http://www.crmswitch.com CRM data migration services. GoldMine to Salesforce, ACT! to Salesforce and SalesLogix to Salesforce Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:56:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 38.019022-122.545891crm-data-migration-serviceshttp://feedburner.google.com http://www.crmswitch.com/crm-features/crm-customer-feedback-sites/ http://www.crmswitch.com/crm-features/crm-customer-feedback-sites/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:39:46 +0000 Denise Kitt http://www.crmswitch.com/?p=2746 http://www.crmswitch.com/crm-features/crm-customer-feedback-sites/feed/ 0 http://www.crmswitch.com/crm-value/crm-vendor-online-community-resources/ http://www.crmswitch.com/crm-value/crm-vendor-online-community-resources/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:21:21 +0000 Denise Kitt http://www.crmswitch.com/?p=2687 Here are some of the CRM community resources provided by four of the major CRM vendors.  Many of these sites are excellent resources not only for customers, but also for people who are researching CRM options for their organization.
Salesforce – Salesforce.com customers can log into Salesforce Customer Resources, where they can ...]]> http://www.crmswitch.com/crm-value/crm-vendor-online-community-resources/feed/ 0 http://www.crmswitch.com/crm-industry/timeline-crm-companies/ http://www.crmswitch.com/crm-industry/timeline-crm-companies/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:45:37 +0000 Steve Chipman http://www.crmswitch.com/?p=2663 Several of the popular CRM applications, including Salesforce, Microsoft CRM and Sugar have been offered by the same company throughout their entire life cycle. Others, including GoldMine, Sage ACT!, Sage CRM and Sage SalesLogix have seen multiple changes in corporate ownership due to mergers and acquisitions.
New versions range from periodic, major releases to more regular, seasonal ...]]> http://www.crmswitch.com/crm-industry/timeline-crm-companies/feed/ 0 http://www.crmswitch.com/crm-features/nine-crm-customization-mistakes-avoid/ http://www.crmswitch.com/crm-features/nine-crm-customization-mistakes-avoid/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:04:46 +0000 Steve Chipman http://www.crmswitch.com/?p=2602 However, with power comes responsibility. Taking the wrong approach to even basic CRM customizations can end up being very costly in the long run if improper customizations and resulting data need to be later transformed into a ...]]> http://www.crmswitch.com/crm-features/nine-crm-customization-mistakes-avoid/feed/ 0 http://www.crmswitch.com/buying-crm/eleven-crm-vendor-fud-factors-carefully-consider/ http://www.crmswitch.com/buying-crm/eleven-crm-vendor-fud-factors-carefully-consider/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:28:49 +0000 Steve Chipman http://www.crmswitch.com/?p=2570 However, competition also drives FUD — the Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt that one vendor casts over its competitors in its marketing messages and its face to face interactions with prospects.
Just as negative political campaigning has and will always be around, FUD will always exist in highly competitive industries because ...]]> http://www.crmswitch.com/buying-crm/eleven-crm-vendor-fud-factors-carefully-consider/feed/ 2 http://www.crmswitch.com/data-migration/prepare-legacy-data-crm-migration/ http://www.crmswitch.com/data-migration/prepare-legacy-data-crm-migration/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 23:32:45 +0000 Steve Chipman http://www.crmswitch.com/?p=2543 Before migrating inconsistent or invalid data into a new CRM ...]]> http://www.crmswitch.com/data-migration/prepare-legacy-data-crm-migration/feed/ 0 http://www.crmswitch.com/buying-crm/five-ways-sell-your-boss-new-crm-system/ http://www.crmswitch.com/buying-crm/five-ways-sell-your-boss-new-crm-system/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:56:03 +0000 Steve Chipman http://www.crmswitch.com/?p=2519 A lot of research is done on potential replacements for the old system, but when the final decision maker within the organization sees the price proposal, he or she says “we are not spending that kind of money when we ...]]> http://www.crmswitch.com/buying-crm/five-ways-sell-your-boss-new-crm-system/feed/ 1 http://www.crmswitch.com/contact-management/8-business-benefits-not-receiving-old-contact-manager/ http://www.crmswitch.com/contact-management/8-business-benefits-not-receiving-old-contact-manager/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:28:41 +0000 Steve Chipman http://www.crmswitch.com/?p=2499 Independence from Operating Systems – your old contact manager will only run on certain versions of the Windows operating system. ...]]> http://www.crmswitch.com/contact-management/8-business-benefits-not-receiving-old-contact-manager/feed/ 0 http://www.crmswitch.com/buying-crm/long-distance-relationship-crm-consulting-company/ http://www.crmswitch.com/buying-crm/long-distance-relationship-crm-consulting-company/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 03:22:26 +0000 Steve Chipman http://www.crmswitch.com/?p=2471 It went something like this:
After the on-site kickoff ...]]> http://www.crmswitch.com/buying-crm/long-distance-relationship-crm-consulting-company/feed/ 0 http://www.crmswitch.com/crm-training/value-new-crm-training-program/ http://www.crmswitch.com/crm-training/value-new-crm-training-program/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:18:16 +0000 Denise Kitt http://www.crmswitch.com/?p=2451 Here are some of the areas to consider when you begin to formulate your CRM training plans.
CRM Training Program Recommendations
Hire an Educational Company – CRM vendors, consultants and educational companies variously offer onsite CRM training programs, offsite classroom training, virtual classroom CRM training, one-on-one training sessions, or ...]]> http://www.crmswitch.com/crm-training/value-new-crm-training-program/feed/ 0