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Page 1: Increasing Your Sales Volume with Marketing/CRM · Objectives Set up marketing system options Create prospects and contacts Create marketing codes and activities Enter and schedule

Activant Prelude

Increasing Your Sales Volume with Marketing/CRM

Page 2: Increasing Your Sales Volume with Marketing/CRM · Objectives Set up marketing system options Create prospects and contacts Create marketing codes and activities Enter and schedule

This class is designed for…

Customer sales representativesMarketingAdministrationManagementAnyone who interacts with customers

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Objectives

Set up marketing system optionsCreate prospects and contactsCreate marketing codes and activitiesEnter and schedule marketing activitiesSend literature and form lettersPromote your products:

Create a marketing campaignUse broadcast emails and faxesUse package insertsActivate promotional pricing by order or product

Measure your success

Page 4: Increasing Your Sales Volume with Marketing/CRM · Objectives Set up marketing system options Create prospects and contacts Create marketing codes and activities Enter and schedule

This course will NOT cover…

Setting up customersEntering sales orders or quotesCustom modificationsUser-specific topics or scenarios

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Setting Up Your System for Marketing

Marketing ParametersFile Update ParametersMarketing Settings

Companies and PeopleCodesMarketing Tasks

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Marketing Parameters

Track sales by campaign?Use campaign pricing?Use contact name on the sales order?Use Purchasing contact on sales order?Use multiple mailing addresses for prospects?Generate form letters?Include quote follow-ups?Use defaults for marketing activities?

Systems Menu > Maintenance > Option Parameters > Marketing Parameters

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File Update Parameters

Track information for the contact

diary? Track changes in Customer Contact

Management Maintenance?

Systems menu > Maintenance > Option Parameters > File Update Parameters

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Marketing Settings – Companies and People

CustomersProspects – potential customersContacts – each person you work with at the customer’s or prospect’s companySales representatives – Sales reps assigned to customers or prospects

Important Files

PROSPECT – prospects and customers

PROS.CONT – contacts for prospects and customers

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Prospect Maintenance

Marketing > Prospect Maintenance

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Prospect Maintenance

Marketing > Prospect Maintenance > F5-Add Info

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Contact Maintenance

Marketing > Maintenance > Customer Contacts

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AppShare

Create a prospectCreate a contact

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1. True2. False

You can assign more than one contact to a customer or prospect.

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Marketing Settings – Codes

Titles – CEO, Purchasing ManagerPotential – Very Likely, Not LikelySource – Web, Yellow Pages, ReferralSICs – Industry SpecificTerritory – East, NorthwestCustom fields – Shirt Size, Spouse’s Name

Marketing > Maintenance

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Marketing Settings – Marketing Tasks

Activities – Phone call, dinner, samplesViews – Group products according to how customers or contacts buyCatalogs and Literature – Spring Catalog, CouponsForm Letters – Welcome, We’re Sorry, Thank You

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Setting Up Marketing Activities

Marketing > Maintenance > Marketing Activity Codes > Activity Code

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Creating Customer Views

Marketing > Maintenance > View Maintenance

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Setting Up Catalog/Literature Codes

Marketing > Maintenance > Marketing Activity Codes > Catalog Literature

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Creating Form Letters

Marketing > Maintenance > Marketing Activity Codes > Form Letter Maintenance

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AppShare

Set up various marketing codesSet up marketing tasks

ActivitiesViewsLiteratureForm letters

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Taking Care of Your Customers

Recording interactionsScheduling follow-upsSending requested literature and letters

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Recording Interactions

Contact Diary Entry – simple record of activityMarketing Activity Entry – complex, send letters and literatureMarketing Activity Contact Entry – same as the Marketing Activity Entry but contact-specific

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Contact Diary Entry

Marketing > Contact Diary System > Contact Diary Entry

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Marketing Activity Contact Entry

Marketing > Marketing Activity Contact Entry

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Marketing Activity Contact Entry

Marketing > Marketing Activity Contact Entry

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Marketing Activity Contact Entry

Marketing > Marketing Activity Contact Entry

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Marketing Activity Contact Entry

Marketing > Marketing Activity Contact Entry

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Marketing Activity Contact Entry

Marketing > Marketing Activity Contact Entry

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Marketing Activity Contact Entry

Marketing > Marketing Activity Contact Entry

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Marketing Activity Contact Entry

Marketing > Marketing Activity Contact Entry

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AppShare

Create a Marketing ActivitySchedule Follow-UpsSend Literature and Letters

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1. True2. False

You can assign follow-up activities to other users.

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Marketing Activity Contact Inquiry

Lists open activities for a user.

Marketing > Inquiries > Marketing Activity Contact Inquiry

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Sending Requested Literature

Report of literature to send based on:DivisionWarehouseCustomerSales Rep

Can also print mailing labels

Marketing > Reports > Send Literature Report

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Printing, Emailing, or Faxing Form Letters

Continuous – when you save the contactBatch – choose letters based on:

Letter NumberCustomerPrint Type

Marketing > Processes > Form Letter Batch Print

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AppShare

Use Marketing Activities Inquiries to follow-up on open activitiesSend literatureSend form letters

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Promoting Your Products

CampaignsBroadcast Email and FaxPackage InsertsPromotion Matrices

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Using Campaigns

Target customers or prospectsProduct numbers or prefixesUse special or regular pricingTrack sales

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Creating Campaign Lists

City, State, ZIPSICSourcePrevious campaignsPrioritySales statisticsUser-defined fieldsTCL SELECT statement

Marketing > Campaign System > Campaign Lists > Build Campaign Lists

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Creating a Campaign List

Marketing > Campaign System > Campaign Lists > Build Campaign Lists > City, State, Zip Selection

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Defining a Campaign

Campaign DetailsCustomer/Prospect ListsProducts

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Adding Campaign Details

Marketing > Campaign System > Campaign Maintenance

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Assigning Campaign Lists

Marketing > Campaign System > Campaign Maintenance > F6-Lists

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Assigning Products

Marketing > Campaign System > Campaign Maintenance > F7-Products

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AppShare

Create a CampaignAdd Campaign ListsInclude Products in the Campaign

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Broadcast Emailing/Faxing

Send to multiple:CustomersProspectsContactsVendors

Based on:Select listCampaign listManually-entered recipients by email address or customer/prospect/vendor number

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Selecting a List

List nameSource of list:CUSTOMERVENDPROSPECTPROS.CONT

Selection criteria

Marketing > Broadcast/Export Functions > List Selector

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Broadcast Emailing

Use a caret (^) to insert data from the file.

Marketing > Broadcast/Export Functions > Broadcast Email

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Broadcast Faxing

Marketing > Broadcast/Export Functions > Broadcast Fax

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Setting Up Package Inserts

Create a product for each insertCreate an insert code that defines when an insert product is sent with an orderAssign the insert code to a customer

Order Processing > Maintenance > Order Entry Control Files > Package Insert Code Maintenance (/PICM)

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Setting Up Insert Products

Product Maintenance

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Setting Up Insert Products

Product Maintenance > F5-Add Info > F5-Add Info

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Creating Insert Codes

Order Processing > Maintenance > Order Entry Control Files > Package Insert Code Maintenance

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Assigning Products to an Insert Code

Order Processing > Maintenance > Order Entry Control Files > Package Insert Code Maintenance > F5-Products

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Assigning Product Lines to an Insert Code

Order Processing > Maintenance > Order Entry Control Files > Package Insert Code Maintenance > F6-Product Lines

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Setting Insert Code Options

Order Processing > Maintenance > Order Entry Control Files > Package Insert Code Maintenance > F7-Addit Options

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Assigning an Insert Code for a Customer

Order Processing > Maintenance > Customer Maintenance > F7-Order

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AppShare

Create Package Insert CodesInclude Products and/or Product LinesLimit Package Inserts per OrderAssign the Package Insert Code to a Customer

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1. True2. False

You can limit the number of inserts that go out with an order?

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Promotion Matrix

Order TotalsProduct:

Same AsMix and MatchSpecific Buy/Specific Get

Include or exclude customers or products

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Setting Up an Order-Level Promotion

Order Processing > Maintenance > Pricing Structures > Promotional Pricing > Promotion Type Matrix Maintenance >

Matrix Type = Order

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Setting Up a Product-Level Promotion

Order Processing > Maintenance > Pricing Structures > Promotional Pricing > Promotion Type Matrix Maintenance >

Matrix Type = Product

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AppShare

Set up order-level promotionsSet up product-level promotions

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Selling Your Products

CampaignContactsPromotionsPackage inserts

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Selling by Campaign

FALL – Campaign

CY.CUST – List

Order Processing > Sales Order Entry

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Selling by Contact

Order Processing > Sales Order Entry > F5-Header

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Viewing Available Order-Level Promotions

If a promotion matrix is set up, the Customer

Promotion Matrix Inquiry appears when you enter

a sales order.

Order Processing > Sales Order Entry

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Including Package Inserts on a Sales Order

If a package insert is added to a product, it is automatically included

with the order.

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Entering Package Inserts on a Sales Order

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Entering Package Inserts on a Sales Order

• Added because of product

• Notified because of product

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Entering Package Inserts on a Sales Order

• Added because of product line

• No notifications for product line

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Measuring Your Success

Contact Management Statistics Inquiry(Marketing > Inquiries)Contact Performance Summary Inquiry(Marketing > Inquiries)Customer Sales History Inquiry (Order Processing > Inquiries)Customer/Product Sales History Inquiry (Order Processing > Inquiries)

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Contact Management Statistics Inquiry

Marketing > Inquiries > Contact Management Statistics Inquiry

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AppShare

Contact Management Statistics InquiryContact Performance Summary InquiryCustomer Sales History InquiryCustomer/Product Sales History Inquiry

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Summary

Set up marketing system optionsCreate prospects and contactsCreate marketing codes and activitiesEnter and schedule marketing activitiesSend literature and form lettersPromote your products:

Create a marketing campaignUse broadcast emails and faxesUse package insertsActivate promotional pricing by order or product

Measure your success

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For More Information…

On-line help keys in the Marketing/Order Processing screensMarketing/Order Processing ManualsVisit the Activant Customer Website: http://distribution.activant.com

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