As a business owner, you need to make crucial decisions. One of the most important is choosing a customer relationship management (CRM) solution. Regardless of an enterprise’s size or industry, managing customer relationships is integral to success. While a CRM system offers numerous benefits to businesses both big and small, the most important is that it allows you to improve the overall experience of your … Read More
The digital revolution has empowered today’s customers like never before. With competition on the rise and loyalty factors taking a backseat, customers don’t think twice before shifting to your competitors. If you don’t look after the interests of your customers well, chances are they will abandon you. You need to have a customer-centric approach to retain your current customers. It is, therefore, vital for … Read More
Customer relationship management (CRM) is fundamentally about managing and maximizing the efforts that help you develop strong relations with your customers and prospects. Organizations try everything in the book to keep their customers satisfied. And, when it comes to improving customer experience, one aspect that companies cannot afford to ignore is social media. That is where social CRM comes into the picture. Social CRM … Read More
Thanks to the internet, customers today have more power than they ever had in the past. Customers are known to make or break businesses. And, that is the reason why businesses try to do everything in the book to keep their customers happy and satisfied. When customers have a positive experience, they share it with their friends, family and colleagues – which results in new … Read More
Change, they say is inevitable. Everything in this world keeps evolving. The same is true of your organization’s relationship with its CRM system. A CRM solution that served your needs two years ago may no longer be effectively doing so today. Whether the cause is the growth of your business, your CRM system is outdated or it never was a good fit to begin with, … Read More
Competition is the order of the day, and it is not any different in the education sector, more so in the higher education institutions (HEIs). Customer relationship management (CRM) software helps organizations in practically all verticals create and develop a strong relationship with their customers. Likewise, in the education sector, a CRM solution helps higher education institutions to attract, retain and better serve their students. … Read More
How to Improve Real-Time Customer Service with a CRM Solution In today’s competitive environment, retaining customers is by far the greatest challenge for businesses in every industry. Because providing quick customer service is key to success, a customer relationship management (CRM) solution is now indispensable. Strategic use of a CRM can greatly improve efficiency, which gives customers the personalized attention they need to maintain loyalty … Read More
Today’s digitally connected world has made customers more aware, socially engaged, informed and demanding. Price or product is no longer the reason a customer chooses your business over your competitors’ – or, for that matter, remains loyal to you. Nowadays, it’s all about customer experience (CX). And if your business is unable to improve your customers’ experience, you’ve handed over the advantage to your competitors. … Read More
Why CRM is Your Most Valuable Asset As an organization, what do you consider your most valuable asset? Most likely, your product/service and employees are top-of-mind. But given a few more seconds of thought, customers would undoubtedly take first place. Without customers, of course, you’d have no business. So it makes sense that after the considerable time, money and effort spent on customer acquisition, customer … Read More
CRM user adoption is a challenge even for the best of managers and their teams. Slow and low user adoption are the primary reasons CRM engagement fails to achieve its full potential. According to a Merkle Group Inc. survey, around 63% of CRM initiatives fail in large organizations. A scary number to say the least, which can make you wonder whether CRM will be a … Read More