If you haven’t already heard, the CRM Excellence conference is coming to Virginia in July. This year CRMBlogger has partnered with ASMIweb and will be sponsoring the event so look for our logo on the event brochure cover and other placement throughout the event! CRM Excellence 2007 is the event of the year for the [...]

Having just written about why Richard thinks on-premise CRM is better than on demand CRM, it’s time to talk about the opposite from Eric’s point of view. Eric favors on-demand CRM and goes on to explain the key benefits. A common belief is that on the man systems are unable to integrate with companies existing [...]

“Go with on-demand CRM” has been the message most people have seen in the past few years by on-demand trailblazers like salesforce.com. As there are many strong reasons to go with an on-demand solution, there are also some downsides one needs to consider before making a decision. Richard Smith Vice President of CRM strategy, put [...]

As part of its sustained campaign to dominate the emerging world of on-demand applications, salesforce.com has announced a version of the Skype Internet-based telephone software to work with its Salesforce customer relationship management (CRM) package. The special version of Skype, developed by the German voice-over-IP specialist PamConsult will enable salesforce.com users to incorporate phone communications [...]

Bozeman, Montana-based RightNow Technologies has announced the availability of RightNow Retail, which combines its next-generation customer relationship management (CRM) solution with its experience working with numerous retailers including Cabela’s, Drugstore.com, Hallmark.com, Sharper Image, Snapfish, The Right Start and Ulta. The new offering is based on RightNow 8, the company’s on-demand solution for service, sales and [...]

Trying to stay ahead of the CRM curve is difficult when you run with companies like SAP, Oracle, and Salesforce.com. Brent Estes who blogs under the name “CRM Guy” talks about how CRM has evolved over the years and the coming trends of CRM. He starts out this post with a quote from Yogi Berra [...]

I am evaluating the SugarCRM test drive called Sugar Professional On-Demand which is part of their open source product suite. This is the 2nd review of the series starting from this post –> Which CRM Vendor Provides the Best “Test Drive” Experience? SugarCRM is very different from all other CRM software providers since it’s software [...]

Most managers think CRM is a great solution for their company for selfish reasons like being able to share and manage their customer data, pipeline, leads, etc. Those are all good reasons but little do they realize CRM is also important for their customers. Providing customer service is very important if you want to keep [...]

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I had the pleasure of sitting down with a very talented ex-salesforce.com director yesterday and spoke to him about his experiences at salesforce and what he’s been doing since. Aaron Ross was a four year veteran at salesforce.com and saw the company grow from 300 to over 2,000 employees. While he was there, he built [...]