We implement our RegionSoft CRMMany years and experience shows that implementation even in a small business is a serious block of work, which clearly does not fit into a week, a month, and sometimes a much longer period. By the way, if you are promised implementation in a day, an hour or 15 minutes, walk by, because these guys do not understand what implementation is. So, implementation takes up resources: employees spend part of their working time on training, an IT specialist or a leading manager is busy with requirements, settings, data verification, etc., all this takes time. And it turns out a very strange thing: CRM seems to exist, but it does not exist at all. Thus, the payback period of the project increases and expectations are significantly reduced. Moreover, while the implementation is in progress, and then the buildup, employees can start boycotting the CRM system. And really, why do we need a tool that we bought six months ago,and he still hasn't done anything?
This is one of the big problems in the implementation of absolutely all CRM and other business automation systems. And she has an elegant and simple solution: to start working immediately, without waiting for the vendor to finalize some ultra-specific function or the last barricades of resistance to training fall in the person of the warehouse manager Serafima Ivanovna.
Modern CRM systems are installed on managers' workstations very quickly (both in the cloud and in the desktop), respectively, the interface and all system functions are available almost immediately. It is necessary to conduct training in parallel, implement reports, templates, fine-tune and work.
What can you do in a CRM system right away?
Getting customers - it's easy to add customer cards with data. If automatic data migration is not possible, managers can start filling the client base with their hands, which will only acquaint them with the system better; if possible (most often there is a way to do it) - strictly establish that information about new customers and deals is immediately entered into CRM, old ways are forgotten once and for all.
Set up a sales funnel. Company managers know exactly what types of sales are used and what roughly looks like a funnel in their area of responsibility. This means that you need to quickly design the main forms of this report for your company, agree and enter into CRM.
Maintain calendars and planners.Even if you have the most distant plans to start work in your CRM and you want to launch it in full operational condition with tuning and bells and whistles, teach your employees to use calendars and schedulers. These are excellent, convenient tools for planning and coordinating the work of the entire team, monitoring the workload of employees and their discipline. If there is an event in the planner, with an almost 100% probability the manager will not forget about a meeting, a call, sending documents, or any other event for the client. Such punctuality of employees will immediately give you +100 to your business reputation.
Start filling the knowledge base. Most of the popular CRMs have something like a knowledge base, notebook, collaborative workspace, etc. For example, in our RegionSoft CRMthese are structured folders with the ability to create knowledge base items in a built-in text editor. Employees can start filling the knowledge base with materials that already exist or assign responsibilities and write new instructions, regulations and rules. Firstly, it streamlines work within the company, and secondly, new employees will be able to access this database and start learning from the first minutes of working in the company, without distracting experienced colleagues on every small issue.
Communicate with clients through CRM: send and receive mail, make and record calls, etc. Mail and basic telephony in CRM systems are configured quickly (and in some, for example, in RegionSoft CRMthey also work great in both directions - this is such an inelegant sarcasm), so there should be no problems at the start.
Very simple points, there are quite a few of them - from the point of view of the interface, any person who owns a computer can handle them. But starting work with them from day one gives a powerful effect:
- employees get to know the new work environment in a comfortable way and they will be less afraid of complex things such as business processes or working with loaded reports;
- the habit of using CRM in work is formed;
- the routine in operational work is immediately significantly reduced;
- mistakes made in these points are absolutely not critical for the system and are not capable of seriously breaking something, so employees can enter CRM confidently and without fear;
- employees-users have time to get used to the interface and peculiarities of working with this particular system.
These actions will "accustom" employees to the CRM system and further implementation will generally proceed more comfortably, and in some places faster. Well, clients will immediately notice the difference in the work of managers and will not take the money to competitors.
Place a pen and paper in front of each employee
Oddly enough, these are cool things to help automate a company. Ask employees to do a few things.
- Write down all the problems and questions that arise during the use of the CRM system. Even the most stupid, shameful, petty. Warn that everything is important.
- Describe, point by point, the main actions that are cyclically repeated in the work with an indication of all the employees involved (preparation of commercial proposal, promotions, work analysis, preparation of reports, launching billing, etc.).
- Write how you would really like to do the work and interact with the departments.
The first sheet will be useful to you during training and preparation of the knowledge base on the CRM system. But the rest will be needed to implement the coolest feature in CRM systems at the moment (not everyone has it, but we certainly have CRM at RegionSoft) - to design and automate workflow chains and business processes. This will make your company practically a conveyor belt for
Talk about a CRM system
If you are a manager, top manager, head of department or early bird in a company where CRM is being implemented, take the implementation into your own hands. Let it be not some kind of business of installing new software on old PCs, but an event that you are talking about. This means that it is important and employees should pay special attention to it.
Several sets of internal interviews will make CRM acceptance easier. Take the time to meet with subordinates and colleagues and discuss everything that happens with the automation of the company.
- Have a general meeting where you can share your motivation for implementing CRM, goals, objectives, and expectations. Explain what attracts you to the chosen solution and what you expect from the combination of your employees and the CRM system.
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If a CRM system is implemented from above, silently, without explanation and confidential discussion, it will be accepted much worse, because employees may see it as a tool of control, supervision and punishment. This is not the case. Moreover, communication with employees (future users of CRM) will make the implementation more accurate and suitable for your business.
This article, in comparison with the usual treatises on CRM, seems simple and even quite obvious. I just want to ask: "What happens wrong?" Alas, it almost never happens. Everything that is stated here is the basis for a simple and high-quality CRM implementation. The CRM system that will be used, not the one that is easier to hate. Pay attention to these points - there is nothing more important than little things. And, as you know, the further into the forest, the more firewood.
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