SugarCRM User Group on Improving Sales Flow and Efficiency in SugarCRM

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SugarCRM User Group Topic: Improving Sales Efficiency & Workflow in SugarCRM March 5, 2013

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Learn how to improve your sales efficiency and CRM adoption. Also, get tips on how to become more efficient in your daily routine.

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SugarCRM User GroupTopic: Improving Sales Efficiency & Workflow in

SugarCRMMarch 5, 2013

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About Epicom

- Off-site backup- HIPAA and PCI compliant

- Requirements gathering, documentation, and design- Data Migration & Mapping

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Today’s Speaker

Bill HarrisonCEO & Founder, [email protected]

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Agenda• News and Announcements

• Three major Building Blocks:– Planning for Success– Process Design– Making it Happen

• SugarCRM Training: Tools in SugarCRM that help improve your sales process

• Q & A

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News & Announcements

• Next SugarCRM User Group:– May 14th @ 11 AM (CST)

Topic: Training on studio in Sugar and learn what’s new in Sugar 7

• SugarCon 2013– April 9th and 10th in New York! – If you are interested in attending

and getting a discounted ticket- email [email protected]

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Planning for Success

• Involve your sales team in everything• CRM purchasing decision• Design• Deployment process

• Build a system that helps simplify this process

• Make it less of an administrative burden

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• Sales Buy-In– How to get your team

involved in your chosen system

– Show the benefits of these tools

Planning for Success

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Process Design

• Important questions to ask:

– Do you really understand your sales process?

– Is there a specific system in place?

– What can you do to organize it better?

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• Identifying your Strategy– Structured vs. Unstructured– Finding the right process for all of

your reps– Company adoption of your CRM

system the process

Process Design

Your Website

Tradeshow

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Making it Happen

• Lead Assignment and Follow Up– Put the chosen strategy into place– Consistent follow up method

• Lead Dashboard– Organize your progress

• Helpful Connectors– Use plugins to assist in the process and

streamline your efforts

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Lead Dashboard

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Helpful Connectors & Plugins

Click-to-Call

QuickBooks Integration

Electronic Signature Plugin for SugarCRM

Gmail Connector

Sugar Plugin for Excel

Sugar Plugin for Word

Sugar Plugin for Outlook

Phone Integration

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SugarCRM TrainingPutting these best practices

and tools into effect

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