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How to Build Value in Sales: Strategies for Success

LeadFuze

For example, if they’re struggling with team communication, offer them software with collaboration features that will make their heads spin. Our software helps with lead generation and sales prospecting. Picture this: a regional restaurant chain struggling with construction projects. Take LeadFuze, for example.

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15 CRM Statistics You Need to Know

Pipeline

year-on-year (YoY) growth of CRM adoption According to Gartner, at the end of 2017, the revenue of CRM overtook the place of database management systems (DMBSs), making CRM the largest software market in the world. Then, in 2018, with 16% growth, CRM easily became one of the fastest-growing software and leads the market until today (2023).

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Quote Configurator Answers the Question: How Much Does It Cost?

Cincom Smart Selling

The pricing question can come up at any time during the buy cycle, and it can even come up outside of a buy cycle. Many times (particularly during the tire-kicking phase of a real buy cycle or perhaps in a discussion with an existing customer) there will be a request for a ballpark quote. The Ballpark Quote.

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An Open Letter to Social Sellers Everywhere

Tony Hughes

The 57% statistic on 'buying cycle' by CEB is a bit of a red herring because great sellers know they can uncover demand or even create it in any economy. To use these constructs powerfully requires responsibility. It's not rocket science. They've been doing it over the telephone for time immemorial.

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Whale Hunting Part I - The Rate of Decay

Tony Hughes

Don't answer your email, construct an RFP response, work the web leads or build that 55 slide presentation with your NASCAR slide. If you're a CXO reading this or you know one that has purchased million dollar enterprise software sight unseen, please comment. What about the novel idea of triggering the buying cycle yourself?

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The Customer’s Responsibility Is To Solve Their Problem

Partners in Excellence

I just saw a tweet from Andy Paul caught my eye, “The buying cycle has six steps, but in reality prospects have only one task to accomplish: buying the right product or service. Qualifying the plant, “debugging” it, bringing it online is takes more time and hundreds of millions in investment.