CRM Software - A Single Face of the Organization
CRM is nowadays a single
interface to establish contact with your customers and various departments
within and outside your organization. With high technology based software, we
could manage right from the organizing customer data to improving sales efficiency
and finally converting leads to closure of deals.
All these activities play a
fundamental role in our regular regime of day-to-day activities to manage the
overwhelming volume of data and customers in corporate organizations today. CRM
promises on taking over the trivial task and organizing major data providing
adequate time for you to plan on Brand and Marketing Strategies.
This feature is especially
advantageous to the small business organizations as they have limited resources
and would like to get maximum profitability with existing resources.
Coordinate Efforts on a Single Page
In today’s complex and competitive
business environments; there is a constant need for sales force and their
efforts to be organized on the same page. This enhances the organization to
collate customer data and queries, Address prospects, Share information and
strategies and provide World class personalized service to their Customers.
CRM (Customer Relationship
Management) software provides with an array of services to contact, coordinate
and provide world class services both for your customers and employees within
the organization. It would also avoid duplication of data and Eliminates manual
processes that can bog down sales cycle.
The Sales professionals not only need to connect to
the Sales Heads but also need to coordinate their efforts with the Marketing,
Accounting, Purchase and Production departments. Making their role more complex
and involving them in routine work. The Sales professionals lack time for the
vital activity of promoting Sales of the organization’s products and services.
CRM renders a helping hand in providing the following services:
a) Organizing and Analyze Customer data:
The customer data is invaluable to
any organization to pursue its interest in maximizing the profits. CRM provides
an interface to collect data as well as to establish relationship by sending
quotation, following prospects, reminders and newsletters to customers and
keeping sales force well informed on updates of the products and customer
status.
b) Improving and Performance tracking of Sales
Professional
The question on how to improve
one's sales efficiency in every organization is the biggest challenge of
today's managers. CRM provides with an interface to centrally track sales
opportunities, share Excel Spreadsheets and customer contacts.
Latest information on products and
brand strategies are communicated in an easier fashion to the Sales force. This
includes reporting and analyzing data to take quick business related decisions.
Marketing and Campaign management
have been taken to a new dimension of providing strategies and information to
sales force on their mobiles through mobile applications. Accounting Services
are provided to track the expenditure on marketing and campaign programs.
Coordination of marketing
campaigns from direct mailings to web downloads with an eye on moving leads to
closed sales. We could measure the effectiveness of campaigns through robust
metrics including number of leads that are contacted versus those that have
responded and those that are closed.
Tracking sales leads, quotes and
signing renewals and contracts have been recorded in a central repository. This
enables us to predict the Sales forecast and accurately provision resources
with the Production department.
c) Lead Management Services to generate more
Business
The prospective customers in any
business need to be converted into customers to maximize the profits of the organization.
Lead Management Services provides with information on communications and quotes
sent to prospects, contact details and follow-up timings for sales
professionals to keep a track of the prospects. The hot and warm leads are
given preference while the cold leads are stored in central repository for
promoting future marketing programs. An application to Manage Emails and
Calendar Activities are also available.
d) World class Customer service to encourage
customer satisfaction and loyalty
Addressing customer queries and
grievances in a personalized manner help in providing World class customer
service. Tracking all customer support issues originating from a phone call or
a web portal in a central repository to improve customer service and inform
sales associates of potential hiccups before and during the renewal process.
The process allows Analyzing of incidents, escalating issues and tracking the
responses.
The case history of the customer
would provide details to the executive to provide the best fit solution over
the desk at the least possible downtime. Thereby, providing suitable solutions
to each customer and ensuring repeat business from existing customers and
promoting new customers through their references.
e) Design Targeted Marketing to promote Brand
Recognition and Brand Loyalty
The various Marketing and campaign
programs are targeted at a Niche segment of consumers for example Mercedes
targets at the Wealthy Business Class Clientele; likewise Lamborghini and
Ferrari attract Sportive Business Class Clientele. The designing of targeted
marketing programs by these organizations could promote Brand recognition and
Brand loyalty among Clients.
f) Project Management
Most companies take on various
assignments or Projects on a regular basis. The execution of these projects
require intricate details from organizing to implementation client fulfillment
project, internal projects or the series of tasks required to get a new client
into production. Host project-related documentation, tasks and
communications--all in a central repository that is accessed by your teams no
matter where they are working from.
The host of possibilities rendered
by CRM, make it a Versatile Software in managing Customer Relations and in
directing Sales force in achieving Business Deal closures. CRM also provides
coordination between departments and automates workflow through its business
cycles. CRM may in the future hold personalized applications
to each customer and widen its horizon.
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