Hurry, It Is Almost Here

What's that? 2013 has almost come and gone already? With the end of the year coming so quickly, now is the time to take advantage of it. End of the year for many businesses around the world means two things:

1. Time to find ways to lessen that tax burden for 2013
2. Time to use up that department budget for 2013

Thankfully, many countries count "off the shelf" software as tax-deductible. What this means to you is that you can not only lessen your tax burden, but also increase the productivity and/or sales by plugging in much needed software into your employees’ daily routine.

Also, if you have a "use it or lose it" budget you might as well use it for something that will help the company out.

To help, we’ve selected 6 add-ons for SugarCRM that will make your business run more smoothly and efficiently.

1. Gmail and Google Sync

Connect SugarCRM and Google Apps and automatically have your emails, calendar, contacts, and documents synced. Within minutes have your Gmail, contacts, calendar items, and documents from Google automatically sent over to SugarCRM and vice versa with this seamless integration.

2. SugarCRM - QuickBooks Integration

Having critical invoice and sale information available to your marketing and sales teams can be the difference between making a sale and losing a sale. Harness the power of SugarCRM and QuickBooks while streamlining operations and minimizing double entry work.

3. Google SalesMap

Empower your reps to make decisions on who to visit out in the field, and managers the ability to see their customer base visually. Google SalesMap gives you a clean, transparent, and uncomplicated visual representation of your Accounts, Leads, and Contacts using Google’s powerful web browser mapping software right on your local SugarCRM instance.

4. Customer Support Portal

A flexible, modern customer portal that is perfect for support, lead generation, or many other purposes. Within minutes, decrease your operating costs with a customized portal for your company that easily integrates and works with SugarCRM.

5. DeDupit

Focus on sales and not on messy data. Easy-to-setup deduplication rules can be defined to either automatically merge duplicates in SugarCRM or to mark them for review at a later time. Now your sales team will always be using the correct leads and contacts.

6. Login/Sudo Module

Easily see what your SugarCRM users are seeing by logging in as that user without having to pass around passwords. Quickly troubleshoot issues, help configure user dashboards, or train your staff.

-Jason