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Simple CRM B/S

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Simple CRM is an oxymoron – a contradiction in terms in the same phrase. Anybody needing Simple CRM should be protected from the snake oil being promoted by the morons pitching it. They don’t have what it takes to make the concept work. CRM is a business process, not an instant answer to disappointing sales [...]

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Waving to Myself – Am I Really That Sad

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Image by avlxyz via Flickr Google Wave Matures, or does it? Has Google Wave come of age as a business tool? Does it have a role in Customer Service and CRM applications. Will it be a natural component in any company IT architecture? We’ve been trying it out again to find out the answers to [...]

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Making Waves Makes More Sense Now

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Image via Wikipedia Google Wave was probably the most eagerly awaited software technology in history. Those guys did an awesome job of pre-announcing the release and the world waited with baited breath. It seems Google must have learned a lesson with Wave, because only a few months later the company let Buzz seep out. No [...]

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Three Reasons a Sales Rep Should Keep a Personal CRM

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For those of us in sales our Personal CRM helps us know what we’re doing, without sharing everything with the boss – we’re in control. crm system is portable – we can take it with us when we move on. Our data is an asset, making us more attractive than the next guy when the [...]

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Using Outlook for CRM

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Can I Use Outlook for CRM? Lots of people do so the answer must be “yes”. Just like lots of people use stickies, or whiteboards, or spreadsheets for CRM. But changing the question might warrant a very different response. Can I use Outlook for joining my processes and information in a system which really helps [...]

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Sales and CRM with Google Wave

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The Concept The promotional videos had caught our interest, especially with the mixture of messaging and conversation, and embedded media. There just had to be some interesting ways it could be used by smaller businesses to do more at lower cost. – Google Wave Share and Enjoy:

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Dont Try To Tell Me About CRM

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If you haven’t been managing sales for thirty years If you haven’t managed 50 people selling $000,000 systems If you haven’t worked at getting other people to implement systems If you haven’t fought the battle against the beancounters If you haven’t struggled to build software to help people do it properly in ways they can [...]

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Setting the Direction for CRM

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They say imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, in which case I should be pleased. Strangely it doesn’t feel like that. Maybe I don’t really believe my interpretation of what we’ve seen? Maybe I’m just pissed off at my ideas being stolen? Maybe I’m disappointed at my own failure to exploit our vision? [...]

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