Customer Relationship Management Platform Selection Guide

Speed up the process to build your business case and select your CRM solution.

The Situation

Customer relationship management (CRM) suites are an indispensable part of a holistic strategy for managing end-to-end customer interactions.
After defining an approach to CRM, selection and implementation of the right CRM suite is a critical step in delivering concrete business value for marketing, sales, and customer service.
Despite the importance of CRM selection and implementation, many organizations struggle to define an approach to picking the right vendor and rolling out the solution in an effective and cost-efficient manner.
IT often finds itself in the unenviable position of taking the fall for CRM platforms that don't deliver on the promise of the CRM strategy.

Customer Relationship Management Platform Selection Guide visualization

A CRM platform that effectively meets the needs of marketing, sales, and customer service and delivers value.
Reduced costs during CRM selection.
Reduced implementation costs and time frame.
Faster time to results after implementation.

Blueprint Contents

Customer Relationship Management Platform Selection Guide — Phases 1-3
CRM Business Case Template
CRM Request for Proposal Template
CRM Suite Evaluation and RFP Scoring Tool
CRM Vendor Demo Script
CRM Use-Case Fit Assessment Tool

Member Testimonials

After each Info-Tech experience, we ask our members to quantify the real-time savings, monetary impact, and project improvements our research helped them achieve. See our top member experiences for this blueprint and what our clients have to say.

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Overall Impact

$51,824

Average $ Saved

Average Days Saved

Member Testimonials
Client	Pasadena City College
Experience	Guided Implementation
Impact	10/10
$ Saved	$68,500
Days Saved	20
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Member Testimonials
Client	Bush Brothers & Company
Experience	Guided Implementation
Impact	10/10
$ Saved	N/A
Days Saved	5
Testimonial

Member Testimonials
Client	Alfred H. Knight Holding
Experience	Guided Implementation
Impact	8/10
$ Saved	$35,149
Days Saved	20
Testimonial	Was a productive meeting. We never finished which is why I gave an 8, but that could be our fault! Ben was great as always. Was a productive meeting. We never finished which is why I gave an 8, but that could be our fault! Ben was great as always.

Member Testimonials
Client	Baldwin Wallace University
Experience	Guided Implementation
Impact	10/10
$ Saved	$3,779
Days Saved	3
Testimonial	We received some good validation from Chad and he charted a good course/next steps. We received some good validation from Chad and he charted a good course/next steps.

Member Testimonials
Client	Brethren Benefit Trust
Experience	Workshop
Impact	9/10
$ Saved	N/A
Days Saved	120
Testimonial	BEST: The methodology gets everyone engage in the workshop WORST: n/a BEST: The methodology gets everyone engage in the workshop WORST: n/a

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Client	M. Holland Company
Experience	Guided Implementation
Impact	10/10
$ Saved	$11,339
Days Saved	5
Testimonial	Ben was very knowledgeable about the topics I wanted to cover and talked to me in a manner that I could understand. Ben was very knowledgeable about the topics I wanted to cover and talked to me in a manner that I could understand.

Member Testimonials
Client	Benchmade
Experience	Guided Implementation
Impact	9/10
$ Saved	$12,599
Days Saved	10
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Member Testimonials
Client	Ricoh Canada Inc
Experience	Workshop
Impact	10/10
$ Saved	N/A
Days Saved	N/A
Testimonial	One word to describe the 2 days…… “Exceptional” experience Great venue – Really cool place that stimulates higher levels of thinking World class... One word to describe the 2 days…… “Exceptional” experience Great venue – Really cool place that stimulates higher levels of thinking World class facilitation – Ben is one of the best strategy planning facilitators I’ve ever worked with! The only downside was the room size was small. Not everyone could fit around the table.

Member Testimonials
Client	Experience	Impact	$ Saved	Days Saved	Testimonial
Pasadena City College	Guided Implementation	10/10	$68,500	20
Bush Brothers & Company	Guided Implementation	10/10	N/A	5
Alfred H. Knight Holding	Guided Implementation	8/10	$35,149	20	Was a productive meeting. We never finished which is why I gave an 8, but that could be our fault! Ben was great as always. Was a productive meeting. We never finished which is why I gave an 8, but that could be our fault! Ben was great as always.
Baldwin Wallace University	Guided Implementation	10/10	$3,779	3	We received some good validation from Chad and he charted a good course/next steps. We received some good validation from Chad and he charted a good course/next steps.
Brethren Benefit Trust	Workshop	9/10	N/A	120	BEST: The methodology gets everyone engage in the workshop WORST: n/a BEST: The methodology gets everyone engage in the workshop WORST: n/a
M. Holland Company	Guided Implementation	10/10	$11,339	5	Ben was very knowledgeable about the topics I wanted to cover and talked to me in a manner that I could understand. Ben was very knowledgeable about the topics I wanted to cover and talked to me in a manner that I could understand.
Benchmade	Guided Implementation	9/10	$12,599	10
Ricoh Canada Inc	Workshop	10/10	N/A	N/A	One word to describe the 2 days…… “Exceptional” experience Great venue – Really cool place that stimulates higher levels of thinking World class... One word to describe the 2 days…… “Exceptional” experience Great venue – Really cool place that stimulates higher levels of thinking World class facilitation – Ben is one of the best strategy planning facilitators I’ve ever worked with! The only downside was the room size was small. Not everyone could fit around the table.

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