Forrester's Customer Insights

MAY 23, 2024

There was a time when automatic call distributor (ACD) systems and customer relationship management (CRM) systems did very different things, with some integration but no real overlap. In the support world, CRM systems managed tickets and customer details, while ACD systems connected callers to agents and managed interactions.

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Forrester's Customer Insights

APRIL 26, 2024

Industry-specific customer relationship management (CRM) is a hot space these days. Almost every CRM vendor has an industry CRM strategy. Forrester defines Industry CRM as: Cloud […]

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Optimove

APRIL 1, 2021

A different way of thinking about this is that the more data silos you have, the harder it will be for you to access, integrate, and eventually use your first-party customer data for personalization. The more granular you get with these insights, the more personalized your customers’ experience will be.

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Forrester's Customer Insights

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

CRM is widely used by companies both big and small. As CRM moved to the cloud, business leaders in charge of sales, service, and marketing drove the purchase. Gone are the days when it was purchased as a monolithic on-premise application. Today, it is almost exclusively deployed in the cloud.

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InMoment XI

MAY 30, 2024

By utilizing text analysis software, your business can be more efficient and realize benefits such as increased customer insights, improved operational efficiency, and others. Data Source Connectivity: Connecting with various data sources such as social media, CRM systems, emails, documents, and more.

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Experience Matters

JULY 7, 2015

We just published a Temkin Group report, Unlocking Customer Insights From Contact Centers: From Agent Productivity to Enterprise Intelligence. However, companies are now beginning to realize that contact centers actually contain a wealth of deep, untapped information about customers. Download report for $195.

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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2021

According to a survey from Workbooks , the number of SMEs looking to adopt a CRM system rose by 16 percent from the previous year and a 30 percent increase from two years ago. Such a change has been driven by the need to have better information about their customers and to make it more readily available.

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Forrester's Customer Insights

AUGUST 15, 2023

Every year, our clients at Forrester ask us about trends in customer relationship management (CRM) adoption. To help us answer these questions, Forrester fielded a survey to ask CRM decision-makers around the world about different aspects of their company’s overall CRM strategy.

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Comm100

APRIL 2, 2024

Incentives for exceptional service not only motivate individuals but also set a standard for the level of service expected, contributing to overall improvements in customer satisfaction. A CRM system helps track all customer interactions, preferences, and feedback, providing a comprehensive view of the customer journey.

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Forrester's Customer Insights

JANUARY 25, 2022

CRM strengthens customer relationships, drives company revenue, and as such becomes a C-level priority. CRM technology expands into adjacent tech areas as it broadens its mandate. Insights from CRM uplevel customer and employee engagement, driving operational excellence.

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ijgolding

APRIL 9, 2020

To start with, the answer partly lies in Customer Relationship Management (CRM). A well applied CRM centralises all the data related to prospects and customers onto a single platform, enabling companies to record, track and act on customer interactions. Next generation CRM. All-in-one CX solution.

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Optimove

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Additionally, being great at marketing to your customers – whom you are supposed to know better – requires exhibiting better emotional intelligence. But, thanks to technological advancements such as AI-mapped CRM journeys, the knowledge and the technical infrastructure to make it happen already exist. Requires a little more homework.

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Optimove

JANUARY 13, 2021

In the world of B2C CRM, we know exactly what are the small steps that marketers can pledge to take next year that will bring the most impact. At Optimove, we encourage marketers to treat every CRM marketing campaign as an experiment. Remember: Top brands are able to drive 33% of the revenue via CRM marketing. #3

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Forrester's Customer Insights

AUGUST 7, 2022

The global customer relationship management market is projected to grow from $63.91 This second wave CRM is experiencing is aimed at transforming engagement and business outcomes across an enterprise, surpassing its initial remit of increasing front-office productivity. Companies use CRM to support […].

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Optimove

MAY 16, 2021

It is clear that the pros of the single customer view outweigh the cons: Gain better customer insight and track more accurate metrics Understand customer journeys Minimize costs from ineffective marketing tactics Improve customer service Improve communication. Reach out to learn how you can do it too.

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Forrester's Customer Insights

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Ready to give up on your CRM deployment? Before you do, you should know: CRM is a huge market. Eighty-two percent of enterprises use CRM. It is valued at $63.91 billion today and projected to grow to $145.79 billion by 2029, at a CAGR of 12.5%. Yet when I surveyed hundreds of business and IT […].

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Forrester's Customer Insights

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Modern CRM must be used as a foundational technology for customer engagement in order to deliver experiences that keep your customers coming back for more. Here are our top 5 trends for CRM in 2020: Self-service for end-to-end customer journey support increases. CX is still king in 2020.

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Optimove

JANUARY 27, 2021

Optimove, the gaming industry’s leading CRM Marketing Hub, is proud to announce has partnered with SKS365, a leading multi-licensed international bookmaker and gaming operator. This strategic investment in CRM is a significant part of an enterprise-wide digital transformation SKS365 is undergoing.

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Optimove

JANUARY 27, 2021

Optimove, the gaming industry’s leading CRM Marketing Hub, is proud to announce has partnered with SKS365, a leading multi-licensed international bookmaker and gaming operator. This strategic investment in CRM is a significant part of an enterprise-wide digital transformation SKS365 is undergoing.

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Optimove

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

When it comes to CRM marketing, finding the perfect message-audience fit can make a marketer’s day. And it all gets tricky when you realize what fits one customer may not suit another. the coverage of live customers it reaches (New, Active, Reactivated lifecycle stages). Engagement increases, retention reduced.

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Forrester's Customer Insights

JANUARY 25, 2022

Despite the cost, there is widespread agreement that companies require CRM technology for their sales organization. I conducted a snap poll on LinkedIn, and 82% of respondents said CRM will continue to be important in the years to come. They cost companies between $1,200 to $3,600 per seller per year. Yet, when […].

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Lumoa

APRIL 28, 2024

Medallia integrates with a wide range of data sources such as CRM systems, social media, contact centers and many more. Qualtrics offers extensive integration features allowing data to be gathered from various systems and platforms such as CRM systems, web and feedback tools, employee engagement systems and more.

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Forrester's Customer Insights

MAY 3, 2023

Uncover how to reduce tech debt in your CRM operations by understanding your CRM footprint, the CRM vendor landscape, and mapping a strategy to business outcomes.

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Optimove

MAY 27, 2024

Take your customer segmentation to the next level with our advanced guide Download Now Why it Matters: It has never been more difficult for brands to engage with customers in a way that ensures relevance, secures conversion, drives loyalty, and maximizes lifetime value. Cross-selling new contents, products, and services.

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Lumoa

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Customer experience integrations help you to automate your customer experience. For example, you probably have integrated your CRM with your helpdesk already to get a better view of your customers so you can be even more efficient when solving their issues. You can even transfer background variables.

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Optimove

DECEMBER 1, 2020

In the world of B2C CRM, we know exactly what are the small steps that marketers can pledge to take next year that will bring the most impact. At Optimove, we encourage marketers to treat every CRM marketing campaign as an experiment. Remember: Top brands are able to drive 33% of the revenue via CRM marketing. #3

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Forrester's Customer Insights

APRIL 1, 2021

For a 30 year old technology category, it is amazing to see the CRM industry continue to grow at a staggering rate. Because CRM is at the heart of every business that wants to compete on customer experience. It enables companies to access 360-degree views of customers in real time to drive reliable, trusted, […].

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Forrester's Customer Insights

JUNE 14, 2023

Industry CRM is a clear choice in economic downturns for companies that are looking to get sustainable value from their tech investments. Our data at Forrester backs this up: Industry solutions grow at a compounded annual growth rate of 13.9%, a rate faster than horizontal customer experience tech.

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Survicate

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Are you struggling to sell more because you have to rely on poor CRM data? Wondering if a CRM survey could help uncover the customer insights you miss? Fact: 72% of companies question the accuracy of their customer information. What is a CRM Survey? How do CRM surveys differ from other customer polls?

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Survicate

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Are you struggling to sell more because you have to rely on poor CRM data? Wondering if a CRM survey could help uncover the customer insights you miss? Fact: 72% of companies question the accuracy of their customer information. What is a CRM Survey? How do CRM surveys differ from other customer polls?

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Maz Iqbal

MARCH 18, 2018

On CX – voice of the customer, journey mapping etc. In the name of customer-centricity – whatever that means. Colleague: Which big company, as in the kind of company … Continue reading "Dialogue on CRM, Customer Experience, and Customer-Centricity". Yet, there is little to show for it.

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Forrester's Customer Insights

MAY 1, 2023

They must balance the need to better serve customers against pressures to reduce headcount. Forrester sees more companies turning to industry CRM to help manage these journeys. They must balance the need for speed and agility against cost pressures. Our data backs this […]

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Forrester's Customer Insights

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Modern CRM is delivered as software-as-a-service and microservices, is modular, and offers APIs for easy access to enterprise applications. Today Modern CRM supports […].

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Optimove

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Care for your customers, ensuring safe environments and messaging strategies ( using AI in multichannel relationship marketing ensures journeys will not break , reducing customer attrition and irrelevant or contradicting messaging). The post MORE New Year’s Resolutions for Excellent CRM Marketing appeared first on Optimove.

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Lumoa

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Check out our Also, data analysis in CX will become much more exhaustive as customer relationship management (CRM) software becomes adept at gathering data. This CRM software will need AI and machine learning (ML) features to present a meaningful analysis of all that data. But CX very rarely deals in absolutes.

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Forrester's Customer Insights

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

What is CRM? It’s not SFA (sales force automation) and it’s not marketing automation – although many use CRM to reference these two technologies. that is to support customers through […].

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Forrester's Customer Insights

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Enterprises are rapidly adopting industry-specific CRM. They are leaning into the promises to speed transitions to the cloud, to modernize the front office, and to enable enterprises to focus talent on creating brand differentiation.

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