live with the condition but are undiagnosed.

For Type 2 diabetes (the most common form of diabetes), 80% of cases are preventable, by maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

How can Melon help people with diabetes?

Melon is a digital health company that offers a broad range of programmes for a number of health conditions. Melon has specific programmes for both pre-diabetes (diabetes prevention) and Type 2 diabetes, both demonstrating significant impact for their users.

Siobhan Bulfin, founder of Melon Health, says that online programmes are bringing together support and resources for patients in ways that weren’t available a few years ago.

For people living with diabetes, the self-managed Melon programme enables access to an online coach (video or messaging options); participation in an online community to share experiences or seek support; health tracking; monitor mood, energy levels, diet and symptoms; and a suite of educational resources.

Making an impact on people with pre-diabetes

Over 60% of people who complete the Melon 16 week programme report as no longer having pre-diabetes. The impact on these people is huge — they do not go on to develop Type 2 Diabetes or cardiovascular disease.

Our programmes makes a difference in people’s lives in other ways too — check out Ed’s story.
Laurel Sheet — Natural Remedy That Removes Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Fats and Cures Insomnia. People Call It the Blessing of God
By: I Believe In Mother Nature
Tags: Health, Insomnia, Diabetes, Fat, High Blood Pressure

Nowadays, diseases are the order of the day. More and more people are suffering from different diseases. Among them, we can mention blood pressure, as well as diabetes, insomnia, cholesterol and so on.

Although it is still not known what the reason for this outbreak of diseases is, what we do actually know is that we want to defeat them. For this purpose, we can visit a doctor who gives us his professional advice, and we can also ask the doctor to prescribe some medication in this regard.

But, not everyone likes visiting the hospital, as it is when most patients feel. Other people may not have enough money to go to the doctor or to buy medications. In such cases, what can we do?

Well, we will tell you some good news. Today, we would like to tell you about one natural remedy which is very effective, as well as powerful in combating different ailments. It is a sheet which we can get almost anywhere, and it is going to give us a lot of health benefits. This leaf is the one that is known as the bay leaf.

In a lot of places, the bay leaf is also famous for being a very good seasoning food. However, it has plus another application which is in the field of health too. It is full of vitamins and minerals which are essential for good health.

Additionally, this sheet has very good properties to attack several diseases. Among other things, it is helpful in fighting against blood pressure, as well as diabetes, insomnia, cholesterol and so on. However, this sheet also has a lot more benefits. Here, we are going to talk about some of them.

Benefits of the laurel sheet…

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California-based Bigfoot Biomedical raises $37M Series B to develop AI-powered insulin delivery systems
By: The Health Prospect Global
Tags: Diabetes, Digital Health, Blockchain, Medical Devices

California-based Bigfoot Biomedical raises $37M Series B to develop AI-powered insulin delivery systems

Luna DNA raises $2M to build the first and only blockchain based genomic database; Curisium raises $3.5M to be the blockchain enabled contract company in healthcare The Health Prospect Global Dec 20, 2017·2 min read

Image Credit: Bigfoot via MobiHealthNews

California-based Bigfoot Biomedical raises $37 million Series B co-led by Janus Henderson Investors and Quadrant Capital Advisors; Raises $72.5 million to date; New funds will be used to develop AI-powered insulin delivery systems, as well as to support its clinical trials.

The startup offers a solution to treat Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) combining an insulin pump, a continuous glucose monitor and a mobile app, using an algorithm to automatically dose insulin in the right amount at the right time; Also, the firm is to integrate its solution with Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre glucose sensing technology as announced earlier this July. (MobiHealthNews)
Preventive check-up methods for a healthy heart
By: Manisha Verma
Tags: Health, Diabetes, Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Heart Disease

Keeping a healthy heart and preventing coronary artery disease or cardiovascular disease requires managing the risk factors that cause the disorder. Risk factors for heart disease include high cholesterol, high blood glucose, high blood pressure, family history of heart disease, among others. To know what factor can affect the heart in a person, screening tests can be done during routine visits to the doctor.

Screening for cardiovascular disease can begin as early as the age of 20, and the frequency of follow-ups depend on the level of risk involved. Screening tests for heart include:

Blood pressure

Blood pressure is a silent risk factor that may go undetected if not measured, because high blood pressure usually does not show any symptoms. A blood pressure of 120/80 mm Hg or below can be screened once in two years for people over 20 years of age. More frequent monitoring is required if the blood pressure is higher than that. Medication may be prescribed to keep blood pressure under control, along with lifestyle changes.

Lipoprotein profile

Lipoprotein profile is a blood test that measures total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and triglycerides. The normal levels of these lipoproteins in the body is as follows:

Total cholesterol — Less than 200 mg/dL

LDL — Less than 100 mg/dL

HDL — 40 mg/dL or higher

Triglycerides — Less than 150 mg/dL

Higher levels of the above indicate an increased risk towards stroke or heart disease. Both medications and healthy lifestyle can bring cholesterol and triglyceride levels under control.

Body weight

Being overweight or obese puts a person at risk of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, etc. The doctor assesses a person’s risk factor by calculating body mass index (BMI) to determine the body composition. Waist circumference is another indicator of body fat and the likelihood of developing chronic ailments like cardiovascular disease.

Blood glucose

High blood glucose raises the risk of insulin resistance and type-2 diabetes. If left unchecked, this can cause stroke and heart disease. A person with high blood glucose levels is indicative of diabetes, a risk factor for heart disease, arterial disease and kidney failure.

Heart scan

A computed tomography (CT) scan is a painless procedure that looks for calcium deposits in the arteries of the heart (coronary arteries). Calcium in arteries is associated with coronary artery disease and atheroma.

Electrocardiogram (ECG)

ECG measures the heartbeat at rest and is useful in identifying irregularities in the electric pulse of the heart (arrhythmia).

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EASD: Fecal Transplant Flushes Insulin Resistance
By: Medicine Malaysia
Tags: Diabetes

EASD: Fecal Transplant Flushes Insulin Resistance

From MedPage Today,

By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today

Published: September 22, 2010

Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and

Dorothy Caputo, MA, RN, BC-ADM, CDE, Nurse Planner

STOCKHOLM — Obese patients with a constellation of symptoms known as prediabetes improved insulin sensitivity with a fecal transplant from healthy thin donors, researchers here reported.

After six weeks, peripheral insulin sensitivity significantly improved in 18 patients who received feces from lean donors compared with those who received an autologous transplant (P<0.05), said Anne Vrieze, MD, of the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam, and colleagues.

There was also a trend toward improvement in hepatic insulin sensitivity but it wasn’t significant, they reported at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes Meeting here.

“This confirms the potential role of gut microbiota in the disturbance of glucose and lipid metabolism in obesity,” Vrieze said during the presentation. “The challenge is to use this knowledge to develop therapies.”

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Dia-Anniversary
By: Marie Labbee
Tags: Diabetes, Type 1 Diabetes, Motherhood

Dia-Anniversary

In case you are not familiar with a Dia-Anniversary, it is the acknowledgment of the day you were diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. It a crazy to celebrate… right?!

“Yeah! You almost died…. remember that week in PICU… what a trip!”

I totally feel ya, but somehow once you go through it the date needs to be marked.

As our first Dia-Anniversary came up I was trying to wrap my head around how I was going to acknowledge this date??????? Then it hit me! We are celebrating another year with a HAPPY and HEALTHY little boy! As you can see in the picture, just a year ago he was still the sweet, happy guy I love, but definitely NOT HEALTHY! His blood sugar was over 500, he was in DKA, fighting brain swelling, losing consciousness and had to be transported via an ambulance to the PICU at the Children’s Hospital. It was the scariest day of my LIFE!

We celebrated how far he has come! We are learning to incorporate diabetes into our new normal. He is full of energy and incredibly healthy now. So we celebrated that!

Every year he will choose how he wants to celebrate his bravery, this year it was a bounce place. And every year I am happy to celebrate my brave, sweet and healthy boy being ALIVE.

Don’t take your loved ones for granted, you never know what life will bring!
Health Tips For Diabetes
By: J Thomas
Tags: Diabetes, Diabetes Solutions, Diabetes Prevention

Health Tips For Diabetes

All the people who are suffering from the problem of diabetes, here’s good news for you all! This article provides you some great dietary tips that will certainly help in preventing the rise in your blood sugar levels.

It is true that diabetic people are well aware about the ill-effects and dangers of eating sugary food. They should totally avoid any intake of foodstuff that are sweet in taste in order to keep the sugar count in their blood in balanced state.

Moreover you would be little sad to read that apart from limited intake of sugar content, one should also limit the salt intake in diet as well. Say a big ‘no’ to oily and fried foodstuffs in diet. Stay away from saturated fats and junk food items.

Certain restrictions are undoubtedly necessary for people suffering from diabetes but it does not mean that they should skip their meals and starve. Instead they should enrich their daily diet with healthy breakfast in morning. They should go for rich balanced diet. They should include green leafy veggies as well as colorful fruits in their daily life. You would be glad to read that intake of whole grains are highly beneficial for diabetic people.

People suffering from diabetes should limit the intake of dietary fat in their diet. If you are non vegetarian, then go for lean meat options only.

Moreover all the diabetic people should remember that there are certain food items that can naturally help in lowering the blood sugar levels in your body. These food items include fenugreek, flaxseed, bitter gourd, garlic. So make sure you include these healthy food items in your daily diet to keep the sugar level under control. They should drink plenty of water in their daily diet and limit the alcohol consumption.

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FreeStyle Libre Sensors — A Modern Diabetes Revolution?
By: Muhammad M.
Tags: Diabetes, Freestyle Libre, Diabetes Solutions, Online Pharmacy

Abbott FreeStyle LIbre Sensors

For those of you who are completely unaware as to what the Abbott FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system is, or for those who have a friend or relative who can’t stop talking about how it’s changed their life, we’ve put together a short piece discussing the key points surrounding the mini revolution taking place in the world of glucose monitoring systems. Have a quick read through and as always, get in touch for more information.

So why do we need a new system to monitor glucose levels?

When it comes to measuring blood glucose levels, patients suffering from diabetes have seen very little in the way of innovation to make the entire process of testing & monitoring blood glucose less painful and more streamlined. Historically, patients suffering from Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, who regular test their blood glucose levels, have had to perform the often painful and damaging procedure of finger pricking (using a lancet to pierce the skin in order to expel a small amount of blood). This is necessary as current technology for measuring blood glucose requires the patient to provide a minute blood sample in the form of a blood droplet, to get an accurate reading of current glucose circulation in the blood. Unfortunately, although glucose monitors themselves have become more technologically advance, allowing patients to transfer and monitor readings on their smartphone or mobile device, the method of testing itself has remained the same.

The new FreeStyle Libre glucose monitoring system

This is where the new FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system comes into play. Designed to liberate patients from the hassles of previous glucose monitoring methods, the FreeStyle Libre system allows for convenient, continuous automatic measurement of fluid glucose levels throughout the day.

How does this new system work?

The FreeStyle Libre system centres around the FreeStyle Libre Sensor, a device that is implanted in the back of the arm, which continuously measures interstitial fluid glucose levels. The interstitial fluid (ISF) is a thin layer of fluid that surrounds the cells of the tissues below your skin, therefore readings are not obtained from your blood but rather ISF. There is a 5 to 10 minute delay in ISF glucose response to changes in blood glucose.

The FreeStyle Libre sensor is able to automatically measure and store glucose readings throughout the day and night, meaning patients are no longer required to test glucose levels up to 4 times a day. The sensor updates glucose results up to every minute and stores up to 8 hours of glucose readings in 15 minute intervals. These readings can then be read via the FreeStyle Libre Reader or through a convenient smartphone app. FreeStyle Libre Sensors can be worn for up to 14 days per device, and are now available for purchase online and at Smart Chemist.

For more information or to buy a FreeStyle Libre Sensor visit Smart Chemist by clicking here