Paul Gillin

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Software Advice has posted a grid that presents a new way of looking at the social CRM market. More importantly, Marketing Director Houston Neal argues that social CRM actually doesn’t exist. As a result, “If you want a complete social CRM system, you will have to piece together tools from multiple vendors,&# he concludes.

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Paul Gillin

OCTOBER 7, 2010

If you’re a marketer in a medium-to large-sized B2B company, you’re almost certainly using customer relationship management (CRM) software to track your customers and prospects. And if you’re a CRM user, you’re almost certainly hearing about Social CRM, the hottest new craze in that 20-year-old field. But it’s not 2.0

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Paul Gillin

AUGUST 6, 2012

Anyone who follows my blog knows that I’m not a big fan of Klout , or any service that oversimplifies the complex process of assessing online influence by boiling it down to a single number. This information can be imported into CRM and marketing automation packages, easing what is usually a laborious manual process.

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Paul Gillin

JUNE 24, 2010

We believe that many social marketing programs can be justified, but the process requires discipline and careful documentation. Identifying correlations can be a time-consuming process, requiring new variables to be introduced independently of each other so that change can be isolated. A good CRM system is essential.

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