Though you can manually assign tasks through SharpSpring's Task Manager, consider assigning sales tasks with specially configured automation. SharpSpring's Sales Optimizer provides you with ways to automatically schedule reminders for your sales teams when a lead triggers a specific workflow. This means that you do not need to solely rely on email notifications to update your teams as to what their tasks and goals are. Automated sales tasks ensure that there is no downtime between when a lead triggers your created automation and a user or lead owner being alerted to continuing the sales process. This article will provide information on how to schedule task reminders using automation.
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Understanding Sales Task Automation
When you add sales task reminders to an automation, the task reminder will be scheduled when the workflow or action group is triggered by a lead. It will be due the set date and time. Those that are assigned to these tasks will find the scheduled reminder in their Task Manager window.
In addition, the assigned task will be highlighted in purple, which shows that it was created via sales automation with the Sales Optimizer. These reminders will notify the assigned user of the task in the same way that manually assigned tasks do.
Creating Sales Task Automation
Sales task reminder automation requires action groups or workflows with initial actions or triggers to function. You will need to create an action group or a visual workflow in order to utilize sales task reminders.
Creating Sales Task Visual Workflows
Sales task actions can be added to visual workflows. Actions in workflows require an initial trigger and can be nested in action groups. To create a visual workflow with a sales task action, do the following:
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Important: For a sales task to appear on an opportunity as a result of the Sales Optimizer, you must add a time delay to the workflow. |
Creating Sales Task Opportunity Workflows
Sales task actions can be added to opportunity workflows. Actions in workflows require an initial trigger and can be nested in action groups. To create an opportunity workflow with a sales task action, do the following:
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Creating Sales Task Action Groups
Sales task actions can be added to action groups. To create a visual workflow with a sales task action, do the following:
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Configuring Sales Task Actions
Once you have created an action group, an opportunity workflow, or a visual workflow, you can add a sales task action. Sales task actions have both mandatory information fields that must be configured for the action to function correctly and optional information fields that do not need to be configured.
Entering Mandatory Information
To assign tasks and schedule reminders with sales task actions in workflows, do the following:
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Entering Optional Information
To assign tasks and schedule reminders with sales task actions in workflows, do the following:
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Regarding Time Delays in Sales Task Automation
If you want to schedule a task a certain amount of time after the automation is triggered, you will need to add time delays to your reminder automation.
If there are no time delays attached to the sales task action, the task reminder will be scheduled the same day the automation was triggered.
If there is a time delay attached to the sales task action, the task reminder will be scheduled a specified number of days in the future from the time when the automation was triggered.
In addition, for a sales task to appear on an opportunity as a result of the Sales Optimizer, you must add a time delay to the workflow.