DART Sales Manager – Highlights of the Mid-year 2008 Release

A new release of the DoubleClick’s Sales Manager went beta on June 15 and is scheduled to go live on July 12.

The release comes with a bundle of new features and improvements, of which the integration with Salesforce.com seems to be the most important: more granular pipelines, data synchronization and team member support.

There are changes announced in the following areas: Proposal, Finance, Enhancement & Maintenance. Here are the highlights.

PROPOSAL MODULE
– Delivery Buffer %
– MediaVisor Pacakge Support
– Link MediaVisor Opportunity to Proposal
– DSM-DFP Synchronization Phase I
– Sponsorship Products
– Bypass Approvals
– Weight-Based Bulk Product
– Proposal Version Comparison
– Sales Planner support
– SalesForce.com Product support
– SalesForce.com team member support

FINANCE MODULE
– New Billing Sources
– Pre-defined Future date ranges in General Query
– Contracted and Scheduled impression goals
– Traffickers as Fields / Filters for Billing report

ENHANCEMENTS & MAINTENANCE
– Relax Salesperson Split validation
– Credit Card Billing
– Separate Third Party Provider field