In search of CRM software.... anybody have recommendations?
 

lmk if ya recommend any one program over another

CRM, explain more...

Like http://www.act.com/ ? (contact and customer manager)

try tactilecrm. its quite basic, but does the job for sure.

It doesn't get any better than Salesforce.com

I wouldn't have been able to make my way into mainstream design and development without it.

http://www.salesforce.com

worked with salesforce over the last couple of years with the previous company I was with. If you are looking for a CRM that has just about everything... salesforce would be the crm of choice

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The question is what do you want to use it for ?

If its just you then Act is good but if you have a group of people then look at SalesForce or SugarCRM

Depends what you want it for, I use Quickbooks Customer Manager V2 and it does the job for me.

Check out: http://www.sugarcrm.com/crm/

Commercial Grade, Open Source CRM System.

I'll look into this one when I have a few moments.

Salesforce.com is pretty good. I've used it before.

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No clue juicy, just a bump for you :)

Good site.

Salesforce is a great solution and its hosted. I also like Microsoft CRM very much and it integrates well with other platforms and products you may be using on your back end, especially if you are a Microsoft shop. ACT is decent as well.

The biggest thing about using a CRM for the first time is your business process. Find the solution that maps to your business process with the least amount of configuration/customization out of the box. That will be the one to go with IMO.