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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	Just 1 Question Should companies expect their CRM vendors to help them use CRM to determine who their most profitable customers are?
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 April 2003 Ginger Conlon	Making CRM Pay Off Like any worthwhile endeavor, it takes a great deal of planning and effort to get real results from CRM.
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 December 1, 2006	The Pulse: In 2007 my Company Plans to... Increase its CRM budget: 40%... Maintain its CRM budget: 27%... etc.
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 March 2006 Jim Dickie	It May Cost More Than You Think Many companies say their CRM system implementations are surpassing their initial time and budget expectations.
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, 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 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 February 1, 2006 David Myron	Experiences Versus Relationships Good relationships, over time, generate more value for customers and, as a result, more revenue for businesses.
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CRM December 2003 Martin Schneider	The Year in Preview How the major trends in 2003 will alter the CRM landscape over the coming year.
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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 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 December 2003 Paul Greenberg	Creating Realistic Customer Expectations Lessons about escalating customer expectations of CRM software beyond reason were not learned.
InternetNews January 20, 2004 Jim Wagner	Siebel Takes Telephones Out of the Call Center With the announced purchase of Ineto Services, the CRM On Demand provider gives small businesses the choice between a hosted or in-house service.
CRM May 2004 Emmy Favilla	Who's Who in CRM The full Who's Who in CRM list, including Oracle's CEO Larry Ellison.
CRM August 2010	The 2010 CRM Elite: An Introduction Successful CRM implementations may seem more common these days than they've been in the past, but that's no reason to be any less vocal in applauding excellence.
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CRM January 2004 Martin Schneider	The Hard Sell Selling ice to Alaskans is a breeze compared with selling CRM internally to executives who resist commitment and users who shun change. Although the benefits of CRM may be clear to you, the challenge is to convince everyone else. Here's how.
CRM August 2, 2004 Chris Selland	Back to the Future Today's CRM technology is better than ever but the vast majority of companies are driving down the same old cow path with, at best, a faster cart.
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 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 December 1, 2003 Lisa Picarille	Noisemakers Versus Newsmakers CRM vendors want your attention. And some will go to great lengths to get it.
CRM August 27, 2003 Lisa Picarille	Vertical Focus: Government Some of the major trends in government CRM include increasing the amount of services offered online and improving the metrics to gauge CRM efforts.
CRM April 1, 2004	Heard and Overheard Quotes from business people: Charles Phillips, copresident, Oracle... Peter McCullagh, group vice president for CRM strategy, Siebel Systems... etc.
CRM April 1, 2003 Erika Rasmusson	Are CRM Consultants Objective? In the current market of integrators owning shares in vendors, companies need to be aware of the basis for some recommendations.
CRM April 1, 2008	The Pulse How Does Your Company Handle its CRM Solution?
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CRM November 3, 2003	Insuring CRM Success A recent Aberdeen Group study found that CRM investment is on the rise in the insurance industry.
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CRM April 2006 Barton Goldenberg	Executive Support: The Most Important CRM Success Factor For organizations that have succeeded in their CRM initiative, executive support stands out as the single most important ingredient for success. Let's examine why by looking at examples of three levels of executive support.
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.
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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 October 2007 Jim Dickie	Analyzing the Sales Process We often find that CRM systems give sales managers numbers when what they really want is insight. Is CRM finally ready to demystify sales management?
InternetNews May 25, 2004 Clint Boulton	Siebel Exec Proposes 'Customer-driven Enterprise' A Siebel EVP touts the firm's hybrid theory of large enterprise application centers and hosted, on-demand CRM applications to fulfill customers' needs.
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.
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