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QuickBooks <\/strong><\/a>is a great resource for your business when it comes to managing finances. It helps you keep your financial data in order and manage finances and accounting. However, as effective as QuickBooks can be as an accounting software, the fact is, it doesn\u2019t meet all your business needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As your business grows, you need tools that will support your operations beyond accounting, for example \u2013 customer relationships, sales, and marketing. In such a scenario, you need a CRM. And the best thing is you can manage your accounting, finances, sales, and marketing in one cohesive system by integrating QuickBooks and a CRM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though QuickBooks focuses on financial and accounting tasks, the question always revolves around \u2013 \u201cIs QuickBooks a CRM?\u201d. For a fact, it isn\u2019t! QuickBooks is not a CRM but can be referred to as accounting software. Therefore, the need to integrate a CRM with QuickBooks becomes inevitable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this blog, we\u2019ll talk about the top signs that will tell you about the need to integrate CRM software for your QuickBooks system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, let\u2019s get started!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. You\u2019re Struggling to Track Sales Opportunities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not having a clear view of your sales pipeline or the prospects in the buying process can be your first sign to integrate a CRM with your QuickBooks<\/strong><\/a> system. It happens when too many people are involved, which slows your sales process. The reason for the slow sales process can also be your accounting department, which is the only team having QuickBooks access to create invoices and estimations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With QuickBooks \u2013 CRM integration, you will give your team the freedom to create and release estimates quickly along with checking a current customer\u2019s outstanding invoices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, there will be no more digging for details. Your team will be able to send quotes faster and in real-time, resulting in a faster sales cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Your Data Heavily Relies on Manual Entries<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If your teams are spending hours integrating data into your system and tracking interactions manually, it\u2019s time to go for CRM for QuickBooks. The integration ensures that QuickBooks sync your customer data with CRM in real-time and can be accessed through various departments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the integration, you can input data\/new customer info in one system, and it will automatically reflect in every connected system and can be accessed from the same. The data entry automation will remove the hassle of manually entering the data into different systems, ensuring higher productivity and saving time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Your Spend Too Much Time on Financial Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the questions always revolves around \u2013 \u201cIs QuickBooks a CRM?\u201d many businesses often make the mistake of considering it as a CRM software. However, QuickBooks is a tool for managing your finances and accounting and like every software, it too has some limitations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though your sales reps can create reports using QuickBooks data, it is still challenging to use functionalities like locations and classes. Besides, you also don\u2019t get custom functionalities like inventory management information or revenue projection into your reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If your business is growing, report generation could be a tedious process with QuickBooks. In order to simplify forecasting and budgeting, integrating QuickBooks with a CRM system is crucial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CRM software makes it easy to create custom reports with just a drag and drop of the information you want in your report. In addition, it also simplifies the data as you only get reports on the desired information, facilitating accuracy and informed decision-making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. QuickBooks User Permissions Are Insufficient<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is your team able to access the information they need? No? Well, that\u2019s another sign that you are outgrowing QuickBooks. It also happens when your business starts to grow, and you are expanding your teams. And when it happens, it\u2019s fair to say that it\u2019s time to integrate CRM software with QuickBooks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the headcount increases, QuickBooks can fall short of providing enough levels of user permissions for each member of your team. In such a scenario, the CRM integration with QuickBooks provides you with user permission access. In other words, you can control information access for every employee, which is exclusive to their roles in the organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, it ensures data integrity and security. Along with that, no customer details can be misused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Sorting Leads and Customers is a Major Task<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

QuickBooks’s capabilities allow you to create leads. However, as we mentioned, it has its own limitations. It can\u2019t be used to differentiate between existing customers and potential customers. This is because:<\/p>\n\n\n\n