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As a distributor, you can benefit immensely from using a customer relationship management (CRM) platform—and Nutshell is the perfect distribution business CRM for you.
Nutshell is the all-in-one CRM that helps you:
Distribution companies have to manage relationships not only with their retailer and wholesaler customers but also with the manufacturers they buy from. It’s a lot to keep up with, and it becomes more complicated the more businesses and points of contact are involved. And with the challenges of an increasingly global supply chain, your distribution company needs an efficient way to keep track of its data and strengthen ties with its partners.
That’s why you can benefit from using a CRM. CRMs organize and make sense of hundreds of contacts and leads for your business, so your sales team stays on top of communications and never drops the ball on a deal. CRMs also provide in-depth insights into your customer base, so you can sell more efficiently.
CRMs also help sales and marketing teams solve lots of other problems. The best CRM will help you:
Picking a CRM for your company is a major decision, as the right software can significantly increase your revenue and boost relationships with customers. Different CRMs offer a range of features at various price points, making it crucial that you compare platforms to find the best fit for you.
Looking for a mighty CRM with robust features that fill your distribution company’s unique needs? Nutshell has your back. Nutshell is an all-in-one CRM and email marketing platform that’s easy to use and provides the tools your team needs to kickstart sales.
There are several ways Nutshell can help your distribution company grow. Here are just four of the most prominent advantages of choosing Nutshell as your CRM.
Whatever the size of your sales team, it’s hard to keep track of all the follow-ups, communications, and sales steps needed to win a deal. That’s especially true if you have long sales cycles that can run from several months to up to a year.
One of the primary benefits of a CRM is that it can automate day-to-day tasks that you’d otherwise have to handle manually. And when it comes to sales automation, Nutshell goes all-in.
Our CRM is built to automate as many sales tasks as possible, from advancing leads through your pipeline to reminding your sales reps to make the right moves at the right time. Email marketing is one of the best examples of Nutshell’s powerful automation—with Nutshell Campaigns, you can automatically send out emails to users when they take a particular action or enter a specific stage of the sales funnel.
Nutshell automates tasks like lead assignment, team reminders, and lead advancement, which will save your team time and help you close more deals.
Another essential feature to look for in your CRM for distributors is contact management. When your distribution company interacts with hundreds of people and businesses every week, you need a reliable platform to store and maintain all that information, so you can nurture those relationships—and make more sales.
Nutshell’s contact management tool lets you streamline all your contact information in a single location, getting rid of your spreadsheets so you can find what you need faster. Log your emails and phone calls with leads, capture information directly from business cards, and let Nutshell find a contact’s social media accounts through People Enrichment. You can also easily import your contacts, calendar, and emails from any source to keep all your important information together.
With Nutshell’s contact management feature, your team can easily track and access information like:
The whole point of a CRM for distributors is to help you gather data about the wholesalers and retailers you sell to. If you don’t learn anything from that data, it won’t be of any benefit to you. That’s why it’s critical that you pair your CRM with analytics and reporting.
At Nutshell, we understand how important your analytics are, which is why we have an entire tab of our CRM dedicated to reports. From the moment you click on the tab, you’ll be able to view an overall report of your sales, but it doesn’t stop there.
You can create custom reports on virtually any metric of your choosing, meaning you can get insights into every imaginable facet of your sales and marketing. You can also segment those metrics based on specific products, manufacturers, or wholesalers.
Many distributor CRMs are so over-complicated that it can be a daily battle to figure out how to navigate the platform. But at Nutshell, we go out of our way to make our CRM simple to navigate and use.
Whether you want to track multiple sales pipelines or choose a pipeline view that lets you see where leads are geographically located so you can target your marketing efforts, Nutshell makes it simple. Additionally, you can easily look up specific wholesalers by searching names or contact information or filtering your contacts (People, Companies, and Leads) by a range of characteristics.
Nutshell also provides top-tier customer support to all of our customers—for free. Many CRMs provide the tool and then leave you hanging out to dry if you experience issues, but not us. We have a dedicated team ready to help answer any questions or problems you may have as thoroughly and efficiently as possible.
That alone sets Nutshell in a category unmatched by any other CRM.
Without a doubt, Nutshell has been instrumental in organizing our contact lists and has eliminated the need to maintain multiple spreadsheets for our contacts. Nutshell has not only streamlined our contact management process but has also saved us a significant amount of time, allowing us to focus on engaging with our partners and stakeholders. The tool, in particular, has been especially helpful in improving our communication and engagement with our contacts.
Ana S
When we were evaluating CRMs, the one deciding factor between Nutshell and Salesforce came down to spin up time and price. Nutshell wins on both counts (by a huge margin). Salesforce was 10 times as much per month for what we wanted.
Jason C. Arrow Container Corp
We see Nutshell as a “team member” in growing our company.
Dirk E. Global CIF, LLC
Nutshell is the CRM and email marketing tool I have been searching for since 1992.
Evan T Account Executive
Nutshell has helped my staff clear up literally 50% of their time.
Jennifer A. Eclectic Music
Your distribution company already works in multiple software platforms to manage tasks like accounting, project management, team communication, and more. In your search for a CRM, pay attention to the kinds of software integrations each option offers.
Whether the integration is native or through a platform like Zapier, syncing your software is critical to helping your team perform at their best.
Here are a handful of the most important types of integrations for distribution companies:
So, why use Nutshell’s CRM software for distribution companies over another platform?
At Nutshell, we understand how competitive the distribution industry is, and how long the sales cycles can be. That’s why we built an easy to use CRM equipped with built-in functionality that helps distributors manage & automate their sales processes to close more sales.
With Nutshell, you’ll get:
Say goodbye to juggling multiple tools and platforms to grow your business, and say hello to your all-in-one sales and marketing solution with Nutshell.
Our customers have lots to say about our CRM software. Check out our customer stories to learn more about how Nutshell has helped companies just like yours achieve and exceed their goals!
An easy to use, flexible CRM that helps teams organize their contacts, leads, and conversations in order to grow.
Perfect for small teams that need more reporting capabilities to help improve performance.
For teams that need CRM, sales automation, advanced reporting, and multiple pipelines to help you connect and close more leads.
For teams and organizations that need deeper customization, change logs, and AI features to improve efficiency.
For teams and organizations that need complete custom reporting, access controls, custom SQL access and no limits.
When you choose Nutshell as your distributor CRM, you have the option to partner with 500+ digital marketing experts to help drive leads to your sales team.
You need a CRM for distributors, and Nutshell is without a doubt one of the best ones you’ll find. When you use our tool, you’ll be relieved by how simple, intuitive, and efficient it is, not to mention the fact that it comes with the support of our service team.
That said, you may be hesitant to sign up without knowing exactly what you’re getting—and that’s understandable. That’s exactly why we offer a 14-day free trial that allows you to experience the tool for yourself before committing. Get started today!
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