Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Gravity Forms Dynamics CRM Addon


Gravity Forms Addon to connect CRM vTiger, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, SugarCRM 6 and 7, SuiteCRM, Odoo 8, ESPO CRM, VTE CRM, Zoho CRM, Salesforce, Bitrix24, HubSpot CRM and Solve360.

Gravity Forms CRM Addon allows you to connect different CRM and create new Leads as the forms are filled automatically.
Gravity Forms is the best way to use forms in your web, becouse it has much power, flexibilty and functionality than CRM HTML Forms. But with this plugin you can connect every entry that is filled directly to the CRM.
The plugin setup is very easy. Once you have uploaded the plugin, you configure the plugin in Gravity Forms Options > Settings > CRM, with the URL, user and password of the user that will create the entries in the CRM.
After that, you go to each form that you want to connect with the CRM. In the options CRM inside the form, you will see a mapping fields where you choose for every field, the equivalent for CRM software field.
The plugin connects with the CRM via webservice, a secure and best way to connect it.
At this time, CRM Software that are supported are: vTiger 6.x, SugarCRM, Microsoft Dynamics Online CRM 2015, SugarCRM Community Edition 6.4.x, 6.5.x, 6.6.x, 6.7.x, SugarCRM 7, SuiteCRM, Odoo 8, ESPO CRM, VTE CRM, Zoho CRM, Salesforce, Bitrix24, HubSpot CRM and Solve360.
You can only use one type of CRM in the web with this version.
We will support more CRM, you can comment which CRM you would like to use, and we will consider in next versions.
Translations: Spanish.

Changelog

v2.6
  • Added support to HubSpot CRM.
v2.5
  • Emails to administrator when it cannot create the lead in CRM with error message.
v2.4.2
  • Fixed bugs with MSDynamics.
v2.4.1
  • Better debug messages for Bitrix.
v2.4
  • Fixed error with facturadirecta.
  • Better support for SuiteCRM (two libraries connection).
v2.3
  • Better manage multiselect and checkbox fields.
  • Internal better management of Libraries.
  • Fixed bug textarea with line breaks does not send to CRM.
  • Fixed bug Bitrix URL connection.
v2.2
  • Server check system.
  • Support to FacturaDirecta.
  • Support to Odoo 9.
  • Solved problems with vTiger description.
v2.1
  • Added connection with Solve360 CRM.
v2.0
  • Added connection with Bitrix24 CRM.
  • Minor fixes with SugarCRM7 not mandatory Teams.
v1.9
  • Added MS Dynamics on Premise. Use it if MS Dynamics Online does not work for you.
  • Solved fixes connection to SugarCRM 6.
  • Solved fixes with Odoo map function.
v1.8.1
  • Finally solved connection with MS Dynamics. Problems from MS Dynamics API library.
v1.8
  • Added connection with Salesforce.
v1.7
  • Added connection with Zoho CRM.
  • New debug mode to show vars and errors when Wordpress Debug mode is activated.
  • Added POT File for translations.
v1.6.1
  • Fixed connection with MS Dynamics.
v1.6
  • Added connection with ESPO CRM.
v1.5
  • Added connection with SugarCRM 7.
v1.4
  • Added connection with VTE CRM.
  • Cleaned methods for better support to CRMs.
  • Login issue with SugarCRM.
v1.3.1
  • Suite CRM Password issue.
v1.3
  • Added support for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015.
v1.2
  • Added support for SuiteCRM.
v1.1.2
  • Solving login problems with SugarCRM.
v1.1.1
  • Bugfixes.
v1.1
  • Support to Odoo 8.
  • Updated translation in Spanish.
  • Change Settings input depending of CRM.
v1.0.2
  • Handle vTiger errors
v1.0.1
  • Some fixes after submit form
  • WP Updates automatically

Friday, December 2, 2016

Automatically Generate Contracts and Agreements from Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Managing your sales process can be a difficult task unless you have the right tools in place.  With a CRM like Microsoft Dynamics CRM, you can manage your leads, contacts, and opportunities from a single interface.  Plus, your whole team can always be in sync.

Another way you can improve your sales process is to add WebMerge to the mix to automatically generate documents like contracts, invoices, quotes and more.  You’ll never have to copy and paste again!

In this example, we’re going to show you how you can automatically generate NDA agreements for each new contact that we add to our CRM.  We’ll also automatically send out the contract for e-signature via DocuSign.  To help with the integration between Dynamics and WebMerge, we’ll be using our friends over at Zapier.

To get started, we’re going to setup the template for our NDA agreement using a Word document.  Inside the Word document, we’re going to add our boilerplate agreement terms, and then for the spots that we want our contact’s information to go, we’re going to use merge fields that look like {$FirstName}, {$LastName}, {$Address}, etc.

Here’s what our template looks like:
 

Since we’ll be collecting a signature using DocuSign, we need to add a signature tag to our document as well so that DocuSign knows where to embed the signature.  This signature tag is just like any other text in your document and looks like:  \s1\
 

Once we have our template all finished, we need to upload it to WebMerge.  From the Documents page in WebMerge, click the New Document button and then enter a name.  On the next step, select Office Document as the document type and then pick the file from your computer.
 

After you’ve uploaded your template, you’ll be taken to the Settings tab.  Here, you can update various options like the type of file that you want to generate and the name of the file.  For this example, we’re going to generate a PDF and include the name of our contact in the file name.
 

Next, we’re going to setup the integration with DocuSign so that our document is automatically delivered to DocuSign for signature.  Under the Deliver tab, click the New Delivery button and select DocuSign.

After you authenticate your DocuSign account, you’ll need to define the signers using merge fields.  If you don’t have these merge fields in your document, simply select <<Other>> from the dropdown and then type in new merge fields.
 

After we’ve finished up the Docusign delivery, we’re done with the setup inside WebMerge and we’re ready to setup the integration with Zapier.

Inside Zapier, we’re going to create a New Zap.  For the Trigger, we’re going to choose Microsoft Dynamics CRM as the service and then New Contact as the trigger.
 

After you authenticate your Dynamics CRM account, Zapier will load a test contact to make sure everything is working correctly.

Next, we’re going to setup and Action of the Zap.  We’re going to pick WebMerge as the service and then Create Document Merge as the action.
 

After you authenticate your WebMerge account, Zapier is going to load a list of all the documents in your WebMerge account.  Go ahead and pick the NDA template that you just setup.  Once you pick the document, Zapier will load a list of all the merge fields in your document.

For each of the merge fields, you need to pick the corresponding fields from Microsoft Dynamics CRM.  This tells Zapier how to send data over WebMerge so that it gets populated in the correct spot in your template.
 

After you have matched up all of your merge fields, go ahead and save your Zap and turn it on.  It’s time to run a test to make sure everything is working correctly.  Login to Dynamics CRM and add a new contact.  Zapier will detect this new contact, send the data over to WebMerge, and your contract will be generated and sent over to DocuSign.

Here’s what our NDA looked like ready for signature:
 

Congrats, you’re all done!  You can now automatically generate all types of documents from Microsoft Dynamics CRM.  Can you think of any other ways that you can use WebMerge to simplify your paperwork process?
 


Thursday, December 1, 2016

Instantly Send Proposals for New Opportunities in Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Streamlining your sales process can have huge benefits to both your customers and your sales team.  From helping your sales team track leads to closing deals faster, with a tool like Microsoft Dynamics CRM you can put your best foot forward.

Along with the sales process comes the paperwork and with a tool like WebMerge, you can automatically generate all kinds of documents like invoices, quotes, contracts, and more.  In this example, we’re going to show you how to automatically generate a proposal for new opportunities that are added to Dynamics CRM.

To get started, we’re going to setup the template for our proposal using a Word document.  Inside our Word document, we’re going to include our boilerplate proposal information, and then for the spots that we want data from our opportunity to be inserted, we’re going to add merge fields like {$FirstName}, {$OpportunityName}, etc.

Here’s what our proposal template looks like:
 

Once you have your template ready, we need to upload it to WebMerge.  Form the Documents page in WebMerge, click the New Document button and then enter a name.  On the next step, pick Office Document as the document type and then select the file from your computer.
 

After you upload your template, you’re going to be taken to the Settings tab where you can update various settings like the type of file that is generated and the name of the file.  For this example, we’re going to generate a PDF and include the name of our opportunity in the name of the file.
 

Next, we’re going to setup the Email delivery so that our proposal is automatically emailed to our client when it is generated.  Under the Deliver tab, go ahead and Edit the default email delivery.  For the “To” address, we’re going to change that to the merge field for our contact’s email address.  Feel free to change any of the other settings for the email.
 

After we have our email delivery saved, we’re ready to integrate our proposal template with Microsoft Dynamics CRM.  To help with the integration, we’re going to use our friends over at Zapier.

Inside Zapier, go ahead and create a New Zap.  For the Trigger, we’re going to choose Microsoft Dynamics CRM as the service and then New Opportunity as the trigger.
 

After you authenticate your Dynamics CRM account, Zapier is going to load a test opportunity from Dynamics CRM to make sure everything works correctly.  Follow those steps and move on.

Next, we’re going to setup the Action of our Zap.  For the service, select WebMerge and then Create Document Merge as the action.
 

Once you authenticate your WebMerge account, Zapier is going to load a list of the documents in your account.  Go ahead and pick the proposal template that you just setup in WebMerge.  Once you pick the template, Zapier will load a list of all the merge fields in your template.

For each of the merge fields you need to pick the corresponding field from Dynamics CRM.  This tells Zapier how to send the data over to WebMerge so that it gets populated in the correct spot on your template.
 

Once you have matched up all of your merge fields, go ahead and save your zap and then turn it on.  We’re ready for a test! Login to Dynamics CRM and create a new opportunity.  Zapier will detect this new opportunity and send the data over to WebMerge.

Here’s what our proposal looked like:
 

Congrats, you’re all finished!  You can now automatically generate all kinds of documents from Microsoft Dynamics CRM.  Can you think of any other ways that you could use WebMerge to simplify your paperwork process?

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