SYSTEM FOR CUSTOMER CONTACT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND METHODS FOR USING SAME

The present invention is directed toward a system and method for providing complete customer contact management across a variety of customer contact channels so that businesses, or clients (i.e., those businesses using the services of the system and method of the present invention), can manage and develop relationships with their customers. In one example, the present invention provides an efficient way in which clients can obtain information from the various customer contact channels and use this information to, for example, increase sales and enhance business productivity. In another example, the present invention provides a useful mechanism by which clients can monitor customers' preferences for products or services, so that the client can develop new products and services or modify existing products and services to meet the demand of the customers. The present invention also provides an improved system capable of retrieving customer contact information from a plurality of contact channels, storing, that information, and performing subsequent processes, such as making the data available to the clients in the form of, for example, reports.