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Our sales cycle takes 6 months, and nobody uses LinkedIn. What should our CRM actually do?

Reddit r/CRM·u/According-Invite9092·10 days ago
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I’m planning to build a CRM for a non-tech startup, and I’d love to hear from people who’ve solved similar problems.

Right now, our entire sales process runs on calls and Google Sheets .

Our sales cycle is pretty long, usually around 3–6 months , and most of our customers aren’t active on LinkedIn or other platforms. So traditional CRM features like LinkedIn enrichment aren’t particularly useful to us.

We also have a specific lead qualification process. For example, customers need to meet a minimum unit requirement to qualify for our product. If they don’t meet that requirement, we may offer them an alternative deal.

I’m trying to figure out what features would actually make our sales team’s lives easier rather than building another complicated CRM.

A few things I’m thinking about:

Lead qualification based on our own criteria

Tracking calls, conversations, and follow-ups

Managing deals across a 3–6 month sales cycle

Automating repetitive tasks currently handled in Google Sheets

Making the CRM…

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