Salesforce Introduces myTrailhead—Reinventing Learning For Every Trailblazer
When we launched Trailhead, Salesforce’s gamified, online learning platform, we set out on a mission to empower anyone to skill-up for a job in the thriving Salesforce economy. Our Trailblazer Community has been unstoppable, earning 4 million badges and completing 15 million challenges that
Introducing Lightning for Gmail and Lightning Sync for Google
We have all been there. At the end of the day, you look back to what was accomplished and think “If only I had a few more hours, I would be able to…
Track the Impact of Your Salesforce Campaign Like a Shadow Wolf
Salesforce Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software is, like standing desks and junkets to warm climates, popular with marketers. Salesforce’s Software as a Service (SaaS) platform offers companies an interface for case management and task management, allows customers the ability to track
Should You Upgrade From Standard Quotes to CPQ?
I recently celebrated my eight year anniversary at Salesforce, and over the years I have worked in three different orgs: Sales, Alliances, and Product Marketing. Even though those roles sound pretty different, a common theme has impacted my work every single day at Salesforce — quoting. I have
10 Business Benefits of Salesforce Lightning
It’s been almost a year since Salesforce launched its biggest innovation yet, Lightning. The milestone marked much more than a facelift for our products. Lightning represents the next generation of Salesforce: A completely…
6 Effects of Technology on Selling: How Tech Has Streamlined Sales
Technology is constantly evolving, and businesses are becoming more and more dependent on technology to run their businesses efficiently. Here are just some of the ways technology has changed business for the better; by streamlining sales techniques and the sales process. Gordon Moore predicted
What I’ve Learned from 1,000 Interviews
“Nothing we do is more important than hiring and developing people. At the end of the day, you bet on people, not on strategy” -Lawrence Bossidy, former COO of General Electric. In the span of two years, I’ve interviewed over 1,000 sales candidates — and hired less than 50. As any sales
5 Tips for Writing Better Sales Proposals
Sales proposals: Love them or hate them, they’re an integral part of any successful deal. While some salespeople might view these documents as unnecessary—or even as a waste of time—they’re actually one of…
7 Sales KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) That Every Sales Manager Should Use
William Tyree is CMO of RingDNA Conventional wisdom holds that revenue-per-sales-rep is the only metric that ultimately matters in sales management. But sales process optimization is all about identifying key strengths and coalescing your team into an efficient selling machine. In other words,