How Tech Can Boost Sales Team Performance

Published: Apr 15, 2016
Updated: May 12, 2021
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How Tech Can Boost Sales Team Performance

How Tech Can Boost Sales Team Performance

How Tech Can Boost Sales Team Performance

Companies are spending trillions of dollars on digital sales tools, yet the majority of surveyed sales teams aren’t taking full advantage of these investments.

Big Budget

Big Budget

Global 2000 firms spend $2.4 trillion a year on digital sales channels and services.

Wide Deployment

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

Tech Template

83% of survey respondents said they use digital tools for “configuration, price and quote” (a.k.a. CPQ).

Finders Keepers

Finders Keepers

81% rely upon digital tools to identify new sales leads.

Better Bids

Better Bids

80% depend upon these tools to generate proposals.

Done Deal

Done Deal

77% use digital tools to capture signatures to close a sale.

Poor Reception

Poor Reception

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

Stumbling Block

55% view these tools as more of an obstacle to success than a facilitator of it.

Overloaded

Overloaded

59% said they have to use too many sales tools.

Big Brother

Big Brother

58% feel that digital tools are used more to monitor performance, rather than to improve performance.

Bad Fit

Bad Fit

56% said digital tools are not customized to their needs.

Dennis McCafferty

Dennis McCafferty

Content Writer

Dennis McCafferty, a writer for eWeek, Baseline and CIO Insight, has more than 20 years of experience as a writer. He has covered a variety of technology and business topics for a number of publications, including those of Ziff Davis. Dennis was also an editorial staffer for USA Weekend, the nation’s second-largest magazine, with more than 22 million readers.

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