The CRM Zen Show – Episode 153 – Bookings Bombs

 

 

 

 

Zoho News

• Zoho Voice Adds Business Hours Option
  • You can now set your hours of operation and direct calls according to rules set in regards to these times set.
• Zoho Notebook Adds IFTTT Integration
  • That’s right Zoho Notebook added IFTTT integration. Get ready for a plethora of new actions and triggers for Zoho Notebook with this integration.
• Zoho’s POPIA Compliance Statement
  • Zoho’s continual mission to always take your data and security to the next level.
• Zoho WorkDrive TrueSync Windows Auto Update
  • The latest version of TrueSync App 3.4.0 now supports automatic Windows OS updates.
• Manage Contacts Inside SalesIQ
  • You can now segment your visitors into contacts directly inside SalesIQ. With the right filter, this can help sort your traffic fast and efficiently to generate new leads right as they come in. 
• Zoho Projects Adds Lookup Field In Timesheet Layout
  • “The Work Hours field can now be viewed in the timesheet. Users can use the work hours as a reference when entering time logs.”
• Zoho Analytics Mobile App Adds Ask Zia
  • You’re favorite Zoho AI is now available on Zoho Analytics mobile app.
• Zoho Inventory June 2021 Community Digest
  • Lots of exciting updates and improved/new integrations for Zoho Inventory this month. The additional filters are also a nice new feature.
• Zoho Meeting New Integration With Zoho Notebook
  • This new integration allows you to take note taking to the next level! Excellent integration with Zoho Meeting and allows users to take note taking to the next level! 
• Zoho Bookings Outage
  • Outages happen.  But this is very odd.  As we have stated in the past this product is NOT recommended.  This would be another reason for that.
• Zoho CRM Community Digest – June 2021 
  • Introducing multi-organisation support with single sign-on in Zoho CRM
  • Find similar records during conversion using unique fields in Contacts and Accounts
  • Zoho Marketplace houses more than 500 Zoho CRM plug-and-play extensions. Here is a list of 10+ new CRM extensions added this June
  • Check out new exciting partner offers for featured extensions from April to June in Zoho Marketplace
    
    

Implementation of the Week

• Deluge function within Zoho Survey to send out instant feedback report for Survey-takers
  • Various quantitative Survey questions grouped into categories for reporting
  • Deluge code sums up relevant questions into totals for each category
  • Custom HTML loaded into Deluge script to create chart elements totaling each category
  • Deluge action triggered to sent custom HTML email with graphical responses to Survey respondent

This Weeks Read

• Will Padmashri Sridhar Vembu of Zoho enter politics anytime soon? Find out in this exclusive interview by Anjana Rajguru
  • I think we, the wealthy & the elite, need to be true to our spiritual roots which talks about the limitations of money; money alone cannot make us happy & I know that all too well. More money is not going to make me any happier. On the other hand, it is highly satisfying to see the gratitude on people’s faces when you do something meaningful, like the school we have & the joy on the kids’ faces – that is true happiness. Regarding what other people should do with their wealth, I don’t like to preach to anybody on what they should do.

Zenatta Blogs

• 5 Challenges In Sustaining a SIOP Business Process
  • Implementing a sales, inventory, and operations planning (SIOP) process in your business can be challenging. Here are 5 of those challenges to consider in this 5-min read.
• 5 Factors To Consider When Building a Brand
  • Does your brand stand out against competitors? Here are 5 things to consider for updating or creating a new brand.

Pick of the Week

• Poll for Zoho Cliq
  • Key Features:
  • /poll command empowers you to create and run polls instantly right from your chat window.
  • Pull out all the information right from the number of polls created to generation of results under Poll Widget.
  • Reduce the bias in information by creating anonymous polls and empower yourself with rich data for making smart decisions.
  • Configure the time duration, results availability, extend your poll and explore a lot more under Poll Widget.

Tips and Tricks

• Zoho Projects Task Dependencies 2021 Beginner’s Tutorial
  • In this last video of the Zoho Projects tutorials you will learn about:
    • Setting up dependencies inside a Project template
    • Setting up tasks