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Social Customer Relationship Management

Fundamentals, Applications, Technologies

  • Provides a framework for planning, applying and implementing Social CRM
  • Provides examples for successful application scenarios and available software tools
  • Presents potential implementation approaches, architectural options and measures for privacy protection

Part of the book series: Management for Professionals (MANAGPROF)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Social CRM: Evolution and Building Blocks

    • Rainer Alt, Olaf Reinhold
    Pages 1-19
  3. Social CRM: Four Case Studies

    • Rainer Alt, Olaf Reinhold
    Pages 21-55
  4. Social CRM: Tools and Functionalities

    • Rainer Alt, Olaf Reinhold
    Pages 57-80
  5. Social CRM: Challenges and Perspectives

    • Rainer Alt, Olaf Reinhold
    Pages 81-102
  6. Learnings for an Integrated Social CRM

    • Rainer Alt, Olaf Reinhold
    Pages 103-109
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 111-115

About this book

Social media has received considerable attention, and many potential benefits, as well as concerns, are now being discussed. This book explores how social media can successfully support business processes in marketing, sales and service in the context of customer relationship management (CRM). It presents the fundamentals of Social CRM and shows how small and large companies alike have implemented it.

In turn, the book presents analytic and operational software tools that offer features for enhancing and streamlining interactions with customers. The book concludes with an overview of essential design areas that businesses need to bear in mind when introducing social media into their CRM strategies. In this regard, it also points out key success factors, limitations, and data protection aspects.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Leipzig University, Social CRM Research Center, Leipzig, Germany

    Rainer Alt, Olaf Reinhold

About the authors

Prof. Dr. Rainer Alt holds the chair for application systems at Leipzig University. He is Editor-in-Chief of "Electronic Markets" and Board Member of the Social CRM Research Center (SCRC) e.V. in Leipzig, Germany.


Olaf Reinhold is a researcher at the chair for application systems at Leipzig University and Board Member of the Social CRM Research Center (SCRC) e.V. in Leipzig, Germany.

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eBook USD 39.99
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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 69.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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