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Uncomplexing Heat Map Visualization for You | AppJetty

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  Data is great. Who doesn’t love going through sheets of data? I don’t! After about 10 spreadsheets, things can start getting a little fuzzy. This is why there is no one type of data and not even one way of getting and deciphering it.And this is where heat map visualization comes in. It is one of the best ways of understanding data. Quite opposite to its popularity it is easily misunderstood on the accounts of it being a little ambiguous and complex. But not anymore.   This article will help you understand this easy and visual way to know and befriend your data so that you can make the best decisions for your organization. So let’s look at what it is, when to use it and the benefits of it: What is heat map visualization or heat map data visualization?   A heat map is a representation of your datasets like number of viewers, sales numbers, etc. on a visual interface of a map or website. Again contrary to the popular understanding of heat maps, they are not used only for understanding u

How to Lead Your Field Sales Team While Working from Home

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The one best thing about salespeople? They are independent and do not require micromanagement. During the COVID-19 pandemic when they are not able to step out, it is important as a sales manager, to keep your team motivated and productive even when working from home. And here are seven ways to keep your field team motivated as they work from home: Maintain a relationship So many people must be experiencing anxiety or may get paranoid with the current situation. So even if they do not need a manager to tell them how to do their job, they need someone to talk to and keep them engaged. See what you do currently to stay positive and motivated. Schedule occasional meetings via Zoom or another video conferencing platform. And that should be like an open platform where everyone can share their thoughts, stories. And most people derive energy from interacting with their peers so have one-on-one calls with each of your employees. Sometimes little of letting go is important Productivity is impor

Sales Territory Management Best Practices and More: A Guide

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Territory management saves every organization time, resources, and most importantly, enables them to cover more ground with fewer resources. The only way territory management becomes effective and garners the results you want is with proper organization and effective communication of all the developments within the sales team as well as other involved functional teams. Apart from these two points, there are other things to take care of as well and hence this blog. First, we’ll start with understanding what is sales territory management. What is Sales Territory Management? Theoretically, Sales territories are geographical areas assigned to a particular team/sales reps to work on and the management of that particular territory or territories can be defined as sales territory management. The territories are divided based on the product you want to sell, the potential of the territory, target audience, industry, etc. It sounds as simple as drawing a circle on a blank canvas but the effecti

How Dynamics 365 Maps can Help Computer Software Industry

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Competition is cut-throat in every industry and the computer software industry is no different. From pre-sale to installing, from troubleshooting to regular maintenance visits, streamlined management of your sales activities is the key to closing new deals and expanding your customer base.  However, unless you have a proper means to optimize your client visits to make the most out of them; there may not be a substantial rise in the overall sales. Therefore, a CRM mapping tool is indispensable for your sales team as it can help utilize your on-field resources in the best way possible.  While there are a number of CRMs out there, Dynamics CRM is one of the popular ones. If you are a sales manager and use Dynamics CRM, our Dynamics 365 Mapping tool; Quick Maps, is a perfect fit that can help you effectively manage sales.  How? Here’s how: Plot Customers With this feature of Dynamics CRM field mapping, you can easily plot all your records on the map. With area-wise heat maps, pie charts, c