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How to Track Multiple Customer Issues Using Dynamics 365 Customer Service

Dynamics 365 Customer Service is used to manage customer issues. Learn how to manage parent and child cases using D365 to improve your customer experience.



Can You Add a CRM Field Please?

Sometimes saying "yes" to make your CRM users happy can create unnecessary complexity that chips away at the user experience and, ultimately, hurts adoptin. In this article we'll look at some helpful questions to ask before adding a new field to CRM. 

CRM Best Practices - Too Many Fields

The Problem with CRM Projects? Leaders Must Lead!

Dynamics CRM Failure In a recent presentation from a Global Sales Manager of a manufacturing company, he stated that, "I learned that CRM is really about people, and CRM is really about leadership." In this article, we summarize the lessons learned by this leader, and how other Sales Managers can learn from his experience. How do your organization's leaders stand with a CRM solution? 

Sales Meetings with CRM – Remember to Look Forward

Using CRM for Sales MeetingsAs a sales manager, are you using your CRM solution to plan forward, or simply reflect backward? Planning forward will help you help your team members prioritize their time, make better judgement calls about activities associated with leads/opportunities and ultimately close more deals. This article discusses a more effective way to conduct sales meetings, whether weekly catch-ups with sales reps or all-in sales team calls.

Sales Rep CRM Quick Tip: How to Start (and Finish) Every Day in CRM

Let’s face it, customer relationship management applications can be confusing. There are lists of lead, accounts, contacts, opportunities and – in some cases – other things like products, quotes and orders. With all of these things you can do, we are frequently asked, “where do I begin and how do I start each day with my CRM application?”

The answer is simple … but how you arrive at the simple solution takes some discipline.

Defining Failure? Stop Blaming Technology

AKTweet There is a big issue in business these days – blaming technology for people problems.Though it’s true that technology can be fickle and frustrating and even I have often restrained myself from sending my laptop sailing out the window, well…it’s a computer. Can we all just agree, collectively, to assert our human brain’s superiority and stop blaming technology? Here are a few ways to start bringing people back into the mix.

2014 C5 Insight Best Of Blog Round Up

Everywhere you look on the internet these days, you see Best of 2014 lists. And rightfully so – as we prepare to embark on 2015, it’s natural to gaze back across our most recent journey around the sun. In the spirit of helping you navigate through the more than 80 blogs we published in 2014, we’ve compiled a quick round-up of some of our most helpful and popular entries.

“It’s Not Me, It’s You”: 4 Reasons Why Your CRM is Failing


CRM10Failure, at its core, can take on many forms. When it comes to CRM, failure can mean a low adoption rate, un-integrated platforms that lack of one view to customer/partner/prospect data, or a costly investment with no return. Many assume that as technology has evolved, failures have decreased. The C5 Insight team set out to find out the truth about CRM failure. Is it on the decline, or are we kidding ourselves in thinking it possibly could be?

LUCK Guided User Adoption

Many organizations believe that thorough training is the only step necessary to ensure user adoption—this assumption could not be more wrong. Effective user adoption begins at the planning stage of a project and is threaded throughout the life cycle. Learn how we apply The LUCK Principle™ to every step of the process.


9 Tips to Re-Engage your CRM Use


Is it a fair statement to say that we all have had a poor experience using CRM? That we either wanted our old methods back or short cuts in this new application called CRM? There are many reasons for user not liking and embracing CRM deployments; however let's address instead how to re-engage to increase adoption of CRM in your organization.  

All I Really Need To Know About CRM I Learned In Kindergarten

Today's busy professional spends a good deal of time tripping over technology. Somewhere along the way, we've convinced ourselves that the very tools invented to make our lives easier seem to do exactly the opposite. Speaking as someone with minimal technical expertise and absolutely no development background, I recently stumbled upon a striking realization. All I really need to know about CRM, I learned in Kindergarten.  

20 CRM Adoption Options

Few businesses would argue the value of a good CRM solution anymore. But adoption remains a significant challenge. Our own research shows that 40 percent or more of organizations continue to struggle with getting their teams to adopt CRM. So here are 20 ideas to consider to help drive the adoption of CRM within your organization.

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CPR for CRM Study

The complementary paper includes over 12 years of research, recent survey results, and CRM turnaround success stories.

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SharePoint Readiness Assessment

This 60-second assessment is designed to evaluate your organization's collaboration readiness.

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CRM Self Assessment

Learn how you rank compared to organizations typically in years 1 to 5 of implementation - and which areas to focus on to improve.

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SharePoint Feedback Solution

This is a sandbox solution which can be activated per site collection to allow you to easily collect feedback from users into a custom Feedback list.

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SharePoint Upgrade Checklist

Whether you are upgrading to SharePoint Online, 2010, 2013 or the latest 2016, this checklist contains everything you need to know for a successful transition.