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Elastic (YC W11) launches Close.io, sales software designed by salespeople

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Re: Elastic (YC W11) launches Close.io, sales software designed by salespeople

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I wish this would exist all my existing IMAP emails. Then I'd use this.

We can do a historical import. Shoot us an email at support@close.io and let us know from what date you'd like us to start importing from.

Is your team made up exclusively of superheroes?

Re: Elastic (YC W11) launches Close.io, sales software designed by salespeople

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

We can do a historical import. Shoot us an email at support@close.io and let us know from what date you'd like us to start importing from.

Is your team made up exclusively of superheroes?

There may or may not be several people wearing capes at our office on any given day:)

Re: Elastic (YC W11) launches Close.io, sales software designed by salespeople

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Wow, this looks great. I looked at using Salesforce, and it was so painful (I've used it before) that we ended up just using RT (which is great for support issues, but sucks for sales). Going to try this out for sales. Also, yay for using Plivo and good call quality instead of Twilio. This should presumably support native SIP endpoints (and G.722), so I'm a lot more likely to use it.

Awesome, hope you like it:)

And you're right, we use native SIP -- that's the main reason we have native applications. Behind the scenes we use the PJSIP library.

Re: Elastic (YC W11) launches Close.io, sales software designed by salespeople

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Wow, this looks great. I looked at using Salesforce, and it was so painful (I've used it before) that we ended up just using RT (which is great for support issues, but sucks for sales). Going to try this out for sales. Also, yay for using Plivo and good call quality instead of Twilio. This should presumably support native SIP endpoints (and G.722), so I'm a lot more likely to use it.

Awesome, hope you like it:) And you're right, we use native SIP -- that's the main reason we have native applications. Behind the scenes we use the PJSIP library.

I'd prefer to be able to route calls to my SIP endpoint (polycom) vs. the client or a phone number, when I'm at the office. When not, I'd prefer cellphone (SIP client) or desktop (SIP client, or your app).

Re: Elastic (YC W11) launches Close.io, sales software designed by salespeople

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Close.io is awesome! How it stacks up to other CRMs I have used:

Streak: Great way to store Data in spreadsheet form but very difficult to analyze. It's often sluggish and unreliable. Search is no where near effective. It's more of a Data storage app versus an actual CRM. On days it crashes or does not load, my sales came to a halt!

Highrise: This is one big headache. The search feature is seriously lacking and it's difficult to add data, or even analyze it later. I like to see my pipeline at a glance. Highrise provides more individual leads at a glance.

Close.io is the perfect combination of a powerful search, intuitive UX and analytical feedback. At a glance, I know exactly what I have to accomplish in a given day or week, and the top leads to pursue. Prioritizing and tasking is dead simple, and the UX extremely responsive. Best feature of all: make calls through the App. I personally am terrible at taking notes after a meeting, especially when I'm swamped, so getting the opportunity to go back and listen to my calls is super helpful! Especially when I'm trying to pinpoint areas that need improvement in my pitch.

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