Monthly Archives: June 2007

Salesforce Heads Cross Country On AIR

Posted on June 28, 2007 by Jeff Grosse in AppExchange, Dreamforce, Integration, Tools | Leave a comment

Salesforce is co-sponsoring a cross country bus tour Adobe is subtitling “Cross Country Coding.”  The On AIR tour consists of three months, eighteen US cities, a big red bus, and evangelism about Adobe AIR ((Adobe Integrated Runtime) formerly Apollo).  It’s a little hard to see, but to the left of the O’Reilly decal is the Salesforce logo.  You can see more pictures of the bus on Flickr.  I’m registered already for the Minneapolis event in September which should prove pretty … →

Salesforce for the Fast and the Furious

Posted on June 18, 2007 by Jeff Grosse in Productivity, Tools | 4 Comments

Internet connection speeds have evolved in recent years to blinding speeds.  Today, we’re used to information delivered fast.  But what is your patience threshold?  How impatient do you get waiting for your browser to render the content you want to see? I often resort to finger tapping or humming a little tune while waiting for my browser to render.  It seems though, that I have less time for humming and tapping since trying out the new beta version of Apple Safari … →

Modified Prognostication….or, Wow, How Wrong Was I?

Posted on June 14, 2007 by Jeff Grosse in News, Predictions | Leave a comment

Back in May, I began keeping track of the daily transactions Salesforce.com is handling.  I was curious to see when the next big threshold would be met…100,000,000 transactions per day.  I predicted it would be at the end of August.  After looking at more data, I’m revising my prediction. Salesforce.com has been serving up 25% more daily transactions every twenty weeks.  At that rate, they’re headed to the 100 Mil mark by the end of June.  Given the trends, June 26 comes to … →

The Google-Salesforce News You May Not Have Heard

Posted on June 7, 2007 by Jeff Grosse in Analytics, AppExchange, Customization, News | Leave a comment

June 5 has come and gone.  The Google Salesforce alliance announcement that had been rumored and speculated about for weeks was made more clear.  In a nutshell, Google and Salesforce teamed up to revamp the widely popular Team Edition of Salesforce as Salesforce Group Edition.  What it means to the thousands of Team Edition customers is that they will now have an on-ramp to building their business through Google AdWords. While much of the media is talking about that side … →

The $200 Sixth Reason to Get Involved

Posted on June 5, 2007 by Jeff Grosse in International, Local, Social Networking, User Groups | Leave a comment

I know of a sixth reason you should join a Salesforce local user group.  Up to $200 off your registration for Dreamforce 07, the Salesforce event of the year.  (See my other five reasons to get involved) Anyone who registers for Dreamforce before July 16 automatically gets the $100 off, but when you join a local user group, you’ll be able to get a promotional code that gives you the additional $100 off when you register by July 13.  User group leaders … →

Five Reasons to Get Involved

Posted on June 5, 2007 by Jeff Grosse in Local, Social Networking, User Groups | 2 Comments

You’re not alone in the Salesforce.com world! It can sometimes feel that way when you have your head down in all the daily work you do. You wonder if there’s a better way to get your work done. Who works in the same type of environment that you do and has something to share? Who has already solved a problem you’re now seeking an solution to? I can think of a place. In 42 cities or countries around the world, … →

Simple Button; Quicker Access; Off You Go

Posted on June 4, 2007 by Jeff Grosse in Customization, Productivity, Tools | 3 Comments

How do you get into Salesforce.com?  Do you have it bookmarked?  Is it saved on your desktop?  Do you just type it each time?  Is it on your Google Homepage or maybe on My Yahoo?  Any way you get there, how quickly can you get yourself logged into Salesforce to do your work? Here’s what I’ve found to be the easiest, and it’s just one click away from any web page I’m on.    It looks like this  and it sits … →

Salesforce Search; It’s Not Just in “The App” Anymore

Posted on June 4, 2007 by Jeff Grosse in Customization, Productivity, Tools | 2 Comments

You’ve busy qualifying a lead or some other activity in your browser and you need to quick look something up in Salesforce.  How do you find it quick?  Adding Salesforce as a search engine is how and the Google Toolbar makes it quick and simple. If you don’t already have it, download the Google Toolbar for Firefox or Internet Explorer.  Log into Salesforce and look for a Search input box.  Right click on the input box and select Generate Custom Search.  When … →