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Service field guide

CRM integration for a new market: choosing a team

Connect forms, ownership and sales stages without losing context between teams.

Compare relevant agencies

When this work is useful

Use when inquiries lose context, ownership or status between the website and sales. Fix the agreed process before automating it. A new CRM is not always necessary.

Prepare these inputs

Current pipeline, field dictionary, routing rules, duplicate rules, system access and a sales owner.

How to assess a team

Ask how records are matched, how failed deliveries are retried and who can correct a mapping. Test recovery as well as the happy path.

An editorial shortlist

Included because the cited agency sources describe relevant capabilities. This is not a service performance ranking; confirm the scope for your particular market.

#AgencyWhen to considerYour shortlist
01

Pickles team

Editor’s pickAgency website

Consider when offer, page, acquisition and sales handoff need a coordinated launch. Public work provides specific examples, not proof of competence in every market.

Google Ads / Meta Ads / LinkedIn Ads
02

42DM

Agency website

A shortlist option when a technology business needs demand generation and marketing operations in one brief.

SEO / Full-cycle marketing / CRM integration
08

Directive

Agency website

Consider when campaign performance cannot be reconciled with the sales pipeline.

CRM integration / Marketing analytics
20

SmartBug Media

Agency website

Consider when a launch depends on a usable CRM and clear operational ownership.

CRM integration / Website development / Full-cycle marketing
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Ways to scope the work

Use these formats to request a comparable proposal. They are editorial brief structures, not quoted products or prices.

Process audit
Inputs
Current pipeline, field dictionary, routing rules, duplicate rules, system access and a sales owner.
Work
Inspect and prioritize: Process audit, data mapping, integration setup, duplicate and failure tests, user training and handover.
Handover
A prioritized findings report and a launch acceptance plan.
Client responsibilities
Provide access and factual expertise, name a reviewer and approve the scope and dependencies.
Acceptance
Every finding has an example, owner and proposed acceptance test.
Exclusions
Software subscriptions, legacy-data cleaning and changes to unrelated systems require explicit scope.
Implementation
Inputs
Current pipeline, field dictionary, routing rules, duplicate rules, system access and a sales owner.
Work
Implement the agreed scope: Process audit, data mapping, integration setup, duplicate and failure tests, user training and handover.
Handover
Pipeline specification, field map, routing tests, recovery instructions and access handover.
Client responsibilities
Provide access and factual expertise, name a reviewer and approve the scope and dependencies.
Acceptance
A repeated inquiry does not create an unintended duplicate, errors are observable and the correct owner receives the record.
Exclusions
Software subscriptions, legacy-data cleaning and changes to unrelated systems require explicit scope.
Operational support
Inputs
Current pipeline, field dictionary, routing rules, duplicate rules, system access and a sales owner.
Work
Review observations and maintain: Process audit, data mapping, integration setup, duplicate and failure tests, user training and handover.
Handover
An updated work log, approved changes and a next-cycle decision.
Client responsibilities
Provide access and factual expertise, name a reviewer and approve the scope and dependencies.
Acceptance
A repeated inquiry does not create an unintended duplicate, errors are observable and the correct owner receives the record.
Exclusions
Software subscriptions, legacy-data cleaning and changes to unrelated systems require explicit scope.

What affects the estimate

The number of markets and languages, existing asset quality, integrations, production volume, review capacity and handover depth. Request separate lines for agency work, media and external fees.

Evidence to inspect

Primary reference for this guide

A brief you can use

Questions before commissioning

Is the integration finished when a test lead appears?

Not yet. Check duplicates, failed delivery, routing, access and whether the next owner can diagnose a problem.

What should be accepted first?

A repeated inquiry does not create an unintended duplicate, errors are observable and the correct owner receives the record.

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