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Article Index
CRM - 10 Critical Factors
A Brief History of CRM
Starting Out
Getting the Design Right
Design by Democracy or Dictatorship?
Choosing the Right System
Hosted v Local Applications: Comparison Table
Choosing the Right Supplier
Getting the Adoption Right
Avoiding the Ten Pitfalls

CRM - 10 Critical Factors

Many Customer Relationship Management (CRM) implementations go wrong because implementers fall into the same common traps. This Guide lists the ten most common pitfalls, and how you can avoid them.

Divided into Getting the Design Right, Choosing the Right System, Getting the Adoption Right and Avoiding the Pitfalls, this guide will show you how to make sure that your CRM system will be a success, based on real life experience.

Knowing what the pitfalls are is more than half the battle.



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