


Published in Efficiency
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Steven Lewis
Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Foam
January 24, 2025
Why Spreadsheets Are Killing Your Talent Management Business
Spreadsheets slow you down—here’s why talent managers need smarter tools.
If you’re still using spreadsheets to manage Creators, track deals, and organize brand partnerships, you’re already behind. Spreadsheets worked when you had one or two Creators and an occasional brand deal. But managing a growing roster with constantly shifting deliverables, deadlines, payment schedules, and performance reports? That’s like trying to fly a jet with a paper map.
Spreadsheets weren’t built for real-time collaboration, automation, or scalability—three things that are non-negotiable in talent management today. They slow you down, introduce errors, and force you into an endless cycle of manual updates.
Time spent updating tracking sheets, chasing missing invoices, and fixing preventable mistakes is time not spent securing bigger deals, signing top talent, or growing revenue. Without automation and live tracking, you’re always playing catch-up instead of staying ahead. A talent CRM does what spreadsheets can’t—real-time deal tracking, automated reporting, and seamless financial oversight.
Talent management moves fast. Creators sign new deals, adjust deliverables, expand to new platforms, and renegotiate contracts constantly. If you’re working from a spreadsheet, you’re working with outdated data before the deal is even finalized. A cloud-based system ensures live updates on contracts, payments, and campaign performance, eliminating version chaos and lost files.
When a brand asks how the last campaign performed or requests an updated Creator rate card, you shouldn’t be digging through spreadsheets and manually calculating numbers. Delays cost deals. Talent management software provides automated dashboards, audience trends, and performance history at your fingertips—so you negotiate with data, not guesswork.
Spreadsheets might work for five Creators. But what about twenty? Fifty? A hundred? Managing a growing business in spreadsheets is like trying to run an e-commerce empire from a notepad. More talent means more contracts, deadlines, and financial tracking—too much to handle in a maze of tabs and formulas. Scalable workflow tools automate invoicing, track payments, and keep deals organized, allowing you to handle ten times the volume with the same efficiency.
The best talent managers don’t waste time on outdated systems. They automate, track, and streamline everything in real time—so they can focus on closing bigger deals, running the most efficient teams, and staying ahead of everyone still stuck in manual mode.
If you’re still using spreadsheets to manage Creators, track deals, and organize brand partnerships, you’re already behind. Spreadsheets worked when you had one or two Creators and an occasional brand deal. But managing a growing roster with constantly shifting deliverables, deadlines, payment schedules, and performance reports? That’s like trying to fly a jet with a paper map.
Spreadsheets weren’t built for real-time collaboration, automation, or scalability—three things that are non-negotiable in talent management today. They slow you down, introduce errors, and force you into an endless cycle of manual updates.
Time spent updating tracking sheets, chasing missing invoices, and fixing preventable mistakes is time not spent securing bigger deals, signing top talent, or growing revenue. Without automation and live tracking, you’re always playing catch-up instead of staying ahead. A talent CRM does what spreadsheets can’t—real-time deal tracking, automated reporting, and seamless financial oversight.
Talent management moves fast. Creators sign new deals, adjust deliverables, expand to new platforms, and renegotiate contracts constantly. If you’re working from a spreadsheet, you’re working with outdated data before the deal is even finalized. A cloud-based system ensures live updates on contracts, payments, and campaign performance, eliminating version chaos and lost files.
When a brand asks how the last campaign performed or requests an updated Creator rate card, you shouldn’t be digging through spreadsheets and manually calculating numbers. Delays cost deals. Talent management software provides automated dashboards, audience trends, and performance history at your fingertips—so you negotiate with data, not guesswork.
Spreadsheets might work for five Creators. But what about twenty? Fifty? A hundred? Managing a growing business in spreadsheets is like trying to run an e-commerce empire from a notepad. More talent means more contracts, deadlines, and financial tracking—too much to handle in a maze of tabs and formulas. Scalable workflow tools automate invoicing, track payments, and keep deals organized, allowing you to handle ten times the volume with the same efficiency.
The best talent managers don’t waste time on outdated systems. They automate, track, and streamline everything in real time—so they can focus on closing bigger deals, running the most efficient teams, and staying ahead of everyone still stuck in manual mode.
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