Sales Management with Pipeliner CRM

Pipeliner CRM is the only really effective tool available today in the market

There is no system in the industry today like Pipeliner CRM, one that empowers precision sales management through CRM. Therefore we can truly say that Pipeliner CRM is the only really effective tool available today in the market.

There are four major elements that if focused on will increase sales management efficiency:

  • Effective LeadLead Lead refers to a prospect or potential customer (who can be an individual or organization) that exhibits interest in your service or product; or any additional information about such entity. Management

  • Precise Opportunity Management

  • Precise AccountAccount Account refers to a record of primary and background information about an individual or corporate customer, including contact data, preferred services, and transactions with your company. Management

  • The War Room

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Lead Management

There are multiple ways of inputting leads into Pipeliner:

Once in Pipeliner CRM there is great flexibility in what can be done with them, including:

  • Dedicated Lead View

  • Assign leads to reps

  • Lead scoringLead Scoring Lead Scoring is the process of assigning a relative value to each lead based on different criteria, with the aim of ranking leads in terms of engagement priority.

  • Convert to Opportunity

  • Move lost leads to Archive

Pipeliner CRM is extremely flexible so it can be tailored to a company’s exact processes.

Read more about precise lead management in Pipeliner CRM.

Opportunity Management

Opportunity management consists of, first, setting up a sales process. A sales processSales Process Sales Process is a series of strategic steps or a set of activities aimed at driving sales growth through the alignment of personnel, market insight, methodologies, relevant business units, and technology. should be dynamic & Pipeliner CRM is so flexible that you can instantly make changes.

The easier it is for a sales managerSales Manager Sales Manager is an executive who leads a sales unit, team or department by setting goals and meeting targets, formulating plans and policies, designating tasks, and developing salespeople. to visually see the pipelinePipeline Sales pipelineis a visual representation of the stage prospects are in the sales process. and opportunities, the more effective sales management will be.

With Pipeliner data can be manipulated instantly and dynamically and seen by anyone involved.

Opportunity Management Views

Pipeliner CRM provides many different ways of viewing Opportunity information including

Opportunity Management

Opportunity management, in each of its phases, should be totally aligned to the sales target for that sales period. Pipeliner is also unique in this regard in that the target for the current sales period is always in view, and therefore always in mind for the sales team and sales manager.

Pipeliner CRM offers five different target views:
Unweighted Sales Target

Unweighted Sales Target

The value of all opportunities in a pipeline without any closing probability percentages.

Weighted Sales Target

Weighted Sales Target

The Weighted Target is equal to the sum of the total opportunity values in each sales stage, multiplied by the probability of closure for that sales process stage.

Ranked Sales Target

Ranked Target

Each rep has the ability to apply a personal ranking to each of their opportunities, from one to five stars based on their confidence in the deal.

Balanced Sales Target

Balanced Target

This can be looked at as a “worst-case scenario”, because it balances the Weighted Target and the Ranked Target.

Won sales target

Won Target

This Target represents the actual closed or won opportunities.

Account Management

Pipeliner CRM provides for precise Account Management to ensure existing customers are properly monitored and serviced:

War Room

The war room meeting is centered around the overall target for a sales period.  You need a visual tool like Pipeliner CRM to execute it efficiently and consistently. Here are some elements to use in your War Room meetings (for even more detail click here):

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