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CRM November 3, 2003 Ginger Conlon |
Take My Advice -- Please During the recent Frost & Sullivan Sales & Marketing Strategies Executive Summit, we asked the SuperPowers of CRM panelists: If you were in an elevator and had 30 seconds to give one important piece of advice on CRM, what would it be? |
CRM December 2003 Ginger Conlon |
A Winning Formula Top executives from five leading vendors voice their opinions on how companies can unite sales and marketing to create a customer-centric organization. |
CRM March 1, 2004 Ginger Conlon |
CRM Strategy Is Taking Center Stage Organizations are increasingly adopting CRM as a business strategy rather than as simply a technology |
CRM March 1, 2004 |
Just 1 Question Should companies expect their CRM vendors to help them use CRM to determine who their most profitable customers are? |
CRM November 19, 2004 |
The Pulse: What Was the Most Critical Factor in Your Choice of CRM Vendor? Here's a chart showing what the deciding factor was in choosing a CRM vendor. |
CRM April 13, 2004 Ginger Conlon |
People Are the Most Important Part of the CRM Equation Customer focus starts at the very top of the organization. |
CRM December 1, 2006 |
The Pulse: In 2007 my Company Plans to... Increase its CRM budget: 40%... Maintain its CRM budget: 27%... etc. |
CRM November 3, 2003 |
Insuring CRM Success A recent Aberdeen Group study found that CRM investment is on the rise in the insurance industry. |
CRM March 3, 2003 Ginger Conlon |
Take My Advice, Please Several CRM industry executives answer the question: If you could give one piece of advice to CRM project leaders, what would it be? |
CRM August 2, 2004 |
Who's Who in CRM In May CRM magazine presented a list of some of the industry's key players. This month we continue that recognition with a look at two executives from Microsoft. |
CRM April 1, 2004 Ginger Conlon |
Midmarket Mavericks Companies in the segment have a bigger choice of better products with improved services. |
CRM March 1, 2005 David Myron |
What Is CRM? Defining CRM as merely a technology solution only distorts its purpose and value. It is better to view CRM as a business process. |
CRM June 1, 2005 Chris Selland |
What's Your Response to Industry Consolidation? The CRM market is consolidating and that consolidation is not merely happening, it's accelerating. Consider these four strategies that a current or prospective CRM customer can have for protecting their company. |
Wall Street & Technology March 19, 2007 |
Evaluating CRM Solutions When Companies Merge CRM systems are not one-size-fits-all. Those that have features specific to financial industries will more easily reveal their value to users and deliver greater ROI. |
CRM March 2003 Ginger Conlon |
Stand by Me One of the main reasons companies implement CRM is to foster customer loyalty. But as a customer of CRM vendors, how loyal should you be? |
CRM November 6, 2012 Leonard Klie |
Social Adds to CRM's Appeal Nucleus Research's Value Matrix highlights new functionality and integration capabilities. |
CRM February 2003 Ginger Conlon |
Can't Get No Dissatisfaction In an exclusive survey conducted, CRM magazine finds that a surprising number of executives are pleased with their CRM system -- and with their results. |
CRM October 2010 Barton Goldenberg |
A Quarter-Century in CRM An industry veteran looks back at the lessons learned over the course of 25 years. |
CRM August 27, 2003 Ginger Conlon |
Required Reading Author Russ Lombardo offers practical advice on gathering information to design and plan the right CRM strategy, getting buy-in, and planning for ROI in "CRM for the Common Man." |
CRM July 2003 Martin Schneider |
Getting IT Together Integration is a four-letter word in the world of CRM, but it doesn't have to be. What follows are the real issues behind integrating CRM solutions with an enterprise's existing systems, and how to simplify what could otherwise grind CRM initiatives to a halt. |
CRM March 2003 Ginger Conlon |
A Room With a (Point of) View Executives on the SuperPowers of CRM panel offer their opinions on where the market is headed and how to get there ahead of the pack. |
CRM December 2003 Ginger Conlon |
CRM Success Is Your Responsibility You can't just purchase CRM software, load it up, and expect it to work. |
CRM April 1, 2008 |
The Pulse How Does Your Company Handle its CRM Solution? |
InternetNews January 10, 2007 Michael Hickins |
MSFT Dips Another Toe in SaaS Microsoft is encouraging its partners to familiarize themselves with the next version of Dynamics CRM for a number of reasons. |
CRM October 2013 Barton Goldenberg |
Software Advances Are Propelling CRM to New Heights Seven trends businesses cannot afford to ignore. |
CRM November 2003 Ginger Conlon |
How Do You Measure Success? Let us count the ways: Sales measures success one way, marketing another way, service another, and IT yet another. For this reason the first step of any CRM initiative should be to set mutually agreed-upon goals and metrics. |
CRM August 2, 2004 Jerri Ledford |
Reducing CRM's Total Cost of Ownership How organizations increase the value of their CRM initiatives while keeping costs low. |
CRM March 3, 2003 Ginger Conlon |
Creating a CRM Culture Companies want their people to use new CRM processes, but what's most important is getting those employees to think differently. If your company does not fully embrace CRM, the initiative will stall or fail. |
CRM July 1, 2004 Ginger Conlon |
CRM: Alive and Kicking Instead of complaining about the confusion with CRM, we should educate people interested in implementing CRM--the strategy--in their companies. |
CRM July 1, 2004 |
The Pulse: Does Your CEO Use the CRM Tools Your Company Has in Place? Graph shows that 53% of CEOs don't use CRM tools. |
CRM March 2012 Jim Dickie |
Are the CRM Wars Really Over? Existing CRM users would be well advised to test the waters to see if something that would work better for them exists. |
CRM October 2010 Lauren McKay |
A CRM Showdown in Times Square Executives from four of the industry's top vendors share the same stage - but not the same views. |
CRM January 2010 Barton Goldenberg |
Assessing Your CRM Situation You can't know where you are unless you look - and look hard. |
CRM February 2015 Paul Greenberg |
Gloomy CRM Forecasts Lead to New Opportunities The technology's benefits are too obvious to ignore. |
CRM July 1, 2003 Phillip Britt |
Eight Building Blocks for CRM Success Companies are continuing to pursue CRM projects in 2003 despite the discontent from many about earlier failures and the harsh business climate. But most companies are now taking a more cautious approach to their implementations. |
CRM June 30, 2010 Lauren McKay |
7 Named Leaders in Forrester Wave of CRM Suites for Midsize Organizations The Forrester Wave: CRM Suites for Midsized Organizations '10: In his annual evaluation, analyst Bill Band identifies the top-performing options for midmarket CRM. |
CRM December 2003 Martin Schneider |
The Year in Preview How the major trends in 2003 will alter the CRM landscape over the coming year. |
CRM January 21, 2005 Jason Compton |
Enterprise CRM: Change Is Inevitable Vendors, strategies, and focus are all certain to evolve in 2005. |
CRM December 1, 2005 Marshall Lager |
The Competitive Threat SAP, Onyx, and others look to seduce leery customers. The real question is, How is Oracle going to position itself against its competitors, and against itself? |
CRM August 1, 2003 Ginger Conlon |
What's Hot in CRM There is a need for more marketing accountability and precision; companies should look at ROI across the enterprise, for example, CRM and supply chain together; and total customer value should include each customer's current value, their future value, and associated value. |
CRM June 2003 Ginger Conlon |
A Day in the Life of CRM After spending a day with nearly a dozen executives at companies in seven cities around the country, the CRM magazine team discovered, not surprisingly, that customer-focused activities were the priority. |
CRM August 2010 William Band |
Navigating the Vendor Landscape A leading analyst firm assesses the CRM marketplace. |
CRM March 1, 2004 |
Hot Seat: The Demand for On-Demand CRM CRM magazine posed the question, "Will hosted CRM ever eclipse on-site CRM in terms of popularity?" |
CRM January 2005 Barton Goldenberg |
5 Ways to Refocus Your CRM Efforts This year, seize new opportunities for gaining--and keeping--customer loyalty. |
CRM September 2003 Guglielmo et al. |
The 2003 Market Leaders (Part 1) Which vendors are leading the industry? CRM magazine scrutinized CRM suite vendors and related categories to uncover the top-five leaders in each category: enterprise CRM, mid-market CRM, analytics, contact center outsourcers, and consulting firms. |
CRM April 2003 Martin Schneider |
Prove It Gone are the days when CRM vendors could pitch features and functionality, close the deal, hit the trail, and never look back. Today's CRM buyers demand proof during the presale that the CRM technology they are considering will deliver the promised results. |
CRM April 2008 Jim Dickie |
The Poker Dynamics of CRM Today's companies are finding a full house of technology options. |
CRM November 2004 Barton Goldenberg |
Who Really Owns the CRM Initiative? The battle between business and IT for control of users' desktops. |
CRM January 1, 2007 |
destinationCRM Dashboard CRM Vendors Get SOA Happy... Tailored Dynamics... Europe Eyes Mobility... DataFlux Accelerates the Path to MDM and CDI... SugarCRM Builds a Firm Foundation... etc. |
CRM October 1, 2003 Paul Greenberg |
A Commonwealth of Self-Interest CRM initiatives will succeed only if users see value in using them. |