5 essential tips for selecting a perfect salesforce partner

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5 Essential Tips for selecting a perfect Salesforce Partner @2014 Algoworks Technologies

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5 Essential Tips for selecting a perfect Salesforce Partner. Salesforce is a very efficient and effective customer relationship management (CRM) tool and is used by every type of business ranging from small scale to large scale. There are thousands of Salesforce developers available on the web. Finding the right Salesforce consultant can be bit harrowing experience, especially if you don't have much experience with Salesforce customization and development. Algoworks technologies, A Salesforce.com certified Salesforce development company, have heard many of its clients confess to the same problems before coming to us. Therefore here we present you some simple but effective tips for finding the right Salesforce partner for your firm. We hope that the information would be useful for you.

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5 Essential Tips for selecting a perfect Salesforce Partner

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Salesforce

Why do you need a Salesforce partner?

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Outsourcing Salesforce

development is cost effective.

Faster implementat

ion.

Enjoy expertise of experienced Salesforce

developers at low prices.

Don’t have to worry about management

of development. Consulting partner

will handle it.

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5 Essential Tips for selecting a

perfect Salesforce Partner

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Tip 1:

Research about your requirements

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Research Your Requirements

Thoroughly

Visit Salesforce.com.

It has tons of information

Figure out why exactly you need a CRM

system.

Have some understanding of salesforce before

committing to development

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Tip 2:

How to shortlist potential partners?

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The company should be registered partner with Salesforce.com. You can check the same on their

website.

Check their previous work. You can ask them to

provide you with a demo of their capabilities.

Ask for references and verify them.

Your potential partner should be a good listener, have a understanding of

your project and offer good insights on the

project.

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Tip 3:

How to optimize your budget?

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Figure out how much you can actually spend on the project.

Collect detailed project break ups

from at least 3 different service

providers.

Ask for cost justifications

from each vendor

Finally you should choose on the

basis of clarity no the cost.

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Tip 4:

How to find management heroes?

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Check the management

methodologies.

What is the team hierarchy of your

Salesforce partner and how effective is

it.

What would be your interaction with the team

Careful planning and efficient

management is the only way to success.

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Tip 5:

Its all about long term relationships

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Check whether your consultant can provide long

term support.

Since you and your employees would be totally

new to Salesforce, you would need some training in

it. Checkout if your consultant can provide that.

Find out whether your consultant provides support for fixing bugs.

Salesforce changes and evolves quickly, so does your requirements. Your consultant should be capable enough to

provide you long time development and

enhancement support.

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Thank You About Algoworks

Algoworks Technologies is a Salesforce.com certified Salesforce consulting partner. We are in this industry since 2006 and by now have developed 80+ projects for 65+ clients across the globe. Our team of 25+ salesforce developers, consultants and managers are highly experienced experts of their fields.

If you have any need related to Salesforce consulting feel free to contact us at any time.

Ajeet SinghVP Sales

[email protected] algoworksindia

www.algoworks.com

+1-877-284-1028