I am struggling with dormant deals, not sure what is the best way to treat them. Close the deal and re-open it or just keep it open for long time? Do you know if HubSpot offers a way to store the dormant deals? Like SalesForce.
I'd recommend defining a period of time of acceptable inactivity (e.g. 30 days), then setting the deal to closed lost. The duration depends on your industry - large B2B enterprise sales might have to allow for a longer period, for example.
As a closed lost reason, specify the inactivity. This is going to be valuable when running reports. Should the potential customer get back to you, you would then create a new opportunity.
That's my personal opinion - others prefer to reopen a closed lost deal. In my opinion, that skews analytics as it retroactively removes closed lost reasons from the statistics and creates a false image of reported inactivity.
Best regards!
Karsten Köhler HubSpot Freelancer | RevOps & CRM Consultant | Community Hall of Famer
I'd recommend defining a period of time of acceptable inactivity (e.g. 30 days), then setting the deal to closed lost. The duration depends on your industry - large B2B enterprise sales might have to allow for a longer period, for example.
As a closed lost reason, specify the inactivity. This is going to be valuable when running reports. Should the potential customer get back to you, you would then create a new opportunity.
That's my personal opinion - others prefer to reopen a closed lost deal. In my opinion, that skews analytics as it retroactively removes closed lost reasons from the statistics and creates a false image of reported inactivity.
Best regards!
Karsten Köhler HubSpot Freelancer | RevOps & CRM Consultant | Community Hall of Famer