Oct 01, 2014 By Daniel Debow

#DF14Emerging: The Dawn of Wearables in Business

Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone for the first time just seven years ago. When he held it up for the world to see, he shared the three main use cases: a touch-screen music player, a next generation phone, and an internet communications device.  There were only three sensors on the first... Read More

Cloud, Dreamforce, Featured, IT, Mobile

Oct 01, 2014 By Matt Wesson

"The Sales Process Map": A New Salesforce E-Book

The terms "Sales Funnel" and "Sales Process" are words that nearly any professional would recognize. However, a shocking minority of professionals and businesses actually understand their sales process or have a concept of what it even looks like. With technology adding more... Read More

Featured, Sales, Sales Cloud

Oct 01, 2014 By Russ Fradin

8-Minute Employee Advocacy

Approaching the idea of employee advocacy can be a lot to wrap your mind around. It involves a lot of planning and support to get advocacy off the ground. While the initial set-up requires plenty of forethought, once a program is in place (especially when using an employee advocacy platform), it’s... Read More

Featured, Marketing, Social

Oct 01, 2014 By Melissa Jewison

4 Keys to Landing a Career in Recruiting

You asked; I will answer. The #1 inmail question I receive is: "How do I get into Recruiting?" I'm interested by the volume of millennials targeting a career in recruitment. When I got into it, no one ever really dreamed of becoming a recruiter or went to school for it. Most of us... Read More

Careers, Cloud, Featured, Sales, Social

Oct 01, 2014 By Joel Comm

Just Show Up.

I'm frequently asked what the fastest way is for someone to build a business. It's usually positioned like this: "What would you do if you were starting over today without the contacts and associates you have made over the years?"  My answer has remained consistent... Read More

Oct 01, 2014 By Kurt Smith

How to Find Your Hidden Gem at Dreamforce

Remember the last scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark? The one where Army Intelligence agents wheel away the Ark into a giant government warehouse among a countless number of crates? As a Dreamforce attendee, you might feel the same way when searching for your sessions — but don't despair!... Read More

Dreamforce, Events, Featured

Oct 01, 2014 By Lisa Hammitt

The Devil Wears Pajamas

Let’s relive a classic scene from the 2006 movie, The Devil Wears Prada. Andie, a would-be journalist played by Anne Hathaway, has recently taken an internship at a high-end fashion magazine. Miranda, the magazine's exacting editor-in-chief (played by an inimitable Meryl Streep), is sifting... Read More

Cloud, Community, Dreamforce, Featured, Small Business

Oct 01, 2014 By Drew Beechler

7 Technology Trends Transforming Consumer Communication

On Wednesday morning of Connections 2014, we heard from Kyle Lacy, Director of Global Content Marketing & Research at the ExactTarget Marketing Cloud, in one of our breakout sessions. Kyle shared on key technology trends that are transforming how customers communicate and how brands should be... Read More

Marketing, Digital Marketing, Industry Report

Oct 01, 2014 By Andrea Smith

Gmail Moves to #2 in Email Client Market Share

Historically, Gmail has always had a spot in the top ten for email client market share, but tended to fall more to the second half of the list-showing 6% average market share in 2013-and was often outshined by giants like the native email client on the iPhone, Outlook, and Android devices. However,... Read More

Marketing, Email Marketing, Industry Report