mSalesApp vs. Showpad Content

Very useful solution prior, during, and after meeting client

• Prior--Useful to know everything about the client prior to meet up, including buying patterns, credit history, last order, etc.
• During--Instant order undertaking, promote new or slow moving stock, collections on the go
• After--Advantage of not having to duplicate entries (such as handwritten orders) reduces followup activity

Any person who is interested in understanding the level of engagement from a client needs Showpad. It is a must-have software if you have people within your organization that are customer-facing. If your role is primarily communicating with employees within your own organization, then this software might not be as useful to you. For those in sales, account management, or who needs to know if your recipient has seen your emails/content, this is a useful tool.

• Realtime access to inventory, including promotions and help to sell more and sell better
• All customer information and history in the palm of your hand ensures better and more efficient service
• Totally eliminates paperwork; sales team does not have to carry paperwork or duplicate entries
• Immediate order undertaking with customer sign on glass confirmation

• User-Friendly. The ability to easily customize to fit your needs
• Delivering content easily and quickly, reducing cost for print, and out of date information
• Reporting. Providing the analytical function to track what content has been utilized or not utilized and become more efficient in the type of information you share
• Offline Use. The ability to be able to view content offline

• Would like it to expand in to a mini ERP with other modules such as CRM, WMS, TMS

• Version control is an issue. Would be nice to go back to previous versions of a file.
• The in-app viewing experience feels a little rigid. Prefer to download the files before viewing.
• The main landing page is a little more cluttered than I would like.

I have not been involved with support from Showpad so I am not entirely sure. However, we have received some emails from our help desk about an outage and it seems like it didn't last very long so I would say that it was pretty effective support to that extent.

The only option our company used was cloud-based file-sharing services (Box, Dropbox, etc) and emails like Outlook or Gmail. Both options make it hard for version control and for ease of navigation. Generally, end-users had an easier time finding content on Showpad.

• Very positive and instant impact with accuracy and efficiency
• Overall objective achieved with immediate increase in sales and revenue
• We experienced ROI with three months

• We are not limited by what physical catalogs and literature we get - we can send out any piece of literature to a customer.
• All of our content is centralized in one place.
• Our marketing department has the ability to view what content is shared the most and viewed the most, so they can focus on those items.
• Gives our sales reps visibility into what our customers are looking at.