What to Look for in CRM Strategy

It may sound obvious, but not every CRM project has a plan or strategy in place. Sometimes a business will ask its IT guys to implement a CRM program (they mean an application) when they should really be asking for a CRM programme of work. If you are in the situation...

CRM as a Process Platform

Welcome to the second in a series of posts on CRM* (*Customer Relationship Management) made simple.  Each post on the topic is in response to questions I have been asked as a specialised CRM consultant over the past few years. The aim is to summarise some of the key...
What Is CRM Used For?

What Is CRM Used For?

This is one of the questions I get asked often by people researching whether to invest in a CRM system for their business.  The benefits of each use will differ depending on whether you are a business employee, business owner, customer or partner of that business. I...
Tribal Demographics

Tribal Demographics

One of the keys to better communication is to understand the way that groups of people around you and especially our/your customers view the world. When we speaking with our customers we need to align ourselves with their needs, goal and desires to better serve them....
strategy of CRM

strategy of CRM

Customer relationship management (CRM for short) is all about treating different customers differently. To have any chance of being able to understand those differences and then have a system that backs up your house standards and makes it easy for staff to do their...