February 29th, 2012 | | Comments Off on Nine Questions to Ask about SaaS
SaaS does not spare customers the need to ask vendors the same questions about service levels, costs, and other issues that they would ask themselves if they were planning on-premise implementations. Of the nine questions customers should ask about SaaS, seven also apply to on-premise deployment. However, the issues of changing needs prompt two more questions unique to SaaS.
February 29th, 2012 | | Comments Off on On-Demand Mid-Market CRM: Front-to-Back Office Integration a Clear Differentiator
This AberdeenGroup Executive White Paper focuses on the business value of front-to-back office integration for small and mid-market companies as well as the role of Software-as-a-Service in enhancing that value. AberdeenGroup field research conducted for this paper concludes that small and mid-market companies will soon find they have outgrown their sales-focused CRM applications and will require more robust solutions to fully integrate pre-sales information with customer data contained in their transactional systems.
February 29th, 2012 | | Comments Off on Curing Customer Service Pain with CRM
Learn how companies can use CRM to improve their customer service processes.
February 29th, 2012 | | Comments Off on The Hidden Dangers of an RFP
The investment of money, time and change in processes that come with a software implementation has a profound impact on any company, making it imperative that the right product and service provider are identified during the selection process.
February 29th, 2012 | | Comments Off on C2CRM Quick View
Learn more about the features found in C2CRM by downloading a free copy of the C2CRM Quick View.
February 28th, 2012 | | Comments Off on The Sales Benchmarking Primer
Right now and for the foreseeable future, corporations are and will continue to be deeply concerned about the overall economy and their profits. Throw on top of that possible changes to corporate tax liability and the picture gets murkier. With this uncertain environment, business leaders require greater accountability and transparency of their marketing and sales teams.
February 28th, 2012 | | Comments Off on The Transformational CFO: Integrative SaaS and the Power to Change
The leaders of Finance are more and more becoming leaders of their companies. By no means are CFOs, controllers, or VPs of Finance taking over corporate leadership en masse. But they are increasingly being charged with being a part of that leadership, strategically and tactically. Internally, Finance as a department or group is responsible for the most critical aspects of any firm. Externally, Finance is the face of the firm to regulators, lenders, partners and, in many cases, the public at large. In severe economic situations, Finance has the responsibility for establishing, managing, or restoring public trust in a firm.
February 28th, 2012 | | Comments Off on Secrets to Selling C2CRM Successfully
Before you can be successful at selling C2 CRM, it is important to understand what CRM truly offers. From identifying business opportunities and creating a proposal to delivering a solution and ensuring customer satisfaction, CRM provides tools to make it all happen efficiently.
CRM systems often do a better job at making things easy for your employees. Better lead management, opportunity management, and […]
February 28th, 2012 | | Comments Off on True 360 Degree Visibility: The Silver Bullet for SFA
For years, the mantra for SFA and CRM Systems has been to achieve a 360° view of the customer. The sad truth, however, is that traditional standalone Sales Force Automation solutions are not able to deliver this complete view for the sales force and leave major “blind spots” on key customer activity with the company.