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Streamlining Sales Processes to Boost Performance: Five best practices for optimizing the sales pipeline by SugarCRM Inc. June 02, 2009 - (Free Research) When chosen wisely and used appropriately, technology can have a positive impact on both the sales process management and the results of managing the sales effort more efficiently. SugarCRM can remedy the gap in four crucial areas. And it does so very economically, avoiding a fifth mistake, spending more money than you have to in order to improve.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

eBook: Leveraging CRM to increase sales effectiveness in a challenging economy by Aplicor April 09, 2009 - (Free Research) Sales departments are under increased pressure during these difficult times, as converting leads, moving sales along the pipeline and meeting sales quotas will be challenging this year. What's more, many companies will be raising quotas for their sales teams in 2009, according to recent research from the sales consultancy firm CSO Insights.  (EBOOK) READ ABSTRACT |

Presentation Transcript: Spotfire for CRM: Supercharge Your Sales and Marketing Analysis by TIBCO Spotfire Division October 05, 2009 - (Free Research) This Presentation Transcript shares strategies for analyzing CRM data, finding lost revenue opportunities, improving sales forecasting and optimizing overall campaign effectiveness.  (PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT) READ ABSTRACT |

Accelerate Sales Velocity by Oracle Corporation June 2008 - (Free Research) Oracle has documented five best practices for dramatically improving pipeline management and, in turn, increasing sales velocity.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

How to Optimize Lead Nurturing to Pump Up Your Sales Pipeline by Genius.com October 2009 - (Free Research) In this paper you will learn how the roles and responsibilities of marketers has evolved since the web has become a big part of your customer’s buying process. Read on to learn how you can optimize lead nurturing to pump up your sales pipeline.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

E-Book: Leveraging CRM to Increase Sales Effectiveness in a Challenging Economy by SugarCRM Inc. September 2010 - (Free Research) This e-book will explore the methods for optimizing sales efforts and working smarter to meet business needs in today’s economy. Continue reading to learn methodologies for increasing sales effectiveness and making this year a successful one for your organization.  (EBOOK) READ ABSTRACT |

crystalreports.com for Salesforce.com: Exception and Sales Reporting by Business Objects crystalreports.com is a Web-based report-sharing service that allows you to share Crystal Reports with the right people - simply and securely. Create advanced reports from your Salesforce.com data. Dig deeper for answers using graphs with drill down capabilities. View, schedule, refresh, and distribute reports online - inside Salesforce.com.  (SOFTWARE PRODUCT)

Dialing for Dollars: Nine Tips on Call Prospecting by Cisco Systems, Inc. January 2011 - (Free Research) The truth about effective call prospecting is that it’s a numbers game: the more calls you make, the better your chance of attaining customers. Just one customer could be enough to make your sales numbers. Continue reading this paper to learn nine tips for effective calling.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Sales Intelligence: The Secret to Sales Nirvana by IBM January 2009 - (Free Research) Read this paper to learn about sales intelligence-- the external sources of information that a company uses to enhance sales force effectiveness. This Aberdeen Group report offers tips from best-in-class companies, including best practices related to data quality, sales force automation, and CRM solutions.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Web 2.0 in Action! How SAP Is Leveraging Web 2.0 in CRM to Improve Customer Experience by SAP America, Inc. June 2008 - (Free Research) This paper discusses how SAP leverages Web 2.0 in CRM to improve customer experience. It examines SAP’s approach to Web 2.0, and how SAP has incorporated the Web 2.0 technological principles within SAP CRM.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Six Ways to Rev Up Your Revenues, Using VoIP by Cisco Systems, Inc. January 2011 - (Free Research) How can you raise revenues without raising prices? You can gain new customers. Or you can make new sales from your existing customers. There’s a network technology that helps you do both: voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). Read this paper to learn six ways to raise revenues with voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Utah Flash Looks Forward To Sell-Out Crowds With Sugar Professional by SugarCRM Inc. November 2010 - (Free Research) Read this case study to learn how Utah Flash switched from a legacy system of Excel spreadsheets and hard copy season ticket holder forms to Sugar Professional to  track leads and acquire new customers. Continue reading to learn how Utah Flash is now looking forward to sell-out crowds with Sugar Professional.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

Drive Sales in Real Time with SAP HANA by SAP America, Inc. December 2012 - (Free Research) Read this white paper to learn how SAP HANAcan help your sales organization increase revenues by precisely identifying the most profitable opportunities, improve pipeline value, velocity, and volume with relevant and timely insights, and better align sales and overall business targets with a holistic view of sales-related information.  (EBOOK) READ ABSTRACT |

Leveraging Real-Time Web Collaboration to Improve Your Sales Process by CA Technologies. September 2008 - (Free Research) Recent advances in Internet infrastructure technology and maturity of technologies supporting collaboration over the Internet have resulted in new methods for sales organizations to interact with their customers, collaborate with sales team members.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Building Critical-Talent Pipelines by Oracle Corporation June 2012 - (Free Research) This whitepaper provides solutions to the challenges companies have in all industries: jobs that must be performed—and performed well—for the companies to succeed. To ensure a flow of the right talent for these roles over time, the best practice is for organizations to build critical-talent pipelines.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Computer Weekly – 4 December 2012: Games giant Sega takes to the cloud by ComputerWeekly.com December 2012 - (Free Research) In this week's Computer Weekly, we talk to Sega about how the computer game giant has turned to the cloud to prepare for the Christmas rush. Our latest buyer's guide gives best practice advice on mobile device management. And Unilever tells us how business intelligence and analytics helps to better understand customer needs. Read the issue now.  (EZINE) READ ABSTRACT |

Using Advanced Analytics to Gain Insights into Your Revenue Stream by SAP America, Inc. February 2009 - (Free Research) This CustomerCentric Selling® research can help organizations analyze their sales and marketing processes to gain insights more quickly and accelerate business performance.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Why CRM Implementations Fail….And What To Do About It by Scribe Software Corporation March 2011 - (Free Research) Companies are scrambling to implement CRM systems, but they might not be getting what they bargained for if they're not careful. Up to 80% are reporting they're not getting what they were promised. Read this paper and learn how to avoid pitfalls, develop a strategy for your CRM system, and much more.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Gartner predictions around Social CRM by Infor CRM February 2012 - (Free Research) This tip e-guide from SearchCRM.com features insight from Gartner's 2011 Magic Quadrant for social customer relationship management (CRM). Read this now to learn what challenges are cropping up in CRM, how social media is affecting CRM strategies and what the future of social CRM looks like.  (EGUIDE) READ ABSTRACT |

The State of Customer Data Integration 2012: The What, Why & How of CRM Integration by Scribe Software Corporation August 2012 - (Free Research) Customer data integration helps companies grow and thrive, but businesses still have a long way to go to implement customer relationship management (CRM) in a meaningful way. Check out what over 300 companies said about cloud, their CRM platforms, and customer data integration in this survey.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Give Microsoft Dynamics CRM Users What They Want: Their Data by Scribe Software Corporation May 2011 - (Free Research) This brief paper discusses a data migration approach that has the sophisticated capabilities to transform and merge your source data into a format that is highly usable for uses of Microsoft CRM. Learn how to get the right information, in the right place, at the right time.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Metrics-Based Sales Productivity – Delivering Dividends for Forward Thinking Sales Organizations by IBM March 2010 - (Free Research) New Sales Performance Management solutions enable sales leaders to align technology to business need and strategy. Read this paper for a series of discussions related to the metrics-based sales productivity solutions that forward thinking sales organizations are employing to harness the power of the pipeline and take advantage of sales analytics.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Hosted CRM Buyer's Guide by Inside CRM December 2007 - (Free Research) In the market for a CRM? This white paper outlines the general benefits and drawbacks of hosted vs. on-premise CRMs and lists the basic features to look for in your hosted solution. With an up-to-date overview of the CRM market...  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Social CRM Comes of Age by Oracle Corporation April 2009 - (Free Research) Web 2.0. Collaborative computing. Social media. And now Social CRM. These terms are used interchangeably, and often, to describe the massive transformation taking place across organizations today. What strategies and tools do the newest CRM solutions provide to leverage this new reality? Read this white paper to learn more about Social CRM.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Tip Guide: Tips for making the business case for CRM analytics – and what can be gained by SAP America, Inc. December 2011 - (Free Research) In this e-guide, readers will learn more about customer relationship management (CRM) analytics and what can be gained from having this in place.  (EGUIDE) READ ABSTRACT |

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