June 2007 - Legrand Goes Gold!

Legrand CRM 5.0 awarded prestigious Gold Developer Status by Intuit Inc.

Legrand Software is pleased to announce that it has been awarded Gold Developer status by Intuit Inc., one of the world’s leading suppliers of financial management and accounting software.

The awarding of Gold Developer status involves extensive third party testing, peer review by independent QuickBooks Pro Advisors and customer feedback.

Legrand becomes one of only a small handful of CRM suppliers to have this Intuit accreditation.

Full article here.

November 2006 - The CPA Technology Advisor

Article: Awesome QuickBooks Add-Ons For 2007

By Doug Sleeter

" Each year, I survey tens if not hundreds of products from independent developers who add value to the QuickBooks community by solving hard problems faced by QuickBooks users and consultants. Before awarding the “awesome” label, I dig deep into each product and ask all the hard questions I think consultants and business owners will eventually ask. I usually find that the developers of these products know much more about their target customer set than I do, so I try to first satisfy myself that they understand enough about how QuickBooks works, and then I move to their solution and see if they’ve developed an easy-to-use, quality product that I would recommend to my clients. " full article

October 2006 - My Business

Article: Integrating CRM to boost your business competitiveness

"A centralized CRM database is an essential business tool in today's always-on business economy. Make sure your accounting system and CRM system talk seamlessly together and train your staff on using the CRM database to ensure they promptly provide relevant answers to customer queries. Your customers will love you for it " full article

October 2006 - The CPA Technology Advisor

Article: Legrand CRM for You and Your Clients

By Doug Sleeter

"Once in a while, I find a QuickBooks add-on product that just hits the mark right in the center of the bullseye. And when I do, I like to tell the world about it. Legrand Software is a company that has done just that. They’ve created the Legrand CRM system, which integrates with QuickBooks (QuickBooks Pro, Premier or Enterprise Edition – 2003 or higher) using the Legrand Accounting Link. This link manages a bi-directional transfer of information between the databases, eliminates double-entry, ensures the consistency of contact information, and provides live access to sales histories." full article

August 2006 Computerworld

Provider of life science research products, Australian Laboratory Services (ALS) makes the move to Legrand and solves CRM headaches along the way. full article

August 2006 Australian Financial Review

Covers the problems of companies having multiple customer databases and the need for staff in all departments to share information. full article

18 July 2006 The Sleeter Group

Article: Legrand CRM Integrated with QuickBooks
By: Doug Sleeter (Founder of The Sleeter Group)

"No matter what business you’re in, most likely you and your office colleagues are constantly in touch with prospects, customers, vendors, and partners. And if you’re smart, you keep a database of some type in which you track all of your contacts.
The problem is - with most small businesses anyway - it stops right there. Just a database of contacts (address, phone, email, etc.) stored in MS Outlook or something similar. And usually, each employee keeps their own contact list, with no sharing of data between employee’s contact manager databases. So a common question any employee might have is "when was the last time anyone in our company dealt with this customer, and what was it about"? And of course, that’s hard to answer because each employee has their own notes in their own database" full article

Quickbooks Solutions Marketplace

"Since we have made the change from paper and file folders, to ACT! to salesforce.com and now to Legrand, we have first hand experience about why this has been the best decision we ever made. With functionality that is easy to use, QuickBooks integration that is not available anywhere else for any price, and a quick and painless conversion, we could not be happier." full article

Article: Application Review for Legrand CRM Accounting Link: Outstanding Transfer
By: Jack Harrel

"My sales people love using Legrand to track their progress, so it is all the much better that our accounting department can provide helpful information. The adaptation of Legrand CRM and the Accounting Link module has made our entire business much more efficient." full article

15 July 2005 Technology & Business Magazine Australia

Article: Contact management packages reviewed

"The graphical interface is clear and allows the user to have easy access to a range of information without being overwhelmed. There is a good use of colour to accentuate particular features, drawing the eye to where it needs to be..."

"...I was particularly pleased by the layout of the product's screens, it's user-friendliness, and the inclusion of such features as item tracking and impressive customisation tools in what is essentially an out-of-the-box solution." full article