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What are Notifications?
Notifications are auto-generated text, used to communicate financial or customer care information to existing or prospective customers, created in batch mode and based on conditions and criteria, set by the user. Notifications are sent through CRM.COM by email or SMS or by using a third party external system, such as a mobile app or portal.
Notifications Glossary
Term | Description |
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Communications | A Communication refers to any interaction with a physical person or company through the CRM.COM software. Within the context of Notifications, Communications refer to outgoing Communications sent either by Email or SMS. |
Communication Queue | A list of all Communications, either completed or that require additional processing from CRM.COM or an External System. Once a Notification is created, a Communication is also created along with an entry in the Communication Queue. |
Communication Templates | Templates used during the creation of new Communications to generate the Communication Subject or Body. The Templates may include Communication Tags. |
Communication Tags | Tags used to dynamically generate the subject or content of a Communication based on data kept on the associated Contact Information or other referred business entities. e.g. the name of the notified Contact Information. |
AuthorisationSettings | Settings which provide the customer's preferences with regards to being contacted for Marketing purposes through Notification Runs. |
Notification Classification | The Classification defines the nature of the Notifications, which can either be Financial (e.g. reminding customers of their unsettled Balance) Customer Care (e.g. welcoming customers as new Rewards Participants or Subscribers) or Reward Offers (e.g. informing participants of new Reward Offers that are applicable to them) |
Notification Type | Information related to the generation as well as the content of Notifications, such as the Communication Template to be used, the email or phone Type that the Communication will be sent to and more. |
Notifications Key Processes and Concepts
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Communicate with multiple customers simultaneously by using Notification Runs | Notifications are used to enable digital communication with customers, through email or SMS, in a way similar to Communications. They can be created in a batch mode, based on user defined conditions, enabling the user to simultaneously generate Communications for multiple customers. View Notification Run Definitions for more information. | ||||||
Customer Care Notifications Versus Financial Notifications | Notifications can either be used for Marketing, Informational or Billing Purposes. Depending on the content to be communicated to customers, there are three different Classifications to choose from:
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Personalize content included in communications generated through Notification Runs | |||||||
Notifications handled by External Systems | Although CRM.COM can send Emails and SMS directly from its interface, it is also possible to notify customers by using third party External Systems. The External Systems have access to the data saved in CRM.COM, such as private SMS Gateways or custom made CRM.COM portals. | ||||||
Communication Authorisation Settings | CRM.COM enables its users to contact their customers for marketing and informational purposes through Customer Care Notifications. The customers can select whether or not hey want to be contacted for Direct or Affiliate marketing. Direct Marketing refers to campaigns a company's / organisation's own products, while Affiliate Marketing refers to campaigns initiated by a company / organisation promoting its partners' products. In cases where it is imperative to communicate important information to customers, their selection can be disregarded. For more information, check out Authorisation Settings of Managing Contact Information and Notification Types. Contacts can also Subscribe (Opt-In) and Unsubscribe (Opt-Out) of Direct and/or Affiliate Marketing material automatically via email links. | ||||||
Consider Presentment Preferences Communication Media AVAILABLE FROM CRM.COM R12.0.0 | CRM.COM allows its users to Notify Customers considering their Accounts Receivable's Presentment Preferences. In cases that the Notification Run will consider the Customer's Presentment Preferences, then the Communication will be sent to the Customer only if the Communication Template's Media is relative to the Customer's Presentment Preference. For more information, visit Configuring Notification Types |
Notifications Access & Viewing Controls
Business Network Characteristics define the level of access for each record. i.e. whether it will be available for selection, viewing or editing.
Entity | Network Characteristics | Description |
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Notifications | Notification records can be accessed, viewed and modified by Users that belong to the Group defined at the Owned By Group of the related Contact Information, or that belong to a Group that collaborates with the specified Group, or by Super Users. |
Notifications Related Modules
Interaction Entity | How |
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Communications |
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Accounts Receivable | Financial Notifications are created for an Accounts Receivable. |
Contact Information | Customer Care Notifications are created for a Contact Information. |
Subscriptions | Customer Care and Financial Notifications can be created for Subscriptions. |
Activities | Customer Care Notifications can be created for Activities. |
Jobs | Customer Care & Financial Notifications can be created for Jobs. |
Buy in Advance | Customer Care Notifications can be created for Buy in Advance Requests. |
Wallets | Financial Notifications can be created for Wallets. |
Rewards Participants | Customer Care Notifications can be created for Rewards Participants. |
Service Requests | Customer Care Notifications can be created for Service Requests. |
Payment Gateway Cards | Customer Care Notifications can be created for Payment Gateway Cards. |
Payment Gateway Requests | Customer Care Notifications can be created for Payment Gateway Requests. |
Payments | Customer Care Notifications can be created for Payments. |
Award Transactions | Customer Care Notifications can be created for Award Transactions. |
Spend Transactions | Customer Care Notifications can be created for Spend Transactions. |
Award Expiration Transaction | Customer Care Notifications can be created for Award Expiration Transactions. |
Bills | Financial Notifications can be created for Bills. |
Reward Offers | Reward Offers Notifications are created and sent to participants that the offers are applicable for. |
Notifications - Business Examples
The following section provides business examples of how the CRM.COM Notifications module is used.
Company ZX wants to set up a Notification for Unsettled Subscriptions
Company ZX wants to communicate with subscribers with unsettled Subscriptions, on the first day of each month.
CRM.COM Solution
The following System configurations are necessary:
- Set up a Configuring Communication Template with the Content and Subject that matches your business needs.
- Set up a Configuring Notification Type.
- Unsettled Subscriptions
- Classification: Financial Transactions
- Notification Information: Subscriptions
- Create a new Financial Notification Run Definition
- Name: Notify Unsettled Subscriptions
- Notification Type: select the same Type that was created previously (Unsettled Subscriptions).
- Under Criteria: specify all the criteria that will retrieve the subscribers with unsettled Subscriptions:
- Segments: whether they exist in other segments
- Notification History: whether they were notified previously
- Accounts Receivable:
- Outstanding amount: the amount for which a Subscriptions is considered as unsettled, for example €10.
- Classifications: which Classifications should be included, e.g. All except VIP.
- Subscription Criteria
- Type of Subscriptions to be included, e.g. London.
- Billing Term Schemes of Subscriptions to be included, e.g. Normal.
Under Scheduling
Schedule the Definition to be executed on a specific date and time.
Schedule the recurrence for each month.
Communication Templates Using Notification Tags
Business Requirement
Company ZX wants to send Notification emails to its customers regarding their Account Balance, Wallet Balance and to welcome new subscribers.
CRM.COM Suggested Solution
Create Templates using Notification available tags.
Unsettled Subscriptions
Unsettled Accounts Receivable
Wallet with low credit
Wallet Product Consumption near estimated date
New Subscribers
Completed Jobs
Completed Activities
#Notification.number
Allow Customers to choose not to be contacted for Direct Marketing
Business Requirement
Company ZX contacts its customers on a monthly basis to let them know about new offers and available channels. In addition to internal organisation (Direct) marketing campaigns, Company ZX also engages in (Affiliate) marketing campaigns for partners. Some of ZX's customers would like to be removed from the Affiliate and remain in the Direct Marketing campaign Mailing lists.
CRM.COM Solution
- Configuration
- Include in Direct Marketing Campaigns
Contact Information: The Authorisation Settings in Contact Information related to Marketing should be set as follows:- Send me Direct Marketing material: YES
- Send me Direct Affiliate material: NO
- Apply Contact Information Data Protection for Direct Marketing: YES
- Apply Contact Information Data Protection for Affiliate Marketing: YES
- System Process
When the System executes the Notification Run with the Notification Type configured as described above, contacts that meet the criteria will be validated against the Notification's and Communication's criteria and then the Authorisation Settings. Those that are flagged 'YES' for Direct Marketing will be contacted.
- Exclude from Affiliate Marketing Campaigns
Contact Information: The Authorisation Settings in Contact Information related to Marketing should be set as follows:- Send me Direct Marketing material: YES
- Send me Direct Affiliate material: NO
- Apply Contact Information Data Protection for Direct Marketing: YES
- Apply Contact Information Data Protection for Affiliate Marketing: YES
- System Process
When the System executes the Notification Run with the Notification Type configured as described above, contacts that meet the criteria will be validated against the Notification's and Communication's criteria and then the Authorisation Settings. The ones that are flagged 'NO' for Affiliate Marketing will be excluded.
- Include in Direct Marketing Campaigns