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| 1 | +===================== |
| 2 | +Sales Calls with VoIP |
| 3 | +===================== |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +.. |VOIP| replace:: :abbr:`VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)` |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +A company's sales team benefits from |VOIP| by way of increased call efficiency, reduced costs, as |
| 8 | +well as enabling a salesperson to navigate the Odoo database while on a call through |VOIP|. Instead |
| 9 | +of needing a separate phone to handle sales calls, the salesperson makes their calls right from the |
| 10 | +Odoo database. |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +This article goes over setting up Odoo |VOIP| for a sales team that already has |VOIP| configured. |
| 13 | +If |VOIP| is **not** configured, refer to the :doc:`set up VoIP <../voip>` documentation to set up |
| 14 | +|VOIP|. |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +.. example:: |
| 17 | + Check out the `Odoo Academy for a video tutorial |
| 18 | + <https://www.odoo.com/slides/slide/sales-calls-with-voip-4562>`_ covering this workflow. |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +Make a sales call |
| 21 | +================= |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +This workflow begins in the **CRM** app. As a salesperson, click into a sales opportunity. If it |
| 24 | +does not already have a call activity scheduled, click :guilabel:`Activities`, then set the |
| 25 | +:guilabel:`Activity Type` to :guilabel:`Call`, and then fill out the rest of the activity form, and |
| 26 | +finally click :guilabel:`Schedule`. |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +From here, there are three ways to begin a phone call with the customer: |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +- Hover over the :guilabel:`Phone` field in the opportunity form, then click :icon:`fa-phone` |
| 31 | + :guilabel:`Call`. |
| 32 | +- In the opportunity's chatter, click the customer's phone number. |
| 33 | +- In the upper-right corner of the screen, click the :icon:`oi-voip` :guilabel:`(VoIP)` icon to open |
| 34 | + the |VOIP| widget, then click on the call from the :guilabel:`Next Activities` tab, and finally |
| 35 | + click the :icon:`fa-phone` :guilabel:`(phone)` icon near the bottom of the widget. |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +Work during a call |
| 38 | +------------------ |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +Once the call with the customer begins, the salesperson can still move about the Odoo database. |
| 41 | +There's also shortcut icons in the |VOIP| widget that the salesperson can use to access common |
| 42 | +actions, like sending an email to the customer, or pulling up their profile. Learn more about |
| 43 | +:doc:`the documents a salesperson can access <voip_widget>` during a call. |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +The salesperson can also take some actions during the call: |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | +- :icon:`fa-arrows-h` :guilabel:`(transfer)`: Transfer a call to another team member. |
| 48 | +- :icon:`fa-microphone` :guilabel:`(microphone)`: The salesperson can mute themselves during a call. |
| 49 | +- :icon:`fa-pause` :guilabel:`(pause)`: Place the caller on hold. |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +.. image:: use_case_sales/voip-widget-call.png |
| 52 | + :alt: The VoIP widget opened to a call, showing the shortcut icons a salesperson has access to. |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | +Handle call follow-ups |
| 55 | +---------------------- |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +The |VOIP| widget can handle some common follow-up tasks, but salespeople can still navigate Odoo |
| 58 | +for tasks not available in the widget. |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +Here are some of the common follow-up tasks that can be managed from the |VOIP| widget: |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +- Send a follow-up email sharing new product offerings to the customer using the :icon:`fa-envelope` |
| 63 | + :guilabel:`(envelope)` icon. |
| 64 | +- Update the customer's mailing address by clicking on the :icon:`fa-user` :guilabel:`(user)` icon, |
| 65 | + which opens their profile. |
| 66 | +- Schedule a second call with the customer by clicking on the :icon:`fa-clock`:guilabel:`(clock)` , |
| 67 | + setting the :guilabel:`Activity Type` field to :guilabel:`Call`, and then filling out the rest of |
| 68 | + the form. |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +Send a quotation while on a call |
| 71 | +-------------------------------- |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | +If the customer's ready to see a sales quotation while on the call, the salesperson can send that |
| 74 | +quotation without leaving the call. |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +To send a quotation while on a call, the salesperson should be in the sales opportunity they |
| 77 | +initiated the call from. From here, they'll :doc:`send the quotation as they normally would |
| 78 | +<../../sales/sales/sales_quotations/create_quotations>`. |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +An added benefit of being on the call with the customer while the salesperson is sending the the |
| 81 | +quotation is that any specific questions are answered in real-time. |
| 82 | + |
| 83 | +End the sales call |
| 84 | +------------------ |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | +When it is time to end the call, the salesperson clicks the red :icon:`fa-phone` :guilabel:`(phone)` |
| 87 | +icon in the lower-right corner of the |VOIP| widget. When they do, the call is logged in the |
| 88 | +opportunity's chatter. |
| 89 | + |
| 90 | +If they have not done so already, the salesperson then marks the phone call activity as done. |
| 91 | +Navigate to the opportunity's chatter and find the :guilabel:`Planned Activities` section, then |
| 92 | +click :icon:`fa-check` :guilabel:`Mark Done` on the planned call to remove it from the |
| 93 | +:guilabel:`Next Activities` tab in the |VOIP| widget. |
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