1.
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LISTEN
KNOW
UNDERSTAND
CONNECT
The Counter-Intuitive Path
to a Profitable CRM Project
30% - 60%
of CRM
Projects Fail

2.
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13 years of research
consistently shows
that CRM projects
fail between 30%
and 60% of the time.
And failure rates
have not been
improving.

3.
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Failure Has Almost Nothing to do With Technology
Choose
CRM Software
to
Failure
Rate
30%
60%
Option #1
Option #2

4.
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But CRM Success is Attainable and Compelling
Companies report a return as
high as 15% improvement for
sales functions and an average
return of $5.60 for every dollar
spent on their overall CRM
investment.
Nucleus Research, 2011
87% of companies that are
“satisfied” or “extremely
satisfied” with their CRM
projects are increasing their
CRM budgets and expanding
their projects.
Success Accelerators, 2014
There is an 84% gap in ability to produce actionable customer insights
between high performing companies and their industry peers.
IBM, 1700 CEO Interviews, 2012

5.
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Where do Most CRM Projects Go Wrong?
Missing In
Action!
Success!
Studies show that the
most dangerous seeds of
failure are laid before a
project even starts. And
they are almost never
what you expect.

6.
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NEXT STEP luck@c5insight.com
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