The Impact of Automation and Data Technology: Who Bears the Burden?

The rise of automation and data technology has created a two-fold impact on the business world. According to a study from AgileCraft, secretaries rank in the top 3 professions with the highest risk of being replaced by automation — with a 96% risk. We made great strides in processing and analyzing data as technology continued to evolve. As this demand increased, we saw the growth and evolution of data mining through the use of CRM technology. While this new automated world has lifted our reliance on secretaries, and even on analysts to a certain degree, it has shifted some administrative tasks to other workers in the field who are the primary source of information — sales reps. We demanded deep-dyed data entry tasks from them to maintain these robust CRM databases —  adding a new administrative burden… for which fewer secretaries exist to shoulder the burden.

Life On The Road: Where Does the Time Go?

Compounding this time vacuum is the difficult reality of working from the road. Sales reps know the burden of having to pull out a laptop throughout their busy day in the field to do ‘CRM stuff’. Many organizations have tried to address such challenge by getting them on the mobile app versions of their CRM tools, but let’s face it, such efforts still failed. Most of these professionals are simply not wired to perform administrative functions. They want to stick to what they do best — selling. Furthermore, introducing them to anything that needs training requires too much time and effort to plan and execute because of their busy schedules. And whatever tool is presented to them, if data entry can only be achieved by them thumb-typing their notes on a phone and or any device, the task still gobbles up an obscene amount of time. Time that could be spent doing what they are primarily hired to do — making more money.

Save Time with Voice to CRM: Get Back to Selling!

Conversational CRM is the solution: built for people on the road. Dictating notes from your meetings saves time. As a result, sales people spend more time selling, which results in increased sales. Voice to CRM platforms that are doing it best blend technology with human factor for an unmatchable level of complexity and intelligence, offering the experience of having a secretary, at a small fraction of the cost. No restrictions, no formats — just dictate, and get back to selling. And with such solution available to them, there is no excuse to delay entry of their customer interactions and transactions.

Consequently, sales managers and other leaders benefit from it as well. With up-to-the-minute information stored in CRM systems, unhealthy trends are quickly spotted. They are provided a reliable source of information for expedient sales performance management.

You Need Intelligent Data… So You Need Intelligent Voice to CRM

A robust CRM database is a gold mine of intelligent data, and in this day and age, businesses need intelligent data. What they don’t need is the burden of another administrative task that takes sales reps away from selling opportunities. Intelligent Voice to CRM removes this burden and provides the intelligent data needed to get those valuable insights that will improve sales process and increase sales.