In my previous blog I described how to create a Goal to measure the progress of Sales Representatives in completing Appointments organised on their behalf by Telemarketing Representatives. In this blog I will describe how to create a Goal to measure the progress of a Telemarketing Representativ
Read the full article hereIn my previous blog I described how to create a Telemarketing Appointments and a Sales Appointments Goal Metric. In this blog I will describe how to create a Goal that uses the Sales Appointments Goal Metric. The following screenshots show the location of Goals on the Site Map in Microsoft CRM 2011.
Read the full article hereIn my last blogs I looked at creating a Goal Metric for measuring scheduled, completed and cancelled Phone Calls to be used in tracking the performance of Telesales Representatives in the successful completion of Phone Calls against a target. In this blog I will look at tracking how the actual
Read the full article hereIn my previous blogs I wrote about the components of a Goal Metric and describe the pre-defined Goal Metrics in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011. This blog covers adding a custom Goal Metric for measuring scheduled, completed and cancelled Phone Calls. In my next blog I will look at adding a Goal Metric
Read the full article hereIn my previous blogs I have written about Goal Charts in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011. In my next few blogs I will be writing about Goal Metrics. I will use an example of counting the number Phone Calls successfully completed and the number of follow-up Appointments scheduled by Telemarketers. In Mic
Read the full article herePreviously I described how to create new personal Goal Progress charts in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 based on the existing Goal Progress charts with the addition of the Stretch Target value. In this blog I will describe how to modify the existing system Goal Progress Charts to include the Str
Read the full article herePreviously I wrote about some of the predefined charts available in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 for monitoring Goal Progress. These charts cannot be recreated or modified using the Chart Designer in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011. In this blog I will be providing instructions for modifying the Goal Pro
Read the full article hereOne of the primary ways in which Goal Progress is viewed in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 is through the use of charts. There are several predefined charts provided for Goal Progress in Microsoft Dynamics CRM. These are: Goal Progress, Percentage Achieved and Todays’ Target vs. Actuals. The fol
Read the full article hereGoals Management is a key feature in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011. At first glance this feature may seem complex to understand and configure, however, a brief investment of time into understanding Goal Management in Microsoft Dynamics CRM will provide a beneficial return. In this series of blogs I wi
Read the full article hereThe Product Catalog in Microsoft Dynamics CRM is used to define Products and Pricing for use with Campaigns, Customers, Opportunities, Quotes, Orders, and Invoices. Users may add products from Price Lists or add Write-In products to an Opportunities, Quotes, Orders and Invoices. They may also overri
Read the full article hereIn this series of blogs I have been writing about pricing products using the features of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Product Catalog. In my previous blog I wrote about Customer specific Price Lists. In this blog I will be writing about Campaign specific Price Lists and how they are used when con
Read the full article hereIn this series of blogs I have been writing about pricing products using the features of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Product Catalog. In this blog I will be writing about Customer specific Price Lists. Customer specific Price Lists may be used to define specific prices and/or specific products a
Read the full article hereIn my previous blog I provided step-by-step instructions for adding the Unit column to the Opportunity Products sub-grid on the Opportunity form in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011. Unlike Opportunity Products, the Quote, Order and Invoice associated products are displayed from an associated products
Read the full article hereIn this series of blogs, I have been writing about pricing products using the Products Catalog in Microsoft Dynamics CRM. In this blog I will provide brief instructions on how to add the column to the Opportunity Products sub-grid so that it looks like the example in the screenshot below. By default
Read the full article hereIn my first blog of this series, I wrote about the setup and use of Unit Groups and Units for Products using the example of a Unit Group called Widgets Unit Group containing Units of Each, Boxes, Pallets and Containers. However, many types of businesses charge for services rather than products, such
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