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10 Activities to Perform Right in Your CRM

Hubspot Sales

A company may use a handful of tools and software to help manage the many aspects and sides of their business. However, when using a combination of tools that aren't meant to be mixed together, the result may be internal misalignment, missed deal opportunities, ineffective collaboration, and a poor customer experience. Track deals.

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Why building a custom CRM is almost always a bad idea

Nutshell

If your company has a unique sales process or sells a variety of products and services, it can be tempting to build a CRM from scratch. In this article, we’ll dig into the nitty-gritty surrounding homegrown CRMs, including what a custom CRM is and the potential benefits and drawbacks of building your own. What is a custom CRM?

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The Best 10 Web Chat Tools in 2019

Hubspot Sales

Web chat tools can be used at almost every stage of the customer lifecycle. Take your pick from some of the best chat tools. Since it integrates directly with the HubSpot CRM you’ll know exactly who you’re chatting with (e.g., And transcripts are stored on the contact's record in the CRM. HubSpot Live Chat. Price: Free.

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26 CRM Techniques and Strategies for Customer Retention

Cience

The CRM: A Key Customer Retention Tool. There are so many ways to drive and improve customer retention, and a lot of them revolve around a robust customer relationship management system , more commonly known as CRM. Your CRM stores all data about your customers. Knowledge Base. Provide Contextual Onboarding.

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Why building a custom CRM is almost always a bad idea

Nutshell

If your company has a unique sales process or sells a variety of products and services, it can be tempting to build a CRM from scratch. In this article, we’ll dig into the nitty-gritty surrounding homegrown CRMs, including: What Is a Custom CRM? 6 Drawbacks of Building Your Own CRM Custom vs Off-the-Shelf: Which CRM is Better?

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Top 10 Best Enterprise CRM solutions for 2021

Sales Hacker

A simple CRM can’t handle this level of complexity. It might sound like a simple task, but choosing an enterprise CRM solution is difficult. That’s why we compiled a list of some of the most popular enterprise CRM solutions out there. Each has its unique benefits that might make it the right enterprise tool for your business.

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Website Activity: The Tools and Tactics to Track It

Hubspot Sales

Here, we'll learn why it's important to track your website activity, how to go about doing it, and some of the tools available to support those efforts. HubSpot CRM. The HubSpot CRM includes a robust suite of website activity tracking features — all of which are automatically included on any webpage you host on HubSpot.