Sales outreach ·

Fortune 500 manufacturer achieves 32% lead conversion rate increase by bringing inside sales in-house with Groove

The problem

The company's outsourced inside sales vendor was creating unqualified leads to meet quota numbers and sending identical, non-personalized messages to all prospects regardless of industry or lead source, generating serious quality control issues.

First attempt

Three platforms evaluated as alternatives fell short: Salesforce Engage was too lightweight, and the other two leading providers required excessive IT implementation time and had UIs too complex for rep adoption.

Workflow diagram · grounded in source
1
In-house sales decision
trigger
“The company decided to bring inside sales in-house, which also required finding the right sales engagement platform for its new inside sales team. The company turned to Slalom Consulting to provide them with an expert evaluation of the l…”
2
Platform evaluation by Slalom
human_review
“The company initially asked us to look at Salesforce Engage as well as two of the biggest providers”
3
Groove selected and integrated
integration
“After an extensive evaluation, Slalom selected Groove, which Slalom was able to implement in a matter of weeks instead of months”
4
Flow and template creation
output
“This enabled Slalom to focus on client strategy, Flow design, and template creation instead of the heavy and time-consuming operational lift required with other platforms”
5
Conversion rate improvement measured
output
“Within a month of implementation, the Fortune 500 manufacturer saw a 32% increase in the conversion rate for leads that came in through the new process that Slalom created with Groove versus their previous outsourced provider”
Reported outcome

Within a month of implementation, the company saw a 32% increase in conversion rate for leads processed through the new Groove-based inside sales process versus the previous outsourced provider, with Groove implemented in weeks rather than months.

Reported metrics
Lead conversion rate32%
Implementation timea matter of weeks instead of months
Reported stack
GrooveSalesforce
Source
https://www.clari.com/resources/customer-stories/fortune-500-manufacturer/
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Frequently asked questions

What did this team achieve with this AI workflow?

Within a month of implementation, the company saw a 32% increase in conversion rate for leads processed through the new Groove-based inside sales process versus the previous outsourced provider, with Groove implemente…

What tools did this team use?

Groove, Salesforce.

What results were reported?

Lead conversion rate: 32%; Implementation time: a matter of weeks instead of months (source-reported, not independently verified).

What failed first in this deployment?

Three platforms evaluated as alternatives fell short: Salesforce Engage was too lightweight, and the other two leading providers required excessive IT implementation time and had UIs too complex for rep adoption.

How is this sales outreach AI workflow structured?

In-house sales decision → Platform evaluation by Slalom → Groove selected and integrated → Flow and template creation → Conversion rate improvement measured.