eine aktuelle frage in der gruppe crm experts auf linkedin ist:
What is CRM in 2010?
There hasn’t been much of new technology lately when it comes to customer relationship management. I believe companies are realizing that the technology is far too complex and so are spending more time understanding how to integrate technology into the business process (and not the other way around).
What will be the future of customer relationship management and should technology play a follower role as opposed to instigator?
Can CRM really innovate the business process?
Which vendor has the best CRM solution in the market for the needs of businesses in 2010?
einige kommentare und antworten wurden geschrieben. über social crm hin zum punkt, dass crm eben doch zu oft technologie ist und ein anderer begriff für strategie gefunden werden sollte bis hin zu der guten anmerkung, dass alles neue auch dann nichts nutzt, wenn die strategiebasis, die zielrichtung nicht stimmt. und zuletzt eine bemerkung, dass die ‘customer experience’ stimmen muss. das hat mich dann auch an die beiträge von nils hafner erinnert und mich zu einer antwort bewogen.
meine antwort zu dieser frage:
all the comments above apply i think personally. one major difference we’ll encounter in crm strategy and tactics (implementation) in 2010: from the inside-out-view of the solutions to the outside-in-view. i think most of the enterprises already focused too much on the processes IN the enterprise.
but in 2010 the processes from the market to the company and from the company to the market are focus – that could be called ’social crm’ in a sense. on the other hand – let’s call it the service component. until now we focused on the process from systems, procedures, touchpoints, interactions to the experience. in 2010 we’ll experience the shift from experience (outside the company) inwards to the systems. and thus said i think after 3 years as of now the systems have dramatically changed again. be it social crm, be it adaptive workflow systems, be it enterprise response management.
enabling this we need five aspects:
- adaptive, modular, lightweight, intelligent and flexible applications. be it SaaS, SOA or other technology. web-based tools will be a good point to accomplish this task.
- business intelligence and analytics based on a good databasis (do we really have these?) – thus dataquality-assurance and processes and many points of opt-ins for our target market.
- multichannel-integration and the free choice for the customer to contact us. intelligent routing over e-mail, facsimile, letters, sms, phone. integrated erms-software will help.
- self-service – the experience of the customer in the channel of his choice must be coherent with the history of contacts already established with our company. enabling the customer do accomplish standard-tasks (changing products, adresses, updating needs asf.)
- intuitivity of the tools – be it internally or externally.
which product? i thinks we’ll have other tasks before as mentioned by renata and ray. what we still see is that crm is technology. it’s definitely NOT! and most importantly it will not be in the years to come.
social crm in it’s different appearences will also grow in 2010 – we already see the integration of the social web into the crm-app’s. but: is social media also gaining it’s way into marketing and sales strategy? for european market i really doubt…



