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How do you keep your sales pipeline and CRM organized?

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Keeping your sales pipeline and CRM organized is essential for any sales development professional. It helps you track your prospects, prioritize your tasks, and optimize your performance. However, it can also be challenging to maintain a consistent and effective system, especially when you have multiple sources of leads, different stages of the sales cycle, and various tools and platforms to manage. In this article, we will share some tips and best practices on how to keep your sales pipeline and CRM organized and aligned with your goals.

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Michael Walton

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1 Define your pipeline stages

The first step to organize your sales pipeline and CRM is to define your pipeline stages clearly and consistently. These are the milestones that your prospects need to reach before they become qualified opportunities or customers. Depending on your industry, product, and sales process, you might have different stages, such as awareness, interest, discovery, demo, proposal, negotiation, and closed. You should also assign criteria and indicators for each stage, such as actions, behaviors, responses, or scores, that show how ready and willing your prospects are to move forward.

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Based on experience, the best way to create pipeline stages is to break your sales journey into major steps. Each step should be simple to track and have a KPI assigned to it so you can see how you/team are doing to address potential issues along the way. You can spot issues with the conversion rate between each stage. Here's a great starting point to consider for outbound sales (You can also break them up by action): Lead Qualify Pitch Negotiate Agreement

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Shahab Izzat

Head of Sales - ENPI Group | Specializes in Rigid & Flexible Plastics Packaging , FMCG , Food & Beverages
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There are no universal best practices for defining pipeline stages. Regularly review and adapt they aren't set in stone. Continuously evaluate their effectiveness and adjust them as needed based on feedback from sales team, customers, or changes in the business environment. Align with how customers typically behave during the process. Understanding their needs, pain points, and decision-making factors at each stage, and craft your strategy accordingly.

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2 Segment your prospects

The next step to organize your sales pipeline and CRM is to segment your prospects based on relevant attributes and characteristics. This will help you tailor your outreach, messaging, and follow-up strategies to each segment and increase your conversion rates. You can segment your prospects by various factors, such as source, industry, size, location, role, pain points, needs, interests, budget, authority, timeline, or engagement level. You should also use tags, labels, or categories to mark and filter your segments in your CRM.

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3 Update your data regularly

The third step to organize your sales pipeline and CRM is to update your data regularly and accurately. This means entering and editing the information about your prospects, activities, interactions, and outcomes in your CRM as soon as possible. This will help you avoid data entry errors, duplicates, gaps, or inconsistencies that can affect your pipeline visibility, accuracy, and reliability. You should also use automation tools, integrations, or workflows to streamline and simplify your data entry and update processes.

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Updating your data regularly is so important and so many sales people neglect this. You gotta stay on top of it. Writing notes in your CRM is key. This will help you when you need to revisit that prospect. For example, you can put in your notes that he mentioned he takes his kids to baseball every Sunday. It’s also important for making sure you reach out to your prospects at the correct time. If they asked you to reach out in a week and your activities are a mess, you probably won’t remember to reach out when they asked.

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4 Prioritize your tasks

The fourth step to organize your sales pipeline and CRM is to prioritize your tasks based on the urgency and importance of each action. This will help you focus on the most valuable and impactful activities that can move your prospects along the pipeline and closer to the sale. You should also use a task management system, such as a calendar, a to-do list, or a kanban board, to plan, schedule, and track your tasks in your CRM. You should also set reminders, alerts, or notifications to ensure that you don't miss any deadlines or opportunities.

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Shahab Izzat

Head of Sales - ENPI Group | Specializes in Rigid & Flexible Plastics Packaging , FMCG , Food & Beverages
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Prioritize tasks in your sales pipeline and CRM by using a scoring system. Assign numerical values or ratings to each task based on factors like potential revenue, customer engagement, or the stage of the sales process. This scoring system can help you quickly identify and focus on high-value tasks that have a greater likelihood of closing deals. Additionally, you can consider using automation tools within your CRM to streamline task management and ensure timely follow-ups. These tools can help you automatically categorize and prioritize tasks based on predefined criteria, saving you time and effort.

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5 Review your pipeline metrics

The fifth step to organize your sales pipeline and CRM is to review your pipeline metrics regularly and systematically. These are the key performance indicators (KPIs) that measure the health, efficiency, and effectiveness of your pipeline and sales process. Some of the common pipeline metrics are pipeline size, pipeline value, pipeline velocity, conversion rates, win rates, loss rates, average deal size, average sales cycle length, and sales quota attainment. You should also use dashboards, reports, or analytics tools to visualize and analyze your pipeline metrics in your CRM.

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6 Clean your pipeline

The sixth and final step to organize your sales pipeline and CRM is to clean your pipeline periodically and rigorously. This means removing or archiving the prospects that are no longer relevant, qualified, or responsive from your pipeline and CRM. This will help you avoid clutter, confusion, and waste of time and resources on leads that are unlikely to close or generate revenue. You should also use criteria, rules, or triggers to identify and flag the prospects that need to be cleaned from your pipeline and CRM.

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7 Here’s what else to consider

This is a space to share examples, stories, or insights that don’t fit into any of the previous sections. What else would you like to add?

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1 Define your pipeline stages

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4 Prioritize your tasks

5 Review your pipeline metrics

6 Clean your pipeline

7 Here’s what else to consider

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1 Define your pipeline stages

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3 Update your data regularly

4 Prioritize your tasks

5 Review your pipeline metrics

6 Clean your pipeline

7 Here’s what else to consider

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