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Let Customers Be Your Guide to Success

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To me, CRM has always meant one thing:
CRM is the strategy an organization uses to create profitable relationships with its customers.

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And when I say profitable, I mean beneficial to both company and customer.

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It doesn't matter what you call it--customer relationship management, customer managed relationships, total customer management--CRM is about partnership, 

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and the enterprises that recognize that are the ones customers tend to gravitate toward. It's also about creating a compelling customer experience; 

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one that boost wallet share, spurs referrals, and thwarts the competition.

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The challenge for organizations that want to "do" CRM is defining profitable,partnership, customer experience,

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and sometimes even customer. But doing so is necessary to craft a CRM strategy that will foster a sustainable competitive advantage in today's hyper-evolving marketplace.

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So how do you define...

Profitable - When executives think of profit, most often they think hard dollars. 

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But there are other elements of profitability when it comes to customers.