Using Google Docs for GTD® , Scrums & Project Management
While Google Wave died almost a year ago, Google Docs and Drive live on so it is time to revisit how we use it for Getting Things Done® (GTD® ), scrums, and project management.
Taming The Email Monster Revisited
Expanding on the “Tame the Email Monster with These 3 Easy Tips” with a few more for 2013.
Doing Work with Do.com
Checking out Do.com for project management, and its integration to Salesforce and other cloud platforms.
Comparing Data Loaders for Salesforce
Comparison and reviews of third-party data loaders for Salesforce while stacking these up against the Apex Data Loader.
Too Much Chatter - Unfollow Like a Pro
How to use list views and the Data Loader to mass unfollow Salesforce.com records in Chatter.
The Rise of Cloud Depreciation in Spring 12
With every new Salesforce.com release comes tons of new features to try or buy, but sometimes a new release is a time to say goodbye.
The Guts & Glory of Global Permission Sets
Global Permission Sets were introduced in the Winter 13 release of Salesforce as a way to eliminate Permission Set proliferation just as Permission Sets were created to help prevent Profile proliferation. Let’s break this down to see if Globals as I’ll call them will do just what they are intended to do.
The Best & Worst iOS Podcast Apps
A quick review of four different applications for subscribing and listening to your favorite podcasts on iOS.
Summer 12 Hard Core
A look at some of the core features that Salesforce.com is planning in the Summer 12 release.
Spring 12 Release Notes Rapid Reaction
Once again Salesforce has a large release scheduled for Spring 12 - here are some of my favorite features.
Salesforce Hears a Many Who?
A quick and dirty review of shared activities for tasks which will be released in Summer '12.
Sales Discovery Best Practices
A quick breakdown of some of the best practices for the sales discovery process.
Quick and Easy Salesforce Validation Rules
A look at two simple Salesforce.com validation rules that have applications across verticals and understanding the syntax behind them.
One-Pager Tear Sheets with Conga Composer
A look into using Conga Composer to generate one-page tear sheets, to summarize a Limited Partner or Fund for financial firms.
Nonprofit Starter Pack (NPSP) - Love it or Leave It
The Nonprofit Starter Pack - known as NPSP in the Salesforce community - is a set of packages installed in a Salesforce environment to transform the “Sales Cloud” into a “Fundraising Cloud”. The packages have some great features... and some not so great features. Here are my thoughts on what I would "take" or "leave".
Networking the Dreamforce Portal
A quick look into how to network using the Dreamforce portal.
My Three Extra Digital Brains
How I keep things organized in this day and age of information overload with three extra digital brains.
Messages Beta for OS X: A Review
With the announcement of OS X Mountain Lion last week, iMessage finally gets desktop integration in the form of Messages Beta.
How To: Loading Opportunity Product Data
An easy step by step process for loading Salesforce opportunity product data and line items.
Holiday Tips & Tricks for Nonprofits
Last minute tips and tricks for maximizing gift giving during the end of year and holiday season.
Google Chrome Extensions That Rock
A review of four of my favorite extensions that make the world’s most popular browser, Google Chrome, even better.
Extreme Reporting for Non-Profits with Conga Composer
Conga Composer and Salesforce.com’s Cross-Object Workflow from Spring ‘12 simplify a difficult reporting requirement for a non-profit Arkus client.
Driving Sales with Chatter
A look at how Salesforce.com Chatter has evolved and worked its way into our sales process.
Demystifying Salesforce Portals
Salesforce.com delivers high powered portals to your customers and partners bringing together the best of both worlds - your back-end system and data visible and actionable by external users.
Cross Object Workflow in Salesforce.com
In the Spring ‘12 release of Salesforce.com cross object workflow rules were introduced. This is a simple yet very effective use for this new breed of workflow rules.
Creating a Social Enterprise with Salesforce.com Part 2
Part two of this blog takes a look what tools you can use to become a "Social Enterprise".
Cloudforce '12 - NYC
With Cloudforce nipping at the heels of Dreamforce ‘12, you’re asking yourself - “Why should I go?” Here’s why you should go, or, better yet, here’s why your staff should go.
Cloud Computing Predictions for 2013
For the third year in a row I am going to throw down some crazy cloud computing predictions for the next year and hope that any part of them come true.
Chatter Approvals: Almost Managerial Bliss
Taking a look at Chatter Approvals, one of the things that brought lots of oohs and ahas at Dreamforce 11.
Behind the Scenes of CloudFocus Weekly - 100 Episodes Later
A behind the scenes look at the CloudFocus Weekly Podcast - the weekly cloud computing podcast brought to you by Arkus.