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CRM Evolution Conference: Social CRM Takes Center Stage

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I caught an all-star panel on social CRM today at the CRMEvolution conference in New York. Up on the dais were Jim Berkowitz of CRM Mastery, Esteban Kolsky of ThinkJar, Brent Leary of CRM Essentials, Ray Want of Constellation Group, and Denis Pombriant of Beagle Research Group.

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CRM Evolution Conference: Mobile Really Does Change Everything About Marketing

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I snuck down to Washington DC yesterday for a few hours at the CRM Evolution conference, where a critical mass of industry experts triggered a chain reaction of interesting thoughts. Our job as marketers is to meet the customer’s needs in whatever sequence she presents them, not to push her down a predetermined path.

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Can CRM Add-Ons Replace Marketing Automation?

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I’ve long believed that B2B marketing automation is just a passing phase: that, ultimately, B2B marketing automation systems will be absorbed into CRM systems instead of operating independently. Vendors have made the bet by building marketing automation add-ons to a CRM system instead of building a stand-alone marketing automation product.*

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Fabulicious Workbook Helps Assess CRM Integration Features of Marketing Automation Systems

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CRM integration is a fundamental feature of marketing automation. I won’t be presenting but you'll get great information and a copy of the new workbook. Pretty much every system can send leads to Salesforce.com , but capabilities vary significantly once you start looking for more.

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HubSpot Announces LinkedIn, Facebook Partnerships and Free Marketing Automation Edition at INBOUND Conference

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Maybe it's me, but the show seemed to lack some of its usual self-congratulatory excitement: for example, CEO Brian Halligan didn’t present the familiar company scorecard touting growth in customers and revenues. (A Both integrations were presented as first steps towards deeper relationships. Makes a lot of sense to me.

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Accenture Paper Offers Simplified CRM Planning Approach

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Our friends at Accenture have once again illustrated the point with a paper “ Surveying and Building Your CRM Future ,” whose subtitle promises “a New CRM Software Decision-Making Model”. Each combination neatly maps to a different class of CRM software. Large firms have multiple CRM implementations.

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B2B Marketing University: For Now, Marketing Automation and CRM Are Still Separate

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Summary: Marketing automation and CRM systems may eventually converge, but for now marketers need help explaining why they need a system of their own. People still don’t understand the difference between marketing automation vs. CRM. Will Marketing automation and CRM remain separate? Vendors take note.