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Know thy customer - The importance of CRM in marketing

Customer relationship management (CRM) has been a hot term for about a decade within sales organizations, and it has rapidly been making necessary inroads into the world of marketing. CRM is defined by Wikipedia as: "A widely implemented strategy for managing a company’s interactions with customers, clients and sales prospects. It involves using technology to organize, automate, and synchronize business processes—principally sales activities, but also those for marketing, customer service, and technical support."

CRM brings science and process into the marketing industry. To know thy customer (or potential customer) is to be able to market more efficiently and effectively to them. Using a CRM approach allows an organization to attract, retain and nurture clients and leads.
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