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CRM suggestions #35

Closed lucasverra closed 6 years ago

lucasverra commented 6 years ago

First and free

Hubspot free crm. The catch is that they lure you in with very decent software and then they want you to pay for mail automation. CRM is good and can be used without mail automation

karllhughes commented 6 years ago

@lucasverra I haven't started collecting CRM software or a lot of sales-related information because I know so little about sales. I'd be interested in heading in that direction though.

Do you know of any other CRM's that are good? I have worked at companies that used Salesforce, Pipedrive, and even Trello as a simple CRM.

lucasverra commented 6 years ago

I've been a salesforce admin and for sure salesforce is a very capable and complex machine. Price is steep ~100us /month*rep

ghost commented 6 years ago

I think alot of it depends on database size and how many users you have that want to be able to access the CRM. Salesforce is a beast and it can do whatever you want it to do, the biggest portion about it is that it's expensive if you're not going to utilize it's full capabilities and functionalities.

Some marketing automation softwares that are smaller like myEmma, HubSpot, even MailChimp etc. Could be a CRM until you're a bigger dog and are going to really utilize it.

karllhughes commented 6 years ago

@lizkrupka agreed.

When making list posts, I don't mind including some large, expensive software services (especially if they have a free/cheap tier), but the bulk should be affordable enough for a side project.

I haven't gotten to a point where I need a real CRM yet (spreadsheets and mail lists are good enough), but I've worked for companies that have used them.

ghost commented 6 years ago

That would be something really awesome if some of the bigger softwares would let you be able to do.

I'd love to practice more Eloqua but it's like impossible to afford that as an individual. I wish you could buy a single user instance at an affordable price to just practice.

rant

atherdon commented 6 years ago

Hi @karllhughes, I'm thinking that this posts will be helpful for you: (yes, it has duplicates, but I want to share all of them an avoid missing something)

  1. https://www.producthunt.com/ask/1447-what-s-the-best-personal-free-crm-service
  2. https://www.producthunt.com/ask/1864-what-is-the-best-and-not-so-hard-on-the-wallet-free-crm-why
  3. https://www.producthunt.com/ask/1306-what-s-a-great-small-business-email-open-tracking-crm-under-10-mo
  4. https://www.producthunt.com/ask/1978-what-s-the-best-crm-for-a-small-medium-size-business-out-there
  5. https://www.producthunt.com/ask/4365-what-s-the-best-crm-for-a-small-startup

Btw, Hubspot Sales is my favorite. Free and have most needed features

karllhughes commented 6 years ago

@atherdon this is awesome. Thanks for putting these together. I'll look the lists over and add them to an upcoming blog post.

karllhughes commented 6 years ago

Another one: https://www.infusionsoft.com

ghost commented 6 years ago

I found this one over the weekend - would be great for small businesses: https://highrisehq.com/about/

karllhughes commented 6 years ago

I put together a list available here: https://www.sideprojectchecklist.com/2017/crm-side-projects/

You can continue to submit suggestions here by selecting the category "CRM": https://airtable.com/shrwrPOxd0wlqoiZb

Thanks for all the suggestions!