Phoenix
Save this date - Next meeting November 11, 2009
Date: November 11, 2009
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Location: Scottsdale Mustang Library (Auditorium)
10101 N 90th St
Scottsdale, AZ 85258
Light refreshments will be served.
The themes for our next meeting are effective sales forecasting and lead nurturing. We will feature presentations from two Salesforce.com partners who offer AppExchange applications relevant to these important topics. This meeting will include the following presentations:
- Effective Sales Forecasting, presented by David Belove, Cloud9 Analytics.
- Lead Nurturing , presented by Gurpreet Bains, Computer Information Technology Corp..
David will discuss the various forecasting methods Salesforce users typically employ and then he'll also demonstrate Cloud9's Pipeline Accelerator for Salesforce for more effective forecasting. Bring your pipeline management and forecasting questions. David will bring the door prizes!
Gurpreet will discuss automated lead nurturing using intelligent lead scoring and rules-based lead assignment. Gurpreet will also describe how CITC's NurtureMyleads works with Salesforce to automate personalized messages based on advanced demographics and lead behaviors. A white paper regarding leads nurturing concepts will also be provided by Gurpreet.
Please RSVP to David Gildar at dgildar@dfgsolutions.com with "will attend" if you have not already done so.
Best Regards,
David Gildar, DFG Solutions, Inc.
Meeting Notes from August 25, 2009
At our August 25, 2009, Phoenix User Group meeting, our meeting theme was Partner Collaboration using Salesforce.com, and we discussed three topics: 1) Partner Relationship Management (PRM) Partner Portal, 2) Salesforce to Salesforce, and 3) Salesforce CRM Content.
Adi Kuruganti, Product Manager from Salesforce.com, presented remotely an overview of Partner Portal, as well as Salesforce to Salesforce, a relatively new feature in Salesforce.com. Adi then followed with a demo of Salesforce to Salesforce.
David Gildar, from DFG Solutions, followed with an overview and demo of Salesforce CRM Content.
You can download copies of the slide presentations for each of the three topics presented, in PDF format, by clicking on the links that follow:
Download Partner Portal PRM presentation
Download CRM Content presentation
Download Salesforce to Salesforce S2S presentation
Our next meeting is planned for sometime in November; however,a firm date is not set yet. I welcome suggestions for volunteer speakers or potential presentation topics for our next meeting. In the meantime, at the suggestion of one of our members, the proposed theme for our next meeting will "Using Mobile Salesforce.com". I hope to see you at the next meeting.
Best Regards,
David Gildar
DFG Solutions, Inc.
Phoenix User Group Leader
Save this date: Next meeting August 25
Date: August 25, 2009
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Location: Scottsdale Mustang Library (Auditorium)
10101 N 90th St
Scottsdale, AZ 85258
Light refreshments will be served.
The theme for our next meeting is "Partner collaboration using Salesforce.com". We will explore and demonstrate several key features of Salesforce.com that facilitate selective sharing of information with business partners. This meeting will feature the following presentation topics:
- Partner Portal, presented by David Gildar, DFG Solutions.
- Salesforce to Salesforce, presented by Brad Phillips, Salesforce.com.
- Salesforce Content, presented by David Gildar, DFG Solutions.
Please RSVP to David Gildar at dgildar@dfgsolutions.com with "will attend" if you have not already done so.
Best Regards,
David Gildar, DFG Solutions, Inc.
Meeting Notes - April 23, 2009
At our April 23, 2009, Phoenix User Group meeting, we had three good presentations on current topics related to Salesforce.com.
Barry Duncan, from iLinc, presented an overview of iLinc, a web conference tool offered through AppExchange. Barry demonstrated how iLinc is integrated with Salesforce.com contacts, and how iLinc can track which contacts participated in a webinar.
Dan England presented a functional overview of his company's award-winning AppExchange data integration application named Informatica On Demand. Informatica On Demand provides configurable data integration between Salesforce.com and other external databases, such as Oracle and SQL Server.
Jesse Lorenz, platform evangelist from Salesforce.com presented a basic introduction to VisualForce for customizing the Salesforce.com user interface. Jesse highlighted the benefits of VisualForce as a superior customization tool when compared to the old method of developing S-Controls.
Our next meeting is planned for sometime in August; however, the agenda is not set yet, so I welcome suggestions for volunteer speakers or potential presentation topics.
Best Regards,
David Gildar, DFG Solutions Inc.
Phoenix User Group Leader
dgildar@dfgsolutions.com
Save this date: Next meeting April 23, 2009
Date: April 23, 2009
Time: 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. (Please note new time)
Location: Scottsdale Mustang Library (Book Discussion Meeting Room)
10101 N 90th St
Scottsdale, AZ 85258
Light refreshments will be served.
This meeting will feature these presentations:
- VisualForce Basics, presented by Jesse Lorenz, Salesforce.com.
- iLinc Sales Webinar Integration, presented by Barry Duncan, iLinc Communications.
- Informatica On Demand Data Integration, presented by Dan England, Informatica.
Please RSVP to David Gildar at dgildar@dfgsolutions.com with "will attend" if you have not already done so.
Best Regards,
David Gildar, DFG Solutions
Meeting Notes - Jan. 22, 2009
At our January 22, 2009, Phoenix User Group meeting, we had three good presentations on current topics related to Salesforce.com.
Brad Phillips, from Salesforce.com, did a great job as usual presenting an overview of Force.com Sites, which was unveiled at DreamForce. Brad also followed later with a brief preview of key new features coming out in the Spring '09 release.
Brian Falkner presented a functional overview of his company's award-winning AppExchange application called BigMachines Configured Price Proposals (CPP). BigMachines appears to be a strong add-on to Salesforce.com for organizations selling complex configurable products.
Zack Cramer presented SalesGenie.com inside Salesforce.com, their new AppExchange offering which provides contact names for the small to medium sized business market and the consumer market. Zack highlighted how Salesgenie can push purchased leads seamlessly into Salesforce.com.
If you would like to download a copy of the slide presentations, please click on these links:
Download Spring '09 Feature Highlights
Download SalesGenie_SFDC_workflow
Our next meeting is planned for sometime in early April; however, the agenda is not set yet, so I welcome suggestions for volunteer speakers or potential presentation topics.
Best Regards,
David Gildar, DFG Solutions
Phoenix User Group Leader
Save this date: Next Meeting January 22
Date: January 22, 2009
Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. (Please note new time)
Location: Scottsdale Mustang Library (Auditorium)
10101 N 90th St
Scottsdale, AZ 85258
Light refreshments will be served.
This meeting will feature these presentations:
- BigMachines Configured Price Proposals, presented by Brian Falkner, BigMachines.
- Force.com Sites Overview, presented by Brad Phillips, Salesforce.com.
- SalesGenie on Force.com, presented by Jessica Webb, SalesGenie.com.
Please RSVP to David Gildar at dgildar@dfgsolutions.com with "will attend" if you have not already done so.
Best Regards,
David Gildar, DFG Solutions
DreamForce Webcasts - Nov. 2008
For those of you who were not able to attend DreamForce this year, Salesforce.com has recorded webcasts for many of the sessions presented at DreamForce. Please feel free to visit the links posted below to learn from this year's DreamForce.
DreamForce Webcasts Home Page:
http://www.salesforce.com/dreamforce/DF08/.
Watch the Archived Webcasts & Track Sessions:
- View all the top-rated track sessions now in the Dreamforce Success Center
- Monday, November 3rd, 9:00 am (PST)
Watch Monday's Keynote featuring salesforce.com's New Cloud Computing Technology, as well as Facebook and amazon.com relationships. - Tuesday, November 3rd, 9:00 am (PST)
Tuesday's Keynote featured salesforce.com's New CRM Product Lines, as well as Google and Dell. - Tuesday, November 3rd, 3:15 pm (PST)
Tuesday's afternoon keynote featured featuring Larry Brilliant, the director of Google.org, who gave a tremendous talk on philanthropy.
Best Regards,
David Gildar, DFG Solutions
Phoenix Salesforce.com User Group Leader
Meeting Notes - Oct. 21, 2008
At our October 21 Phoenix User Group meeting, we had a lively but small group turnout again. My thanks go to Joy Daniel from Morris, Hall & Kinghorn (Law Firm), for hosting our meeting at her facility. Also I thank Brad Phillips, from Salesforce.com, for his presentation of "Winter '09 New Feature Highlights", and Ethan Zoubek, from ExactTarget, for his presentation on "1:1 Marketing with Email". If you would like to download a copy of either of these slide presentations, please click on these links:
Download winter_09_new_features.ppt
Download marketing_with_email.ppt
Our next meeting is planned for sometime in January. We plan to have a platform evangelist from Salesforce.com present an introduction to VisualForce. I am also currently seeking volunteers and/or suggestions for other potential presentation topics for January.
I am also always eager to hear from any members who would be willing to share a brief case study of any significant success achieved within their own organization using Salesforce.com.
Best Regards,
David Gildar, DFG Solutions
Phoenix User Group Leader
Save This Date: October 21, 2008 (Noon)
Date: October 21, 2008
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Location: Morris, Hall & Kinghorn (Law Firm)
3300 N. Central Ave., Suite 900
Phoenix, AZ 85012
Sandwiches will be served.
This meeting will feature these presentations:
- Salesforce.com Winter '09 New Features Highlights, presented by Brad Phillips, Salesforce.com.
- 1:1 Marketing with Email, presented by Ethan Zoubek, ExactTarget.
- LinkedIn with Salesforce.com, presented by Katja Godenitz, CopperState Business Systems.
Please RSVP to David Gildar at dgildar@dfgsolutions.com with "will attend" if you have not already done so.
Seating will be limited to RSVP's.
Parking Instructions:
The 3300 Tower is located on the southwest corner of Central and Osborn (south of Indian School). You can access the parking garage from 2nd Ave and Osborn, head south, and follow road around to left. The garage is the first garage straight ahead, be sure to park in the one marked “3300 Tower” (we cannot validate for any other garage). You can park in any “Visitor” or non-marked space. Make your way to the building and use the left bank of elevators to go to the 9th floor. We will be meeting in the first room on your left as you exit the elevators.
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