The last thing to read before entering a sales meeting
December 08, 2017

The last thing to read before entering a sales meeting

Kevin Gilman | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Charlie App

I use the Charlie app in multiple ways. The best use of Charlie for me is to gain additional insight about the people I will be meeting. I typically use it as a last minute catch up while in the cab, or in the lobby waiting. It tells me if the person or company was in the news, how their stock is performing if they are public and anything else I should be aware of. I have many times used this as an immediate conversation starter.
  • They easily connect with my Outlook to sync my upcoming meetings.
  • It provides me with the social profiles of people I am meeting with.
  • It gives me the ability to have all my info about my contact in one place to easily review.
  • At times it doesn't pull a social profile for the contact correctly, or at all, when I know the person has a profile.
  • The interface is a little clunky, and the font is too large. It could be a lot smaller and still effective.
  • It takes a lot of time to sync at points, which is frustrating.
  • The info I pull from Charlie prior to the meeting is almost always brought up as a conversation starter.
  • Charlie helps my relationships go deeper than just surface level info.
  • The ability to go deeper in my relationships while using Charlie has absolutely closed me business.
  • Linkedin, Twitter and Facebook
The thing that Charlie does best is it aggregates everything in one place. It allows me to have a one-stop shop, that I can quickly review prior to heading into a meeting. People are usually amazed with the amount of info that Charlie can give you, and it almost always works its way into my sales call.
If you are in any type of sales, and meeting with people, it is a must. If you already know you contact well, it doesn't have as much value for that particular meeting. Also I wish there was a way to not sync internal meetings, as it just provides clutter, and I don't need info on those people.

Detective Feature Ratings

Load time/data access
3
Contact information
9
Company information
9