Pipedrive is a near-perfect tool for managing a sales pipeline. If the Sales Pipeline Academy made sense to you, you'll probably love Pipedrive. Many of the things we've covered, like setting activity goals and being able to see the numbers game of sales, are firmly built in to the software.

Here's the sales pitch for Pipedrive:

• It gives you a clear overview of your pipeline and helps to forecast sales.
• You can set activity goals and easily measure progress.
• It keeps track of the 4 pipeline levers we discussed: the number and size of deals, conversion rate and deal velocity.
• It's priced very reasonably, and there's a 30-day free trial.
• Plus the usual things like ease of use, mobile apps and integrations with other business tools.