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Acquisition·9 min read

What is a CRM and why you need it to sell

What a CRM is, what it does and why it is essential to work the leads you buy well.

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If you buy leads and store them in a spreadsheet, you are throwing money away. A CRM is the tool that turns a list of contacts into a sales process. Here is what it is and why you need it.

What a CRM is

CRM stands for Customer Relationship Management: a system where you centralise all your contacts, opportunities and commercial interactions. It is the brain of your sales team.

What it is for

  • Centralise contacts and their history.
  • Assign leads to the right rep.
  • Follow up without anything getting lost.
  • Prioritise by score and intent.
  • Measure conversion, CAC and performance.

Why it matters with bought leads

A bought lead has an expiry date. If it enters your CRM via API or webhook and is assigned and contacted automatically, you convert; if it waits in a spreadsheet, it cools.

Common CRMs

HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive and Zoho are the most used. What matters is not which, but that you actually use it and that your leads enter it automatically.

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Key takeaways
  • A CRM centralises contacts, opportunities and interactions.
  • It turns a lead list into a sales process.
  • Integrate your bought leads via API or webhook.

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Marta Ruiz
B2B acquisition specialist

Helps sales teams buy and work leads that convert: brief, scoring, response speed and CRM. Less fluff, more pipeline.