[ Backstory Reviews ](https://www.g2.com/products/people-ai-backstory/reviews) [ Backstory Reviews ](https://www.g2.com/products/people-ai-backstory/reviews) # Backstory Features ##### ## Data Sourcing (5) Data Sourcing Compiles data from a breadth of either internal or external sources. Exporting & Sharing Data Enables user to communicate data by securely exporting and sharing it. Multi-Device Data Visualization Allows users to view data visualizations on several devices. Interactive Dashboards Dashboards which are customizable and interactive so that the user can view sales information in a way that fits his or her needs. Data Segmentation Enables user to segment customer or prospect data in meaningful ways such as by industry or region. Show More ##### ## Predictive Analytics (4) Lead Scoring Provides scores or rankings of each prospect based on the data provided. Opportunity Scoring Provides insights to determine which deals already in the pipeline have the best chance of closing. Risk Analysis Warns sales teams of accounts that may be at risk of being lost. Live Forecasting Provides live customer data so that sales organizations forecasts stay current. Show More ##### ## Sales Management (4) Live Pipeline Management Updates every time a change is made enabling users to trace a deal through the pipeline. Sales Gamification Enables competition between a sales team by providing things like challenges and scoreboards. Account-Based Analytics Provides insightful data at the account level to arm salespeople with the most relevant information possible. Activity Tracking Enables sales managers to stay on top of their team activities by providing visibility into customer communication. Show More ##### ## Lead Intelligence (2) Market Insights Provides tools that help identify key topics that are trending, as well as the content that customers are more likely to engage with. Account-level Insights Helps determine the correlation between ad exposure and site visits, assets downloaded, content, leads generated, etc. Show More ##### ## Lead Management (3) Segmentation Provides customer and prospect segmentation capabilities, which in turn assists marketing prioritization and effectiveness. Predictive Scoring Automatically scores prospects based on behavior and engagement levels. Account Identification Helps identify and distribute accounts internally, giving prioritization to those that are more likely to convert to sales. Show More ##### ## Marketing Campaigns (3) Media Attribution Assists in the attribution of marketing budget by identifying successful campaigns and initiatives. Opportunity Timeline Provides a timeline to visualize the effects of individual campaigns, leads, and other opportunities. Customization Allows for custom report types to match the goals of a company. Show More ##### ## Campaign Execution (3) Prioritized Accounts Helps determine which accounts have the highest/lowest opportunity to convert. Trending Accounts Helps determine the direction of each individual account and how to engage through specific content. Email Campaigns Connects sales emails with cross-sell/upsell marketing campaigns across multiple channels. Show More ##### ## Training (4) Knowledge Base Organizes knowledge from fellow sales representatives and other experienced employees for reference. Coaching Materials Offers content and training for new hires within the tool. Playbook Creation Allows for the creation of a customized playbook that new hires can use for reference in understanding company-specific sales processes. Video Record Records users' practice or live pitches for future reference and improvement. Show More ##### ## Feedback (7) Review Lets managers review recorded video pitches to discuss areas of skill and areas that require improvement. Scorecard Provides a scorecard to display team and/or individual performance. Coaching Card Allows managers to utilize and snapshot scorecards to coach new hires and assign action items. Leaderboard Projects team sales performance publicly to reward and motivate employees. Real-Time Updates Updates sales data in real-time so as to help teams remain close to their goals. Notifications Notifies users of company-specified "danger zones" to correct behaviors and re-align sales processes in the right direction. Competition Motivates employees by creating time-sensitive competititons that drive performance. Show More ##### ## Incentives (4) Badges Assigns achievement badges to high-performing employees based on pre-determined standards. Triggers Automatically recognizes achievements that should be added to the leaderboard. Commission Calculator Helps users determine sales goals by calculating potential commission rates. Leaderboards Highlights top-performing employees to publicly reward their achievements. Show More ##### ## Personalization (4) Profiles Creates user profiles similar to social media pages that display private or public statuses and updates. Custom Reports Generates reports with customizable fields to further understand employee performance. Dashboards Visualizes individual and team insights such as new leads and outbound calls. Goal Setting Allows teams to set trackable goals within the tool. Show More ##### ## Administrative (3) Integration Integrates with CRM and financial systems to help determine goals Employee Structure Organizes team members by roles, activities and objectives and weighs tasks by importance. Behavior Monitoring Allows managers and administrators to peruse profiles and monitor employee behavior and performance. Show More ##### ## Lead Facilitation (1) Customer-facing Chatbot Offers a chatbot to initiate and carryout inital conversations with prospects and leads. Show More ##### ## Organization (3) Opportunity and Pipeline Management Manages sales opportunities through their full lifecycle from lead to order, tracking stages, values, and close probabilities across pipelines by individual rep, team, region, and company-wide Data Entry Automates the entry of collected data. Integrations / APIs Application Programming Interface - Specification for how the application communicates with other software. API's typically enable integration of data, logic, objects, etc. with other software applications. Show More ##### ## Performance Analysis (2) Coaching Provides real-time coaching to sales representatives. Peformance Tracking Tracks and analyzes sales representative performance. Show More ##### ## Sales Analysis (2) ROI Forecasting Measure return on investment and leverage data to predict profitability of future projects. Sales Forecasting Enables projection of sales revenue, based on historical sales data, analysis of market surveys and trends, and salespersons' estimates. Show More ##### ## Editing & Design (5) Drag-and-Drop Offer drag-and-drop capabilities for editing the org chart. Update Offer the ability to update the list as a business grows. Customize Enable users to customize the design of the org chart. Details Allow users to indicate different roles and departments on the chart. Restructure Provide the ability to rearrange an exisiting chart in case of company restructure. Show More ##### ## Sales Team (3) Flexible Sales Process Can operate under at least two distinct sales methodologies Training Mode Includes recording and review capabilities to train new salespeople or review old deals Playbooks Creates and stores multiple playbooks for sales Show More ##### ## Intelligence (2) Opportunity Identification Highlights cross-sell, upsell, and white space opportunities Smart Content Suggests content appropriate to stage and tone of the deal Show More ##### ## Mapping (2) Multiple Org Charts Allows multiple relationship maps for each account and opportunity Stakeholder Roles Includes explicit definitions of stakeholder roles Show More ##### ## Revenue Sourcing and Forecasting (7) Revenue History Allows users to track how previous revenue forecasts have developed over time Pipeline Management Allows users to track pipeline to identify deals that are stalled, at risks and future opportunities Dashboard Analytics Reports results on revenue attainment, conversion rate, and overall revenue analytics Multi-Device Data Visualization Allows users to view data visualizations on several devices Data Segmentation Enables user to segment customer or prospect revenue data in meaningful ways such as by industry or region. Predictive Forecasting Provides users with ability to predict upcoming forecast based on AI insights and deal health Revenue Operations Cadence Provides users with ability to analyze weekly, monthly, and quarterly operational cadences to ensure success Show More ##### ## CRM Data Enrichment (5) Calendar Sync Automatically associates calendar invites to update deal progress in a CRM Email Activity Capture Automatically associates sales activities within emails to the relevant accounts in your CRM Conversation Intelligence Automatically associates sales activities within conversation intelligence tools to the relevant accounts in your CRM Marketing Leads Automatically links marketing leads to sales generated opportunities in your CRM Contact Capture Automatically captures contacts engaged with and associates to relevant accounts in a CRM Show More ##### ## Account Management (5) Nonengaged Accounts Identifies accounts that sales reps aren't engaging with Historical Patterns Identifies common themes among historical deals that are won or lost Rep Performance Identifies common themes and actions amongst reps that close the most deals Account Engagement Allows users to track the level of engagement with each account and provides insights on frequency of engagement Historical Win/Loss Patterns Identifies common themes among historical deals that are won or lost to provide insights into successful strategies Show More ##### ## Generative AI (3) AI Text Generation Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt. AI Text Summarization Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary. AI Text Summarization Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary. Show More ##### ## Agentic AI - Revenue Operations & Intelligence (RO&I) (3) Cross-system Integration Works across multiple software systems or databases Adaptive Learning Improves performance based on feedback and experience Decision Making Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives Show More ##### ## Agentic AI - Org Chart (1) Proactive Assistance Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting Show More ##### ## Agentic AI - Sales Performance Management (3) Autonomous Task Execution Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input Natural Language Interaction Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation Proactive Assistance Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting Show More ##### ## Agentic AI - Sales Analytics (5) Autonomous Task Execution Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input Cross-system Integration Works across multiple software systems or databases Adaptive Learning Improves performance based on feedback and experience Natural Language Interaction Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation Proactive Assistance Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting Show More ##### ## Agentic AI - Sales Coaching (4) Multi-step Planning Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes Cross-system Integration Works across multiple software systems or databases Adaptive Learning Improves performance based on feedback and experience Decision Making Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives Show More ##### ## Agentic AI - Account Data Management (3) Cross-system Integration Works across multiple software systems or databases Adaptive Learning Improves performance based on feedback and experience Decision Making Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives Show More ##### ## Agentic AI - AI Sales Assistant (5) Multi-step Planning Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes Cross-system Integration Works across multiple software systems or databases Adaptive Learning Improves performance based on feedback and experience Natural Language Interaction Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation Decision Making Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives Show More ##### ## Agentic AI - Customer Revenue Optimization (4) Cross-system Integration Works across multiple software systems or databases Adaptive Learning Improves performance based on feedback and experience Natural Language Interaction Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation Decision Making Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives Show More ##### ## Agentic AI - Revenue AI Platforms (6) Natural Language Interaction Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation Proactive Assistance Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting Autonomous Task Execution Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input Cross-system Integration Connects to multiple software systems or databases to gather relevant context data for AI agents Decision Making Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives Adaptive Learning Improves performance based on feedback and experience Show More ##### ## Platform - Revenue AI Platforms (9) Conversation Intelligence Turns unstructured conversation data into clear, actionable insights for coaching, deal analysis, and operational improvement Predictive Forecasting Provides users with ability to predict upcoming forecast based on AI insights and deal health CRM Data Enrichment Augments, improves or enriches CRM data Actionable Insights Gathers actionable insights from customer interactions for strategic decison making Risk Flagging Flags deals at risk, declined engagement, stalled opportunities, or other warnings in order to prevent issues from escalating Workflow Orchestration Coordinates and aligns on actions across sales, marketing, customer success, and RevOps in a unified platform Sales Coaching Surface insights from key deals, account signals, conversations, and win/loss patterns for offering data-driven coaching or feedback Pipeline & Deal Management Allows users to track pipeline to identify deals that are stalled, at risk, and future opportunities Customer Data Capture Collects and organizes customer interaction data from multiple channels or systems Show More ## 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