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Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Use social CRM to improve communications Cheryl October 25, 2010 Behind the Scenes , Customer Satisfaction 1 Comment The original buzz word phrase of Customer Relationship Management began as a process to help companies manage their customers and potential customers by using a database full of information about that person’s buying
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