CRM - whats hot?

binboy · 12th October 2007, 11:25 PM

I'm looking for a low end CRM that has teh functionality of some of the big end of town players - I dont need anything too sophisticated but something that will help a small sales team focus & educated - anyone with any knowledge or experience with this sort of thing?

Steve Hitchman · 15th October 2007, 09:27 AM

Hi binboy,

What are you actually trying to achieve ? Maybe a self developed mart or warehouse would be able to give you what you want for a fraction of the price.

Remember that when you buy a CRM system that's only 14% of your expensiture the rest is in cleaning, staging and loading the data.

Happy to have a chat with you about this my email address hitchman@mip.com.au

binboy · 15th October 2007, 10:53 PM

[QUOTE=Steve Hitchman;31]Hi binboy,

What are you actually trying to achieve ? Maybe a self developed mart or warehouse would be able to give you what you want for a fraction of the price.

Remember that when you buy a CRM system that's only 14% of your expensiture the rest is in cleaning, staging and loading the data.

Happy to have a chat with you about this my email address hitchman@mip.com.au

[/thanks steve I will contact you shortly
rgds
bb]

Patrick · 15th October 2007, 11:26 PM

Hi,

Why dont you try salesforce.... http://www.salesforce.com.au/home.asp

They are pretty cheap and web based they are a low cost CRM but you can get reports etc and they have various add on depending on your level of sophistication

You can also upload all your customers and product using your existing spreadsheets or sales files.

I set up a company with a 200 million dollar turnover and put all there sales reps and outbound call centre onto sales force and they are very happy with it

admin · 16th October 2007, 11:06 PM

I agree Patrick, plus they have a fantastic community of plug-in product developers. There must be thousands of add-in Salesforce products out there now. So you can generally find very neat ways to add to Salesforce.com's 'standard' functionality.

12th October 2007, 11:25 PM	#1
binboy Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 40	CRM - whats hot? I'm looking for a low end CRM that has teh functionality of some of the big end of town players - I dont need anything too sophisticated but something that will help a small sales team focus & educated - anyone with any knowledge or experience with this sort of thing?

15th October 2007, 09:27 AM	#2
Steve Hitchman Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 11	CRM Capability Hi binboy, What are you actually trying to achieve ? Maybe a self developed mart or warehouse would be able to give you what you want for a fraction of the price. Remember that when you buy a CRM system that's only 14% of your expensiture the rest is in cleaning, staging and loading the data. Happy to have a chat with you about this my email address hitchman@mip.com.au

15th October 2007, 11:26 PM	#4
Patrick Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 5	Try Salsforce Hi, Why dont you try salesforce.... http://www.salesforce.com.au/home.asp They are pretty cheap and web based they are a low cost CRM but you can get reports etc and they have various add on depending on your level of sophistication You can also upload all your customers and product using your existing spreadsheets or sales files. I set up a company with a 200 million dollar turnover and put all there sales reps and outbound call centre onto sales force and they are very happy with it Last edited by admin; 16th October 2007 at 11:03 PM.

16th October 2007, 11:06 PM	#5
admin Administrator Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 15,949 Blog Entries: 7	Recommend Saleforce I agree Patrick, plus they have a fantastic community of plug-in product developers. There must be thousands of add-in Salesforce products out there now. So you can generally find very neat ways to add to Salesforce.com's 'standard' functionality.

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15th October 2007, 10:53 PM	#3
binboy Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 40	[QUOTE=Steve Hitchman;31]Hi binboy, What are you actually trying to achieve ? Maybe a self developed mart or warehouse would be able to give you what you want for a fraction of the price. Remember that when you buy a CRM system that's only 14% of your expensiture the rest is in cleaning, staging and loading the data. Happy to have a chat with you about this my email address hitchman@mip.com.au [/thanks steve I will contact you shortly rgds bb]