{"id":3097,"date":"2019-12-05T17:26:55","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T17:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ptpinc.com\/staging\/?p=3097"},"modified":"2022-04-28T16:07:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T23:07:56","slug":"customization-killed-the-crm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ptpinc.com\/staging\/uncategorized\/customization-killed-the-crm\/","title":{"rendered":"Customization Killed the CRM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you heard of the &#8220;CRM Danger Zone&#8221;? It&#8217;s a place you don&#8217;t want to be, but may end up in before you even know it.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<h4>Maybe Kenny Was Right<\/h4>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3101\" src=\"https:\/\/ptpinc.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Danger-tape-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ptpinc.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Danger-tape-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ptpinc.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Danger-tape-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ptpinc.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Danger-tape-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>&#8220;Out along the edges;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Always where I burn to be;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The further on the edge;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hotter the intensity&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sing it with me: &#8220;<em>Highway to the danger zone!&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OK, maybe Kenny Loggins wasn\u2019t singing about CRM, but he could have been. The further on the edge you go, the hotter the intensity. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Getting out in front and customizing your CRM can seem like the right way to build unique capabilities for your business. But as your CRM vendor keeps improving, your custom code puts you in the danger zone of losing value over time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This phenomenon, <a href=\"https:\/\/go.ptpinc.com\/CRM-Danger-Zone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The CRM Danger Zone<\/strong><\/a>, was coined by\u00a0<strong>Fred Lee<\/strong>,<strong> Chief Technology Officer for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cars.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cars.com<\/a><\/strong>. He&#8217;s flown out along the edges. He&#8217;s sang along with Kenny Loggins. And he&#8217;s sure seen a lot of CRM solutions.<\/p>\n<p>After seeing, in a variety of industries and applications, how companies work so hard to customize their CRM and then slowly lose value and efficiency. Everyone is happy in the beginning, but over time the complexity of the solution becomes too much to maintain. What you are left with is an inefficient system and a frustrated sales team.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a class=\"btn orange\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/go.ptpinc.com\/CRM-Danger-Zone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Learn how to avoid the Danger Zone and get the Infographic\u00a0<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Let Us Help<\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3047\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3047\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3047 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ptpinc.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PTP-2019-Client-Summit-00060-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Fred Lee\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ptpinc.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PTP-2019-Client-Summit-00060-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ptpinc.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PTP-2019-Client-Summit-00060-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ptpinc.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PTP-2019-Client-Summit-00060-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3047\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fred Lee, CTO, Cars.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You just don\u2019t see the Danger Zone coming until you\u2019re either in it, or in the downward slope of losing value.<\/p>\n<p>The good news?\u00a0 You can get out of the Danger Zone and avoid it all together. <a href=\"https:\/\/ptpinc.com\/staging\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">At PTP<\/a>, we help top brands avoid the Danger Zone, or get out of it quickly when they&#8217;re there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go.ptpinc.com\/CRM-Danger-Zone\">Click here to learn more and download Fred&#8217;s handy infographic.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you heard of the &#8220;CRM Danger Zone&#8221;? 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