Managing Sales with Chatter and Tasks
Managing sales activities using Salesforce.com Tasks and Chatter.
Making Meetings Meaningful
Are meetings the bane of your existence? Here are some thoughts on making meetings easier and more meaningful.
Love & Betrayal - Episode #143 of CloudFocus Weekly
Some Salesforce features that need some love, Arkus is hiring, Dropbox goes ape for apps, is Salesforce betraying customers with Oracle announcement and NYC gets its own domain.
Longest Road - Episode #163 of CloudFocus Weekly
In the last episode of the year we talk about Spring 14, Salesforce and OpenStack, Dropbox and one quick prediction for 2014.
Live from Dreamforce 13 Day 3 - Episode #160 of CloudFocus Weekly
Another 24 hours at Dreamforce and we are back talking about the interview with Marissa Mayer, the Gala and overall feelings about what we have seen so far.
Live at Dreamforce 13 - Episode #159 of CloudFocus Weekly
The keynote is over, Dreamforce is officially on and we are live from the Success Community Zone talking about all of it.
Keeping the Momentum Post-Dreamforce 2013
Here is a look into keeping the momentum going after a week that was all Salesforce and beyond.
Ideas on Salesforce.com Lead Conversion
As a big fan of the True to the Core movement I have been thinking about a core function to Sales Force Automation (remember that phrase?) that hasn’t been touched in a while - Lead Conversion. Here are some Ideas on Lead conversion that would make all the sense in the world to incorporate into Salesforce.com’s Sales Cloud.
IdeaExchange All Stars - Episode #123 of CloudFocus Weekly
It is time to dig deep into Salesforce's idea exchange, the concept and pick some of "our" favorite all time ideas to get the CloudFocus Weekly bump.
How to Report on Salesforce Notes & Attachments
A how-to about reporting on notes and attachments in Salesforce.
How Salesforce Developers can Make a Salesforce Admin's Life Easier
My three favorite things that a Salesforce developer can do to make a Salesforce admin’s life easier while also making them look like a rockstar.
Home Sweet Home - Episode #138 of CloudFocus Weekly
A new home, a new studio, what sales teams should be excited about in Summer 13, Gmail's new tabs and Salesforce sandbox templates.
Highlights from Integration World 2013
A quick look at some highlights from Actian's (formerly Pervasive Software) yearly conference Integration World 2013.
Hashtag IPO - Episode #158 of CloudFocus Weekly
Twitter goes IPO, Amazon gets some Sunday delivery and we make sure you haven't missed one of the millions of times you can come see us at Dreamforce 13 next week.
Great Travel Apps for DF13
With Dreamforce 13 just around the corner it is time to start gathering applications to help make the trip (and your life) much easier.
Google Hangouts for the Enterprise
A review of using Google Hangouts internally and externally in an enterprise environment.
Going Native - Episode #147 of CloudFocus Weekly Podcast
Pros and cons of using the Salesforce native calendar functionality, the massive price hike of AppExchange security review and Redbox to Roku.
Getting Things Done® (GTD®) - Episode #132 of CloudFocus Weekly
By listener request, we are going to deep dive into Getting Things Done® (GTD®), the questions, the answers and the truth.
Financial Services Resources at Dreamforce 13
This year, Dreamforce 13 provides a lot of exciting sessions and topics dedicated to the Financial Services industry.
Expo Apps That Stood Out
The Dreamforce 13 Expos were no doubt packed with a ton of great apps and products to compliment the features that Salesforce already has to offer. But there were a few that definitely stood out with their energetic staff, visual presentations and exciting demos of their apps that would be great to highlight.
Exactly Flatter - Episode #139 of CloudFocus Weekly
Doing some magic with custom buttons, Salesforce buys Exact Target and we cover some of the fun happenings out of WWDC.
Ever-Hacked - Episode #128 of CloudFocus Weekly
Things to consider for your Salesforce implementation, Evernote gets hacked and things about two factor, Tizzy on IdeaExchange and 30% of brands have Twitter Server handles.
Enhanced Performance - Episode #148 of CloudFocus Weekly
The state of Salesforce mobile, new Chatter application and the crazy expensive Performance Edition license to rule them all.
Edging Social - Episode #140 of CloudFocus Weekly
Doing some work in the slums of Mumbai gets a special tweet, a Cloud Company Tour review, Salesforce buys EdgeSpring and we plan out the Meetings episode.
Dreamforce 13 Recap
A recap of Dreamforce 13, the worlds largest software conference.
Dreamforce 13 Predictions
With Dreamforce 13 kicking off this week let’s make some predictions about what we are going to see on the big stage (and some of the smaller ones).
Don't Do.com It - Episode #156 of CloudFocus Weekly
Great travel apps for DF13, Apple announcements, Google+ custom domains and Do.com getting done.
Deep Diving Into Salesforce Record Types
One of the more popular uses of Salesforce.com is to manage business processes. Aside from just capturing Contact information and the activities associated with those Contacts many Salesforce.com implementations involve some sort of business process workflow. One of the keys to making that business process workflow work is the use of Record Types.
Client Organization - Episode #127 of CloudFocus Weekly
We look at the AppExchange All Star post then dive deeply into the new Salesforce.com branding message, likes, dislikes and all the rest. Never an opinion spared.
Choo-Choo-Choose Them - Episode #125 of CloudFocus Weekly
It is a Valentine's Day episode with things Developers can do to help out Salesforce admins, a Yammer safe haven and StarTrek all mixed together with roses.