Social CRM

Given the power of social media marketing, many larger companies are creating Social CRM programmes to achieve the transformation needed to make social media interactions effective.

Our Quick Guide to social crm...

What is social crm?

Social CRM is quite a new concept, so it needs a definition.

We define social CRM as the process of managing customer-to-customer conversations to engage existing customers and prospects with a brand and so enhance CRM. The diagram in our recommended links from Jermiah Owyang explains the scope well we think:

Blog posts

Free Social CRM Guide
Dave Chaffey, May 23, 2011

5 rules to live by for your social content strategy I picked up a copy of the new “Social CRM for Dummies” at the Adobe/Omniture Summit last week and thought I would share some of the ideas from it and …..

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Social CRM Case Studies
Dave Chaffey, November 24, 2010

5 B2B Social CRM case studies to learn from Value: Our commentary : The hunger for information on how to apply social CRM in 2009 and 2010 is shown at the start of this post. It’s helpful since it features …..

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Social CRM Strategy Definition
Dave Chaffey, March 24, 2010

Definition, frameworks and best practice advice from Accenture and Altimeter analysts In October 2010 Accenture published a useful new guide to social CRM summarising the transformation required in organisations by the advent of Social CRM. This is useful addition to …..

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More advice

Social CRM success factors

The scope of Social CRM is too broad too give succinct success factors. Since it’s a relatively new approach and involves transformation, to exploit it successfully requires a management priority, i.e.

  • Management buy-in and sponsorship
  • Clear vision of how it will transform organisation
  • Clear ownership across different parts of the business

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