CRM Maintenance: What It Is, Why It Matters, and What It Includes

A CRM that was implemented well two years ago doesn’t stay reliable on its own. This piece explains why CRMs quietly decay once nobody is maintaining them — and how ongoing CRM maintenance turns “we have a CRM” into a system of record the business can actually prove and trust.
Composable CRM and the Next Wave of Salesforce for SMBs: How to Avoid Building a Franken‑Stack
You probably just bought a CRM for small business because you wanted things to be easy. You wanted all your customer data in one clean place. You wanted your sales team to stop using messy spreadsheets. But today, if you look under the hood of your business, your system is a complete nightmare.