{"id":11001,"date":"2023-01-10T10:06:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T10:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nocrm.io\/blog\/?p=11001"},"modified":"2023-01-10T14:27:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T14:27:08","slug":"lost-sales-know-how-to-improve-sales-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nocrm.io\/blog\/lost-sales-know-how-to-improve-sales-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost sales: know how to improve your sales process"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Closing leads is essential for your business and results, but despite the satisfaction that salespeople get from it, we\u2019ve all come across <strong>lost sales<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seeing the glass half full: these lost sales mean that there is room for improvement. But for that, you need to analyze and understand why you are losing leads, so that you can implement the optimizations needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To help you with this process, noCRM has just launched its new feature \u201cTags on closing\u201d. Read on to learn more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-why-should-you-categorize-your-lost-sales\"><strong>Why should you categorize your lost sales?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When you lose a lead, you might go to your sales system, tag the lead as \u201clost\u201d and move on without asking further questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, there is probably a reason why you are losing deals. Stacking up lost sales without analyzing them, will not do your business any good. You won\u2019t know why you are actually losing them and will keep repeating the same mistake over and over again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>So what if you decide you want to analyze them?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will probably take hours and hours to get through all of those lost leads, to understand why each of them has been lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is why as soon as you set a lead as \u201clost\u201d in your sales system, you need to be able to categorize it by \u201clost reason\u201d, so that you can have a clear and quick view of the main problem you are encountering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-how-can-you-categorize-lost-sales-with-nocrm\"><strong>How can you categorize lost sales with noCRM?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To tackle the problem mentioned above and allow our users to categorize their lost sales, noCRM has just launched its new feature <strong>\u201cTags on closing\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-how-do-tags-on-closing-work\"><strong>How do \u201ctags on closing\u201d work?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nocrm.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/tags-on-closing-nocrm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11030\" width=\"494\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nocrm.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/tags-on-closing-nocrm.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.nocrm.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/tags-on-closing-nocrm-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<ul><li>On your noCRM account, when you create a new lead category (\u201dLoss reason\u201d for instance), you can now also define your own customized tags. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nocrm.io\/help\/tags-on-closing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more on how to do it here<\/a>.<\/li><li>Once you have set up the new lead category and the tags, whenever you change a lead&#8217;s status to \u201clost\u201d or \u201ccancelled\u201d, noCRM will suggest you select, in just a click, the reasons for the loss amongst the ones you have set.<\/li><li>You will then be able to access the data of your lost leads and analyze the main loss reasons.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s it, you now have a clear view of what\u2019s not working in your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nocrm.io\/academy\/develop-the-right-sales-process-to-close-your-deals\">sales process<\/a> and what you need to improve!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Closing leads is essential for your business and results, but despite the satisfaction that salespeople get from it, we\u2019ve all come across lost sales. 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