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Attention, Growing Companies! Microsoft CRM Software Works Wonders for Business Development



Attention, Growing Companies! Microsoft CRM Software Works Wonders for Business Development

Smaller companies looking to grow need to pay particular attention to business development, and to take full advantage of all the technology at their disposal. Growth can be achieved through several means, many of which can be managed and promoted through Microsoft Dynamics CRM. In particular, growth goals can be met with the superior lead management features available in Microsoft Dynamics CRM, which allow sales leads to be tracked, and information to be input and shared into the entire CRM system so that when the lead turns into a client, all relevant support information will be readily available.
 
Additionally, Microsoft Dynamics CRM is hip to the real-time, with up-to-the-minute views of customer and prospect data, which are obviously useful to business development initiatives. It is easy for a sales representative to gain immediate access to a full log of customer interactions, including correspondence, phone calls, and other activities.
 
In addition, managing sales and marketing campaigns through Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 helps your business grow. Take full advantage of the features available to plan every aspect of a marketing campaign, execute it, and track metrics as the campaign plays out. Then, you can use those metrics and review them with Dynamics’ easily-understood reports, to determine important sales trends and spot new opportunities.
 
One of the best tools for business development, especially for a smaller business with strong growth goals, is sales force automation. And with Microsoft Dynamics CRM, you’ll be able to incorporate SFA data into the CRM platform, and establish a full view of all customer interactions, opportunities, and sales trends. This information can then be used to create positive relationships with new and existing customers. In addition, delivering quality customer service is important to cultivating higher returns from existing customers. Microsoft Dynamics CRM can help you deliver excellent customer service, by giving all customer-facing employees access to important information, all previous interactions, and knowledge about products to allow staff to provide the most accurate answers to questions immediately. And lastly, the marketing function, obviously a big part of business development, is facilitated by Microsoft Dynamics with tools for planning, carrying out marketing campaigns, and then measuring the results to optimize each campaign.