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The high competition and customer centric marketing strategies made Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems compulsory for any type of business. CRM industry had grown very much in the last 10 years or so and is expected to grow around 15% yearly. CRM systems have also evolved very much and are not capable of managing virtually anything related to business. The internet boom and the evolution or a variety of wireless and remote communication methods also contributed highly for making CRM systems accessible and affordable for every one.

We can classify today’s CRM systems into two distinct categories as on premise and on demand systems. On premise systems are stand-alone systems made for specific businesses and are installed on client server. On demand CRM systems are offered as Software as a Service (SaaS), in which the software is installed in a distant servers maintained by CRM vendors. While on-premise systems are suitable for large sized organizations, on demand systems are suitable for small to medium sized businesses. On demand systems do not require any cost for modification and maintenance, and are also easy and quick to implement. Today more CRM vendors are changing to on demand structure.

The principle behind on demand CRM system is simple. The software installed in a server and users are enabled to access that via internet. The software vendors use different-grade of data encryption techniques to secure the connection. The account administrator can set accounts for different number of users with different access privileges. The users can upload and share information related to customers and products. The business managers can track customers, can communicate with team-members and can assign tasks to them. Every user get notifications, and real-time statistics and reports about various business processes in the company.

Today’s CRM systems are capable of performing multiple tasks simultaneously. The three major tasks include updated company database, work force automation and customer contact management. These three tasks are the foundation for automation of all major business processes such as account management, product management, marketing management, sales management, lead management, event management, team management, performance analysis, customer/employee tracking, and more. All information related to company, product or customer is classified and stored in near real-time and are made available to concerned users whenever they need. This facilitates planning of event and marketing strategies.

As said earlier, on demand CRM systems holds many benefits for small to medium sized businesses. These are ready-to-go systems as they can be accessed and successfully implemented just after the sign-up. They do not require any type of initial investment except a computer with internet access. On demand CRM systems are accessible from any where in the world and enables companies to store and arrange data in a centralized storing device which is backed-up regularly and is protected from viruses and related calamities. Most of these systems can easily customizable to any business needs and are comparatively low-cost solutions, only around $40 per month per user.

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Praveen Ortec is a co-developer of the small business management software, eSalesTrack, well-known for its performance as mobile workforce management software and marketing campaign management software.

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