How do you use your CRM?

Disclosure this question is adapted from a linkedin post linked below.


We all have to use goddamn SFDC (or something) of some sort - forecasting, producing documents, integration with docusign etc., if you don't you are probably in the minority and you should be.


So I wonder, what do you put in your CRM? Personally, I don't put a thing in there. my qualifying summary's are "sign this month" "fill or kill". Sausage making is ugly, I don't want my emails tracked in that thing (I don't think the company does either), and I want to make myself harder to replace. I also don't have the time - why waste it on things that aren't earning me checks. All this to say - I know a lot of folks are mandated even at my company to do this.


When salesforce isn't really slow it is pretty great though - it basically only has accounts that demonstrated interest before and complete integration with quoting and docusign is niceeee.


I'd be curious to know your Role + Rev/Booking Responsibility.


I'm a SAE - ~30million dollar Rev Bag with ~5m in net new ARR.


https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jimkeenan_im-very-curious-about-this-i-cant-wait-ugcPost-6801592237236076544-tTsA

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softwaresails
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Everything goes in Salesforce for me. If it’s not in salesforce it didn’t happen. 

If I didn’t do this I couldn’t tell you how many things would fall through the cracks. 
CuriousFox
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Ugh I hate that phrase. Like fingernails on a chalkboard 🤦‍♀️
braintank
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Enterprise Account Executive
I take the opposite approach. I put all my  notes in salesforce and generally bcc CRM for all important to emails. I like having everything organized and accessible. Keeps management off my back when they know my answer to any question is: check the CRM. I also find custom dashboards and reports are helpful to keep myself on track and answer questions about the business.
Chep
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Bitcoin Adoption Specialist
Agree with this. Just easier to access all my notes in the CRM when I'm making calls rather than having to pull up another document.
salesdaddy
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Senior Account Executive
I've found it holds everything for me, but I've never found it does any task management - this is why we have outreach, separate forecasting tools (we used to), and all my colleagues use some sort of note taking. I have my BDRs, SE, and manager all on a slack channel.  
Lambda
Tycoon
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Sales Consultant
I don't, i need to get better at it, but ultimately i like to take my own notes and save in one note because should anything happen to my job/career I don't own those notes in SFDC
braintank
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Enterprise Account Executive
If you leave your job why do your old notes matter?
salesdaddy
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Senior Account Executive
I'd assume because, he'd like to take his book with him. 
braintank
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Enterprise Account Executive
I can understand keeping contact information for key customers in your phone so you can "take it with you" but it seems short sighted to keep everything out of the CRM to preserve your "book". If you go work for a competitior how are the notes about your old company going to help? All you need to do is call and say "I'm with Y now, I'd like to earn your business"
Prizrak
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Disruptor of worlds
I use it to keep track of everything. Keep my notes, emails, follow up reminders, everything. I can't imagine how I did anything without Hubspot 15 or 20 years ago.
BCD
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BDR
Primarily for notes that help move a deal along, research, reports and activity tracking 
BeyondtheMoney
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Senior Account Executive
Deal size, opp name and close date. Everything else is in comment box so I'm not sitting there entering info 5.34 hours a day
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