Posts Tagged ‘CRM’

The MicroStrategy World 2019 agenda is out and it’s time to start planning your conference schedule (it’s easy with the MicroStrategy mobile app). Among the many can’t-miss sessions, there are two customer sessions you should make time for: AllianceBernstein and UBS. These two key customers will share the innovative ways they have transformed their organizations […]

Using CPQ for a Smoother Sales Process Configure Price Quote (CPQ) software and its strategies in the current market continue to evolve and bring greater precision, accuracy, speed, and improvement in every aspect of sales cycles, from product pricing to complex product configurations. CPQ tools offer greater insights into your customers’ needs and enable them […]

When customers have a problem, call center agents are the front line of defense. In addition to using the right technology to enable them for success, make sure you have the right team to start with. Here are three ways you can create a successful support team that will service your customers with grace and […]

Several releases back, Salesforce introduced new productivity tools to help users with their repetitive tasks. The one we are featuring here is quick text; the other is Macros, which we’ll explore on another blog. Quick text allows users to insert a standard comment or note on a record to answer common questions or record quick […]

St. Louis-based Buckingham Strategic Wealth is a growing organization of advisors, financial specialists, and national thought leaders in the wealth management industry. While they spend time focused on being the trusted advisors for everything financial for their clients, they turned to Perficient for help with their technology environment. The Challenge CRM adoption was lower than anticipated due to system […]

The question that is often asked is: Can we leverage the same security we already have in Oracle Fusion SaaS (which includes users, duties, roles and security policies) to secure data in Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC – an Oracle PaaS)? The answer is Yes. To understand better how this is possible, keep reading. This blog […]

How customers engage and interact with brands is becoming the biggest focus for those who want to stay ahead of their competition in 2019 and beyond. If you’re in a crowded marketplace and your prices are competitive, what more can you really offer? A better customer experience. It’s become paramount. When it comes to making a […]

Keeping your team aligned has its own challenges, especially when taking on new technology. A core component of Salesforce is Chatter, which enables enterprise-level social networking for employees, partners, and customers in a secure, measurable, and trackable environment. With the interchangeable terms from company to company and across technologies, we evaluated the top terms people […]

“What Exactly Is Salesforce?” I sometimes run into people that have not heard of Salesforce. It doesn’t happen very often. But when I do, I try to figure out how to best describe what Salesforce is to them. Me: Salesforce is a Customer Success Platform that allows users to “easily log, manage, and analyze all […]

Sometimes, the difference between winning deals with your customers or walking away empty-handed involves one critical element – trust. If you haven’t earned your buyer’s trust, how likely are they to invest their company’s dollars in your product or solution? Not very. In fact, as stated in LinkedIn’s The State of Sales 2017 report, “77% […]

Why Brand My Salesforce Community? A brand is much more than a memorable logo, clever tagline, and a cohesive palette of colors or clean lines and typography. Bottom line, it’s about providing added value for your customers, building trust through quality and consistency, and ultimately boosting customer satisfaction and loyalty. Beyond a customer’s perception of […]

Don’t Overlook the Need for Governance! One of the biggest pain points customers often have with managing their Salesforce environments is the lack of governance. Who’s in charge? Where do you go with questions, or worse, problems? Why Do You Need Salesforce Governance Framework? A governance framework provides an intake method for receiving and prioritizing […]