How Custom Tech Boosts Sales Team Performance
How Custom Tech Boosts Sales Team Performance
Companies are spending billions of dollars on digital sales tools, yet the majority of surveyed sales teams aren’t taking full advantage of these investments.
Big Budget
Global 2000 firms spend $2.4 trillion a year on digital sales channels and services.
Wide Deployment
80% of companies have adopted a core customer relationship management (CRM) system, with most of them deploying these tools throughout all entire sales processes.
Tech Template
83% of survey respondents said they use digital tools for “configuration, price and quote” (a.k.a. CPQ).
Finders Keepers
81% rely upon digital tools to identify new sales leads.
Better Bids
80% depend upon these tools to generate proposals.
Done Deal
Just 15% describe their sales tools as “very effective,” and only 13% said they are taking advantage of the full capabilities of these tools.
Stumbling Block
55% view these tools as more of an obstacle to success than a facilitator of it.
Overloaded
59% said they have to use too many sales tools.
Big Brother
58% feel that digital tools are used more to monitor performance, rather than to improve performance.
Bad Fit
56% said digital tools are not customized to their needs.
