Sales is a tricky business. Sometimes, you have a hot prospect who closes in a day, and other times, well, that person who downloaded your brochure, or who seemed good to go at a trade show, or attended a webcast, or put out an RFP you replied to… they just went nowhere. Some of the […]
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Three tips to make Dynamics CRM campaigns more fruitful
Your Dynamics CRM system has all the right tools and triggers to make effective campaigning as easy as “set it and forget it.” Whether it’s a Quick Campaign to get that one offer in front of that one audience, or a more drawn-out, strategic nurture Campaign with multiple touch points, lead sources, and activities throughout, […]
continue reading...Can CPQ (sales proposal automation) improve Dynamics CRM adoption?
Your Dynamics CRM is loaded with features and functionality that are proven to improve and speed how you do business on most every level. The sad fact is that your sales team likely only uses 10 - 20% of them. This problem isn't unique to Dynamics CRM or any business technology platform: it's pretty much […]
continue reading...What part of Dynamics CRM does the public see? Your sales proposals.
There are some things CRM does exceptionally well: in most cases, sending professionally designed, optimized sales proposals and automating and reporting on every customer interaction within the proposal process isn’t one of them. Rather, isn’t three or four of them. And that’s ok. Your Dynamics CRM system is designed to manage customer relationships, often of […]
continue reading...Sales proposals: CRM’s blind spot?
Name something your CRM system does well: stores contacts (yes); details customer relationships and interactions (Yes!); reports on leads, opportunities, and sales (YES!!); creates, sends, and tracks sales proposals (ummm... sorta). We don't know exactly why configure price quote solutions (a.k.a., CPQ, quote-to-cash, or sales proposal automation solutions) aren't standard in most CRMs (including our […]
continue reading...Proposal automation in your CRM: the top 6 or 7 things to look for
If you’re like most Dynamics CRM users in B2B sales, you lean on your CRM for just about everything: tracking leads and opportunities, consolidating collateral, contracts, and other documents, tracking events and tasks, storing contacts, etc. We show much love to these steps and requirements in our sales process. What’s crazy is that most CRM […]
continue reading...The best CPQ integration for Dynamics
It doesn’t depend on who you ask: the best CPQ integration for Dynamics CRM has the specific feature sets listed here. If you’re a Dynamics reseller looking at adding CPQ to your offering, make sure it includes everything listed below — otherwise, you should tell that CPQ partner, “C U later.” Templates that reinforce a […]
continue reading...Sales enablement: CRM is the engine; CPQ is the gas
Is sales enablement just a buzzword? It may have started out that way — after all, it was a whole new paradigm shift — but sales enablement is now firmly established. It’s a principle. It’s a process. It’s a platform. In our opinion, a business that is truly practicing the principles of sales enablement has […]
continue reading...CPQ + CRM = YES
MBO, CPQ, CRM. Salespeople L.O.V.E. acronyms! That’s probably because we know time is short. But when an organization truly needs to save time and speed throughput, it automates as much as possible. And nowhere is automation more critical or more impactful than in the sales proposal process. Enter configure, price, quote; a.k.a., CPQ. A fully […]
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