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| August 2006 |
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| Changing CRM Processes |
| - Changing CRM Processes CRM software is more about customer information management than customer relationship management. It’s all about two things—improving the processes to be able to drive more revenue and creating improvements in a way the team can understand, value, and execute...Read more |
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| July 2006 |
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| July 2006 |
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| Prophet 3.0 Enterprise |
| - Avidian Technologies' Prophet 3.0 Enterprise adds a new wrinkle to CRM by integrating directly into Microsoft Outlook. The product has an effective tool set for small teams that want a simple way to organize contact and opportunity data...Read more |
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| June 2006 |
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| E-commerce Best Practices Make Perfect |
| - CRM magazine presents what some of the best minds in the industry have to say…Ideally, the personal touch should start before shoppers ever get to your site. James Wong, CEO of Avidian Technologies, knows that customers don't come if they can't find you. "Do the right sort of marketing: Be found when people are looking for you or something like you," Wong suggests...Read more |
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| May 2006 |
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| Avidian Upgrades CRM Product Prophet 3.0 |
| - Bellevue, Washington-based Avidian Technologies has announced that it now provides support for Terminal Server and more advanced User Permissions in Prophet 3.0, its Outlook-based sales software. Both features are available to existing customers as an update and will ship with all subsequent Prophet purchases. These added features are designed to give companies using Prophet “greater control over their sales data and easier access for all users”....Read more |
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| April 2006 |
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| March 2006 |
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| The CRM Conundrum |
| - If you don't want to commit to a whole new CRM platform, but still need to kick your sales tactics up a notch, consider Prophet 3.0 from Avidian Technologies. This on-premise app is actually an add-in for Microsoft Outlook, leveraging your existing contact database but adding features such as enhanced contact management… and an opportunity-management console. And if you know how to use Outlook, you'll be able to figure out Prophet....Read more |
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| March 2006 |
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| On-Demand CRM |
| - Like Salesnet, SAP's offering requires Internet Explorer to access the site due to its use of ActiveX controls for providing synchronization capabilities with Outlook and Lotus Notes, and IE-specific code. In this regard, SAP is behind newcomers such as Avidian and SugarCRM, which take a service-oriented architecture approach to synchronization, taking advantage of Web services to provide this functionality rather than requiring the download and installation of separate clients...Read more |
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| March 2006 |
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| Brandrud ‘Prophets’ from CRM Tool |
| - Brandrud…wanted to find a tool that allowed them to take control of the sales process but that was reasonably priced and easy to use. After exploring various alternatives including Act (from Sage Software) and GoldMine (from FrontRange Solutions), they chose Avidian Technologies' Prophet, a CRM tool that works inside Microsoft Outlook....Read more |
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| Feb 2006 |
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| How Much CRM is Enough? |
| - Many companies are asking themselves, “Do I need full-scale Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software to improve my operations and increase sales?” Businesses should think through what they really need from a CRM software solution…Pick the wrong CRM software-(either too complex, or with too few features--and your company could be saddled with a costly deployment that hinders productivity instead of helping it....Read more |
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| Feb 2006 |
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| Sold on Solutions |
| - Another solution with a focus on contact management is Avidian’s Prophet 3.0, which integrates directly with Outlook. “Our premise is, if you’re already using Outlook for your basic productivity stuff and what you need is sales features, you’re forced to look at another application…,” says James Wong, CEO of Avidian, “…when what would solve the problem is if Outlook had those sales features. And that’s precisely why we created Prophet 3.0, which is sales software built right into Outlook, so you’re dealing with one application, one contact database, one calendar.”...Read more |
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| Feb 2006 |
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| Avidian Technologies' Prophet Professional 3.0 |
| - Avidian Technologies provides another option: Prophet 3.0, a Windows PC plug-in for Microsoft Outlook 2000, 2003 and XP. The software is available in three Windows client configurations--Standard, Professional and Enterprise--all targeted at smaller organizations. The Professional version, which I tested, includes peer-to-peer sharing of opportunity data, providing a welcome compromise between maintaining dedicated in-house servers and using an on-demand CRM suite. It also has a sales assistant feature and filtering options for opportunity data and reports...Read more |
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| Feb 2006 |
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| Meeting CRM Demand |
| - Bellevue-based Avidian Technologies LLC, while not yet entrenched in an on-demand philosophy, has made its money by basing its entire product, Prophet, on its ability to integrate with Outlook. Prophet 3.0 is the latest version of Avidian Technologies' CRM system.....Read more |
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| Winter 2006 |
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| Contact Management Solutions |
| - A key benefit of Prophet is its close association to Outlook. Wong says, "Our philosophy is, don’t try to change peoples’ work habits." By utilizing existing contact lists in Outlook and familiar Outlook screens, extensive retraining is not required. Prophet can be up and running in a matter of hours...Read more |
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| Jan 2006 |
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| Best Small Business CRM Software Solutions for MS Outlook |
| - Recommended. Great, easy-to-use, Award-winning Outlook embedded CRM solution that happily runs on a peer-to-peer network without the need for MS Exchange Server. Prophet is excellent value for money, and ideal for small business with a sales process that needs management. Costs approx. $150 per user. Their newly released version is a winner!...Read more |
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| Jan 2006 |
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| Avidian Technologies’ James Wong Radio Interview |
| - Having spent more than 15 of the past 24 months traveling around this country of ours, I have to tell you that James has hit the nail well and truly on the head with Prophet. The way that he has carefully tailored his product to the needs of the market illustrates the fact that this man is listening to what the customer has to say. With 10000 users inside three years, his company is an outstanding example of what can be done in a tough and competitive market if you are prepared to do the hard yards. This achievement is all the more significant when you realize that it has been done without any additional investment, all of it has been self funded… If (you) are thinking of taking on a Contact Management system, and (you) should be, take a look at 'Prophet' ; in my view its setting the standard for all small business Contact Management needs....Read more |
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| Dec 2005 |
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| Top 50 Technology Innovators of 2005 |
| - Avidian Technologies has been selected as one of IT Week’s Top 50 Technology Innovators of 2005, a list of the top 50 companies IT Week deems have been the most innovative on the technology front in the last year. Avidian’s Prophet sales software was a key factor in the company’s selection as a Top 50 Technology Innovator. Prophet is a contact management software add-on for Microsoft Outlook that allows sales professionals to effectively manage their contacts and opportunities from within a single application....Read more |
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| Dec 2005 |
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| Avidian Technologies Announces Prophet 3.0 |
| - Avidian Technologies announced the launch of Prophet 3.0, the newest version of its Outlook-based sales software solution. Avidian also announced that Prophet will be available for the first time for enterprises with Prophet Enterprise Client and Prophet Enterprise Server....Read more |
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| August 2005 |
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| A Penchant for Profits |
| - Revenue at software provider Avidian Technologies in Bellevue, Washington, has grown 400 percent annually for the past two years--and 2005 promises more of the same… With cash on hand and profits to reinvest, Avidian fuels its growth with no significant debt and no outside investors. Avidian now has over 7,000 registered users of its software, and sales are approaching $5 million....Read more |
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| July 2005 |
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| Understanding Mobile Customer Relationship Management |
| - Prophet is unique because it is built into the latest versions of Outlook instead of a separate application like ACT, Goldmine or SalesForce.com. Prophet actually sits inside of Outlook and adds a sales opportunity management solution to Outlook so you can continue to use your Outlook email, calendar, tasks, etc. But Prophet adds a way to track and organize all of the information that you need to stay on top of, to be a lean, mean selling machine...Read more |
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| July 2005 |
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| July 2005 |
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| The Pitch for Sales Software |
| - Avidian boasts that unlike ACT! or GoldMine, Prophet users may continue to use all the Outlook e-mail, calendar, appointments and tasks features they love while also being able to create and manage sales opportunities associated with their Outlook contacts without constantly moving between two applications or synching databases.......Read more |
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| July 2005 |
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| Selling CRM on the Fly |
| - Avidian Technologies, a Seattle-based company, eschews the syncing issue altogether with its CRM product Prophet, available for laptops, desktops and PDAs. Prophet “deeply integrates” with Microsoft Outlook while adding key sales management features, according to James Wong, president and CEO. “We are our own standalone CRM,” he says… Avidian allows individual users to access the best of Outlook (i.e., e-mail, calendar, appointments and tasks) while layering on sales tracking and reporting features.......Read more |
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| July 2005 |
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| Avidian named one of Washington CEO’s Best Companies to Work For |
| - Washington CEO selected Avidian Technologies among more than 100 nominations as a finalist in the 2005 Best Companies to Work For list. Employees from the participating companies graded their firm’s management team in 10 categories ranging from hiring and retention to benefits, to corporate culture. The survey results and the corporate profiles were then judged by an independent panel of judges who scored the companies in each of the categories. Employee survey results accounted for 70 percent of the final score. Avidian consistently scored higher than eight in each category. The highest scores for Avidian appeared in the communication, rewards and recognition, and training and career development categories......Read more |
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| May 2005 |
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| Prophet for Palm named Product of the Year 2005 |
| - TMC is pleased to announce our Planet PDA Product Of The Year Award winners for 2005. Prophet for Palm is a mobile add-on to the Stand-Alone and Server editions of Avidian’s Prophet 3.0 sales software for Outlook. Prophet for Palm allows users to manage and share sales opportunity data using a Palm handheld device...Read more |
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| May 2005 |
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| Manufacturing Builds on Customer Relationships |
| - Prophet users can continue to use Outlook features like email, calendar, appointments, and tasks, while also creating and managing sales opportunities associated with their Outlook contacts without constantly moving between two applications or synching databases, as with some other competing software. The application allows users to create reports detailing performance across a sales team based on any number of criteria. The software requires users to describe steps in the sales process. Brandrud salespeople record their sales calls and any other follow-up communication in Prophet. Management gets reports on these contacts, and can now see where salespeople might need some extra help to close a sale.....Read more |
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| March 2005 |
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| Asian American Entrepreneurs; old vs. young |
| - James Wong, Tim Nguyen and Yale Wong belong to a new breed of Asian American entrepreneurs. Only in their 30s, these businessmen aim for the hottest commodities in the market. Combined, they have a proven record of establishing and selling 10 profitable businesses. They are doers as well as visionaries — the essence of successful entrepreneurs….. James and Tim own Avidian Technologies, which develops software for customer-relationship management....Read more |
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| April 2005 |
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| April 2005 |
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| Small Business Pipeline Raves About Prophet |
| - Avidian Technologies' Prophet is a customer relationship management (CRM) application that integrates directly with Microsoft Outlook. For that reason, it has a leg up on many other CRM applications that rely on import and export of contact information. Products like ACT!, Salesforce.com, GoldMine, and many others are able to import contact data from Outlook as a starting point. Some are able to transfer updated information back to Outlook, but the processes are generally manual and the data that is inserted into Outlook is restricted. Even Microsoft's own Business Contact Manager (BCM) is a separate application from Outlook, and uses its own data files...Read more |
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| March 2005 |
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| February 18, 2005 |
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| Prophet is Nominated for Most Promising New Technology |
| - The Washington Software Association has selected Prophet as a finalist for it’s most promising new technology award for 2004. Previous winners include .NET Framework from Microsoft and Isilon IQ from Isilon Systems. We are very proud and honored to be a finalist for this prestigious award...Read more |
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| October 15, 2004 |
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| Manage Sales in Outlook with Prophet |
| - Avidian has stepped into the fray with Prophet, a product it says will allow salespeople to access that crucial sales data without ever leaving the Outlook application space…Through this deep integration with the Outlook application, Avidian leverages the ease of use and functionality built into Outlook, while layering on tracking and reporting features...Read more |
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| September 10, 2004 |
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| September 1, 2004 |
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| August 4, 2004 |
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| All-in-One |
| - Prophet from Avidian Technologies adds CRM features to Microsoft Outlook and, since it works within the e-mail client, lets you manage sales opportunities without switching applications....Read more |
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| August 8, 2004 |
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| Simple Solution |
| - Brandrud enhances capabilities of familiar tools to ensure follow-up at crucial points in the sales process....Read more |
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| July 2, 2004 |
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| Avidian Wins Mayor’s Small Business Awards |
| - Every year, ten small businesses in Seattle receive special recognition for their accomplishments through the Mayor's Small Business Awards. Honored for excellence in marketing, management, employee relations and community involvement, this year's winners represent diversity - in services, size, location and strategies for success. To qualify, the business must have no more than 100 employees and gross revenues of less than $10 million...Read more |
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| July 1, 2004 |
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| Ding Bat – Hot Picks |
| - Imagine having a super-salesman built into Outlook. Well, with Prophet you do! It's the best way to manage sales & contacts. It sure would've saved Willy Loman's life! Read more |
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| June 25, 2004 |
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| Puget Sound Business Journal Article: Avidian’s Wong taps hot sector with third business |
| - Avidian may have hit upon the right technology and strategy, and the business is growing – fast…Avidian helps small and medium-sized businesses generate, record and track sales leads and contacts…Unlike its competitors, Avidian also figured out a way to seamlessly integrate Prophet with Microsoft Corp’s popular e-mail program, Outlook. That’s no small task |
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| June 7, 2004 |
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| Avidian Honored as Pacific Northwest's Top Venture-Backed Companies
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| - Thirty nine of the Pacific Northwest's top venture-backed companies were honored as Venture All Stars on Friday at the 2004 Venture All Stars Summit at Chateau St. Michelle winery in Woodinville, Wash. Venture All Star recognition is the most prestigious honor awarded to companies in the Northwest venture capital community...The companies recognized as Venture All Stars are those that the local venture investing community believe have demonstrated the ability to follow in the footsteps of the region's most successful growth businesses that relied on private venture funds to grow, such as Microsoft, Starbucks, Costco, Amazon.com and Immunex...Read more |
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| June 1, 2004 |
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| Sales and Marketing Management Article: CRM on the Cheap |
| - So you've decided it's time to invest in customer relationship management technology. Think you have no choice but to fork over the big bucks? Not necessarily. With a little know-how, you can find a system that's effective and doesn't cost a bundle…That’s one reason Brandrud Furniture picked Avidian Technologies’ Prophet to manage relationships with its health care and education customers...Read more |
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| May 10, 2004 |
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| May 1, 2004 |
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| February 17, 2004 |
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| PC Magazine article: Prophet |
| - Salespeople hate having to switch between e-mail and CRM
applications to track the progress of their sales opportunities. Avidian
Technologies' Prophet lets them do it all within Microsoft Outlook...Read
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| February 16, 2004 |
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| February 10, 2004 |
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| October 1, 2003 |
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| Computer User article: Sharpening the look of Outlook
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| - Microsoft's Outlook can be a valuable tool for salespeople who
need e-mail, digital calendars, and a robust contacts database...Seattle-based
Avidian Technologies aims to wipe away those irritations with software that
makes Outlook more useful. CEO James Wong talks about sales management, keeping
things simple...
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| September 24, 2003 |
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| September 6, 2003 |
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| Sellingpower.com - CRM Newsletter |
| - With Prophet, Outlook 2000/XP acts as a user's only
application for sales tracking, personalized group emails, contact management,
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| August 6, 2003 |
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| May 21, 2004 |
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| August 24, 2002 |
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