How to use the competitor app to lookup competitive intel and add competitors to Opportunities in Salesforce.
You an find the app at: http://GitHub.com/meighan/competitors
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• Competitors are tracked on every Opportunity
• The compete information is maintained by the Operations team
with the help of Sales and Marketing
• Competitor information is reviewed every 30 days at a minimum
• Our advantages and ways to overcome objections related to
competitors is available for each competitor
• New competitor information can be requested at at anytime for
new or existing competitors
• New compete information can be submitted via email to
Ops@testcompany.com
Overview
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You will find the competitor tab across the header in Salesforce, if
it is not visible, you can add it with the + at the end of the row.
Competitor Object
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• Each competitor for our product has a competitor record
• Information is collected and analyzed by the Marketing team to
determine the best information about the competitor to help you
win deals.
• The information is then entered into the Competitor record in
Salesforce
• You can request new competitors be added or updates to existing
competitors from the competitor tab.
Competitive Intelligence
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The top half of the page reviews the corporate details for the competitor, their name, positioning, target
market, etc.
You can also add the competitor to an Opportunity with the “Add to Opp” button
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The lower half of the detail reviews selling tips to help you better know our
product, what to combat competitor related objections are, and information
to bring up for the prospect to consider when buying
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• Opportunity Competitors are related to a Competitor and an
Opportunity
• They hold deal specific details about the competitor
• Details include why this competitor is being considered, what
prospect said to you about the competitor, what the prospect
sees as their strengths and our weaknesses
• In addition, the Selling Tips, Out Advantages, Competitor
Weaknesses, and other data form the competitor record, is
displayed on the Opportunity Competitor for you to help
overcome objections
Opportunity Competitors
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• To add a competitor to an Opportunity you can either click the
"Add Competitor" button at the top or bottom of the record detail
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• Or, you can click "New Opportunity Competitor" towards the
bottom of the page, in the Competitors related list.
Add Competitors To Opportunities
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This is a sample of documentation for End Users. This example is for the Competitor object that is connected via a junction object to an Opportunity
General overview of what the competitor object is, the obligation the sales team has to complete the information and the obligation that Ops and Marketing have, to keep the information up to date for the sales team.