Thursday, November 02, 2006

How to choose the right CRM solution for your small business?


So how to make the right choice? – Firstly, Don’t fall for all the hype put across to you. You need to focus on finding the right kind of solution that is simple, cost-effective, and yet provides the right blend of powerful features to manage your business customers


Gaining an in-depth understanding of your company goals is perhaps the first step to buying the right CRM solution for your business. Study your business nature; identify how important your customers are to you, and how you want to manage them. This influences the customer service levels, and to a great extent helps to identify the kind of customer support system you specifically require. Always bear in mind that your customer database is continuously growing. Look for a permanent solution to manage your entire customer support functions.


Can the CRM be easily integrated with your existing business structure, is perhaps the next question to ask yourself. Don’t forget cost effectiveness. It is advisable not to overdo the cost aspect. The right solution should definitely fit within your budget confines.


Quick deployment, ease of use, inexpensive installation and maintenance, rapid customization, reliability, assurance, redundancy, protection and choice, are few other areas you need to focus upon while choosing a CRM for your business.


Remember, choosing the right small business CRM solution is definitely not easy. There are literally hundreds of competing vendors to choose from. Worse, they all appear to be similar at a glance. Focus to find the right CRM solution that will help you Find, Keep and Add customers to your growing business.

3 comments:

Intelestream Inc. - CRM Sotware said...

Good points are made here. A good time to review your business processes would be needed when your company has decided to implement a CRM system. Your company is literally forced to define your business processes in order to determine which features are required. Besides, clearly outlined processes for tracking and analyzing goal achievements are critical to a company’s ability to prove the value of its CRM application. At Intelestream we consider this to be a priority that we elaborate on in our "10 Considerations before choosing a CRM" whitepaper. You can download it for free at http://www.intelestream.net/en/lp-10-considerations-before-purchasing-a-CRM.html

Rahul Iyer said...

It is very nice article about CRM Buying tips. I am also sharing some important tips before buying any type of crm software services .

Performing a comprehensive review

Making the vendor list and depicting the advantages of your CRM

CRM Solution Potential

Employee involvement in the adoption process.

Unknown said...

I saw your blogs very nice i am also crm service provider