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Perficient, a leading digital transformation consulting firm serving Global 2000® and other large enterprise customers throughout North America, recently announced it has been designated a Salesforce Platinum Consulting Partner.  In a large and diverse partner ecosystem, Salesforce consulting partners are rated based on the total value contribution to Salesforce’s business, their cloud specializations and certifications, […]

Self-service has quickly climbed the ranks as a high-priority support strategy for leading service organizations. One of the easiest ways to deliver exceptional customer service is by building a self-service support community for your customers. Research shows that 72% of customers prefer to use a company’s website to find answers. Also, studies from Gartner show more […]

Migrating from one technology to another always has its unique challenges, and migrating from Zendesk to Service Cloud is no exception. However, we’ve done a migration or two (more like 10 or more) and consistently get the same migration questions from clients. In case you missed it, we’ve already covered ten reasons why we see customers […]

Having worked on a number of Zendesk to Salesforce Service Cloud migrations to date, we see a core set of common themes around why customers choose to migrate to Salesforce.  As such, we wanted to share the typical profiles or personas and trends for companies (from an organization and system perspective) moving off of Zendesk […]

“Everything changes, nothing remains without change.” – Buddha Implementing Salesforce Service Cloud will set the foundation to potentially have all your sales and service teams on one standard, reliable platform.  The benefits of Salesforce Service Cloud on its own are numerous and have been discussed at length in various other blogs or white papers.  Let’s […]

We continue to see a common theme with rapidly growing companies as they scale their business operations, especially within the service organization. There’s an increased need to ensure they have the right support framework and platform in place that they can depend on to profitably grow the business. The customer service technology system ecosystem has […]

Perficient had the honor of participating in Cox Automotive’s first-ever Salesforce Summit earlier this year at their company headquarters in Atlanta. As our client, it was so exciting to not only see 150 business and technology leaders we work with, from across the more than 25 brands Cox Automotive owns, come together to share and learn from other […]

Want to increase your lead generation and revenue? Or drive engagement with your partner channels? You’ve got a tough job. But whether you want to get more out of your PRM or you’ve outgrown your current tools, this is the perfect place to start. Watch the Webcast Explore trends in the manufacturing industry and key […]

Yesterday Salesforce announced the launch of Lightning Partner Communities, delivering a best-in-class digital experience for companies looking to accelerate channel sales from their partner ecosystem. Empowering your partners, resellers, and channel teams with new collaborative tools has become imperative to driving growth for successful partner programs today. However, many companies still struggle with disconnected business systems, […]

Our customer, GoPro, had the honor of sharing their Salesforce success story along with some Service Cloud Console best practices at Dreamforce a few weeks ago. If you weren’t able to go to this particular session or were unable to attend Dreamforce this year, here are the highlights presented by Scott Murphy, Sr. Manager of Support, Global Operations. This blog also includes a […]

Every Salesforce implementation has its zenith in deploying the final solution and going live. This may include multiple phases or steps, people and technologies to be successful. When planning your next CRM deployment, take a page out of a recent house move when thinking about the essential steps. House moves are similarly complex. There are often a […]

Philanthropy: A Powerful Message for the Salesforce Community Salesforce put its philanthropic message front and center at Dreamforce. Will.i.am kicked the keynote off on Wednesday with a very strong message around becoming a mentor to inner city children. And not just inner cities here in America, but abroad. A fast fact: more children have died in Chicago due […]