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CRM Integration

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) integration increases your CRM's value to your sales force by bringing in additional valuable customer lead data directly through various contact points like a company website or social media presence.

Features

Customer Success Platforms Enable Hyper-Personalization

New marketing tech provides a pathway to better one-to-one outreach.

Analytics Move to the Hiring Process

Tools emerge to ensure incoming contact center agents have the right attributes.

The Best CRM Software, Solutions, and Innovators: The 2025 CRM Industry Awards

Our 24th annual awards recognize the vendors and innovators that shone the brightest in the past year.

The Best CRM Software and Solutions: The 2025 CRM Industry Leader Awards

Our top five picks in 11 categories point the way forward with the best products and capabilities hitting the market in customer service, marketing, and sales.

ViewPoints

As the Singularity Approaches, How Do Humans Stay Ahead of AI?

In CRM and marketing, the "mini-singularity" already happening is the automation of decision making. But marketers will still be held accountable for outcomes.

AI Voice and Chat: When to Prioritize Each for Maximum Customer Engagement

The question is not which approach is inherently superior, but rather which approach is better for your particular business, use case, and customer base.

Redefining CRM: From Sales Platform to Customer Experience Powerhouse

To meet rising customer expectations, CRM systems need to play larger roles beyond just tracking sales or contacts, instead serving as intelligent, end-to-end, AI-driven engagement platforms.

Buyer Beware: How Marketers Can Navigate More Complex B2B Buyer Journeys

The linear funnel is dead. Today's nonlinear, multi-stakeholder B2B journeys require a branded demand approach—AI-driven segmentation, personalized multi-channel nurturing, and steady brand building.

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Pickles, Profit, and a World Where Opportunity Can Be Manufactured

Content needs its own supply chain.

How CSOs Can Embrace AI and Hit Revenue Targets

Most sales organizations have yet to see significant improvements in seller performance from AI.

AI ‘Exponentials’ Will Rule the World

Highly effective tiny teams will be nimbler than the legacy behemoths.

How Marketers Can Navigate the Zero-Click Era

As buyers increasingly rely on AI tools for faster decision making, more activities are starting to occur outside of your owned channels. Here's how to adapt.

Buyer's Guide Partners