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Wednesday, 23 July 2014

Can CRM tools make clients happy?

7/23/2014 02:00:00 pm

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CRM and marketing automation are few of the enterprise systems that capture the client view in a successful manner. But, it has been noticed that the expectations of the clients keep on evolving with time, hence it needs to be reviewed on timely basis.

A CRM tool does not boost the relationships with the clients, only the right type of customer engagement does.

Understanding ‘client relationship’ in regard to the perspective of the customers 

Many suppliers are of the opinion that clients are looking for cost efficient products or services that are able to offer needed benefits. In reality, the main aim of the clients is getting satisfied with the needs of the customers. Successfully fulfilling the customers’ requirements and expectations is an absolute must when it comes to developing a relationship.

Cost of bringing on board a client

Capturing, nurturing and maintaining client related information and transactions occur across a company in different systems and processes. When all these factors are added, the prices go up significantly up.

How client relationship can impact the functioning of an industry? 

There are different industries where the businesses are able to develop massive client profiles with the aim for better management of customers. If a consumer goods firm aims to tap the clients directly, but do not enjoy the direct market access to its clients, it won’t be able to attain higher sales despite the system being sophisticated in nature.

Which one is more important – relationship management or communications management?

Communication is considered as an integral part of any successful relationship. In regard to client relationship management, communications is needed to be carried out in consistent manner and should also be of high quality comprising of essential features like reliable, clear, relevant.

Moreover, it should not be limited to just the outbound process related communication but also responding to enquiries and complaints. Bringing improvement in client communication will prove helpful in bringing sales success.

CRM that prioritizes the clients first

All clients usually have predictable requirements and also expectations depending on their position in the client lifecycle. In the early stages of the lifecycle, the clients need some simple recommendations whereas the more demand centric offers are expected to come later.

Supporting client interactions in all the different phases of the lifecycle often do not yield results. Catching the clients when they require information or help in decision making creates a better opportunity for enhancing the client conversion ratio.

Ensuring the CRM tool functions and meets the requirements of staffs 

CRM processes are usually built around operational efficiency and transparency. However, successful customer-facing staff work with the customer to arrive at a mutually satisfactory and sustainable solution and just use systems to retrieve or record information.  Identifying the key system transactions and leaving room for staff to be supportive that helps create opportunities to win customers.

Making use of the present system and also stress on an improved client engagement 

Most of the companies are indulging in high investments in CRM tools and processes. They are also able to capitalize on the investment by taking in account of the client outlook on the relationship and also offer services that clients value most importantly on clarity, speed and on time information in place of just creating internal client views that do not make any contribution.

So, as CRM tool is creating wide waves across the market, hence it is time that more companies and contacts come forward and start using this tool to enhance the productivity levels of a company.

The article is also available at http://www.basearticles.com/Article/6410/Can-CRM-tools-make-clients-happy.html

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