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What is CRM software?
What is CRM software?
CRM software gives you a complete overview of your customer base across the core functions of sales, service and marketing, providing insight to help personalise your customer interactions.
The software collects data from your sales leads and customers all in one place, analysing calls, emails and meetings, helping improve customer service, drive sales, and increase revenue.
CRM software can help you to organise and prioritise sales opportunities for teams across your business, so you can spend more time connecting with your customers and securing sales.
Once adopted, it also helps you segment your customer base, create sales reports and scale your sales process, as well as assist you in forecasting for sales periods.
Why should you care about CRM?
Businesses that use CRM software to manage their sales and customer information see on average a 18% boost to their productivity, according to a recent study by the Enterprise Research Centre.
If you want to manage your key sales and customer data more easily and use it more effectively to grow your business, CRM could be a great option for you.
Is CRM software right for you?
CRM software might be right for you if you want to:
- Keep a closer eye on your sales metrics
- Gain a better understanding of what drives your sales
- Find out more about your customers
- Understand interactions between your staff and customers
- Keep track of future business prospects, while better serving your existing customer database
Even if you only have a few key customers, CRM software is likely to benefit you when it comes to growing your business.
The benefits of using CRM software for you and your business
Using CRM software offers a number of benefits to help you and your business succeed.
As well as providing visibility of your sales forecast, CRM software simplifies storing customer data, order history and details of previous interactions securely, all in one place.
You'll be able to provide better customer service too, leading to an increase in retention and sales, while reducing complaints.
Adopting CRM software can allow your team to focus less on paperwork and more on serving complex customers and developing leads in new markets too.
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This article was originally published at Help to the Grow: Digital and has been reproduced here under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
