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08 May 2003, Vol 25

Editorial: How a Relational Database Helps Marketers
by Arthur Middleton Hughes

To do database marketing properly, you want to collect data on your customers, and use that data to measure their lifetime value and to communicate with them. The messages can be personalized because you have stored information properly so that the database can enable you to have meaningful dialog with hundreds of thousands of customers, just as the old time corner grocers had with their individual customers.

Read CRM News!
CRM / Customer Care Top Priority for Financial Institutions
Knowledge Management is a Crucial Factor in Long-Term Success of Customer Relationship Management
Recent Survey Shows Current and Future Web Services Investments
Organizations Must Adopt Integrated Business Intelligence Solutions
IBM Unveils New On Demand Offerings, Delivery Options to Boost Productivity
Intermec Selects SAP for Global CRM Solution
OPSM Deploys SAS Marketing Automation to Enhance Customer Relations
Number of IP-Architected Call Centers Set to Increase
Business Objects and HP Expand Alliance
Check the New Library Documents of CRM Today!
Stripping Down CRM to Pint-Size Simplicity
by Ojas Rege, Sr. Director, AvantGo Product Management, iAnywhere Solutions, Inc.
(Article, Format: HTML, 60 Kb)
Customer Relationships Go Digital
by George S. Day, The Wharton School and Katrina J. Hubbard, Pennsylvania State University
(Academic Paper, Format: PDF, 211 Kb)
Moving Beyond the Call Center
by KANA Software, Inc.
(White Paper, Format: PDF, 531 Kb)
Beyond Relationship Marketing: The Rise of Collaborative Marketing
by Mohanbir S. Sawhney, McCormick Tribune Prof. of Technology, Kellogg School of Management
(Article, Format: HTML, 100 Kb)

Determining Your Content Management Strategy
by Habaneros
(Presentation, Format: PPT, 295 Kb)

An Executive’s Guide to CRM: How to Evaluate CRM Alternatives by Functionality, Architecture, & Analytics
by Patricia Seybold Group
(Research Report, Format: PDF, 401 Kb)

Events at CRM Today!
The European Conference on Customer Management
ClickZ E-Mail Strategies Spring 2003 Conference & Expo
Maximize Your Contact Center ROI
Turning Customer Data into Revenue
Loyalty World 2003

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Experts Corner
Why CRM can be a competitive advantage? According to Michael Porter(1985), competitive advantage can only be achieved through cost leadership, quality enhancement and innovation strategies. Does CRM belongs to any one of them?

Read the answer by Thomas J. R. Emmerich, SAS Institute EMEA
   
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Highlights:
Real Time Profiling

Online shopping is getting increasingly common. Lots of articles are less expensive in the online stores and there are easy ways to compare prices of merchandise over the net. However, customers still prefer to spend a significant amount of their money via traditional channels such as “offline stores”.
   
     
 
What's New!
SAP AG announced that Intermec Technologies Corporation has selected mySAP CRM to provide its sales force with a single point of access for customer interaction data.

   
     
 
Event in EMEA:
Billing Systems 2003
The operator-led Billing Systems 2003 conference provides the perfect opportunity for delegates to benchmark and improve their current billing practices, and to gain a clear and proactive insight.
   
     
 
New Library Topics!
Call Centers
Billing & Acc. Mgmt
E-mail Marketing
Business Intelligence
Data Mining
Relat. Marketing
Knowledge Mgmt
Sales Automation
CRM Strategy
ERM
eBusiness
Partner Relat. Mgmt
ERP