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CRM
December 1, 2006 |
The Pulse: In 2007 my Company Plans to... Increase its CRM budget: 40%... Maintain its CRM budget: 27%... etc.   |
CRM
July 1, 2003
Martin Schneider |
News in Brief The popularity of Internet protocol (IP) call centers will jump significantly in the next few years, according to research firm Datamonitor... Firms will again move away from smaller CRM implementations, returning to larger suite applications... etc. |
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
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
August 27, 2003
Ginger Conlon |
Don't Initiate CRM Until You Ask These Questions I had the opportunity recently to meet with executives at five of the largest CRM vendor companies. They discussed vendor accountability and the one question companies must ask their prospective CRM vendors. |
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 1, 2004
Ginger Conlon |
Midmarket Mavericks Companies in the segment have a bigger choice of better products with improved services. |
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 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 |
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
January 2012
Donna Fluss |
Redefining CRM It's time to say good-bye to the old definition of CRM -- it is no longer viable as a leading business or even systems strategy. |
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
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
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 |
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
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
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
July 2003
Laura Pollard |
Enterprise Schmenterprise Who truly sees the value of enterprise CRM? |
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 1, 2003
Martin Schneider |
Quick Wins? In CRM initiatives, faster may mean better -- but not always. |
CRM
April 1, 2008 |
The Pulse How Does Your Company Handle its CRM Solution? |
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
December 2006
Barton Goldenberg |
Getting Executive Buy-In: A Pocket Guide Don't take it for granted, define the CRM initiative's goals from the jump, and closely link the organization's business direction to the initiative. |
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
October 1, 2003
Paul Greenberg |
A Commonwealth of Self-Interest CRM initiatives will succeed only if users see value in using them. |
CRM
May 2003
Ginger Conlon |
Love Is in the Air I recently attended customer events hosted by Onyx and Salesforce.com, during which these vendors were spreading the love. The love of their products, that is. Going to these events gave me the opportunity to speak to customers face-to-face about the results they're seeing from CRM. |
CRM
August 2, 2004 |
The Pulse: Is your CRM initiative designed to... What's your CRM initiative designed to do, meet customer needs or internal needs? Results of a reader poll. |
CRM
January 2005
Barton Goldenberg |
5 Ways to Refocus Your CRM Efforts This year, seize new opportunities for gaining--and keeping--customer loyalty. |
CIO
May 1, 2001
Susannah Patton |
The Truth About CRM It's expensive, hard to implement, time consuming and it may not work. It's time to forget the hype and take a hard look at the reality of CRM... |
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
May 3, 2004
Jason Compton |
CRM Gets Real No longer pie in the sky, CRM is settling into down-to-earth successes. |
CIO
February 1, 2002
Danielle Dunne |
Beware of the CRM Backlash Jill Dyche contends that CRM projects would work better if companies did a better job defining their specific needs... |
CRM
October 1, 2005
David Myron |
Back to Double-Digit Growth There will likely come a time when not one, but all CRM application vendors in the large enterprise category offer a hosted solution. |
CRM
October 1, 2003
Lisa Picarille |
Vertical Focus: Professional Services Ask law firms, accounting firms, consultants, and financial services firms about CRM and most will tell you that the traditional CRM vendors are more focused on transaction-based customers than on billable clients. |
CRM
March 1, 2004
David Myron |
Vertical Focus: Integrators: Necessary Evil or Indispensible Resource? North American companies shelled out $16.8 billion for CRM services last year. Large enterprise customers find professional services firms often add complexity to CRM implementations, but most are likely to use at least one services firm. |
CRM
November 15, 2004
Ginger Conlon |
The Changing Face of CRM Customer commitment has always been and will continue to be the ultimate goal of CRM. |
CRM
January 2010
Barton Goldenberg |
Assessing Your CRM Situation You can't know where you are unless you look - and look hard. |
InternetNews
April 19, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Siebel: 'We Can Do Better' Partners and competitors circle the field, as Siebel's new leadership promises a bright future. |
CRM
March 25, 2011
Jim Davies |
Applying the Eight Building Blocks of CRM to Social Media How to improve the effectiveness and long-term success of social CRM initiatives |
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
November 2003
Barton Goldenberg |
CRM Is Not a Game of Chance Don't commit to any CRM application until first understanding your CRM needs -- then understand which CRM application best meets them. |
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
December 2003
Martin Schneider |
The Year in Preview How the major trends in 2003 will alter the CRM landscape over the coming year. |
CRM
June 2, 2003
Martin Schneider |
News in Brief Gartner has reviewed the top midsize CRM vendors in its latest Magic Quadrant study... More than 60 percent of retail companies anticipate a significant increase in their expenditures for CRM during the next two years... The speech recognition market is projected to increase... etc. |
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
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
December 1, 2005
Alexandra DeFelice |
Oracle and Siebel: What Does It Mean for Customers? End-users are looking for answers as they wait for the planned acquisition to close. |
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
February 2004
Jason Compton |
Expert Advice No one should be better at using CRM than CRM vendors themselves. Here, they reveal their inside strategies. |
CRM
July 2005
Barton Goldenberg |
Real-Time CRM: A Business Revolution in the Making Three trends are bringing companies to the next logical step and will fuel the next major growth in CRM and help organizations respond to customers' needs in real time. |
