Our next meeting has been scheduled for February 24th from 1 pm - 4 pm. 

The sponsor for our meeting will be Matt Mountain and Paul Stephens from NexGen Consultants. 

NexGen Consultants, the only Authorized Salesforce.com partner in Ohio, specializes in Salesforce.com consulting, configuration, implementation, and training with a specific focus on driving User Adoption of the application.

Our tentative agenda is:

• Presentation by NexGen Consultants
• Dreamforce Recap
• Spring '09 Release
• Discuss Future Topics

Meeting Details:

Date: February 24, 2009
Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Place: Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
Huenefeld Tower Room
800 Vine Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202

The Huenefeld Tower Room is located on the third floor. Take the elevators to the third floor, turn left walk to the most southern corner of the building, you will enter the two oversized wooden doors.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Dianna Raisor
Cincinnati, OH User Group Leader
dianna.raisor@shps.com
502-420-5538

Hope everyone had a great time at Dreamforce, learned something new, met colleagues, and put some new ideas into practice. 

Here are several updates:

1. Our user group name will be changing soon from the Southern Ohio User Group to the Cincinnati, OH User Group.  Watch for updates!
2. The post below has an area for our Certified Professionals.  If you would like to be added to the list send me an email.
3. Our next meeting will be near the end of January 2009.  A save the date email will be going out soon.

Happy Holidays!

Dianna Raisor
Cincinnati,OH User Group Leader
dianna.raisor@shps.com
502-420-5538

Are you certified?  Below is our official list of Cincinnati User Group members who have passed their certification test. 

Salesforce.com Certified Administrator

• Dianna Raisor
• Nikki Smith

Salesforce.com Certified Advanced Administrator

Salesforce.com Certified Force.com Developer

Salesforce.com Certified Force.com Advance Developer

Salesforce.com Certified Consultant

• Nikki Smith

For more information on Salesforce.com Certifications click here.  To be added to the list, send an email to dianna.raisor@shps.com.

Congratulations to all of our Salesforce.com Certified Professionals!

Attached are the presentations from the Southern Ohio July 22nd User Group Meeting.  Attached you will find:

1. User group Presentation including promotion codes to save on the Dreamforce registration fee.
2. Salesforce.com Summer '08 Release Notes
3. Partner presentation from LucidEra

LucidEra is also offering their LeadBuddy at no cost.  You can get this through the AppExchange.  The LucidEra Related Lead Finder is a free sales productivity tool that allows you to see all of the leads from the same company in a single view. Embedded directly into the Lead record, this native application was built by sales reps for sales reps.  Click here for more information.

Download southern_ohio_user_group_july_22_powerpoint.ppt

Download summer_08_new_feature_workshop_presentation_short_version.ppt

Download LucidEra_Overview_sfdc_carolyn.ppt

Dianna Raisor
Southern Ohio User Group Leader
dianna.raisor@shps.com
502-420-5538

We are looking forward to seeing everyone at the July 22nd User Group Meeting.

LucidEra will have a digital camera raffle during the meeting, so bring a business card with you to enter the raffle.

Dianna Raisor

Our sponsor for our June 22nd Meeting has been changed.  Our new sponsor is Carolyn Phelps from LucidEra. 

LucidEra was recently named a business intelligence and performance management “cool vendor” by Gartner and a CRM WizKid by Beagle Research. Be the first to hear about the launch of an exciting new analytic application from LucidEra that promises to deliver greater insight into marketing and sales effectiveness.

See you on the 22nd!

Dianna Raisor
Southern Ohio User Group Leader
dianna.raisor@shps.com
502-420-5538

Our next meeting has been rescheduled for July 22nd from 1 pm - 4pm. 

We all enjoyed seeing the custom objects that group members have created for their companies - so we will make this part of our agenda for our June meeting.  If you would like to share your savvy with custom objects or have a problem that needs a solution please post your comments below.Our tentative agenda is:

• Sneak peak at the Summer '08 Release
• Partner presentation from Informatica
• 2-3 Best Practices or Custom Objects from our group members

Meeting Details

Date: July 22, 2008
Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Place: Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
Huenefeld Tower Room
800 Vine Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202

The Huenefeld Tower Room is located on the third floor. Take the elevators to the third floor, turn left walk to the most southern corner of the building, you will enter the two oversized wooden doors.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or ideas.

Kindest Regards,

Dianna Raisor
Southern Ohio User Group Leader
dianna.raisor@shps.com
502-420-5538

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• Engage prospects
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• Increase “return-on customer”
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In addition to presentations from ExactTarget’s email thought leaders, top industry experts and analysts will provide one-to-one marketing technology insight. ExactTarget clients will also be on-site to share real-life examples of their B2B and B2C email marketing success.

Hope to see you there!

Attached are the files from our April 1st meeting.

• Agenda - Download southern_ohio_user_group_april_1_powerpoint.ppt
• From our ExactTarget Sponsor Download ExactTarget_SF.COM_presentation.ppt
• David Schroeder's Data Cleansing Presentaiton Download Salesforce_Data_Cleansing.ppt
• Brian Vass's Group Calendar and Custom Objects Presentation Download custom_objects_user_group_presentation.ppt

Our next meeting has been scheduled for April 1st from 1 pm - 4pm. 

Volunteers needed!  Matt Mountain from NextGen Consultants, Inc. has volunteered to share one of his "Best Practices".  Please post your comments below if you have an idea for a best practice or if you would like to like to present one of your own. 

Our tentative agenda is:

• Sneak peak at the Summer '08 Release
• Partner presentation from ExactTarget
• 3-4 Best Practices from our group members

Meeting Details

Date: April 1, 2008
Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Place: Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
Huenefeld Tower Room
800 Vine Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202

The Huenefeld Tower Room is located on the third floor. Take the elevators to the third floor, turn left walk to the most southern corner of the building, you will enter the two oversized wooden doors.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Kindest Regards,

Dianna Raisor
Southern Ohio User Group Leader
dianna.raisor@shps.com
502-420-5538