Salesforce Cloud drives sunny sales outlook
While clouds can obscure a sunny day, the Salesforce.com Cloud serves as a catalyst for a sunny sales picture.
Running your sales process “in the cloud” means an online application that opens easy access to all authorized parties and requires no expensive hardware or software. The highly automated salesforce.com solution enables management of people and processes much more efficiently, complete lead tracking, and shorter sales cycles—all pointing to more business.
Salesforce.com’s Sales Cloud makes real-time visibility into team activities a reality for sales managers. Reps revel in the application because all their customer information is in one place. And that place is accessible from any Internet-enabled location (subject to security restrictions and clearances). With accurate, rapid access to information, forecasting sales—once a hit-and-miss proposition—is now more viable. Forecasts can be developed that incorporate all salient information, instead of having to make educated guesses based on partial data.
Designed to be user-friendly and familiar, the Sales Cloud operates like a consumer website. In turn, that promotes rapid rampup—eliminating a major barrier to entry. As a result, 50,000-plus sales organizations currently use the Sales Cloud.
Features/benefits include:
- Accounts & Contacts for customers and prospects all in one place for fast, easy access;
- Improved quality and quantity of leads;
- Up-to-date and complete information on opportunities and pending deals, giving you an edge on the less nimble competition;
- Ability to move with speed and efficiency given the insight provided by Analytics & Forecasting tools; Improved Workflow & Approval tools to optimize sales process momentum; Enhanced productivity resulting from the Sales Cloud’s ability to interact seamlessly with email and other tools and applications you already use regularly;
- Reliable access to a complete content library providing all materials you need, when you need them; Access to people and resources that can provide timely sales insights, further ratcheting up your ability to close deals;
- Complete visibility into both direct and indirect sales channels through one “lens;”
- Access to hundreds of other applications that can expand sales success;
- Ability to sell while mobile, with location-independent access from any device.
For more information about the Salesforce.com Sales Cloud, go to: http://www.salesforce.com/crm/sales-force-automation/.
Tags: Cloud Computing, CRM, IT Management, IT Services
