Use case · Sales
No open quote left without a follow-up
Deals are rarely lost to a clear no. They go quiet because nobody followed up after the quote went out. We set the CRM to notice silence and put the next step in front of the person who owns the deal.
Sales pipeline
Quote sent 2
Negotiation 2
Won 1
How you know you have this problem
Quotes go out and nobody checks whether the customer replied
Follow-ups depend on each salesperson’s own notes and memory
Deals sit in the same stage for weeks
You find out a deal was lost when the customer buys elsewhere
What we build
How it works once it is running
- 01
Define what quiet means
Together we set how long a deal may sit in each stage without activity before it needs attention.
- 02
Create the next step
When a deal goes quiet, the CRM creates a task for its owner and, if you want, drafts a short follow-up email from the deal history.
- 03
Keep the pipeline honest
Deals with no planned activity are highlighted on the board, so the weekly sales meeting starts from the same list.
- 04
Escalate, gently
If a task stays open past a second limit, the sales lead gets a summary. The aim is a decision on the deal, not more reminders.
What you get
- Follow-up rules per pipeline stage
- Tasks and draft emails created for the deal owner
- A board view of deals with nothing planned
- A short weekly summary for the sales lead
What we need from you
Access to your CRM, or agreement to set one up
How your sales stages work today
Examples of follow-up emails that sound like you
Questions about this use case
Do follow-up emails go out on their own?
By default they are drafts the salesperson sends. Automatic sending is possible for simple cases, but a follow-up written by a person who knows the customer usually does better, so we start with drafts.
Will this flood the team with reminders?
It should not. We set limits per stage and one task per deal at a time. If the list is too long in the first weeks, that is a sign the limits need adjusting, and we adjust them.
We use the CRM inconsistently. Does this still work?
It works as far as the data is there. Part of the project is agreeing the few fields and stages everybody keeps current, and removing the ones nobody uses.
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