e hear all the reasons you need to establish a reason
why we need CRM in our that will compel potential
lives yet making CRM a clients to establish a
success is a cross between relationship with their company.
science, art, and even a tiny bit There are generally two types of
of luck. In fact most times it clients – those that want a one
requires a management team that time relationship and those that
can take a little risk to reap expect to build a long term
some excellent gains. Too often relationship.
when CRM fails no one understands
why, yet there are three very Your one time clients will not be
common CRM mistakes that will happy if you force the customer
spiral you into failure. When you service that CRM and it will
overcome those mistakes you’ll result in a feeling of their
have a very successful CRM privacy being invaded. But on the
program. other hand those customers
looking to have an ongoing
Mistake #! Failure To Know Your relationship will be very
Value Proposition impressed with your CRM system.
In an instant the representative
Every company needs to have a will be able to pull up the
value proposition. What’s a value customer file and quickly deal
proposition you ask? It’s your with any issues, wants, or
statement that tells your questions. It’s important to
potential clients what’s address this in your value
different about your company than proposition.
the competition.
Mistake #2 Failure To Match Your
When it comes to your customer Representatives and CRM System
relationship management or CRM
Too many CRM systems are all
about the technology and not the First you have to acknowledge
people. Companies purchase high that no matter how much data you
tech CRM systems believing their collect you will never really
efficiency will increase know your customer. There will
dramatically. They want staff always be a “private” part to
throughout the organization to your client. And pushing too hard
adapt to the CRM technology, the will cause your customer to back
biggest mistake ever. away. Too often boundaries are
overstepped.
What needs to happen is processes
in each department need to be What you want to do is find out
analyzed and mapped out and then as much as you can about your
CRM technology that matches the customer within the customer’s
way the company operates needs to comfort zone and then collect and
be chosen. AIM! is one CRM store this data using your CRM
software package that has a lot software. That means each
of flexibility so it can be a customer gets the personal touch
good choice when you want to with little effort by your staff
match reps with your CRM system. because all the details are just
a click a way. CRM programs like
Mistake #3 Assuming All Customers AIM! allow you to customize the
Are Equal software to meet your company and
customers needs.
A common mistake is to “think” we
know our customer or potential Now that you know how to avoid
customers and then assuming all the most common mistakes you will
customers are equal so we treat choose the best CRM program for
them all the same resulting in your company.
actually two mistakes.
About the Author:
Sayed Ally, is the lead CRM Analyst. His company provides, ACT! Software. Sayed can be reached at Tel : (905) 815- 1995 ext 22, email: aSayed@cqsolutions.com.
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