Sep 18, 2014 By Rebecca Brown

6 Apps to Turbocharge Your Sales Cycle

If you’re looking to boost sales productivity, get acquainted with AppExchange, Salesforce’s marketplace of over 2,500 business apps, including 1,000+ sales apps. You probably already know what Salesforce can do for overall sales productivity. What you may not know is that AppExchange’s sales apps... Read More

AppExchange, Apps, Mobile, Sales

Sep 18, 2014 By Marissa Kraines

5 Insider Tips for Small & Medium Businesses at Dreamforce

Just because you’re considered a small or medium business doesn’t mean you can’t disrupt the industry and compete with the big brands. That’s why going to Dreamforce—and, more importantly, getting the most out of Dreamforce—is crucial for small and medium businesses. Here are 5 tips to help you do... Read More

Dreamforce, Events, Featured, Sales

Sep 18, 2014 By Quinton Wall

Dreamforce '14 Developer Keynote: The Big Reasons to Reserve Your Seat Now

Every year at Dreamforce, the DevZone kicks into high gear for developers and adminstrators to get hands on with the Salesforce1 Platform.One of the highlights is the Developer Keynote, scheduled this time around for 10:30am on Wednesday, Oct. 15. For the past two years, this session has been... Read More

Analytics, Apps, Developer, Dreamforce, Featured, Platform

Sep 18, 2014 By Bob Marsh

Workplace Competitions: The Secret to Better Employee Collaboration?

A lot of companies rely on competition to motivate their sales and marketing teams around important initiatives. But here’s something that they might not even realize: With an added dose of friendly competition comes increased employee collaboration. In fact, a properly executed strategy has the... Read More

Sep 18, 2014 By Laura Stack

5 Keys to Managing Up

David Ogilvy, the British marketing executive often called the Father of Advertising, presented us with this wise advice: "Hire people who are better than you are, then leave them to get on with it. Look for people who will aim for the remarkable, who will not settle for the... Read More

Careers, Featured, Sales

Sep 18, 2014 By Bob Furniss

3 Ways Healthcare Providers Can Revolutionize Patient Care

Healthcare is a fast-growing and high-demand industry that nearly everyone depends on, usually at critical times. Yet it is ranked as one of the worst customer service providers, following TV and internet/wireless providers. Whether it’s finding a doctor you trust, getting your prescription... Read More

Featured, Customer Service

Sep 18, 2014 By Marissa Kraines

Giving Back at Dreamforce

When Marc Benioff started salesforce.com, he was inspired in part by General Colin Powell to integrate philanthropy into his business. So just as salesforce.com was being formed, the Salesforce.com Foundation was born. The Salesforce.com Foundation is based on a simple idea: leverage... Read More

Dreamforce, Events, Featured, Foundation

Sep 18, 2014 By John Cousineau

5 Keys to Learning Productive B2B Sales Practices, Fast

Research shows it takes 10,000 hours of practice done over roughly 10 years to achieve the pinnacle of performance: craftsmanship. However, research also shows it can take a lot less than that to learn the basics. Josh Kaufman, author of The First 20 Hours, suggests if you’re smart about how you... Read More

Sales

Sep 18, 2014 By Esteban Kolsky

Sensors, Sensors, Everywhere Nor Anything to Measure

With my apologies to The Rime of The Ancient Mariner, I want to draw your attention the latest and greatest concept to hit Enterprise Software: the Internet of Things and the myriad sensors that come with it. The concept is not novel, the original idea behind the Internet was to connect the many... Read More

Customer Service, Service Cloud