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Fact File: Customer Relationship Management

Customer Relationship +44 (0) 1628 427 500

Management (CRM)

Definition of CRM CRM Resources

'Customer Relationship Management CRM Today – Community and


(CRM) is developing into a major resource centre for CRM. The site
element of corporate strategy for many includes news, articles and papers,
organisations. It is also known by CRM event listings and additional
other terms such a relationship resources for members – membership
marketing and customer management, is free.
CRM http://www.crm2day.com
is concerned with the creation,
development and enhancement of Customer Think - register free to
individualised relationships with receive newsletters and "white
carefully targeted customers and papers". E.g. The Customer
customer groups, the desired result Relationship Management Solutions
being to maximise the total Guide - Independent reviews of CRM
customer lifetime value.' By Professor Technology.
Adrian Payne, from Customer http://www.customerthink.com/
Relationship Management, CBI July
2000. CRM Advocate – searchable database
with over 40 sources of CRM
''Customer Relationship Management information.
(CRM) is an enterprise approach to http://www.crmadvocate.com/
understanding and influencing
customer behaviour through CRM Community. A community-
meaningful communications in order to oriented Web source for
improve customer acquisition, comprehensive, targeted information
customer retention, customer loyalty on evaluating, purchasing and
and customer profitability." implementing customer relationship
Robert Swift, Accelerating Customer management technology and
Relationships. solutions.
http://www.crmcommunity.com/
Definitions of Customer Relationship
Marketing and Management by MyCustomer .com - excellent site.
leading experts. Free registration to access
http://www.eccs.uk.com/VD25/default. newsletters, academic papers,
asp?CID=421&PSID=439 conference proceedings, discussion
groups etc. Some documents are
chargeable.
http://www.mycustomer.com/

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SearchCRM.com – A CRM specific CRM Software
search engine. Free registration for all
benefits. CRM News of Moreover.com
http://searchcrm.techtarget.com/ http://www.moreover.com

Destination CRM - The vision of eCRM guide: source for CRM


DCRM is to become the preferred technology and news
Internet location for information, http://www.ecrmguide.com
products, and services relevant to the
CRM user marketplace. The site Listing and links to software tools &
includes news, features, resources suppliers
and definitions of CRM. http://www.mycustomer.com/
http://www.destinationcrm.com/
Hewson - CRM Software Suppliers
CRMDaily.com - CRM news and and articles
information. http://www.hewson.co.uk
http://www.crmdaily.com
Softworld - CRM database information
European Centre for Customer http://www.softworld.co.uk/
Strategies - Independent analysis on
customer management. Must register Conspectus: The IT report for
for all benefits. Directors and decision makers
http://www.eccs.uk.com/ http://www.conspectus.com/index.asp

Gartner.com – Provides articles, press


releases, weblogs and their research
collection.
http://www.gartner.com/it/products/res
earch/asset_129491_2395.jsp

Customer Relationship Management


Technology - articles and case
studies. Also has products services
and an eCRM glossary of terms.
http://www.ecrmguide.com/

American CRM customer relationship


management directory
http://www.american-crm-
directory.com/

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