Outreach - pros and cons mostly pros
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Outreach helps setup sequences, tracks activity such as notices if customer read email messages, and it integrates to our CRM (Salesforce). it tracks contact name and information (address, email, phone). It is one of the foundational components of our Sales Enablement IT stack. It provides quick/easy means to contact customers and intelligence to track their engagement.
Pros
- visibility and intelligence into whether customers opened/viewed/responded to email
- integration with the CRM enables effortless updates to contact info
- sequences enable automation of customer outreach, and ability to DRIP campaign easily
Cons
- search function could be improved ... account, individual, etc can be tough to manage
- could proactively validate contact information. lots of data imports quickly become bunk phone numbers or emails as employees bounce between prospect companies
- the UI is noisy and difficult to ingest. lots of grey muted information ... could provide opportunity for colored highlights to POP
Return on Investment
- Outreach does contribute to revenue enablement and acceleration
- time spent managing bunk / or out of date information is a time drain
- sequences facilitate improved first mtg booked metrics by automating cold outreach, providing value to customers via email, and highlighting who is reading and responding
Usability
Other Software Used
Clari, Gong, Showpad eOS®, Slack









