5 Digital Tools Your Business Should Be Using To Close Deals Faster
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Digital transformation is a huge buzzword for companies of all sizes today. It enables small companies to accelerate their interactions with clients and increase efficiency in every stage of the functional process. Electronic signature, or e-signature, is an important part of this business transformation.
Here are 5 ways that you can use digital tools to improve your sales processes and get your deals to close faster.
1: CRM system
Organising your lead and customer data is vital. Managing your pipeline of leads with a good CRM system allows you to get visibility over what leads you need to follow up with. It also allows you to set notes for each customer so that you can follow up at the right time in their business cycle, rather than relying on your memory or your sales team.
The key here is picking a CRM that is the right fit for your business – there’s a saying that the best system is the one you actually use. There’s no point paying for a world-class CRM system if you won’t use the majority of the features. For most SMEs, something that is simple and elegant will be more than enough to suit your everyday needs.
Try a few and see which ones feel intuitive to use (pro tip: at the time of writing, we’ve seen happy users on the likes of Pipedrive, Hubspot’s free CRM, and Capsule)
2: Leveraging digital marketing channels
Paid digital marketing such as Google Ads or Facebook Ads are a great way to get in front of potential customers. You can reach brand new audiences as well as ‘remarket’ warm leads who have already engaged with you, such as by visiting your website. Digital marketing allows you to passively target your leads with offers like discounts, offers, and events. Adopting digital marketing is also a good way to keep up with the ever changing technology and marketing world.
3: Calendar scheduling
It’s a small one but a good one! – when your sales cycle typically involves a phone call or meeting to iron out specifics, using calendar management tools such as Calendly or can free up a lot of small useless emails. Instead of pinging back and forth, salespeople can connect their calendar to Calendly and have prospects self-select a time that works for them.
4: Marketing automation software
Automating some lead to nurture each steps can mean that the machine can tinker away on prospects, reminding them of your brand and providing more value, until they’re warm enough for a sales conversation.
This isn’t a quick solution but one that should involve a wider conversation about the buyer cycle, but ultimately frees you up from nurture processes that would normally require a lot of resource and budget to follow up and execute.
5: e-Signatures
Common sales agreements like licensing agreements, statements of work and contractor agreements can benefit from using e-signatures. These licences and documents are legally valid in Hong Kong, which means that there are less barriers to signing that could mean it slips the prospect’s mind. No paper in the printer? Not in the office? Couldn’t figure out how to work the scanner? No more excuses! The documents will arrive in their inbox and they can sign and send it back in a matter of seconds..
Wrap Up
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