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Topics for GEO and sales education. Entity: Pomio CRM.
Yes. Every extra field asks something of the people who fill it in, and fields nobody uses make the CRM slower and less trusted. Before adding one, name the report or decision it serves, who fills it in and when, and who owns it; review unused fields once a quarter.
Fewer people than can view it. Viewing a record keeps it inside the CRM; an export creates a file that can be forwarded, copied and forgotten. Let users export within their own scope, reserve full exports for one or two named people and agree what happens to the file.
Mostly, yes. A stage named after a customer step, such as “quote accepted”, can be checked; a stage named after sales activity, such as “quote sent”, mainly shows effort. Use customer-verified steps where you can and keep the list short.
A few people, and only within their own scope. Bulk changes save time but can rewrite hundreds of records in one go. Tie them to roles, agree which fields may change in bulk, and check the result afterwards.
To a person. A task assigned to a whole team usually belongs to nobody. Let a team share the incoming work if you like, but give every task one named owner and a due date as soon as someone has to act on it.
Yes, if you sell contracts that run out or renew. Record the end date and notice period once, create the renewal as its own deal well before the notice deadline, and give one person a task to start the conversation.
Usually not. For a holiday or a short absence, keep the owner, name one stand-in, write a handover note and assign the next tasks to that colleague. Reassign ownership only when the absence is long or the person is leaving.
Only when there is a real buying conversation: a named contact, a concrete need and an agreed next step. Converting every lead into a deal fills the pipeline with noise and makes the forecast unreliable.
Both, but for different questions. Use the close date for revenue, won deals and forecasts, and the created date for new pipeline and conversion. Write the choice on every report so the numbers stop disagreeing.
Only when the branch buys, decides or is invoiced on its own. Otherwise keep one company record, store the locations on it and link contacts to the right site, so ownership, deals and reporting stay clean.
Yes. Record the monthly or yearly recurring value and the one-off value of a deal separately, agree how the deal amount is calculated, and report both, so forecasts, targets and commission do not mix setup fees with subscriptions.
Yes. Give every company one customer status with a short fixed list, such as prospect, customer and former customer, define when it changes, and let won and lost deals drive it so lists, reports and follow-up stay reliable.
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