This CRM masterclass gives you a proven approach to modern customer relationship management Key FeaturesProven techniques to architect CRM systems that perform well, that are built on time and on budget, and that deliver value for many yearsCombines technical knowledge and business experience to provide a powerful guide to CRM implementationCovers modern CRM opportunities and challenges including machine learning, cloud hosting, and GDPR complianceBook Description CRM systems have delivered huge value to organizations. This book shares proven and cutting-edge techniques to increase the power of CRM even further. In The Art of CRM, Max Fatouretchi shares his decades of experience building successful CRM systems that make a real difference to business performance. Through clear processes, actionable advice, and informative case studies, The Art of CRM teaches you to design successful CRM systems for your clients. Fatouretchi, founder of Academy4CRM institute, draws on his experience over 20 years and 200 CRM implementations worldwide. Bringing CRM bang up to date, The Art of CRM shows how to add AI and machine learning, ensure compliance with GDPR, and choose between on-premise, cloud, and hybrid hosting solutions. If you’re looking for an expert guide to real-world CRM implementations, this book is for you. What you will learnDeliver CRM systems that are on time, on budget, and bring lasting value to organizationsBuild CRM that excels at operations, analytics, and collaborationGather requirements effectively: identify key pain points, objectives, and functional requirementsDevelop customer insight through 360-degree client view and client profilingTurn customer requirements into a CRM design specArchitect your CRM platformBring machine learning and artificial intelligence into your CRM systemEnsure compliance with GDPR and other critical regulationsChoose between on-premise, cloud, and hybrid hosting solutionsWho this book is for CRM practitioners who want to update their work with new, proven techniques and approaches

This book presents an extensive discussion of the strategic and tactical aspects of customer relationship management as we know it today. It helps readers obtain a comprehensive grasp of CRM strategy, concepts and tools and provides all the necessary steps in managing profitable customer relationships. Throughout, the book stresses a clear understanding of economic customer value as the guiding concept for marketing decisions. Exhaustive case studies, mini cases and real-world illustrations under the title “CRM at Work” all ensure that the material is both highly accessible and applicable, and help to address key managerial issues, stimulate thinking, and encourage problem solving. The book is a comprehensive and up-to-date learning companion for advanced undergraduate students, master's degree students, and executives who want a detailed and conceptually sound insight into the field of CRM. The new edition provides an updated perspective on the latest research results and incorporates the impact of the digital transformation on the CRM domain.

This comprehensive guide to Customer Relationship Management (CRM) draws on Barton Goldenbergs 20 plus years of experience guiding firms to a successful implementation of CRM solutions and techniques. Goldenberg demonstrates how the right mix of people, process, and technology can help firms achieve a superior level of customer satisfaction, loyalty, and new business. Beginning with a primer for executives who need to get quickly up-to-speed on CRM, the book covers a full range of critical issues including integration challenges and security concerns, and illuminates CRMs key role in the 24/7/365 real-time business revolution. CRM in Real Time is an essential guide for any organization seeking to maximize customer relationships, coordinate customer-facing functions, and leverage the power of the Internet as business goes real time.

Social CRM is already enabling innovative companies to engage customers through powerfully effective two-way dialogues, and to build customer-centric strategies that drive real value. In this book the field's leading expert offers a proven, four-step methodology for making Social CRM work in any organization: B2B, B2C, or B2B2C. Writing for both decision-makers and implementers, Barton Goldenberg shows how to integrate people, process and technology to optimize relationships with every customer, achieve seamless collaboration across customer-facing functions, and make the most of today's leading social platforms. Goldenberg shows how to: Systematically harvest information from Social Media conversations and communities: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, and beyond Integrate this information into expanded customer profiles Use these profiles to personalize your customer service, marketing messages, and sales offers far more effectively Goldenberg assesses the changing impact of social media on customer relationships, identifies smarter ways to profitably integrate it throughout your business, guides you through Social CRM planning and implementation, and examines key challenges and opportunities in leveraging Social CRM after you've deployed it. You'll find practical advice on issues ranging from strategy to software selection, vendor negotiation to team development and day-to-day operations. Goldenberg concludes by previewing the future of Social CRM - and the fast-changing customer tomorrow's systems must serve.

Are you a customer success or support executive curious about adapting industry best practices to your organization? Are you a newly-promoted customer success or support manager with plenty of ideas, but not much management experience? Or are you an executive with no hands-on experience with customer success, but wanting to learn more about how to decrease churn and improve revenue expansion from existing customers? The Art of Support is a practical guide for managers and executives that answers your questions. In it, you will find: - Best practices for customer success and support, from designing customer lifecycle journeys, to managing day-to-day activities, to measuring results. - Nuanced recommendations to build or improve your organization. - Dozens of practical tools you can use right away such as customer scorecards, sample support portfolios, hiring checklists, decision trees for selecting support models, job ladders, and budget templates.

This title presents an holistic view of CRM, arguing that its essence concerns basic business strategy - developing and maintaining long-term, mutually beneficial relationships with strategically significant customers - rather than the operational tools which achieve these aims.

Customer Relationship Management is a holistic strategic approach to managing customer relationships to increase shareholder value, and this major Handbook of CRM gives complete coverage of the key concepts in this vital field. It is about achieving a total understanding of the concepts that underlie successful CRM rather than the plethora of systems that can be used to implement it. Based on recent knowledge, it is underpinned by: * Clear and comprehensive explanations of the key concepts in the field * Vignettes and full cases from major businesses internationally * Definitive references and notes to further sources of information on every aspect of CRM * Templates and audit advice for assessing your own CRM needs and targets The most lucid, comprehensive and important overview of the subject and an invaluable tool in enabling the connection of the major principles to the real world of business.