After two outstanding years leading the NYC User Group, John Merrill is ready to pass the baton.  Unfortunately for us, the responsibilities of his day job have expanded and he no longer has the bandwidth to plan the meetings and manage the group.  Please join me in extending a big "Thank You" to John for his efforts since 2005.  He's done a tremendous job and leaves the group in a great position for the next leader(s).

If you are interested in a leadership role, please contact me and we can discuss what's involved.  The NYC group is our biggest in the world - (co-)leading it is a prime position!

CRM /Marketing Specialist - Bedminster, NJ If you are interested in rolling out then “owning” an Integrated Marketing (ESP) and CRM (Salesforce) platform? We’d like to hear from you.

Responsibilities:

· Work with the Marketing Director and internal/external technical and creative partners to implement multi-channel (email, web, and sms) customer marketing programs.

· Provide day to day management of ongoing programs. · Work with sales, marketing and IT management to ensure accurate and consistent data quality across multiple databases.

· Work with marketing management to design and create forecasts, reports and executive dashboards.

· Work with internal IT team and external vendors to resolve technical and functional issues.

· Maintain user roles, security, profiles, workflow rules, and other system configuration options within the CRM and email marketing platforms. · Implement simple system modifications as required.

· Introduce new end users to the applications and help users become familiar with new features.

· Stay abreast of email marketing tools and technology and CRM best practices applicable to our industry.

Required Qualifications:

· Proficiency with databases, and concepts required.

· Exceptional verbal and written communication skills. Openly and actively communicates information and takes initiative to communicate extensively. Comfortable working with all levels of sales and marketing management.

· Excellent interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to excel in a team-oriented, metric driven environment.

· Process and quality orientation with attention to detail.

· Exceptional customer service, data analysis and troubleshooting skills.

· Technically proficient and inquisitive - fluency in all Microsoft Office applications.

· Experience using and customizing CRM or other on-demand applications and keeping systems maintained and updated strongly preferred. Direct mail or extensive email communications experience a strong plus.

· BS/BA in Business, Technical Area or equivalent area required.

Compensation/Benefits:

This is a full time position located in Bedminster, NJ. A competitive salary plus performance-based incentive bonus, employee stock grants, full health benefits, and an employer-matched 401(k) are just a few of the benefits of working at GAIN Capital.

Please email your resume with a cover letter indicating why you are the best person for this job and salary history to hr@gaincapital.com. Reference job ID "CRM-SF" in the subject line of your email. Please no phone calls.

Sales Operations Specialist

• From a NYC Based Financial Technical Company (Software SaaS type company)
• Must have worked in a Direct Sales organization – selling software or other IT products
• Should have worked in a firm with revenues of $25-100m +
• Should have reported to the head of sales
• Familiarity with Salesforce.com
• Strong MS Office skills – Excel and PowerPoint
• Be organized, hard working and able to multi-task
• Excellent communications skills
• Experience in a client-facing role

Contact: adam.calway@iopasolutions.com

Position available in NYC Area if you are or  know anyone who would be a great candidate.

Company: Business Endurance Solutions, Inc.
Job Title: Salesforce.com Engagement Manger/Business Systems Analyst
Description: Business Endurance Solutions is a Salesforce.com Select Implementation Partner with offices in New York City and Long Island. We are currently seeking consultants in the New York Metro area for full time and contract work. Please see description below:

       The Salesforce.com engagement manager is responsible for end-to-end project delivery. This is a work-from-home position. Contract-to-hire.

      We are looking for individuals who possess the following skills:
•1+ years project management experience (required)
•1+ years Salesforce.com customization and administration experience (required)
•1+ year of Salesforce.com consulting experience (recommended)
•Excellent oral and written communication skills
•In-depth understanding of the Force.com platform and all Salesforce.com related features and functionality
•SFDC Level 1 Certification (recommended)
•Experience managing multiple consulting engagements at a time

Are you wondering if integrating your CRM with email can help increase your marketing ROI? 

Dynamic Network Resources Inc.is looking for someone with very strong Architecture and development knowledge with SalesForce.com with Merrill Lynch in Hopewell,NJ.

Position is either Full Time and or Contract on this position.

Contact: Kevin Shuster - Director of Recruiting  - Dynamic Network Resources Inc.

Main: 732-726-0060 ext 170  / Email: sk@d-n-r.com  / www.d-n-r.com

SAVE THE DATE - our next NYC Salesforce.com UserGroup Meeting will be held on Thursday February 21 at the Club Restaurant at Madison Square Garden from 5:30pm - 7:30pm!

Come on down to Madison Square Garden to:

• Meet With Other SFDC users
• Network with other Industry Professionals
• Exchange Best Practices

This event will be sponsored by Xactly

Dinner and Drinks will be provided.

Agenda

• Spring 08 Release Overview - Salesforce.com
• Sponsor Spotlight - Xactly Corp. - Commission Automation Tools
• Customer Best Practices Discussion - Dreambuilder Investments - Overcoming Small Project Challenges
• IPOD Raffel (sponsored by Xactly)
• Networking and Best Practices Exchange

Happy New Year One and All.

Hope all is well and everyone is getting off to a good start.

We have another Salesforce.com Success Tour coming up

New York, January 24, 2007
11:30 a.m. — 6:30 p.m.

Grand Hyatt New York
109 East 42nd Street
at Grand Central Terminal
New York, NY 10017

Get a free copy of Salesforce for Dummies and an CRM Essentials white paper.

Don't miss out—register now!

Agenda
11:30 a.m.	Check-In for Midday Seminar
12:00 p.m.	:: Salesforce for Financial Services Seminar :: Salesforce for High-Tech Seminar
1:30 p.m.	Check-In for the Afternoon Sessions
2:30 p.m.	:: Success On Demand Session :: Live Product Demonstration :: Interactive Customer Panel
5:00 p.m.	Cocktails, Networking, and Solutions Expo

20% discount on 3, 4 or 5 Day Training in January:   Salesforce.com is offering user group members a 20% discount* on all 3, 4 or 5 day training courses in January.  To take advantage of this offer, register online with promo code USGR20. Available courses are listed here.

The November meeting was by far one of the more engaging. Thanks to everyone for taking part and thanks to ShareMethods and BlueWolf for sponsoring.

Some follow-up items:

Cost Effective S-Control Development Options : Bluewolf wants to let you know  that they are teaching a one-day class on S-Controls the first week of December at our New York City, Authorized Training Center. The class is on December 4th. Below is a short description of the curriculum.
"Learn to create custom Buttons and S-Controls fueled by the AJAX Toolkit. In this instructor led classroom course, students learn through lecture and hands-on exercises how to extend core Salesforce application functionality by building and integrating custom Buttons and S-Controls into their Salesforce CRM deployment." For more information www.bluewolf.com/on-demand-solutions/consulting-services/training-and-adoption-consulting-services/atc/developers-training

SECURITY THREAT: As most (if not all) of you have already heard there was a security threat at SFDC that should be taken seriously. The best source of information on how to best protect your Org.'s data is located here: https://trust.salesforce.com/security.html#identity. Take the time review the information and if you have any questions reach out to your CSM.

Think Global, Act Local: The local usergroup has lots of talent that might fill the gaps not provided by larger AppExchange Partners.

http://www.macmicro.com/

http://drivenable.com/

Luke Cushanick
ApexDevNet handle: Always Thinkin
lcushanick@wgen.net

Volunteering to help nonprofits using or implementing Saleforce:  Interest was expressed for volunteering to help nonprofits using or implementing Saleforce. The website of the organization through which I do volunteer work is: www.taprootfoundation.org. Everyone is welcome to look at what taproots does and see whether it is an appropriate organization for them.

NEXT MEETING: Looking at Mid February for our next meeting. If you have any specific topics let me know and will make sure to arrange for Subject Matter Experts (SME's) to share the knowledge.

Cheers, John