Oct 08, 2014 By Kamal Ahluwalia

5 Ways to Extend Your Salesforce Investment at Dreamforce

You can access almost anything with a press of a button: a ride from Uber, an answer from Google, even a date from Tinder. The world is essentially at your fingertips. But with all this accessibility comes a sense of urgency to effectively use the information at hand. Companies are in a constant... Read More

Cloud, Dreamforce, Mobile, Sales

Oct 08, 2014 By Joanne Black

Want More Referrals? Network Before You Need To

Recognize this guy? You’re at a networking event. He shoves business cards in your face, asks you to do a favor for him, and then rushes off to fawn all over another easy target. The next day you receive a long, boring email (with attachments) asking you to refer him. Come on. What planet is he... Read More

Careers, Dreamforce, Events, Featured, Sales, Small Business

Oct 08, 2014 By Matt Larriva

Dreamforce 2014: Eat It All Up!

One of the many amazing things about Dreamforce is our incredible host city, San Francisco! With more restaurants per capita than any other city in the United States, San Francisco is a culinary wonderland and “foodie” paradise. In between the incredible keynotes, the awesome sessions, and the... Read More

Dreamforce, Events, Featured, Social

Oct 08, 2014 By Rebecca Brown

3 Tips to Transform Manufacturing Through Collaboration and Automation

In the manufacturing industry, one mistake or delay can affect time to market, cost millions of dollars, and make or break a company. The bright side to that dark, expensive cloud? Business apps. These days, there are hundreds of apps that can transform business processes for the better. This is... Read More

AppExchange, Cloud, IT

Oct 08, 2014 By Russ Fradin

3 Ways to Close More Deals With Social Selling

Did you know that 61 percent of marketers found social media to be an effective lead generation tool? Or that, according to IBM, 40 percent of executives surveyed across 500 companies indicated that they could see an increase in sales and an improvement of the overall customer... Read More

Featured, Sales, Social

Oct 08, 2014 By Marissa Kraines

Get On the Road to Dreamforce!

Every Tuesday, we welcomed you to watch Dreamforce take shape as we discussed sessions, tips for newcomers, and much more on our live streaming video series. Topics varied from Dreamforce operations and top sessions, to newbie tips and what to wear to the conference. On the series, we get to know... Read More

Dreamforce, Events, Featured, Social

Oct 08, 2014 By Sarah Boutin

Salesforce.com Named One of the Best Workplaces in Tech!

Today, salesforce.com was named one of Great Rated’s People’s Picks: 20 Great Workplaces in Technology! We’re thrilled to be rated as an awesome place to work by the people who matter most: our own employees. Check out our Great Rated profile here. The Great Rated reviews are based on a... Read More

Careers, Cloud, Featured

Oct 08, 2014 By Laura Fagan

IT Visionaries: Salesforce CIO On Cloud Development, What Makes His Job Fun

  Salesforce.com CIO Ross Meyercord has spent the last two and a half years leading and growing an information technology team that is also influencing the broader IT industry. In the following “IT Visionaries” interview, Meyercord shares how his department is taking the preeminent cloud... Read More

Oct 08, 2014 By Drew Beechler

8 Best Practices for Facebook Mobile App Ads

Last week I wrote a beginner's guide to Facebook mobile app ads and discussed the different Facebook mobile app ad units and the benefits of using Facebook mobile app ads. As a refresher, last year Facebook launched mobile app install ads and mobile app engagement and conversion ads that are... Read More

Marketing, Digital Advertising, Mobile Marketing