Delivered Innovation Blog » Marketing Budget Management http://blog.deliveredinnovation.com Delivered Innovation Blog Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:22:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Cloudup 2-3-2012 http://blog.deliveredinnovation.com/2012/02/03/cloudup-2-3-2012/ http://blog.deliveredinnovation.com/2012/02/03/cloudup-2-3-2012/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:07:58 +0000 Delivered Innovation http://forcearchitects.deliveredinnovation.com/?p=2372 Hey, maybe your company should start taking advantage of the Social Enterprise? Have you rolled out Chatter yet in your organization? Becka offers some great advice on how she rolled out Chatter at her company. First, she allowed power users to get comfortable with Chatter in a sandbox environment for two months. This way, they could test it out, gather thoughts and feedback, and discuss best practices. During the end of this period, they began implementing a Chatter teaser campaign to all the end users to get them excited and interested. This campaign included videos on Chatter and a link to register for their Chatter training session. Once they thought it was ready for full implementation, they did a weekend launch to reduce the impact on users, and it was pretty darn smooth. On Tuesday, salesforce.com launched Desk.com, "a savvy customer support application that connects agents with e-mail, phone calls, and social channels;" the application allows for simple management of customer questions and feedback. Desk.com speaks to smaller and medium sized businesses by providing them with cloud-based customer support management. Initial setup is easy, and customers can quickly begin handling questions from phone calls, email, and social media. Desk.com is built on Assistly, which salesforce.com acquired in 2011. There is a long-standing discussion going on in the Salesforce.com Professional Network LinkedIn Group regarding expense management applications. James Sankpill, current Salesforce user, asked current users what applications they prefer to use for expense management. Answers have danced around apps such as Expensify, Concurforce, and our favorite budget application, Marketing Budget Management. Not to brag, but we think MBM has the best solution out there at the most reasonable price. So James (and anyone else looking for a budget application) don't forget to check out Marketing Budget Management on the AppExchange. TechWeek, a week long event in Chicago dedicated to technology innovation, released panel and presentation submissions this week! Now it's your time to vote and give the panels a green arrow or a red arrow. And while you're voting, make sure to pay attention to Delivered Innovation's TechWeek panels: "Growing up on the Cloud," and "To Like or Not to Like: Should Your Company Turn to Social?" TechWeek will be held on June 22-26, and you can purchase tickets here. ]]> Earlier this month saleforce.com announced their Analytics Edition, an add-on service that would be released in Spring ’12. Customers then became upset over this announcement, and argued over social media that the analytics capabilities included in this new release should be available at no additional cost. Well, salesforce.com listened, and responded: “We got it wrong, and we sincerely apologize to our customers.” Clearly the Social Enterprise does make a difference. Hey, maybe your company should start taking advantage of the Social Enterprise?

Have you rolled out Chatter yet in your organization? Becka offers some great advice on how she rolled out Chatter at her company. First, she allowed power users to get comfortable with Chatter in a sandbox environment for two months. This way, they could test it out, gather thoughts and feedback, and discuss best practices. During the end of this period, they began implementing a Chatter teaser campaign to all the end users to get them excited and interested. This campaign included videos on Chatter and a link to register for their Chatter training session. Once they thought it was ready for full implementation, they did a weekend launch to reduce the impact on users, and it was pretty darn smooth.

On Tuesday, salesforce.com launched Desk.com, “a savvy customer support application that connects agents with e-mail, phone calls, and social channels;” the application allows for simple management of customer questions and feedback. Desk.com speaks to smaller and medium sized businesses by providing them with cloud-based customer support management. Initial setup is easy, and customers can quickly begin handling questions from phone calls, email, and social media. Desk.com is built on Assistly, which salesforce.com acquired in 2011.

There is a long-standing discussion going on in the Salesforce.com Professional Network LinkedIn Group regarding expense management applications. James Sankpill, current Salesforce user, asked current users what applications they prefer to use for expense management. Answers have danced around apps such as Expensify, Concurforce, and our favorite budget application, Marketing Budget Management. Not to brag, but we think MBM has the best solution out there at the most reasonable price. So James (and anyone else looking for a budget application) don’t forget to check out Marketing Budget Management on the AppExchange.

TechWeek, a week long event in Chicago dedicated to technology innovation, released panel and presentation submissions this week! Now it’s your time to vote and give the panels a green arrow or a red arrow. And while you’re voting, make sure to pay attention to Delivered Innovation’s TechWeek panels: “Growing up on the Cloud,” and “To Like or Not to Like: Should Your Company Turn to Social?” TechWeek will be held on June 22-26, and you can purchase tickets here.

]]> http://blog.deliveredinnovation.com/2012/02/03/cloudup-2-3-2012/feed/ 0 Cloudup 1-27-2012 http://blog.deliveredinnovation.com/2012/01/27/cloudup-1-27-2012/ http://blog.deliveredinnovation.com/2012/01/27/cloudup-1-27-2012/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:35:00 +0000 Delivered Innovation http://forcearchitects.deliveredinnovation.com/?p=2358 Mike Topalovich, Brad DeSent, Consultant and Founder of Apex Consulting Group, Inc., and Chris Kabat, VP of Connected Business Systems at MPS Partners, as they discuss the evolving cloud computing landscape, the shifts in cloud technology, and provide examples of how companies are deploying these new technologies. It's free, so join us! AppExchange released the top 11 Salesforce applications in 2011, as ranked by "glowing customer reviews" in their categories. Some of the winners include Marketo Sales Insight for "Best ChatterExchange," ProvenWorks CountryComplete Free v2 for "Best Data Cleansing App," and Jobscience Recruiting for "Best Human Resources and Recruiting App." Check out the 11 applications to see if any can be of use to your organization. And hey, while you're at it, check out Marketing Budget Management as well, it's our favorite budgeting application. Maybe we'll see that one on the list next year? Wanted Analytics, a talent research firm, reported that there has been a 61% increase in cloud computing-related jobs in the past year. Even more impressive, San Francisco had a 95% increase in cloud computing jobs. Other cities with cloud computing jobs in demand include New York, DC, and Seattle. Supply and demand for cloud computing jobs is not being met; so, if you're considering a career change, perhaps you should look towards the cloud. Congratulations to the newest round of Force.com MVPs. The MVP program is set in place to highlight individuals that provide outstanding service to the community, show leadership, and stewardship. As Force.com states, "MVPs are people who widely disseminate their knowledge as well as actively interfacing with and shaping the community." Congrats, winners! Salesforce is more than just a CRM system, it can be used as a platform to develop a variety of custom applications quickly. The platform (Force.com) is reliable, doesn't require on-premise software and infrastructure, and applications can be developed quickly and efficiently. Additionally, Salesforce is linked to the AppExchange, where there are already hundreds of pre-built applications, some of which are even free. If you're looking for custom application development, let us know if we can help. ]]> Delivered Innovation is partnering with the Illinois Technology Association to hold our next event, State of the Cloud 2012. Join our CTO, Mike Topalovich, Brad DeSent, Consultant and Founder of Apex Consulting Group, Inc., and Chris Kabat, VP of Connected Business Systems at MPS Partners, as they discuss the evolving cloud computing landscape, the shifts in cloud technology, and provide examples of how companies are deploying these new technologies. It’s free, so join us!

AppExchange released the top 11 Salesforce applications in 2011, as ranked by “glowing customer reviews” in their categories. Some of the winners include Marketo Sales Insight for “Best ChatterExchange,” ProvenWorks CountryComplete Free v2 for “Best Data Cleansing App,” and Jobscience Recruiting for “Best Human Resources and Recruiting App.” Check out the 11 applications to see if any can be of use to your organization. And hey, while you’re at it, check out Marketing Budget Management as well, it’s our favorite budgeting application. Maybe we’ll see that one on the list next year?

Wanted Analytics, a talent research firm, reported that there has been a 61% increase in cloud computing-related jobs in the past year. Even more impressive, San Francisco had a 95% increase in cloud computing jobs. Other cities with cloud computing jobs in demand include New York, DC, and Seattle. Supply and demand for cloud computing jobs is not being met; so, if you’re considering a career change, perhaps you should look towards the cloud.

Congratulations to the newest round of Force.com MVPs. The MVP program is set in place to highlight individuals that provide outstanding service to the community, show leadership, and stewardship. As Force.com states, “MVPs are people who widely disseminate their knowledge as well as actively interfacing with and shaping the community.” Congrats, winners!

Salesforce is more than just a CRM system, it can be used as a platform to develop a variety of custom applications quickly. The platform (Force.com) is reliable, doesn’t require on-premise software and infrastructure, and applications can be developed quickly and efficiently. Additionally, Salesforce is linked to the AppExchange, where there are already hundreds of pre-built applications, some of which are even free. If you’re looking for custom application development, let us know if we can help.

]]> http://blog.deliveredinnovation.com/2012/01/27/cloudup-1-27-2012/feed/ 0 Marketing Budget Management Live on the salesforce.com AppExchange http://blog.deliveredinnovation.com/2009/09/04/marketing-budget-management-live-on-the-salesforce-com-appexchange/ http://blog.deliveredinnovation.com/2009/09/04/marketing-budget-management-live-on-the-salesforce-com-appexchange/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:06:51 +0000 Delivered Innovation http://saaskatoon.deliveredinnovation.com/?p=451 Marketing Budget Management, the second app that Delivered Innovation has designed and developed for our friends at Marketing Lucidity, has passed security review and is now available for download on the salesforce.com AppExchange as a Force.com native application.

Marketing Lucidity’s Marketing Budget Management application for Salesforce CRM integrates seamlessly into the Salesforce Marketing suite, enabling marketing users to establish enterprise-class marketing budgets, expense tracking, and partner marketing funds.

Check out Marketing Budget Management today on the AppExchange:

http://sites.force.com/appexchange/listingDetail?listingId=a0N30000001e80SEAQ

]]> Marketing Budget Management, the second app that Delivered Innovation has designed and developed for our friends at Marketing Lucidity, has passed security review and is now available for download on the salesforce.com AppExchange as a Force.com native application.

Marketing Lucidity’s Marketing Budget Management application for Salesforce CRM integrates seamlessly into the Salesforce Marketing suite, enabling marketing users to establish enterprise-class marketing budgets, expense tracking, and partner marketing funds.

Check out Marketing Budget Management today on the AppExchange:

http://sites.force.com/appexchange/listingDetail?listingId=a0N30000001e80SEAQ

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