Technology

CRM consulting that gives your whole revenue engine one platform

One platform for the whole engine. We plan, implement, and migrate your CRM without the mess, then make sure your team actually uses it.

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What does a CRM consultant do?

A CRM consultant helps you choose, set up, and get value from a customer relationship management system. That covers working out what the business needs, designing the pipeline and data, implementing or migrating the platform, connecting other tools, and training people to use it. GRO3 does all of that, then stays close until the CRM is how your team works.

CRM projects often go wrong before the software is chosen, because nobody has agreed what the CRM is for. We start with a needs assessment: how you sell, what managers need to see, and what has to connect. Then we design the system around your process, migrate your data with minimal disruption, and build the reports leaders actually use.

We implement HubSpot and monday.com CRM, and we build the Deep Selling method into the pipeline so the CRM supports how your team sells.

Stewart Bairstow

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Stewart Bairstow

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Co-founder & CEO

What does a CRM consultant do?

A CRM consultant helps you choose, set up, and get value from a customer relationship management system. That covers working out what the business needs, designing the pipeline and data, implementing or migrating the platform, connecting other tools, and training people to use it. GRO3 does all of that, then stays close until the CRM is how your team works.

CRM projects often go wrong before the software is chosen, because nobody has agreed what the CRM is for. We start with a needs assessment: how you sell, what managers need to see, and what has to connect. Then we design the system around your process, migrate your data with minimal disruption, and build the reports leaders actually use.

We implement HubSpot and monday.com CRM, and we build the Deep Selling method into the pipeline so the CRM supports how your team sells.

Stewart Bairstow

By

Stewart Bairstow

,

Co-founder & CEO

What does a CRM consultant do?

A CRM consultant helps you choose, set up, and get value from a customer relationship management system. That covers working out what the business needs, designing the pipeline and data, implementing or migrating the platform, connecting other tools, and training people to use it. GRO3 does all of that, then stays close until the CRM is how your team works.

CRM projects often go wrong before the software is chosen, because nobody has agreed what the CRM is for. We start with a needs assessment: how you sell, what managers need to see, and what has to connect. Then we design the system around your process, migrate your data with minimal disruption, and build the reports leaders actually use.

We implement HubSpot and monday.com CRM, and we build the Deep Selling method into the pipeline so the CRM supports how your team sells.

Stewart Bairstow

By

Stewart Bairstow

,

Co-founder & CEO

Stewart has spent nearly three decades building and running software businesses. He leads GRO3's technology practice, from CRM to monday.com and AI.

What our CRM consulting covers

From the first conversation about what you need to the day the old system is switched off.

What our CRM consulting covers
AreaWhat we doWhat you get
Needs assessmentWe map how you sell, market, and serve customers, and what each team needs from the CRM.A clear brief before anyone touches software.
CRM strategyWe decide what the CRM is for, what it will measure, and how it fits with your other tools.A roadmap you can phase and budget.
ImplementationWe configure pipelines, properties, permissions, and automation around your process.A CRM that fits how your team works.
MigrationWe clean, map, and move your data, then test it before anyone logs in.Your history intact and a calm cut-over.
Data clean-upWe remove duplicates, fix formats, and set the rules that keep data clean.Data you can trust.
IntegrationsWe connect the CRM to the tools you already rely on.One view of the customer across systems.
Reporting and AIWe build the dashboards and set up AI features such as HubSpot's Breeze.Insight without exporting to spreadsheets.
Two colleagues talking in an open-plan office
Two colleagues talking in an open-plan office

CRM strategy before the tool

The right CRM decision starts with four questions, not a feature list.

What should the CRM help us do?

Grow pipeline, shorten the sales cycle, improve retention, or all three. The answer shapes everything else.

Who needs to use it, and for what?

Sellers, managers, marketing, service, and leadership all need different things from the same system.

What has to connect?

Email, calendars, finance, support, and the tools your team can't live without.

How will we know it's working?

The handful of measures leaders will run the business on, agreed before the build.

Woman reading the book Deep Selling

CRM migration, step by step

Moving CRM is where the risk sits. We follow a clear path, so nothing is lost and nobody is left guessing.

Audit

We review what's in the old system, what's worth keeping, and what isn't.

Map

We map every field, stage, and record type to the new structure.

Clean

We de-duplicate and fix data before it moves, not after.

Test

We run a trial migration and check it with your team.

Cut over

We move the data with minimal disruption, at a time that suits your business.

Support

We support your team through the first weeks on the new platform.

One platform for the whole engine

Marketing, sales, and service work from the same record, so every team sees the full picture and hand-offs stop falling through the gaps.

Source tracked

Source tracked

Marketing

Lead scored and routed automatically

Next step on every deal

Next step on every deal

Sales

Deal moving through your sales stages

Hand-off complete

Hand-off complete

Service

Onboarding tasks created at close

Renewal flagged early

Renewal flagged early

Renewal

Account health watched by the owner

Source tracked

Source tracked

Marketing

Lead scored and routed automatically

Next step on every deal

Next step on every deal

Sales

Deal moving through your sales stages

Hand-off complete

Hand-off complete

Service

Onboarding tasks created at close

Renewal flagged early

Renewal flagged early

Renewal

Account health watched by the owner

How a CRM project runs

Discover

We learn how each team works today and what they need from the CRM.

Diagnose

We audit your current systems, data, and processes to find what to keep and what to fix.

Design

We design the pipeline, data model, integrations, and reports before anything is built.

Deploy

We build and migrate in stages, testing with your team as we go.

Drive adoption

We train every team on the CRM and support them through the first weeks.

Scale

We add automation, AI, and new teams once the foundations are working.

Should you use a CRM partner or do it in-house?

Plenty of teams set up a CRM themselves. A partner earns its place when the stakes or the complexity are high.

CRM partner

In-house

Speed

CRM partner

CRM partner

Proven setup patterns from day one

In-house

In-house

Learning as you go

Data migration

CRM partner

CRM partner

Planned, cleaned, and tested

In-house

In-house

Often rushed at the end

Adoption

CRM partner

CRM partner

Training and change support built in

In-house

In-house

Often a single training session

Cost

CRM partner

CRM partner

Partner fees, with less rework later

In-house

In-house

Staff time and the cost of rework

Best for

CRM partner

CRM partner

Migrations, several teams, integrations

In-house

In-house

A small team on a simple setup

Migrating, connecting several tools, or rolling out to several teams? It pays to have a partner who has done it before.

Migrating, connecting several tools, or rolling out to several teams? It pays to have a partner who has done it before.

Who it's for

  • Leaders replacing a CRM

    Your system doesn't fit any more and you need to move without losing data.

  • Businesses on their first CRM

    You've outgrown spreadsheets and inboxes and want to get it right first time.

  • Operations and RevOps leads

    You need clean data, reliable reports, and integrations that don't break.

  • Heads of sales

    You want a CRM your team uses because it helps them sell.

  • Leaders replacing a CRM

    Your system doesn't fit any more and you need to move without losing data.

  • Businesses on their first CRM

    You've outgrown spreadsheets and inboxes and want to get it right first time.

  • Operations and RevOps leads

    You need clean data, reliable reports, and integrations that don't break.

  • Heads of sales

    You want a CRM your team uses because it helps them sell.

Part of one growth system

The questions we hear most

01

Why hire a CRM consultant instead of going straight to the vendor?

A CRM vendor sells the software and teaches you how it works. A CRM consultant starts with your process and your people: what you need, how the system should be designed, how your data moves across, and how teams adopt it. You get a CRM shaped around your business, not the other way round.

02

How long does a CRM implementation take?

It depends on the number of teams, the data you're bringing across, and what needs to connect. We phase the work so teams start using the core CRM early, then build on it.

03

How do you migrate CRM data without losing anything?

We audit and map every field before moving anything, clean the data first, run a trial migration and check it with your team, then cut over at a time that suits you. The old system stays available until the new one has been tested.

04

Which CRM platforms do you work with?

We implement HubSpot and monday.com CRM, and we migrate data into them from the systems you're leaving.

05

Can you fix a CRM we already have?

Yes. Many CRM problems are setup and adoption problems rather than software problems. We audit what you have, fix the structure and data, retrain the team, and add the reports and automation that were missing.

06

Do you set up AI features in the CRM?

Yes. We set up the AI built into your platform, such as HubSpot's Breeze, for tasks like summarising records and drafting emails, with guardrails that suit your business.

One platform for the whole engine

Start with a Growth Assessment. We'll show you what your CRM should be doing for the business and the cleanest way to get there.

One platform for the whole engine

Start with a Growth Assessment. We'll show you what your CRM should be doing for the business and the cleanest way to get there.

One platform for the whole engine

Start with a Growth Assessment. We'll show you what your CRM should be doing for the business and the cleanest way to get there.