Sales and Marketing Applications Flashcards
Sales Processes
- Allows the definition of a custom set of Sales stages that an Opportunity must pass through during the lifecycle from open to closed
- SF offers many ways to help Users through these types of processes, including forecasting, quotes, splitting revenue amongst team members, and orders
- Can be created to define a custom sequence of Sales stages
6 Capabilities and Implications of the Sales Process
1.) Sales Deals and Stages
2.) Sales Process
3.) Forecasting
4.) Quotes
5.) Opportunity Splits
6.) Orders and Reduction Orders
Sales Deals and Stages
- Opportunities are used to track Sales deals in SF
- They advance through various Sales stages until they are Closed-Won or Lost
Forecasting
- Can be utilized to predict sales revenue and quantities from the Opportunity pipeline
- There are 5 types
Quotes
Can be created from an Opportunity and related products to generate proposed prices of the products from a customer
Opportunity Splits
- Splits revenue or other currency field values among the Opportunity team
- When enabled, a revenue split (must total 100%) and an overlay split (doesn’t have to total 100%) is added
Custom Opportunity Split
- A feature to define up to 6 splits between Opportunity team members on any currency field
- Example: Defining how profit is split
Orders
- An agreeement with a customer to provide products or services
- Agreement to supply a quantity of Product or service at a certain quantity and date
- Created from an Account, Contract, or from the ‘Order’ tab
Reduction Orders
Can be used for cancellations, returns, or reductions
Stage
- Key field to track the Opportunity as it advances
- Includes the following 3 stages:
1.) Type
2.) Probability
3.) Forecast Category - If no Opportunity Record Types are defined, then ALL sales _____ picklist values can be selected
Type
Each stage is mapped to this, which defines whether an Opportunity in that stage should be regarded as Open or Closed in reporting
Probability
Each Stage is mapped to this, which is used for calculating expected revenue
Forecast Category
Each stage is mapped to this, which is used when displaying Forecasts
Expected Revenue
- Calculated by multipling the Probability percentage by the Amount (Probability x The Amount)
- When the Opportunity stage changes, a default Probability value is set for that record
- The Probability field value can later be edited
Forecasts
- A way of estimating revenue for products and services in the future based on Opportunities and their stages and values
- Before this can be used, Opportunity Stages are mapped to ________ categories
- Values are displayed in the different categories (ex: Pipeline, Best Case, Closed)
- Can be measured by revenue, quantity, or both
Forecast Types
- Uses a specific type of data and determines how Salesforce calculates forecasts
- Up to 4 of these can be activated for Collaborative Forecasting
- An object, measure, date type, hierarchy, and custom filter can be selected for this
4 Forecast Types
1.) Opportunity Amount Revenue/Quantity (Expected Revenue, Custom Currency Field Revenue)
2.) Product Family Revenue/Quantity
3.) Opportunity Splits Revenue
4.) Overlay Splits Revenue
- Note: These can ALL be enabled at the same time
Forecast Categories
- Groups Opportunities together based on Opportunity stage
- Helps Sales Users estimate and plan the Sales cycle from pipeline to Closed sales
- These include:
1.) Closed
2.) Commit
3.) Most Likely
4.) Best Case
5.) Pipeline
6.) Omitted
Territory Forecast
Helps view how expected sales compare between territories
Quotes
- Records that show the proposed prices of the Org’s products and services
- When this is created from an Opportunity, the Opportunity products are added to this automatically
- Multiples ______ cna be associated with an Opportunity
- By a button click, Users can generate _____ pdf files and send them to the customers
- PDF’s are saved to the _____ record
Quote Syncing Feature
- Feature which allows Users to link a quote to the Opportunity that it was created from and reflect updates made between the 2 records
- Only 1 _____ can be the _______ _____
- Does NOT sync custom Opportunity fields with custom _____ fields or custom Opportunity line item fields with custom quote line item fields
Opportunity Splits
- Allows Opportunity Revenue or other Opportunity currency fields to be split among the Opportunity team members
- This feature NEEDS to be enabled
- Before enabling this feature, ‘Team Selling’ should be enabled FIRST from the Opportunity Team Setup
2 Types of Opportunity Splits
1.) Revenue Splits
2.) Overlay Splits
Revenue Splits
- Used to split the Opportunity amount field
- The total percentage allocated to members must ALWAYS be equal to 100%
- Will be used in revenue-based forecasts
- Allows a Sales team to track Opportunities and share Opportunity revenue with team members
Overlay Splits
- Based on the ‘Amount’ field
- The percentage does NOT need to total to 100% and can be higher or lower
Custom Splits
- Can be created to better fit the business operation requirements
- Up to 6 of these can be defined
- Can be defined on most Opportunity Currency fields, including custom currency fields and roll-up summary fields, but NOT formula currency fields
- These types of splits can be configured to be required to total 100% or not
Order
- An agreement to provide products or services to a customer at a certain quantity, price, and date
- Can be related to an Opportunity and Quote with Lookups
- Can be created from an Account, Contract, or from the ‘Order’ tab
- Can be associated with a contract to track the fulfillment of the Contract agreement
- Has status values; default values are ‘Draft’ and ‘Activated’
- Other status values can be added; new values need to be mapped to a status category of ‘Draft’ or ‘Activated’
- NEEDS to be enabled in Setup in order to use
Status Category Field
- This field is available in Service appointments, work orders, and work order line items objects
- It allows Users to use custom status values and still maintain a consistent work classification for tracking, reporting, and business process management
Pricebook
- An object that stores the list of products and their prices
- To add products in Orders, this MUST be selected
Activated
- When an order has been reviewed and is ready for shipment
- If the order is associated with a contract, the contract MUST be _________ before the order is _________
Reduction Orders
- Used to record cancellations, returns, or a reduction in order quantity
- An order can have multiple of these applied
- This can ONLY be applied to 1 order though
Contract Object
- Used to define and document the contracts, terms, or agreements associated with an Order, Account, or Opportunity
Opportunities
- Tracks Sales deals and are used to produce the Sales forecast
- Advances through Sales stages tracking from ‘Open’ to ‘Closed/Won’ or ‘Closed/Lost’
Sales Path
- Can be configured for Opportunity Stages in Lightning Experience
- A customizable visual representation that provides tailored guidance at each stage of the Sales process
Homepage Assistant
Tool which helps assist and prompt Sales Users on what their next activity should be
Opportunity Tools
- Aid Sales teams and management with creating an Opportunity to close it
- Includes features such as Sales Dashboards, Lead Scoring, Opportunity Scoring, and Assistant
Team Selling
- Allows multiple team members that work together on an Opportunity to be defined
- Opportunity Team selling must be enabled for use in:
1.) Opportunities
2.) Opportunity Teams
3.) Settings - Involves all users working on a given opportunity and provides necessary access
- MUST be enabled before Opportunity Splits can be used
8 Opportunity Tools
1.) Big Deal Alerts and Update Reminders
2.) Path
3.) Kanban
4.) Sales Console
5.) Clone Opportunities
6.) Team Selling
7.) Sales Dialer
8.) Macros
Big Deal Alert
- Can be used to send notifications when an Opportunity of a certain value reaches a trigger probability and trigger amount
- The alert can be triggered from a Workflow Rule, Flow, or process and criteria defined
- The recipient email addresses and, optionally, Opportunity owner can be specified
- The Alert email will use a format defined by the page layout assigned to a User that is selected
- An Alert will be sent again if the probability drops below the trigger and reaches it again
- The Alert will trigger when the Opportunity reaches the trigger probability but will not send again if it goes higher
- When creating this, the Alert name, Trigger Amount, and Trigger Probability are required - This is triggered for Opportunities with the probability and amount equal or greater to the specified values
Path
- This displays where an Opportunity is in the Sales process, what status a Lead is in, or the status process for any other standard or custom object chosen
- Can be set for each Record Type of an object
- These can be created for most standard and all custom objects that have picklists
- An adaptable, visual guide for Users along the steps in processes
- Key fields and guidance can be defined per step
- Can be defined per Record Type to keep it relevant to the data
- Lightning Experience ONLY feature
- These can be defined for the following objects:
1.) Leads
2.) Accounts
3.) Contacts
4.) Campaigns
5.) Opportunities
6.) Custom Objects
Guidance
A space for tips, instructions, links, or company information that will help users succeed
Kanban
- Displays the Opportunities in each stage of the Sales process within a List View
- Displays the total for each Sales stage
- Opportunities can be dragged and dropped between Sales stages
- This view can only show Opportunities for a single record type at a time
- Available on other standard and custom objects that have picklists
- Lightning Experience ONLY feature
- It shows Opportunities of one record type on a board with columns for each Sales stage - The totals for each Stage are displayed, and Opportunities can be moved between stages by dragging and dropping
Sales Console
- A custom app that allows working on multiple related records in 1 dashboard interface
- Objects displayed and layouts used can be configured in this tool
- A record can be selected on the pinned (can be on the left or on top) display of list of records based on the object selected in the navigation list
- Components can be added and configured to increase the productivity of sales users
Interaction Log
- Component in Sales Console which can be used to record notes about the selected record or the record on the primary tab
Highlights Panel
- Component in Sales Console which can display up to 7 key fields from a record by configuring the object’s compact layout
Macro Functionality
- Component in Sales Console which is available to automate steps applied to a record
Subtabs
Component in Sales Console which is used for selecting the type of records and to work with multiple records
History Component
Component in Sales Console which shows the list of recently visited primary tabs and subtabs
Record Details
Component in Sales Console where the record details and feed of the record are displayed
Clone Opportunities
Users can creating Opportunities from existing Opportunities and include its related records
Team Selling
An Opportunity team allows multiple Users to work together on an Opportunity
Sales Dialer
- Sales reps can use this tool to access telephony features without ever leaving Salesforce
Voice Mails
- Sales Dialer feature where Sales reps can record multiple voicemail messages for different types of prospects
- Agents can receive and store up to 20 voicemail messages
Local Presence
Sales Dialer feature which dynamically displays phone numbers with the same area code as the Prospects
Call Bridge
- Sales Dialer feature which Sales reps can use to make or receive Sales Dialer calls with their desk or mobile phone
- A separate business line can be used while getting all the benefits of Sales Dialer
Call List
- Sales Dialer feature where Sales reps can create a list of contacts to be called
- Telephone numbers can be added from list views and record detail pages