Sep 17, 2014 By Clayton Miller

Top 10 Reasons To Attend Dreamforce for the First Time

If you’re anywhere close to the Bay Area or follow salesforce.com in any capacity, you know that our annual conference, Dreamforce, is not something you want to miss. This year will be four packed days of innovation, fun, and giving back, drawing in attendees from all corners of the... Read More

Dreamforce, Events, Featured

Sep 17, 2014 By Michael Litt

The Secret to Improved Social Selling? Helpful Video Content!

When it comes to high-performing sales reps, it’s easy to speculate as to what they’re doing differently from the rest of your team (are they simply better at discussing problems with prospects? Are they especially charming?), but, at the end of the day, sales superstars are able to deliver... Read More

Sales

Sep 17, 2014 By Tim Pickard

When Good Beats Best: 3 Tips for Better Customer Service

Everyone knows that bad customer experiences negatively impact customer loyalty, brand image, and a business’s bottom line. With this in mind, businesses strive to not just meet, but exceed, customer expectations. According to Forrester Research, Inc., more than half of customer service... Read More

Featured, Customer Service

Sep 17, 2014 By Rebecca Brown

3 Tips for Marketers Who Want to Help Sales Crush Quotas

Cori Hemmah is a salesperson’s dream. That’s because of her unwavering opinion of what her main priority as a demand gen marketer is, and, in fact, what she believes every marketer’s main priority should be: “To drive sales and convert leads,” she says without hesitation.   Cori is Senior... Read More

AppExchange, Featured, Marketing, Sales, Small Business

Sep 17, 2014 By Daniel Glickman

3 Unusual Ways to Increase Your Landing Page Conversions

In 2014, one of the hottest ways to increase landing page conversions is by integrating rich media. Obviously, the design of your landing page has an enormous influence on increased conversions, but how do you know what works and what doesn’t? It’s rare to find a web design everyone finds... Read More

Cloud, Sales

Sep 17, 2014 By Donal Daly

15 Leadership Thoughts for an Entrepreneurial Sales Leader

Sales leadership is hard. That is particularly true today when the relevance of sales is sometimes questioned, and many hypothesize that the power of the buyer invalidates all professional salesmanship. I disagree with the latter. For me, "professional salesmanship" has always been about... Read More

Sep 17, 2014 By Laura Fagan

IT Visionaries: Symantec’s VP of IT Global Applications Talks PaaS App Dev

  As VP of IT Global Applications at Symantec, Sheri Rhodes is primarily responsible for leading application services, from sustaining and monitoring, to development. She has grown her team, which sits within the company’s 900 person IT department, from 40 to 300 in just two years.... Read More

Apps, IT, Mobile, Platform

Sep 17, 2014 By Nicole Klemp

New Research: Get Key Facebook Advertising Metrics in our Social Advertising Benchmark Report

Whether your company has been using Facebook ads since they were introduced-or you're still trying to decide if they're right for you-knowing the key metrics can help you determine the potential for your industry and give you a better idea of how your current Facebook ad campaigns are performing.... Read More

Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Industry Report

Sep 17, 2014 By Jen Ribble

7 Tips for Taking Great Notes at #CNX14-or Any Conference!

Connections 2014 is right around the corner! You've made your travel plans, you've selected the perfect agenda, you've downloaded the Connections mobile app... Now comes the hard part: figuring out how to capture all the great information that will be coming your way so it's useful... Read More

Marketing, Digital Marketing, Events