Sample HubSpot Sales Hub onboarding plan

Guided Sales Hub Onboarding

Technical and strategic guidance on setting up and using HubSpot's Sales Hub

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Week 1

Getting started: You'll have a kick-off with your onboarding specialist and outline the ideal onboarding plan to ensure you get started in the best way possible.

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Week 2-4

Workshops: You'll have a series of workshops and/or consultation sessions focusing on the three key milestones identified during the kick-off call.
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Week 5

Continuous improvement (optional): Once the guided onboarding is completed it's time to work on the wishlist and collect user feedback to identify key changes and high-impact actions to help you grow your business further.

Sample HubSpot Sales Hub onboarding plan

The following sample onboarding plan is created to give you a sense of what a typical onboarding would look like in terms of structure and timeline. 

Note that we will spend time during the initial strategic call to map out your main milestones and tailor the workshop agenda and structure to fit your needs. 

 

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Week 1

Getting started

Getting started

Once you've signed up, you'll get an onboarding survey sent to you with a series of questions to fill out before the kick-off call. During the kick-off call, we'll dive deeper into your survey answers to identify key milestones for the onboarding to ensure we focus on the right things. 

We'll also start with some general housekeeping, such as doing a basic configuration of your HubSpot portal.

What is a milestone? A key event during the onboarding, typically something you'd like to have done/learned by a specific time, e.g., onboard your sales team onto HubSpot Sales Hub.

Week 2

First milestone

HubSpot CRM basics

Milestone: Have a clear understanding of how you can set up your sales process in HubSpot.

By now, you'll be able to: Create custom properties, segment data, and start creating your import files for the data import.

Area of focus:

  • Base CRM functionality (contacts, companies, deals)
  • Standard properties (e.g., lifecycle stages & lead status)
  • Custom properties (high-level overview)
  • Data segmentation (filters & lists)
  • Data import tool

Week 3

Second milestone

Pipeline management in HubSpot

Milestone: Have customized HubSpot for your sales process.

By now, you'll be able to: Use the core functionalities of HubSpot's Sales Hub and CRM. You are comfortable using the deal pipeline and can create simple sales automation workflows (e.g., lead rotation). 

Area of focus:

  • Deals
  • Tasks & Templates
  • Sales automation (workflows)
  • Team permissions

Week 4

Third milestone

Sales reporting & analytics

Milestone: HubSpot is set up to ensure data accuracy

By now, you'll be able to: Create custom HubSpot reports and set up easy to understand sales dashboards for the sales team and sales leadership

Area of focus:

  • Sales goals
  • Sales analytics
  • Teams & permissions
  • Custom report builder (high-level)
  • Dashboards

Week 5

Completion

Complete onboarding & transition

Milestone: You are ready to onboard your sales team to HubSpot.

By now, you'll be able to: Use the key functionalities in HubSpot Sales Hub. You are comfortable using the tool and understand how all the different parts are connected and how to leverage the "all in one" capabilities of HubSpot. 

What now? Most Sales Hub onboarding clients pick one of the following paths once the onboarding is completed: 

  • Venture out on their own and train their sales team based on the learnings from the onboarding
  • Purchase additional workshop sessions to dive deeper into specific tools or to set up training sessions for their team

Note: The onboarding ends either when all the consultation time has been used or after three months (depending on what comes first).

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