Product Features

How Incite Makes More Calls and Improves Conversation Quality


Product Features

What Contributes to Making More Calls?

Leading sales organizations have recognized that they must make the most of the limited time they have to get a prospect’s attention and interest.

Three factors can be altered to improve the number of calls made by selling professionals:

  1. Speed up the steps involved to make every call 
  2. Reduce the number of steps required to make every call 
  3. Recapture time from other tasks related to calling 
Here is how ShadeTree’s Incite2 product delivers improvements in all three of these areas:

Speed Up The Steps Involved to Make Every Call

The following are capabilities that ShadeTree's Incite2 product uses to speed up common tasks to every call:
Single Screen Interface

Simplify CRM system with a single screen interface designed for salespeople

Reduce the number of screens needed to make calls from six to one

Support each phase of the call: prepare, engage and record

Call-Down Lists

Use lead, contact, task or activity views to build a call-down queue

Quickly move from one call to the next with “1 Click”

Graphical Activity Summary

Provide comprehensive, rapid understanding of prospect's past activity

Quickly review a prospect's interest through campaigns, emails, calls that the prospect has been involved with

Pre-Fetched Searches

Support at-a-glance views of duplicate leads, contacts or accounts, co- worker conversations and opportunities

Conduct quicker research and cleansing of data internal to salesforce.com

Subscription Service

Pre-Filled Search Terms

Pre-filled information service search terms with name and company information saves typing time

Faster access to information services such as LinkedIn, Hoovers, Jigsaw

Quick Send / Record

Quickly send and record communications (call prompt, voicemail, email) in two clicks with no typing

Call Detail Recording

Checkboxes & importance ratings for common questions speeds documentation of prospect situation, needs / desires

Smart-Defaults & Click-and-Type

Natural language smart defaults record next steps quickly

“Click-and-type” data entry enables rapid entry of call notes and next steps without having to go to separate screen

Reduce The Number of Steps Required to Make Every Call

The following are capabilities that ShadeTree's Incite2 product uses to reduce the number of steps for every call:
At-a-Glance Views Avoid unnecessary searches of duplicate leads, contacts or accounts, co-worker conversations, active-won-lost opportunities

Customizable Quick Reference Menu Bar

Brings all salesforce.com data directly into the single screen interface for quick reference

Configurable links support access to external information such as data sheets, intranets, sales documentation, kill points, case studies, etc.

Better Workflow -

Simple, Repeatable, Professional Process

The Prepare-Engage-Record process saves time over inconsistent, ad-hoc and random call processes

Spend less time with each prospect by quickly getting their attention and interest with buyer-specific messaging

Increase response rates with multi-touch, educational sales communications

Reduce the number of calls it takes to get the prospect to take the next step by outlining clear conversation standards incorporating BANT (Budget, Authority, Need and Timeframe) objectives directly into call flow

Recapture Time from Other Tasks Related to Calling

The following are capabilities that ShadeTree's Incite2 product uses to recapture time from other tasks related to calling:

Standardized Lead and Opportunity Summary Reports

Provide standardized report documentation for “senders” to share with all stakeholders vs. one-off individual documentation that requires considerable manual data processing timeConsistent format reduces the effort required for “receivers” to quickly digest, assess and act on information

Remove Unqualified Prospects from Pipeline Earlier

Using clear qualification standards, eliminate unqualified prospects earlier and spend that time on qualified buyers instead