Almost live from Inbound 2014: Get CRM free with HubSpot Marketing Platform.

Posted by Mike Coombs on September 17,2014

I'm writing this on Day Two of this cool 10,000 person conference.

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If you have been watching us, you know that the Coombs team has been heavily drinking the HubSpot cool aid. We are certified partners. As I sit here, at Inbound 2014, between sessions, I know it’s one of our best business decisions.  The conference is great. But more important, HubSpot software is brilliant. 

 
Inbound Marketing is inevitable.  It’s how sales and marketing works today.

Here at Coombs we very quickly figured out that it’s the sales teams who benefit most from Inbound and HubSpot and that’s who we should be selling to.

When I explain the methodology and software to sales folks I have said… “Think CRM, that recognizes and tracks every customer interaction with your web, blog, email, and social media and puts that customer record at your finger tips to use to sell.”

Apparently “think CRM” was an apt description.

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Today, HubSpot CEO Brian Halligan announced a new product- HubSpot CRM-an easy to use set of tools for companies who don’t have or have never adopted a CRM system.  HubSpot has always integrated seamlessly with all the leading CRM's.  And now "stand alone" CRM functionality has been added.

http://www.hubspot.com/company-news/hubspot-launches-free-crm-and-sidekick-sales-acceleration-at-inbound14

HubSpot CRM has all the expected features of a starter CRM system, and some useful tools you probably haven’t seen in a CRM system before:

  • It tracks contacts, companies, deals, and tasks – That’s expected of CRM

  • Send emails, place calls, and track your activities - HubSpot CRM doesn’t just store information, it makes it easy to communicate with your prospects from one place, or using the tools you are already familiar with.

  • Works hand in hand with HubSpot Marketing - HubSpot CRM isn’t just integrated with HubSpot’s marketing tools - they actually both use the same database. That means that all the rich context about your contacts in HubSpot Marketing -- pageviews, form submissions, lead scores, and other behavioral data -- is seamlessly available in HubSpot CRM (and vice versa.)

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Best of all, HubSpot CRM will be offered free as part of a paid HubSpot subscription.

So if you are interested in HubSpot… and do not have CRM… then you get CRM functionality with HubSpot.

PS.  Like the Hubspot Marketing platform, HubSpot CRM is new, different, easier, and better.  Stay tuned.  Or call us for a demo.