Jun 05, 2012 By Derek Laney

Salesforce Radian6 finds its Buddy

Michael Lazerlow chose to annouce the aquisition of his company Buddy Media by salesforce.com through a truly personal story in a hurredly produced youtube video. While the deal and the product are terrifically exciting, the story also reflects a zeitgeist in social... Read More

Social

May 30, 2012 By Salesforce

Think differently...think cloud!

Salesforce.com Australia has few friends it has known longer than Alan Perkins who has been a keen supporter here since the early days. If you can find 20 mins to run this presentation he gave at the CeBit Cloud Conference last week, its absolutely worth it as there's very little Alan... Read More

Social

May 28, 2012 By Derek Laney

Road to Cloudforce: Ideabank pays out

At #sydcitytalk this question was posed: "is it possible for a large enterprise to 'pivot'? There is a great startup scene in sydney with great business ideas, but while small start-ups are well known for their ability to move quickly, is the "big-end of town" able to learn... Read More

Social

May 28, 2012 By Salesforce

Social: The penny is dropping...

Interesting new research from Optus confirms that for those still wondering whether social might be important or not - the verdict is in: it already is! As blogger, journalist and broadcaster @Stilgherrian puts it in today's Technology Spectator: "Australian businesses have passed the... Read More

Social

May 23, 2012 By Derek Laney

How to: 6 Tips for Running a Weekly Meeting with Chatter

We all love to hate the weekly meeting and unless you are a black belt project manager often time is wasted with status updates and little time is spent making decisions and agreeing actions. I've been using Chatter Customer Groups with partners and customers and helping new chatterati use the... Read More

Social

May 22, 2012 By Gareth Llewellyn

Road to Cloudforce: London Calling

On its way to Sydney on the 14th June, the Cloudforce Social Enterprise Tour hit London overnight. London Cloudforce 2012 scored 14,000 registrations - twice the registration volume of only 9 months ago when last the roadshow hit "the big smoke". Of course the poms are no... Read More

Social

May 17, 2012 By Salesforce

The Road to #Cloudforce: G'Day Parker!

If you struggle to get anyone from the salesforce.com marketing team in Australia on the phone for the next four weeks, it will help you to know that its only four weeks to go before Cloudforce Sydney at the Sydney Exhibition and Convention Centre (Bayside) in Darling Harbour. With... Read More

Small Business, Social

May 16, 2012 By Salesforce

"Life is Tweet"

I thought it was worth flagging this article which grabbed my attention. It isn't just the astonishing statistic that there are now more people on Twitter in the UK (10 million) than buying newspapers (9,002,963) - which in and of itself is astounding. But it is the fact that... Read More

Social

May 08, 2012 By Salesforce

Getting into the Feedback Loop.

A visit to a much-talked-about restaurant this weekend provided a very helpful analogy for The Social Enterprise I thought was worth sharing. It hammered home that maxim that listening is half the battle won when it comes to delighting your customers. The challenge is being able to... Read More

Social

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Salesforce Radian6 finds its Buddy

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"Life is Tweet"

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