In a recent blog we highlighted how historically, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions have been positioned for Sales, Marketing, and Service personnel. To expand on that blog, we want to have you think outside the box again and consider using CRM for financial and operational process automation as well. This is because one of the [...]
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Why Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Is a Better Value Than Salesforce.com
InterDyn – Remington Consulting was recently in a competitive bid against Salesforce.com and we want to share some of our research on why we believe Microsoft Dynamics CRM is a better value. In this particular situation, the customer was quoted the Professional edition of Salesforce.com, which is currently priced at $65/user/month. Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online [...]
continue reading...Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) Add Value and Functionality to Microsoft Dynamics CRM
By Joel Hatin, Altico Advisors The popular perception is that Microsoft employs a PAC-MAN strategy, i.e. Microsoft gobbles up small companies which then become even smaller entities within the behemoth that is called Microsoft Corporation. Of course, like most large companies, Microsoft has made its share of acquisitions. BUT, what is less known is that [...]
continue reading...Microsoft Discloses Global Availability And New Features For Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online
By Marcia Doron, Altico Advisors I read this on the Microsoft News Center and thought I’d share it with our blog readers. Convergence 2010 was a great forum for emphasizing Microsoft’s road map for the Dynamics business. The keynote address focused on how Microsoft is delivering on its Dynamics business vision by providing customer-driven advancements across [...]
continue reading...How to Quickly Pull Marketing Statistics from Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Your Next Sales Meeting
Less than 24 hours before a big sales meeting my boss told me he wanted me to report on our marketing statistics for the year to date. Yikes – what is an overworked, overstressed, marketing manager like me to do! Two years ago I would have been up all night trying to come up with [...]
continue reading...What is Your Customer Retention Policy? Microsoft Dynamics CRM Can Be the Answer
With all the talk about xRM and the almost unlimited things that today’s CRM systems can do, sometimes we can lose sight of how CRM software can help us with the basics – basic sales and marketing! One of my favorite Microsoft speakers, Doug Adams, suggested a simple question that every company can ask to [...]
continue reading...Spy Optic – Microsoft Dynamics CRM Case Study
Midsize Business Case Study Sunglasses Manufacturer Boosts Sales 29 Percent, Aids Dealer Growth with CRM Software Story at a Glance Spy Optic, a manufacturer of sunglasses and goggles, scrambled to keep up with the rapid growth in the action-sports market and stay one step ahead of competitors. The marketing department needed better sales and inventory [...]
continue reading...The Best Option For Integrating and Migrating Data for Microsoft Dynamics CRM
For data migration and integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM, the tool of choice is most likely going to be Scribe Software’s Insight product. For those of you who are familiar with the tool, you know it is very powerful because its CRM Adapter does everything for you in terms of keeping data integrity in the CRM database. In [...]
continue reading...How To Download Free Accelerators for Microsoft Dynamics CRM
As a Microsoft Dynamics CRM user, I am always looking for ways to use it in new ways to make my life easier. I just found out that Microsoft has been releasing FREE Accelerators for CRM – which are cool little downloads that add new functionality to Dynamics CRM. And did I mention they are free – love that! There are currently 13 accelerators available and I included a brief description of all of them below.
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