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Your Complete CRM
CRM HANDBOOK
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
TO GET STARTED WITH CRM
Introduction
WHAT IS CRM?
CRM is much more than a buzzy acronym thats been
tossed around the business and sales world for the past
decade or so.
Table of Contents
03 Signs You Really Need a CRM
05 How CRM Improves Productivity
09 How to Craft a CRM Strategy
12 Maximizing Your ROI
14 Conclusion
Chapter 1
SIGNS YOU
REALLY
NEED A CRM
Small businesses typically begin with a basic
relationship of seller-to-customer simple. In such
an early stage, it might be fine to just maintain
an Excel spreadsheet or jot down notes about
customers and incoming orders. But as your
business grows, this sort of record-keeping simply
cant do what you need anymore. Here are some
warning signs its time to trade in those old ways
and start managing your customer relationships
more effectively:
As your business
grows, this sort of
record-keeping
simply cant do what
you need anymore.
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If any of these apply to you or your team, dont despair. These are exactly the
issues that a CRM system can address. Next up, lets take a look at how a CRM
makes your business more productive.
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Chapter 2
HOW CRM
IMPROVES
PRODUCTIVITY
You probably know the old saying, there
never seem to be enough hours in the day.
This is especially true in the sales world,
where time truly is money. According to a
study by Mavenlink, two out of five small
business owners rank time as their most
valuable asset, and a quarter of those would
pay $500 for just one extra hour in the day.
The more effectively and efficiently you use
your time, the better results to your bottom
line. Small businesses grow faster by getting
better at providing a steady flow of new
prospects, increasing time spent selling, and
arming their sales reps with the info they
need to close deals more quickly. That is
where a CRM application comes in.
Pipeline
Finding time to bring in a steady flow of new
customers can be quite the challenge for a
Selling Time
Obviously, representatives need time to sell. Some of the time
traps faced by salespeople are hard to overcome, but others
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Better Intelligence
For successful prospecting and
place.
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DONT FORGET TO
THINK MOBILE
The Mobile Sales Team
As you consider CRM solutions, its important
to consider that the modern sales team is no
longer confined to their desks for 8 hours a
day. They are always on, always connected, and
incredibly mobile. When considering any new
tool, including a CRM, you should make sure the
technology enhances this shift in productivity,
and fits into your sales teams existing workflows.
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Chapter 3
HOW TO CRAFT
A CRM
STRATEGY
Building a successful CRM system isnt just about
choosing the right technology, as significant as that is.
You also need the right plan in place from a business
perspective. Here are seven basic steps to build a
winning plan:
Building a successful
CRM system isnt just
about choosing the
right technology, as
significant as that is.
You also need the right
plan in place from a
business perspective.
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Business objectives are where vision and strategy get translated into the dayto-day work. A common mistake when implementing a new CRM system is
to replicate in it all the old business objectives and processes, complete with
their inefficiencies. Instead, view your implementation as an opportunity to
review and optimize how you work.
You cant manage what you cant measure is an adage attributed to many
business thinkers. Metrics should be visible to everyone, and this means
creating dashboards for all levels of the organization, from sales reps and
managers, to the executive team.
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Customer Spotlight:
Herman Miller
When global furniture manufacturer
Herman Miller was looking for a tool to
help them grow and modernize their
business processes, they turned to
Salesforce to help them do it. With new
insights into their sales cycle, enhanced
mobile functionality, and cross-company
collaboration, Salesforce now allows
Herman Miller to understand their
customers like never before.
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Chapter 4
MAXIMIZING
YOUR ROI
Here are several best practices to remember
when working to maximize your ROI, from
CRM Searchs Karen D. Schwartz:
Choose a Cloud-Based
CRM Solution
All major CRM vendors offer cloud versions of
their apps. Choosing this software as a service
(SaaS) model means companies no longer
have to deal with things that on-premise CRM
apps demand, like servers, software issues,
and new version upgrades.
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Conclusion
Any successful enterprise should start with a foundation of great
customer relationships, with you, the seller, connecting with
people who need your product or service.
As your company expands, these connections become more
sophisticated. Its not just a transaction between the buyer and
seller. You also need to share information across the various
teams within your own organization that are making contact
with the same customers. A CRM system can serve as a vital
nerve center to manage the many connections needed in a
growing business.
In a world where the most successful companies are customerfocused, CRM apps make the customer king. In short, CRM apps
are how businesses truly become customer companies.
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SALES SOLUTIONS
THAT WILL MAKE
YOUR BUSINESS
MORE PRODUCTIVE
If you want to grow your sales and establish a
transparent sales process, you need an easy-to-use
Customer Relationship Managment system. Salesforce
allows you to store customer and prospect contact
information, accounts, leads, and sales opportunities in
one central location.
Learn more
32%
Improvement in
win rate.
40%
Increased sales
productivity.
32%
Increase in sales
revenue.
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