ConnectAndSell vs. Orum

If your organization relies on outbound leads through cold calling, this is a great tool for you. ConnectAndSell definitely made the associate's jobs easier at our company and allowed them to produce greater output than they could have done manually without such a tool. This tool is less appropriate if cold calling isn't a big part of your company's lead generation efforts.

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Orum is great for organizations that want to maximize their productivity with their current team. It allows sales to tackle warm and cold leads in a streamlined process.

• Builds lead lists.
• Maximizes connections with prospects.
• Provides guidance for how to approach future prospects.
• Leaves strategic voicemails for prospects.
• Sends emails based on programmable metrics.

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• Great AI notes are captured during the call
• presents useful information in preparation for each call
• great historical information available after the fact
• useful integration to other platforms such as Salesforce, Outreach, and LinkedIn

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• One thing that's been difficult about Connect and Sell is some people can tell you've been patched through so if you can work past the initial conversation it ends up working great.
• The system has worked great with outreach which we've integrated our contacts directly into the system. Because of this the connection between outreach and connect and sell don't always communicate calls and metrics which are crucial for us to know conversion rates.
• We had a hard time getting the system implemented quickly and working the way we wanted it to. Because of the implementation specialist we were working with problems weren't solved quickly rather they were worked through quickly however they were solved.

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• Their call-pickup detection can be slow.
• They don't have a pretty UI.
• They are missing some notes fields we would like.

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For the right reps who are good at talking to prospects who aren't expecting their call, this is a no brainer.

Very easy to use and simple to integrate. The process of moving from a trial to paid customer is virtually nothing.

I have had a few support calls with their people. They are totally reachable and helpful, sharing screens, controlling my screen, showing why things happened, not just correcting it. If you have an issue with the software, let them help. They are there for you, and they are friendly, accessible, and happy to do their job.

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I typed it in a previous question's answer: of my entire tech stack, Matt Godwin is my top CSM by far. Daisy on the Sales side is wonderful, as well.

We have moved to Salesloft. Salesloft gave us greater visibility into performance metrics and integrated with more software which in turn helped streamline our business.

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PhoneBurner is a good dialer as well and might be a better fit for a different use case, but as of my writing this review, they do not have a direct integration with Outreach. They allow a third-party (PieSync) to make certain "if-than" connections, but PhoneBurner didn't make it clear if there was a way to automatically log calls in Outreach. Plus PieSync brings its own monthly cost. Orum is a bit more expensive but well worth it for me.

• It gives you greater potential to lock in a client, but I'm not sure from my end if this ROI is worth the headaches. It has a lot of work before it can become a truly reliable source for outbounding.

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• You have to really use it cause its pricy
• Understand your lead list you are dialing into
• Price can be a bit on the high side

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