Tip of the Week – Quotes are easy to use in Salesforce

by Mike Walsh | Oct 21, 2016 | Salesforce Tips

I often like to use this blog to introduce users to powerful, underutilized tools available in the Salesforce platform. This week, I’d like to highlight one that I see all too rarely. If you’re in the business of sales, you’re probably used to the sometimes complicated process of building quotes for your customers. You might need to build multiple quotes, each one going through multiple iterations, each time creating a new PDF to send to your customer. Doing this by hand is slow and frustrating, and building this out custom would take a lot of effort and require multiple 3^rd-party applications or heavy custom development. Or, you could use Salesforce Quotes and get all these powerful features out of the box!

Released a few years ago, Quotes are an incredibly powerful tool in Salesforce. From an Opportunity, you can add as many new Quotes you need. Add multiple Products at once in a simple process. When everything is ready, click a button to generate a PDF and save it to the record and/or email it to your customer. It will even record each PDF version for your records. If you need a custom Quote template, there’s no need for a 3^rd-party application – you can build your template in a simple, yet robust Page Layout editor. If you’re not already using Quotes in Salesforce, you need to give it a try today!

-Jared and the Salesforce Guys

Mike Walsh

CEO of CloudMyBiz Salesforce CRM consulting services with a deep knowledge in the lending industry. Taking keen interest in the project management side of operations, playing a vital role in the 31% YOY company growth. Strategic leader, mastering the ability to problem solve at every level of the business, providing effective solutions for clients.