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I am looking for a system that can:

  • Be access from my PC or smart phone, or over the internet.
  • Integrates with a telecom solution that will record all outgoing and incoming calls.
  • Allows SMS message(and emails) to be sent to customers
  • Logs all calls, email, SMS that relates to each customer
  • Allows incoming SMS message to be added to customer’s records
  • Does a good job of matching with caller Id on the customers phone number.
  • Make it easy to call a customer from my phone.
  • Will show me a customer record when it forwards a phone call before I answer the call (I don’t mind if it needs a smart phone and a normal mobile to do this)
  • Integrates with an optional telephone answering service
  • Works in the UK (important due to telecom integration)
  • Is aimed at small “one man” companies but can grow to cope with a few members of staff.
  • Is hosted with very little to install on my PC and no need to back up data from my PC
  • Allows “tasks” to be setup that have reminder dates etc, all “tasks” related to a given customer should be easy to find.
  • Has a API that lets a custom application add “notes” and “tasks” to a customer’s record.

I do not expect it to be free!

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What CRM solutions have you looked at? We can then possibly narrow the choice. – Scott Jul 17 '10 at 14:47
@Scott, The problme is getting a combined CRM and Telephone recording solution. There are lots of CRM system and lots of phone number forwarding/answering/recording serviced, I just don't know of any combined ones. – DoNotInstall Jul 17 '10 at 21:55

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up vote 3 down vote accepted

Think you'll be after SalesForce then:

There is an offline edition, smart phone and native Internet version.

It integrates Skype which will let you record all outgoing and incoming calls.

SMS messages can be sent to customers as well as team members.

Plus all the rest of the functionality you've asked for is there already.

Personally though I would recommend using Google Apps Premier and a cheap VoIP provider for now (which can access the address book) and asking them to periodically upload recordings to a storage area. Then when Google Voice is released you will have it all under one roof and in the mean time you are not paying an absolute fortune for this "all-in-one" solution from SalesForce (when you add up the requirements you are asking for - decoupling the workflow slightly will save you an absolute fortune).

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