As a passionate sales and marketing oriented Product Manager, I believe that if something is worth making, it's worth telling the world about. Feel free to reach out to me at zak@1crm.com for any and all 1CRM related questions.

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Why Businesses Are Moving Back to All-in-One CRM Platforms in 2026

For years, businesses were told the future of software was simple: build your own “best-in-class” tech stack using dozens of specialized tools. One platform for sales. Another for marketing. Another for project management. Then a few more to connect everything together. At first, it felt flexible and modern. But as organizations scaled, many discovered the…

1CRM Releases 9.1

What’s New in 1CRM 9.1: Web Forms, Graphical Workflows, SSO & More Written by: Zak Dauncey-Lilley Product Manager @ZakDauncey What’s New in 1CRM 9.1 Web Forms Micro-dashlets Tags Graphical Workflows Single Sign-On Stock Insights   Web Forms   We’ve taken the incredibly popular experience found in our new Newsletter editor and brought it to an all…

1CRM Releases 9.0

1CRM 9: OceanVue is Released What’s New in 1CRM 9.0 New User Interface Kanban Charts Dark Mode Theme Designer Tooltips Graphical Stage Selector Charts Redesign In-Line Editing   Welcome to: OceanVue   OceanVue UI is a whole new application that is separated from the traditional 1CRM application, built using our own open-source user interface library…

1CRM Releases 8.7.13

MARKETING1CRM Announces 8.7.14 Update! Written by Zak Dauncey-Lilley @ZakDauncey MARKETING1CRM Announces 8.7.14 Update! Written by Suzanne Louis @BPskills KEY CHANGES IN RELEASE 8.7:  ​ Compatibility with PHP version 8. All our major open source libraries were updated as well, including TC/PDF, phpmailer, SabreDAV, and dozens more. This lets 1CRM benefit from the improved performance offered by…

1CRM Releases 8.7.12

MARKETING1CRM Announces 8.7.12 Update! Written by Zak Dauncey-Lilley @ZakDauncey MARKETING1CRM Announces 8.7.12 Update! Written by Suzanne Louis @BPskills Changes in 8.7.12. Extensions: Fixed issue with call_hook_function after uninstall of third-party extensions. Targets: Fixed issue that prevented the export of target lists if list was set to dynamic = yes. Accounts: Find issues that would prevent…