Building Community at Dreamforce 14
Where to focus outside of keynotes & sessions at the Salesforce.com event of the year
Best Practices for Getting Started with Salesforce.com
Best practices for a successful Salesforce.com implementation.
Banking Resources at Dreamforce 14
A look at some banking specific resources at Dreamforce 14 in San Francisco next week.
Backstage Pass - Episode #185 of CloudFocus Weekly
All access pass to the inner workings of CloudFocus Weekly as we answer questions for listeners and tell tales out of school.
Back to the Future - Episode #164 of CloudFocus Weekly
A new year starts with Google buying Nest, predictions for 2014 and the Salesforce1 event in New York York city.
Apple Announcements - Episode #190 of CloudFocus Weekly
New iPhone, Apple Pay and a watch, we discuss them all as we go over the pros, cons and features we are excited about.
Syncing Between QuickBooks and Salesforce.com
AppExchange syncing options for QuickBooks users that are also using or thinking about using Salesforce.com
An Evaluation of Clicktools
An evaluation of Clicktools as a survey tool and how it syncs with Salesforce.
A Technical Guide to Using Salesforce Documents Tab as an Integration Source Repository
A technical deep dive into using a Salesforce document as the source file of an integration. NOTE - this blog post gets a little technical, read at your own risk :).
Outlook & Google Sync Off with Salesforce.com
A look at Gmail and Outlook syncing alternatives for Salesforce.com.
8 Degrees of Happy - Episode #192 of CloudFocus Weekly
Work.com enhancements in Winter '15 and all the Apple goodness including iOS 8 and hands on impressions of both iPhone 6 and 6 plus.
30th Spring - Episode #165 of CloudFocus Weekly
Spring 14 blog posts pile up so we dig in, the 30th Anniversary of the Mac and the government capturing data in the clouds.
With a B - Episode #122 of CloudFocus Weekly
We look at some free data loaders, ask the question if Salesforce is moving away from The Social and are amazed that over 2 billion iMessages are sent a day.
Winter 14 Release Notes - Episode #151 of CloudFocus Weekly
Winter is coming but before it comes we go over the top features of the Salesforce Winter 14 release notes.
Winter 14 Permissions & Service - Episode #153 of CloudFocus Weekly
Winter 14 is almost here so we wrap up with two blog posts on the new features in Service Cloud and Permission Sets.
Why Sales Teams Should Be Excited About Winter '14
A look into some new features released in Winter '14 that sales teams should be excited about.
Why Sales Teams Should Be Excited About Summer '13
Three features from Summer ‘13 every sales team should be excited about and why.
Where to find Arkus at Dreamforce 13
With a large turnout, numbers rising above 100,000, its no wonder DF13 will be the best ever. This year is jam packed with more sessions, over 1,500, and not one but two Cloud Expos in Moscone North and Moscone West.
Viva Las Dreamforce - Episode #137 of CloudFocus Weekly
All about some Permission Sets you can use in Summer 13, Dreamforce 13 registration is open and all the happenings on Google I/O.
Unorthodox Salesforce Email-to-Case
Focusing on an alternative and unorthodox use of Salesforce’s Email-to-Case feature, for logging emails sent to a distribution list.
Under Consideration IdeaExchange Ideas Worth a Vote
A list of “Under Consideration” Ideas on the Salesforce.com IdeaExchange that have been outstanding for more than a year and worth a look and a vote.
Turkey Hack Dreams - Episode #161 of CloudFocus Weekly
After a week of rest we talk about do a final recap of Dreamforce, rank it and discuss all of the hackathon controversy.
Tune Up Your Salesforce Org with Every Release
Salesforce is a living breathing application that changes three times every year. Here are some things you should check in your org with each new Salesforce release.
Top Tools for Nonprofits
Top 5 Salesforce Labs Apps
Checking out 5 awesome Salesforce Labs apps, extending platform functionality for admins and users at no cost.
Top 10 Reasons to go to Dreamforce 13
Here is a look at the top ten reasons to go to Dreamforce 2013.
Top 10 AppExchange Apps - Episode #155 - CloudFocus Weekly
Another special episodes where we go over our top 10 (five each) AppExchange apps of all time.
Things to Consider for Your Salesforce Implementation
If you are rolling out Salesforce for your company you might be interested in how a consultant might approach a typical implementation.
The State of Support - Episode #129 of CloudFocus Weekly
Right after discussion taming the email monster we dive into a big discussion of support and all the different states of support. The good. The bad. The ugly.
The Community Banking User Group
A look at the new Salesforce User Group for the Community Bank vertical.