Customer Experience Is the Ultimate
Measure of Churn

How successful are businesses in reducing churn when customer experiences don’t match customer expectations?

The average customer churn rate is

0%

globally,


Global Average Customer Churn Rate | 2022 CRM Impact Report | SugarCRM

and a
whopping

0%

in the US.

of respondents admit to the need to implement customer feedback to improve the service and experience they offer.

0%

6 in 10 respondents say their churn rate has increased in the last 12 months.

Increase In Customer Churn Rate | 2022 CRM Impact Report | SugarCRM

More Than Half Can't Rationalize, Track, Quantify, or Prevent Churn | 2022 CRM Impact Report | SugarCRM

More
than half

acknowledge that they cannot rationalize, track, quantify, or prevent churn.

of sales and marketing leaders believe their customers leave because they lack steady communication and relevant messaging.

0%

To succeed, organizations must use a more customer-centric sales process and leverage technologies like CRM to optimize and personalize engagement throughout the entire customer journey.

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How CRM Fuels the Customer Experience

Many customer relationship management solutions fail to deliver on their promise to provide a complete customer view, leading to wasted money and lost opportunities.

0%

say their biggest frustration with CRM is being either too complex, not intuitive or user friendly or cannot be customized.

CRM Frustrations | 2022 CRM Impact Report | SugarCRM

Poor CRM is A Waste of Money | 2022 CRM Impact Report | SugarCRM

0%

sales and marketing leaders believe their current CRM is wasting money.

of respondents in our survey say a unified customer view is critical to delivering an optimal customer experience.

0%

Missing Data to Improve Marketing Campaigns | 2022 CRM Impact Report | SugarCRM

0%

feel they are missing data to improve their marketing campaigns and sales pipeline.

A shared CRM data platform that connects every stakeholder with a complete customer view is the foundation for creating a high-definition customer experience, or HD-CX.

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Orchestrating Organizational Alignment

Aligning sales, marketing, and service teams is no easy feat, especially when each group works with different datasets, playbooks, and definitions of success.

Underqualified Sales Leads | 2022 CRM Impact Report | SugarCRM

0% of sales leads

generated by marketing are deemed to be either poorly qualified or underqualified.

Misalignment Prevents Growth | 2022 CRM Impact Report | SugarCRM

0%

of sales and marketing leaders agree that sales and marketing misalignment prevents their organization from growing their business.

of respondents cite unintegrated systems or different technology platforms for misaligned sales and marketing efforts.

0%

Over a quarter

0%

of sales leads are never followed up on, either from lack of confidence in their quality or a lack of ownership.

Follow Up on Sales Leads | 2022 CRM Impact Report | SugarCRM

A unified CRM allows sales, marketing, and service teams to personalize outreach and better track deals, engagement, and customer needs.

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The Growing Role of Al in Sales and Marketing

Reliance on artificial intelligence (AI) has increased across sales and marketing, as there is a clear notion that it can directly impact revenue.

0%

of respondents say their organization’s sales team uses AI to enhance one or more business processes.

Enhance Business Processes With AI | 2022 CRM Impact Report | SugarCRM

0% say they
expect to increase their use of AI technology over the next 24 months to augment their existing processes.

Augment Existing Processes With AI | 2022 CRM Impact Report | SugarCRM

The future of customer experience is based on data-driven, predictive systems to better understand what customers want and to predict what they need.

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A Summary of The
Path Forward

Strong organizational alignment is driven by several key factors, including accessing
relevant data, establishing mutual goals and metrics, and creating a seamless handoff
process to improve productivity and ensure ownership.

Despite the many challenges companies face to mitigate the great customer resignation,
there is a path forward with a CRM platform that enhances insights with Al, helping
marketing, sales, and service teams deliver a high-definition customer experience (HD-CX). Having effective customer relationship management software ensures you can make informed decisions and keep customers happy.

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