Almost every business owner is aware of the importance of an effective customer relationship management system in the modern marketplace. But still there is a struggle to create a powerful CRM system that works and is affordable.
Marketing departments fully understand how important a good CRM system is and that is must include pertinent customer information such as email, phone, and web info. Sales departments also fully understand the importance of quality CRM software to build a strong customer database.
However the message of how important a CRM system that unifies all departments seems to get lost. You would assume that CRM experts or IT personal would be quick to point this out however many dont assuming that the business owner knows this.
You might be surprised at just how many poor CRM software choices are made because business owners either dont understand what it is that is needed for a successful CRM system or are trying to keep costs down.
Surprisingly it is common for the companies that can most afford it to spend a great deal of money on their CRM software systems. For example recently I had some dealings with a nation wide cellular...