Posts Tagged ‘CRM’

Don’t let Vendor Hype Take You Down the Wrong Road

Monday, February 15th, 2010

To identify the right CRM solutions for your business, you first need to understand what CRM is. Customer Relationship Management is a way of doing business and it requires a strategy from which you will define processes that can be supported by people and software.

Where most folks get it wrong is by confining CRM to the sales organization, or customer service or marketing. The fact is, each of those areas is a critical part of CRM and there could even be an impact in some of your back office groups as well. (more…)

What does CRM stand for anyway

Monday, February 15th, 2010

We’ve all heard acronyms thrown around at one time or another. They are a way of life today, and not likely to go away anytime soon. It’s hard for the average person to keep up. When you hear the lingo flying around, you might be thinking to yourself, am I the only one that doesn’t know what this stands for. You are not alone. There are a number of people, me included, that often don’t have any idea what all these acronym’s stand for and are too embarrassed to ask for further definition. One such acronym that has been around for years is CRM. So just what does CRM stand for? (more…)