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Purplewire announces the OppTuna web-based CRM solution!
OppTuna leverages the extensive experience in sales administration
gained through our flagship channelSUITE product line in a whole new context: the in-house sales and customer service
processes. OppTuna was designed as an easy, efficient, innovative, and cost-effective alternative to complex customer
relationship management (CRM) systems. It's well suited to small and mid-size technology resellers, solution providers, and professional service
organizations, with functions for Lead tracking and Opportunity management, unique and revealing views of the sales
pipeline, and post-sale Account management and Issue Tracking features, including a customer-facing Support Portal.
Visit OppTuna.com today and take the guided tour, or sign up for a
30-day Free Trial.
Purplewire rolls out new function to manage partner recruits!
The latest addition to the channelADMIN gives companies a systematically managed pipeline for applicants and
recruits of their channels. An important channel success factor is the continuous addition of qualified, productive partners into your
network of distributors. channelRECRUITS provides you with the means to systematically keep track of leads and/or applications
for new partnerships, facilitate team work on applicant credentialing, remind designated staff to move applications through the
process, and maintain electronic records of all applications and resulting actions.
Feature Highlights.
channelSUITE is now ready to power your Dealer Locater!
channelSUITE now offers multiple easy integration methods to get additional value out of its channel partner database.
The new tools let channelSUITE customer leverage its channelADMIN partner database to drive the "dealer locater" feature on its company website,
allowing their website visitors to find contact info for your partner locations in a specific geographic area. You can choose to provide search by country,
by state/province in US or Canada, by US zip code (with a user-selectable search radius), and optionally filter search results by partner or location "tags"
appropriate to your business (vertical specialty, product authorization, etc.). Multiple integration methods are provided ranging from simple (HTML iframe include) to fancy (AJAX inline content update or XML web service call).
Leads routing by geographic proximity - sneak preview!
A new automatic lead-routing algorithm that looks for a distribution partner based on (shortest) geographic distance to the prospect is
going through final testing at Purplewire. The algorithm will add useful options to ways one can distribute sales leads automatically to its channels with channelLEADS. The algorithm finds all channel partners that are within a circle of certain radius from the prospect, and then "draws" its selection from among those using odds (or weights) favoring ones closer to the customer. In current plans, the user will be able to take advantage of the new "proximity"
algorithm either as the sole method for distribution, or in combination with other considerations such as the matching of the prospect's interest with the
partners' profile. The option will be available to lead-routing in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico, and is a new feature in the upcoming version 5 of channelLEADS, scheduled for March release.
Purplewire rolls out new channel organizer and communicator!
channelADMIN 4 is the ideal Channel Relations Management platform that lets you organize all your channel relationships quickly right out of the box, easily deploy the resource to your team,
and begin communicating to partners right away, with features such as:
- "State of the channel" dashboards.
- Easy browsing/search through theaters, regions, partner types/specializations/certifications.
- Delegating sales territories.
- Personal distribution lists for email channel communications.
and much more....
You can also sign up for an online demo here.
channelFUNDS™ 4 is Here!
The new Co-op/MDF management system comes with a host of new features to make managing partner
accruals and reimbursements even easier and starting a "market development fund" a simple task. Highlights of the new features are:
- Multiple budget lines to choose from when approving a payment/reimbursement
- Strategic investment budgets and market development accounts to fund vendor-driven marketing initiatives
- Multiple "progress payments" on an expense/claim
- Electronic documentation/repository of proof-of-purchase/performance
If you would like to learn more.
You can also sign up for an online demo here.
