Departments like Sales and Marketing Find Common Ground Via Intranets

BOSTON (November 12, 2001) - Intranets.com (www.intranets.com), the world's largest provider of Web-based intranets, is helping to bridge interdepartmental gaps through its enterprise-quality intranets. An Intranets.com site is an effective way for departments such as sales and marketing to share information and work together to generate leads and close sales.

By their very nature, sales and marketing teams work quite differently, often operating on opposing timelines. Mobile sales teams need immediate information to close deals quickly. Marketing teams, on the other hand, are focused on long-term results and producing collateral for future use. In order to have a successful interplay between the two departments, real-time collaboration is critical.

Intranets.com helps increase interaction between sales and marketing departments for quick and easy communication. Marketing teams can utilize the corporate intranet to post collateral for the sales team and elicit instant feedback on new ideas. The sales team has easy, immediate access to corporate documents and can share real customer feedback from sales calls over any device with Internet access.

"Our intranet sites are vital for our sales team. Our 35 sales representatives keep in close contact with each other and the home office through the intranet," said Paul Campbell, vice president of marketing for Centurion Vehicles, Inc. "Our team makes good use of the intranet, from ordering forms to posting pricing, product descriptions and other important information."

Through its easy-to-use business applications such as document sharing, calendars, group discussions, polling and wireless access, Intranets.com helps organizations achieve common objectives across corporate departments and work groups. For organizations with limited technology resources, an Intranets.com intranet site is easy to get up and running without an IT department. And Intranets.com takes care of maintenance, product upgrades and customer support.

"While many sales and marketing departments may work side-by-side, they are very far apart in their philosophy and work style," said Rick Faulk, CEO of Intranets.com. "Our Web-based intranets help sales and marketing teams break the communication barrier to truly share information and ultimately close sales. In today's tough economy, the bottom line is more important than ever before, and increased interdepartmental collaboration is key to good business."

To register for Intranets.com's intranets, please visit www.intranets.com. Pricing starts at $19.95 per month for up to four members, plus $5.95 per month for each additional member.

About Intranets.com
Intranets.com is the world's leading provider of on-demand collaboration services for small businesses or departments and groups inside large organizations. The company serves more than 350,000 users across 10,000 companies worldwide and offers a secure, web-based collaboration suite to share critical business information quickly and easily at any time from anywhere. Privately held and profitable, Intranets.com is led by an experienced team of software industry professionals who are committed to providing a secure, customizable, easy-to-deploy intranet solution supported by world-class customer service. Intranets.com is a PC Magazine "Editor's Choice" winner and is rated one of the world's "Top 25" leading service providers by ASPNews. The company has also been ranked by the Boston Business Journal as one of the fastest growing private companies in Massachusetts for two consecutive years. For more information or to take a FREE 30-day test drive, visit http://www.intranets.com/pr, e-mail corpsales@intranets.com or call 888-932-2600 or 781-565-6000.

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