Hottest Trends and Companies in Customer Service, Marketing, and Sales: The CRM Top 100

CRM presents its inaugural list of the 100 leading vendors in customer relationship management.

The Top Marketing Trends: Data Dominates Marketing Innovations

New technologies will continue increasing what companies can do with the data they have

The Top Sales Trends: AI Gives Sales Teams a Boost

Enablement and engagement technologies are taking the tedium out of sales processes

The CRM Top 100 Companies in Customer Service, Marketing, and Sales

Rational and Irrational Reasons Why AI Won’t Replace Salespeople

Beyond the macro-economic explanation, there's a more nuanced answer to why human salespeople aren't going anywhere.

Why Marketing in the Digital Age Needs To Be a Two-Way Dialogue

Organizations should take a human-centric, technology-enabled approach to marketing by helping customers shape their own online experiences and understand what their data is worth.

Customer Data Platforms: The Next Evolutionary Step for Marketing Automation

Marketing automation systems, with their limited data and reach, are but a cog in the complex CDP machine that can collect, process, and leverage information through various tools and applications.

Turn Customer Service Calls into Enterprise Knowledge Graphs

Knowledge graphs make speech recognition and text analytics immediately accessible, enabling real-time customer interactions that can maximize business objectives and revenues.

Data Is Useless (at Least on Its Own)

Marketers should view data as just one ingredient in a successful recipe

Don’t Let AI Distract from the Real Problem

It is clear that many organizations still struggle with the same issues they had 10 or 20 years ago.

The GDPR Needs to Have Its Teeth Sharpened

To not follow through on the enforcement side does everyone a disservice

Will Robotic Process Automation Replace Human Workers?

Automation will bring changes that rival those of the Industrial Revolution