Most Councils have added to their Marketing capabilities over time and tend to use multiple systems for specific tasks, for example sending of direct emails such as, emails, surveys, brochures usually take the form of creating a list or exporting a list from an existing system then uploading the list to Survey Monkey or the like to send out and gain insights using analytics, that can tend to be one dimensional.

Event ticketing and payments are usually carried out in systems such as Eventbrite, while attendance of events is generally carried out in Excel or similar. BizConnect365 built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Insights, offers organisations of all sizes a single application to run all marketing activities from, and include ticketing payments with the added advantage of running campaigns against real data without the need for exporting to other systems. This brings with it enhanced analytics and the ability to reporting across various departments as data is available to those that need it.

BizConnect365 provides the opportunity to consolidate line of business applications, further creating efficiencies and streamline business engagements, saving time, and creating a more collaborative environment, creating a 360-degree view of all engagements across the organisation.

To provide timely and relevant information to businesses, integration to Council systems amongst third party providers are advantageous to assist business enquiries in a timely manner with the least amount of back and forth as possible. With the ability to span over multiple departments and systems, translates into quicker turn around times and increases productivity.

Councils play a vital role in spearheading efforts to reduce emissions by helping local businesses in reducing their carbon footprint by providing access to valuable resources, such as expert guidance and best practices for emissions reduction strategies and assisting in gaining access to Government grants. By doing so assists businesses navigate towards a greener and more sustainable future. BizConnect365 provides councils with a tool to store and analyse data provided by businesses to reduce C02 emissions and assist in local and global efforts to combat climate change while simultaneously promoting economic growth and innovation within your communities.

The BizConnect365 system provides councils with a tool to:

• Process automation reducing effort needed to onboard interested businesses in reducing emissions.
• Capturing baseline information of the current position of emissions.
• Assisting businesses to access available grants and historical information on applied and obtained grants over time.
• Calculating a business’s emissions and comparing cost benefits of energy-saving initiatives to help reduce overall operational costs.
• Logging of emissions to demonstrate usage trends, such as:
  • Electricity consumption
  • Water usage
  • Gas consumption