ALL referrals must be updated for tracking and reporting purposes.
If you are working on behalf of another associate, do the following:
- In Xperience > Products > Synapsys CRM > Desktop. The Home/Suite Manager screen displays.
- Click Work on behalf of in the upper right corner.
- Select the officer to work on behalf of.
- Click Submit.
When Receiving/Working referrals, do the following:
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In Xperience > Products > Synapsys CRM > Desktop. The Home/Suite Manager screen displays.
- Click Opportunities.
- To view referrals, click Referrals.
- On the referral item requiring attention, right click and choose Open Selected Item.
- Ensure the Status is Active.
- In the Comments section, type all comments and notes regarding the progress made with the referral.
- Click Save.
- An email will automatically generate to the associate who sent the referral. All changes and updates are included.
- An email will automatically generate to the associate who sent the referral. All changes and updates are included.
- Continue to update the referral as required.
- Once the referral is Closed, update the status accordingly.
- Once a referral is Terminated, a prompt is received to terminate all related events/activities.
- Choose Yes.
- Update status to Sold or Closed based on the final results.
- The referral and sales event leave your inbox but are still available in reports.
Note: If the referral results in possible new business and additional sales activities are planned, record the sales efforts by doing the following:
- From the referral, click Parent Sales Event.
- Complete the fields as follows:
- Summary - Purpose of proactive outreach.
- Assigned To - Defaults to the associate creating the event.
- Type - Select the appropriate type based on the purpose of proactive outreach (for example: 2223 for client on-boarding calls).
- Status - Move status based on client outreach calls (see Status Definitions for details on each status).
- Comments - Enter any notes from the call that assist with future client contacts.
- Ticklers - Create ticklers when following up or additional action is needed to further assist clients. These appear as tasks in Outlook.
- On-Boarding Tiered Ticklers - Use only for 2223 contact events. Once selected, ticklers for each additional part of onboarding automatically populate and appear as tasks in Outlook.
- Click Save.