Dec 04, 2014 By Sunya Ojure

Why Green Teams Matter

As a sustainability coordinator, it's my job to inspire, engage and support Salesforce employees who are passionate about environmental issues. I manage a program called earthforce, a group of volunteer employee champions dedicated to promoting and celebrating environmental responsibility at... Read More

Dec 04, 2014 By Joe Galvin

Sales Operations Needs to Step Up

Among other activities at Dreamforce '14, I joined a panel discussion, led by Salesforce Chief Adoption Officer Polly Sumner, on the subject of sales leadership and best practices for sales organizations. Some highlights from that dialogue are captured on video on Salesforce TV. When we think... Read More

Dec 03, 2014 By Kristina Anderson

Apply These 7 Techniques To Improve Your Sales Process

If your company is anything like ours, then your sales reps work very hard. They are motivated to succeed and it can be tough to figure out how to help them do even more. You've probably heard the saying "work smarter, not harder," but what does this really mean? How can you get your... Read More

Quote-to-Cash

Dec 03, 2014 By Marissa Kraines

The Salesforce World Tour Is Coming to Minneapolis

Minneapolis, we are coming for you! After an incredible Salesforce World Tour event in NYC, Salesforce is heading to the City of Lakes.We’re bringing all the action, excitement, education, and big announcements of Dreamforce to the MidWest, for FREE!  Register for free now and come... Read More

Cloud, Dreamforce, Events, Featured, News

Dec 03, 2014 By Matt Wesson

Small Business Customer Spotlight: How Xtreme Lashes Grew from a Startup to an International Company

  Xtreme Lashes is the global leader in eyelash extensions. The company started in 2005 as a home-based, family owned business, and has grown into a global company with representation in 50 countries. Co-Founder, President & CEO of Xtreme Lashes, Jo Mousselli, oversees the company’s... Read More

Sales, Sales Cloud, Small Business, SMB Spotlight

Dec 03, 2014 By Jon Birdsong

Gamification: The Fool’s Gold of the Enterprise

Third grade classes across the country every year open their afternoon to the coveted “Show and Tell” time. Without fail, nephews, nieces, sons and daughters of us all show members of the class, for the first time,  a gleaming gold rock which puts the room in awe. To us, this is fool’s gold.... Read More

Dec 03, 2014 By Dan McDade

Marketers Say the Darndest Things: 5 Examples

Most of you are too young to remember Art Linkletter. His radio show House Party and the television show Art Linkletter’s House Party aired five days a week from 1945 to 1969. A segment of each television show revolved around a precocious 3 – 8 year old child giving an unassumingly comical... Read More

Marketing, Sales

Dec 03, 2014 By Scott McCorkle

Black Friday & Cyber Monday: Salesforce Marketing Cloud Powers Record Number of Interactions

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are now behind us, but the always connected customer makes every moment during the holiday season important for marketers. That said, Salesforce Marketing Cloud had another record day on Cyber Monday, with our customers sending more digital messages in one day than... Read More

Events, Featured, Marketing, Marketing Cloud, Sales, Social

Dec 03, 2014 By Rebecca Brown

Firing Up Sales with a CPQ Solution: 3 Hugely Profitable Customer Results

Selling shouldn’t be complicated. And with the help of more than 40 CPQ business apps on AppExchange, many companies are making their once inefficient quote-to-cash processes faster, easier, and more accurate. According to Aberdeen Research, companies that employ CPQ solutions have 27% shorter... Read More

AppExchange, Apps, Mobile, Sales