ERT Boosts Sales Cycle Efficiency

With almost 50 years of experience in the healthcare space, ERT aids a range of companies that conduct clinical trials for life-saving treatments. Its technology ensures that these companies minimize the risk and uncertainty behind the data of each trial. But one thing prevented ERT’s vital solutions from reaching the clinical trial teams: an inefficient sales cycle.

Sales reps primarily used Salesforce’s content library to access sales materials. This storage system led to reps using outdated content and referring back to content that was ineffective in engaging clients. Additionally, there was no feature that allowed reps to pitch content within Salesforce, which managers realized impacted sales effectiveness.

ERT’s sales reps are divided into six specialist teams — one for each of ERT’s product lines. This meant the company needed a solution that would easily identify content that was relevant to each specific team. A solution that could measure the effectiveness of sales content without confusing reps about which content items to use was desperately needed.

One thing prevented ERT’s vital solutions from reaching the clinical trial teams: an inefficient sales cycle.

The managers of ERT decided to research potential systems that would solve their sales content and pitching problems. They looked at Highspot and two competing products, and it soon became apparent that Highspot offered the best possible solution. Compared to competitors, Highspot had some clear advantages, and the ERT sales team didn’t anticipate how easy it would be to adopt.

The improvement that Highspot had made to ERT’s six portfolio sales teams was substantial and rapid — and ERT would find even more uses for the software.

The improvement that Highspot had made to ERT’s six portfolio sales teams was substantial and rapid.

ERT’s managers noticed that the six portfolio teams were now able to share analytical data to improve their own sales processes. The teams pointed out which sales assets drove the best results with prospects, thereby improving their pitching processes as a result.

This information had relevance beyond the reps — the marketing team at ERT benefited from this intel, too. With access to Highspot’s analytics, ERT’s marketers can now make changes to content based on customer interaction. This has enabled ERT’s sales content to become more effective and impactful than it has ever been before.

More positive uses for Highspot continue to be discovered every day. Recently, sales operations specialists uploaded sales training calls for reps who needed a refresh of their initial training, allowing reps to increase their knowledge in a manner that previously had not been easily available.

The one linking theme throughout ERT’s company-wide adoption of Highspot was ease. Now with Highspot, teams at ERT are communicating with greater ease, finding content with greater ease, identifying customer insights with greater ease, and training reps with greater ease. With its accessible platform, intuitive guidance, and powerful analytics, Highspot has paved the way and made it easy to significantly increase sales win rates at ERT.