Sam’s office party interruption, Salesforce vs Microsoft comparison update, CRM requirements for sales management, self-implementing CRM, the cost of CRM professional services, preventing scope creep on flat rate engagements, quote to order to invoice, level of detail in CRM requirements, the difference between sales and marketing, low CRM adoption by salespeople, giving salespeople more options, the Benioff and Nadella bromance is over, our past bad annual predictions, a couple of predictions for 2017, Yahoo! announces a new hack.
056 Movable Hazard
Golfing in central Florida with alligators, Microsoft Dynamics rebranding and new pricing, more CRM vendors add AI, Chat and Drift, blocking the LinkedIn deal, automating drip marketing, customer journey mapping overload, simplified process mapping with Elements.cloud, CRMNext and banking, building a CRM vertical on a platform vs. building from the ground up.
055 The Internet of Boats
Sam’s European river cruise & other adventures, Podcasteasy.com, Dreamforce ’16 report, Salesforce Einstein, MVPs, Twitter pass, DCLeaks and acquisition targets, government email security.
054 Autonomous Upselling
Cheap MacBook upgrade, Apple’s port reduction, Yathit for Sugar and Gmail, Microsoft’s big win over Salesforce, Wells Fargo’s sales compensation plan “glitch”, autonomous selling, AI-powered CRM.
053 Integrable ERP
Quickbooks to CRM integration, data driven digital marketing, Oracle acquires NetSuite, salespeople’s first CRM impression, Best CRM advertising site, the $14B CRM debacle, SugarCRM’s channel award, sales & marketing alignment.
052 Popup Free Experience
Using Uber for business travel, LinkedIn Sales Navigator integration with Microsoft’s top competitors, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Salesforce closes DemandWare deal, Chat popups and exit intent popups.
051 CRM Carneros Cast
SugarCon 2016, Microsoft buys LinkedIn & what Facebook should do, Salesforce buys DemandWare, Klipfolio.
Recorded at the beautiful Gloria Ferrer Caves & Vineyards in Sonoma, California. Many thanks to Jason for his excellent service and great insights into sparkling wine.
050 CXM Ahead
CRM Evolution conference, customer portals, customer experience management (CX, CEM or CXM), Salesforce NA14 downtime, voice commands and CRM, Amazon Echo, Calendly, Google Slides API & CRM use cases.
049 CRM Database Cleaning
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Apple news, being an airline passenger in the 1960’s, Sam’s CRM database cleaning effort, limiting the number of marketing automation system records.
048 Stacks of Marketing Technology
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Sonoma wine, MarTech, the marketing technology stack, how to develop a marketing automation playbook.
047 CRM Fun & Games
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Sam and Steve discuss gamification and touch on the benefits of a marketing automation playbook.
046 El Nino CRM
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Voice control of CRM, prospect and customer engagement data with Wistia and Attach, CRM and marketing automation poll results, Google Trends for CRM and MA vendors.
045 Everyone Needs a Rewrite
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Native advertising, removal of CRM features, CRM software rewrites, 2016 predictions, crowdsourced CRM review sites.
044 CRM Proximity
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Steve and Sam talk CRM and mapping with Proxima Software founder David Wahl.
043 Between Vacations
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Sam & Steve discuss Dreamforce, Infor Next San Diego, CPQ technology, Amazon EC2 & S3, Chromebooks, Vertical CRM vendors and LinkedIn as CRM.
042 Wispy Cirrus Clouds at Dreamforce
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Steve interviews Brandon Bruce, co-founder of CirrusPath, at Dreamforce 2015 in the Admin Lodge.
041 Useful CRM Cases
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Sam and Steve talk about CRM use cases and about a bottle of 2001 Casanova di Neri Brunello.
040 Against Doctor’s Orders
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Ignoring orthopedists, Apple Watch flop, Government CRM, poor man’s B2B landing pages
039 Hawkish Warriors
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After congratulating one another for the respective championship victories of the Hawks and the Warriors, Sam and Steve discuss CRM project management, the effectiveness of drip email, big data and predictive analytics.
038 The Salesfortification of Sage
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Steve and Sam lightly deconstruct the Marc Benioff / Stephen Kelly fireside chat about the upcoming release of Sage Life, a small business accounting application that’s being built on the Salesforce1 platform. This is followed by a discussion about verticalized CRM.