Southern Ohio User Group Meeting - April 1st
January 31, 2008
The Southern Ohio user group is hosting it’s next meeting April 1st. (April fools! Ok…seriously…it’s taking place April first.)
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
Questions? Contact:
Dianna Raisor
Southern Ohio User Group Leader
dianna.raisor@shps.com
502-420-5538
Or visit the Southern Ohio User Group Blog for the full agenda and more details.
Oracle Gives Birth to Salesforce.com Gives Birth to…
January 31, 2008
First Oracle alumni leave to found Salesforce.com and other ventures, now, the second generation of alumni are leaving to form their own companies.
Denis Pombriant, of CRM Buyer, posted an interesting article about the trend of executives from key tech companies leaving industry leaders such as Oracle and Salesforce.com to found their own ventures.
In particular the story covers the recent departure of Salesforce.com CSO, Tien Tzuo. Tzuo left Salesforce.com with Benioff’s blessing and started Zeora, a firm looking to provide on-demand billing via SaaS.
From CRM Buyer:
“Now, the next generation of alumni is making its way onto the stage: alumni of the companies founded by Oracle expatriates. Numerous Salesforce.com and Siebel alumni are beginning to take their places as founders. Last year, for example, former Salesforce.com Senior Vice President Peter Gassner started Verticals onDemand along with Siebel alumnus Matt Wallach as his vice president of sales and marketing.”
Editors rating: 4.5/5 star. Great read.
Salesforce.com Senior Vice President Interviewed
January 30, 2008
Wall Street Journal Interviews Susan St. Ledger of Salesforce.com
SFDC’s VP answers questions on previous VP roles withing the company, previous roles outside of Salesforce and her thoughts on advanced education.
From the article:
Susan St. Ledger always thought she would go back and get her M.B.A. But too many, not-to-be-missed career opportunities got in the way. Ms. St. Ledger doesn’t regret any of them. Whether it was working as the chief of staff for the president of Sun Microsystems or introducing Salesforce.com’s Software-as-a-Service (SAS) platform to clients, Ms. St. Ledger found little time for hitting the books or sitting in a classroom. “I think getting an M.B.A. is a great thing, but I think you really have to balance it with, ‘What are the opportunities you’re faced with at work?’ “
To read the full interview, visit the Wall St. Journal Online.
Got Leads? 5 Part Guide on ‘Getting Some’
January 30, 2008
Find, Capture, Score, Nurture, Measure: New marketing series on Salesforce.com’s AppEx Blog shows you how to get leads and drive ROI.
I have to hand it to the team behind the Successforce community as they continue to produce timely, relevant and useful content for their (Salesforce.com) customers.
A new 5 part series recently launched entitled: “Secrets from Salesforce: five steps to marketing success”.
The series discusses how to leverage the AppExchange, specifically the marketing oriented integrations that will help you generate leads and sales.
Check out the introduction and first three parts of the five part series below:
Intro
Find Leads
Capture Leads
Lead Scoring
Salesforce.com Stock Predicted to Climb 24% in next 12 Months
January 29, 2008
A recent article on Bloomberg, the financial services web portal, highlights recent coverage by analysts of Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM).
In addition to the coverage by analysts, the article goes into detail on several other aspects of the company such as its force.com strategy (including force.com pricing), background on Marc Benioff’s progress since starting the company, and some of SFDC’s strengths compared to its competition.
From Bloomberg:
UBS AG’s Heather Bellini says the stock will climb 24 percent to $70 in 12 months, even though it is valued seven times more highly than Microsoft based on earnings estimates.
Bellini, the top-ranked software analyst by Institutional Investor magazine, this month changed her neutral stance and told clients to buy the shares because companies were creating programs on Salesforce.com’s computers, database and development software.
Giving clients a way to build programs online “is the Trojan horse for getting and retaining more customers,” Bellini said in an interview from New York. “We’re betting on companies that can show growth in a tough market, and we think Salesforce is one of them.”
To view the full article, visit Bloomberg.
SUPER TUESDAY: Santa Clara User Group Meeting - Feb 5th
January 29, 2008
Tuesdays are pretty exciting aren’t they?
Looking to learn more about eSignatures and digital document management (aka: digital contracts)? The Santa Clara User Group will be hosting its next meeting on February 5th.
From the SC User Group Blog:
“Let’s discuss “finding” opportunities and managing the paper process around closing the deal (contract e-signatures). The following sponsors will assist us in doing so: InsideView and EchoSign. This time we will have an extended “floodlights” session.”
Details:
Firehouse Grill - 111 S. Murphy Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Time: 4:00PM - 7:00PM
Telephone: 408-773-9500
For directions, go to: http://www.firehousegrill.com/To get more particulars on the meeting, visit the Santa Clara Salesforce.com User Group Blog.
Salesforce.com London User Group Meeting: Feb 19th
January 29, 2008
The next meeting of the London Salesforce.com User Group is taking place on February 19th at The Institute of Directors, 116 Pall Mall.
The focus will be email marketing including an introduction to the ExactTarget email marketing system. The meeting will also feature a customer case study and business and technical discussions.
For more details on the event, visit the London Salesforce.com User Group Blog.
San Francisco User Group Breakfast - Feb 7th
January 29, 2008
The San Francisco User Group is hosting its first ever user group breakfast. The meeting looks to be an interesting one!
TIME AND LOCATION:
Thursday, February 7th from 8AM to 10AM
Vertical Response
501 2nd St, 3rd Floor Meeting Room (Suite 350)
San Francisco, CA 94107
From the SF User Group Blog:
“Sponsored by Vertical Response and hosted at their offices, we are going to try a new format I’ve heard good things about, focusing on instruction and tips for both beginners as well as experienced users. We’ll be tackling Salesforce.com’s marketing functionality this first time around.”
To see more details about the meeting, including the agenda, visit the San Francisco Salesforce.com User Group Blog.
Salesforce.com #2 Fastest Growing Tech Stock in 2008
January 28, 2008
Salesforce moves up from 3rd place in 2007 to 2nd on Forbes.com top 25 list in 2008, just behind Google.
Forbes recently released its latest 25 Fastest Growing Tech Stocks report that lists Google and Salesforce.com in first and second place respectively.
Although Google’s share price dwarfs Salesforce’s (about 11x more expensive in terms of price as of last week), CRM topped GOOG in the Earnings Per Share (EPS) category sitting at 40% EPS compared to GOOG’s 30% for the same period.
From the Report:
“It has been a rough 12 months for the stock market, including technology stocks. The S&P 500 is off 2.1% over the past 12 months (dividends excluded) and the NASDAQ 100 Tech Index is off 8.7%. But you could have done well owning the really hot technology companies.”
According to the report, Forbe’s picks from 2007 are up 16% over all to date.
See the full article here.
Salesforce Times Site Updates
January 27, 2008
Just a quick note about a few changes made to the site over the weekend.
Due to a lack of easily accessible news for categories such as SF Consultants and Dev, I’ve dropped those categories and added an events section in their place. You’ll notice the “In the Mainstream” category has been replaced by Salesforce.com News and that this category displays quite a few more stories now.
The other changes are mostly minor SEO and content tweaks. Thought I’d let readers know I’m working on things a bit each week and that the site will continue to improve. So far readership continues to climb and the community is beginning to respond to my requests for help with content so stay tuned! There are a lot more positive changes in store for the site.
Thanks for reading!
Adam
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