sales_outreach · manufacturing · workflow
Fortune 500 manufacturer achieves 32% lead conversion rate increase by bringing inside sales in-house with Groove
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.
How it works
Common implementation structure
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Stage 1 · In-house sales decision
The company decides to bring inside sales in-house and engages Slalom to evaluate sales engagement platforms.
Tools used
Groove
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.
What failed first
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.
Results
Time saveda matter of weeks instead of months
Volume32%
Grounding & classification
Source type: vendor customer story
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