{"id":8926,"date":"2018-07-23T07:36:24","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T07:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bme2.flywheelsites.com\/blog\/infographic-why-adopt-crm\/"},"modified":"2020-01-30T19:44:03","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T19:44:03","slug":"infographic-why-adopt-crm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benchmarkemail.com\/in\/infographic-why-adopt-crm\/","title":{"rendered":"Infographic: Why Adopt CRM"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are many advantages to using CRM.<\/p>\n

CRM is the best solution to manage the contacts in your list. It\u2019s also the most efficient way to track the interactions with your customers and leads to foster stronger relationships.<\/p>\n

The numbers in favor of using a CRM are getting harder and harder to ignore.<\/p>\n

\"Infographic:<\/p>\n

In fact, by the end of 2017, the revenues from CRM were the largest of all software markets. That number is expected to reach $40 billion in 2018. No wonder it\u2019s the fastest growing software market!<\/p>\n

A look back 10 years will show that a mere 12% of businesses were using a cloud-based CRM. Traveling back to the present day sees 87% usage rates.<\/p>\n

If your business has more than 10 employees, and you\u2019re not already using CRM, you\u2019re about to get some serious FOMO. That\u2019s because 91% of companies with 10 or more employees have a CRM.<\/p>\n

While that is a very impressive number, just because businesses have a CRM doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019re actually using them. 22% of salespeople don\u2019t even know what a CRM is and fewer than 40% of businesses have a CRM Adoption Rate greater than 90%.<\/p>\n

However, the majority of companies who have put CRM to use see it\u2019s benefits. 64.2% say that CRM has been either impactful or very impactful for their businesses.<\/p>\n

The need for CRM is real.<\/p>\n

In 2017, 70% of business leads failed to make it to conversion without the use of CRM.<\/p>\n

Here are some more impressive stats:<\/p>\n