Customer Relationship Management Tutorial

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) in a very broad way can be defined as the efforts made towards creating, developing, and maintaining a healthy and long-lasting relationship with the customers using technology. This tutorial is an introductory guide to CRM that touches upon various topics such as understanding 21^st century customers and managing them, building value for them, CRM software, and future trends in CRM.

Audience

This tutorial is prepared for beginners to help them understand the basics of Customer Relationship Management. It will be quite a useful learning material for all those readers who want to make a career in management and professionals who interact with customers as the face of their companies.

Prerequisites

We assume the reader has a basic knowledge of business administration, marketing concepts, basic database concepts, and software. Analytical thinking, strategic thinking, and good communication skills are a plus.