Minimum Salesforce Requirements:
- At least the Salesforce Professional edition with API integration
Integration Setup Checklist:
- See here for a checklist of the necessary integration setup steps for your Salesforce admin to complete (10 min.)
Optional But Recommended:
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Enable DirectSync in a list-view setting
- To enable DirectSync in a Salesforce list-view setting, please ensure that your agents have the Lead/Contact Name as the first column in the list (the lefthand-most column)
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Customize your Call Outcomes (Dispositions)
- Create and maintain your own customized list of call outcomes that all your agents will see, and will push into Salesforce when logged. See here.
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Enable/Disable "Create Contacts"
- When you call or receive a call from a number that's not associated with a Lead/Contact in Salesforce, Kixie will create a Salesforce lead automatically. "Create Contacts" is enabled on your account by default.
- Choose your preference inside Kixie.com->Manage->Account->Create Contacts
- When you call or receive a call from a number that's not associated with a Lead/Contact in Salesforce, Kixie will create a Salesforce lead automatically. "Create Contacts" is enabled on your account by default.
How the Integration Works:
First, Kixie Syncs Activities at the Lead/Contact Level:
Kixie automatically syncs activities to the lead or contact that the Kixie user click-to-called from, or in the case of an inbound call, manual dial or SMS, it syncs to the lead/contact that is associated with the phone number.
The Call activity (completed task, type: Call) we create inside the lead or contact looks like this:
The SMS activity we create inside the lead or contact looks like this:
From there, Kixie will sync that same activity up to the account and opportunity level, if in fact the contact is associated with any, in the following manner:
Syncing at the Account Level:
The same activity will sync to the account if one is associated with the contact.
Syncing at the Opportunity Level:
Kixie will sync to the most recent opportunity that is associated with the contact.
What if there are multiple leads/contacts with the same number?
For an inbound call, manual dial or SMS, in the event of multiple leads/contacts with the same number, Kixie will sync the activity to the last referenced lead/contact, with preference given to the contact level if there are both leads and contacts with that number.
Automatic Lead Creation
If you are calling/being called by a phone number that is not associated with a lead or contact in Salesforce yet, Kixie will automatically create a lead inside of Salesforce w/ that number, and sync all subsequent call activity to that lead, all of which will be maintained upon that lead’s conversion into a contact.
*This feature may be disabled for your whole account if you so choose.
The Kixie PowerCall®
The Kixie PowerCall is a phenomenal sales tool. It functions as an enhanced, Salesforce-driven caller ID, as well as a shortcut into Salesforce. See this article for a more in-depth look at the ideal utilization of this key Kixie feature. It provides four basic opportunities for your salesperson on a given call:
- View the lead/contact's basic Salesforce information as well as the most recent opportunity (with direct links to access them)
- Edit the Salesforce lead/contact's basic information
- Compose a note that will sync to the lead/contact
- The note will also sync to the contact's associated opportunity
- Log an Outcome (disposition) which will log as an activity type: Disposition
- Disposition activities will sync just like phone calls do (lead/contact->account->opportunity)
- A best practice with outcomes (dispositions) is to create Salesforce workflow rules that trigger when the dispositions are logged, which send emails, update fields, and/or send text messages automatically.
- Schedule a future activity with the Salesforce lead/contact
This functionality lends itself especially well to list-view dialing, as well as when you are receiving incoming calls.
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