Pythagoras announces release of Microsoft CRM for Memberships and Associations.
Pythagoras announces release of Microsoft CRM for Memberships
and Associations.
Microsoft CRM for Memberships has been designed for all
membership-based organisations whose requirements include the
maintenance of member details, subscription renewals and
communication with their members and prospects. A huge benefit of
this membership software is that it sits within Microsoft Outlook,
and uses all the features found in the worlds most advanced CRM
system. Microsoft CRM for Memberships will benefit a wide
range of organisations including, Not-for-Profit Memberships,
Charities, Fundraising, Societies, Institutes, professional
memberships, business memberships, and recreational
memberships.
In the past many membership software solutions have not
addressed the classic pain points with turnkey membership
databases, some typical pain points that need addressing for new
membership systems are detailed below, Classic Pain Points for
Membership Organisations and Associations
- Complete lack of integration with ERP & Microsoft Exchange
and poor integration with MS Office
- Manual and poorly communicated Renewals procedures Lack of
coordinated approach with the web (Event registration, Self-Service
functions, online payment etc)
- No HTML email functionality
- Little or no reporting - no trends on membership retention and
pipeline available
- High year on year support costs
- Technology refresh very rare
- Competitors all very inflexible and business processes cannot
be set up to reflect the business
- No functionality around sales of publications etc - no stock
control options
- User adoption very poor due to rigid screens and confusing
interface
Microsoft CRM for Memberships is a highly configurable, Member,
Prospect and Donor database system. The Microsoft CRM for
membership's data is stored in a Microsoft SQL Server database. It
has a full range of features in the system from Membership
management, Subscription renewal processing, event management, BACS
processing. For more information go to Microsoft CRM for
Memberships.