A bad technology day, how we can collectively put an end to call center cold calls, a review of CRM Magazine’s 2018 CRM Market Awards winners, The ascents of Microsoft & Zoho, how long it really takes to become a CRM leader, how little separation there is among the top ranked vendors in point scores.
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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.
037 Salesforce Speculation Frenzy
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Sam and Steve discuss all the speculation that was sparked by Bloomberg’s report that salesforce.com “is working with financial advisors”. Zoho’s CEO speaks out. CRM product upgrades and rewrites.
025 Magical CRM Squares
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Steve and Sam discuss Gartner’s 2014 Magic Quadrant for Sales Force Automation. Sam airs a few of his CRM pet peeves.
024 Spring Fourteens
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Sam and Steve discuss Microsoft’s Spring ’14 Release Preview Guide & the race to catch up with salesforce.com, switching from HubSpot to Pardot, NetSuite SFA, SalesLogix Xbar and G2 Crowd Grid for CRM.
022 CRM Requirements Specificity
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The benefits to defining your CRM requirements as early as possible. Base’s move from Chicago to the Bay area. Microsoft’s CRM strategy. Native advertising explained. Twitter today.
019 In Between Polar Vortices
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Sam and Steve discuss extreme weather, SalesLogix 8.1, Microsoft’s purchase of Parature, cloud CRM iteration pace, BrightTALK integration with Salesforce, Zendesk’s IPO “signals” and more.
017 Safe 2014 CRM Predictions
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Sam & Steve review the year in CRM and make some predictions for 2014 without going too far out on respective limbs.
010 Trusting Your CRM Consultant
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Establishing trust between a CRM consultant and a customer, the concept of a proof-of-concept, Steve pokes fun at Microsoft’s CRM video script writer, Marc Benioff and Michael Arrington lightly spar before delaring their bromantic affection for one another, the hackiness of CRM journalism. Hosted by Steve Chipman & Sam Biardo.