| Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Marketing | | | | analytic applications. |
| Automation software automates marketing processes; | | | | CRM Marketing Automation software provides self |
| including campaign execution, lead qualification | | | | service to customers; automates a wide range of |
| distribution, brand management, trade show | | | | individual & collaborative activities; and performs |
| management, collateral management, and web | | | | media testing & analysis. It can also manage |
| advertising. The software is involved in activities such | | | | electronic catalog, collateral distribution, marketing |
| as planning marketing campaigns; executing e-mail | | | | resources, personalization, primary research & |
| campaigns; tracking marketing expenditure; generating | | | | surveying. Further, the software also tracks |
| leads; managing marketing contacts, brands & | | | | reactivation & web activity for designing up-sell or |
| collaterals; and measuring the market performance. | | | | cross-sell programs. |
| CRM software addresses the needs of marketing, | | | | The report forecasts the market size of the |
| sales & distribution, and customer service & | | | | worldwide CRM Marketing Automation software over |
| support divisions within an organization. The software | | | | the period 2008-2012. Further, the report discusses |
| shares data (among users) about prospects, | | | | about the segmentation of the total CRM Marketing |
| customers, partners, competitors, and employees. The | | | | Automation software market into various geographic |
| purpose of CRM software is to manage the | | | | regions. It also identifies the major market trends, |
| customers through the entire life-cycle; i.e. from | | | | drivers, and challenges existing for the CRM Marketing |
| prospect and qualified opportunity to order. CRM | | | | Automation software and profiles some of the key |
| applications include sales automation, marketing | | | | vendors of this market. |
| automation, contact center, customer service, and | | | | |