Quick Hit: 71% Say CRM Essential to Success

Pete Prestipino
by Pete Prestipino 04 Dec, 2012
Quick Hit: 71% Say CRM Essential to Success

Several weeks ago Website Magazine asked its Facebook followers a question about customer relationship management systems - the platforms used today in business to aid in the management (communicating et al) of customers and clients. 

What we were interested in discovering was whether CRM systems were in place at digital enterprises amongst our readership and what those enterprises actually thought about its role and importance as a solution for them - meaning if there was value being provided or not. 

The results were actually pretty much exactly what I expected - lots of use and on the whole quite a positive perception as well. Of the 856 votes cast, 71% use a CRM and indicated it was essential to success, while nearly 9 percent were using CRM but not seeing much value. Also interesting was that 10 percent were not using a CRM but were exploring their options. Approximately 5 percent of respondents were unfamiliar with CRM. Just 3.1 percent of respondents said they do not use CRM and likely never would. 

Pete Prestipino
Pete Prestipino
Digital marketing executive with proven experience in all aspects of search engine optimization (SEO), performance-based advertising, consumer-generated/social media, email marketing, lead generation, Web design, usability, and analytics. - 20-year Internet marketing veteran, currently serving as the Digital Marketing Campaign Manager at Antenna Group (formerly Chicago Digital). - Former Editor-In-Chief of Website Magazine, and a regular speaker on Web technology digital marketing strategy - Author of several books on digital marketing Including Web 360: The Fundamentals of Web Success; Affiliate 360: The Fundamentals of Performance Marketing; Domains 360: The Fundamentals of Buying & Selling Domain Names, and SEO 360: The Fundamentals of Search Engine Optimization.