Let’s look at some frequently overlooked Salesforce costs. The goal is to provide businesses and decision-makers with a comprehensive understanding of the full financial implications involved in adopting Salesforce. By highlighting these often unexpected expenses, Tectonic aims to align your journey from initiation to ‘go live’ with your budget expectations.
Salesforce Inbox explained. Enhance the productivity of sales reps with Inbox features, enabling efficient management of every email message, whether they’re on the move or at their desk. Available in: Lightning Experience Certain features are accessible with Sales Cloud and included in Starter, Professional, Enterprise, Performance, and Unlimited Editions. All features are accessible with Inbox, Sales Engagement, or Sales Cloud Einstein. An Inbox license grants access to Inbox features within the Outlook integration, Gmail integration, and Lightning Experience, and also provides entry to the mobile app. Outlook and Gmail Integration Features Email integrations empower sales reps to interact with Salesforce data directly within Microsoft Outlook and Gmail or through the Salesforce Inbox mobile app. The Outlook integration (with or without Inbox) is accessible as a Salesforce Outlook add-on from the Office Store. The Gmail integration (with or without Inbox) is available as a Salesforce Chrome Extension from the Chrome Web Store. The Inbox mobile app can be obtained from the Apple Store or Google Play Store. Certain Inbox features are also accessible when sending emails from Lightning Experience. Setting Up Inbox To configure Salesforce Inbox, enable the application for desktop, mobile, or both, designate users permitted to use Inbox, and customize Inbox features. All features are accessible with Inbox, Sales Engagement, or Sales Cloud Einstein. Using Inbox Features Boost productivity and efficiency with Inbox. View pertinent Salesforce records alongside your emails and events, and link email messages to Salesforce, keeping your colleagues informed about your communications. Access productivity features wherever you send emails. Once Salesforce Inbox is configured for your organization, Inbox users can install any or all Inbox clients. During installation, users link their email and calendar to Salesforce. Inbox Clients Each user requires an Inbox client to access Inbox features. The app offers various client options to support common Google™ and Microsoft® email platforms for desktop and mobile devices. Choose the client that aligns with your environment. Installing Inbox Clients To utilize Inbox, install the client that is compatible with your platform and email account. Utilizing Inbox Features in Outlook and Gmail Maximize productivity and efficiency with Inbox features directly within Microsoft Outlook® or Gmail™. Using Inbox Mobile Enhance productivity and efficiency while on the move with the Inbox mobile app. Salesforce Inbox Mobile Release Notes Inbox mobile was retired as of February 1, 2024. An Inbox license grants access to Inbox features within the Outlook integration, Gmail integration, and Lightning Experience, and also provides entry to the Inbox mobile app. Legacy Salesforce Inbox Legacy versions of the Salesforce Inbox Outlook add-in and Chrome extension have been retired. Inbox features are now accessible via the Salesforce add-in available in the Microsoft AppSource Store and the Chrome Web Store. An Inbox license unlocks the Inbox features you currently use. To continue utilizing Inbox features in Outlook and Gmail, obtain the Salesforce add-in for Outlook or the Chrome Extension for Gmail. Ensure to uninstall the legacy add-in or extension after installing the new version. Obtain the Salesforce add-in for Outlook Obtain the Salesforce add-in for Gmail (G Suite or Google Workspace email required) Content updated January 2024. Like1 Related Posts Salesforce OEM AppExchange Expanding its reach beyond CRM, Salesforce.com has launched a new service called AppExchange OEM Edition, aimed at non-CRM service providers. Read more The Salesforce Story In Marc Benioff’s own words How did salesforce.com grow from a start up in a rented apartment into the world’s Read more Salesforce Jigsaw Salesforce.com, a prominent figure in cloud computing, has finalized a deal to acquire Jigsaw, a wiki-style business contact database, for Read more Health Cloud Brings Healthcare Transformation Following swiftly after last week’s successful launch of Financial Services Cloud, Salesforce has announced the second installment in its series Read more
Salesforce provides programmatic access to your org’s information using simple, powerful, and secure application programming interfaces (APIs). Before reading more about SOAP API, you should have a basic familiarity with software development, web services, and the Salesforce user interface.
What are Salesforce Quickstarts? Salesforce Quickstarts are ideal for individual departments or small sales and customer services teams looking to maximize their Salesforce experience right from the beginning. These packages, also known as Salesforce Jumpstarts, are comprehensive solutions encompassing everything from initial setup and configuration to training and support. They are particularly suitable for small to medium-sized businesses aiming for quick deployment and an accelerated start with Salesforce. Salesforce Quickstarts What does Tectonic offer with its Salesforce Quickstart Package? Note the name has changed to Salesforce Implementation Solutions. Tectonic’s Salesforce Quickstart Package provides a streamlined implementation process tailored for companies seeking a swift Salesforce deployment. Quickstarts vary from Salesforce product to product. But essentially follow these parameters. This limited engagement focuses on essential planning, decision-making, standard and custom configurations, and crucial user and admin training. All with Tectonic’s high standards of customer satisfaction. Geared towards small to medium-sized businesses, this Quickstart Implementation covers sales, marketing, service, and more Salesforce clouds. It offers immediate benefits and lays the foundation for future digital transformation. Salesforce Quickstarts can be customized for any industry. Who is it for? Key Benefits What’s included? Partner Assistance with Salesforce Implementation Salesforce consulting partners like Tectonic assist in assessing needs, configuring Quickstart packages, providing training and support, adopting best practices, and optimizing the Salesforce environment. Tectonic offers ready-to-launch Quickstart packages and Accelerators, ensuring faster system fulfillment, cost reduction, secure scaling, and an enhanced customer experience. How to use Trailhead for Salesforce Learning after a Quickstart? Trailhead breaks down learning topics into modules, each containing units. Completing units involves quizzes or hands-on challenges, earning points. Once all units in a module are finished, you receive a badge displayed on your profile. Trailhead is a free and comprehensive learning platform for Salesforce, suitable for newcomers and professionals looking to enhance their skills and knowledge. Contact Tectonic today to explore Salesforce Quickstarts. Content updated April 2024. Like1 Related Posts Salesforce OEM AppExchange Expanding its reach beyond CRM, Salesforce.com has launched a new service called AppExchange OEM Edition, aimed at non-CRM service providers. Read more The Salesforce Story In Marc Benioff’s own words How did salesforce.com grow from a start up in a rented apartment into the world’s Read more Salesforce Jigsaw Salesforce.com, a prominent figure in cloud computing, has finalized a deal to acquire Jigsaw, a wiki-style business contact database, for Read more Health Cloud Brings Healthcare Transformation Following swiftly after last week’s successful launch of Financial Services Cloud, Salesforce has announced the second installment in its series Read more
Zendesk Connection Salesforce and Zendesk integration. Create a remote connection using the Zendesk connector to sync data from Zendesk to Salesforce CRM Analytics. Create Connection Connection Settings All settings require a value, unless otherwise indicated. SETTING DESCRIPTION Connection Name Identifies the connections. Use a convention that lets you easily distinguish between different connections. Developer Name API name for the connection. This name can’t include spaces. The API name is used in your recipes to reference data extracted through this connection. You can’t change the developer name after you create the connection. Description Description Username User name for the Zendesk account. URL Complete URL of the Zendesk account. Enter in the format: <http or https>://<Instance Name>.zendesk.com/<Instance Details>For example:https://blueskysystems.zendesk.com/api/v3 Password Password for the Zendesk account. Salesforce and Zendesk integration Connector Considerations When working with the Zendesk connector, keep these behaviors in mind. Like Related Posts Salesforce OEM AppExchange Expanding its reach beyond CRM, Salesforce.com has launched a new service called AppExchange OEM Edition, aimed at non-CRM service providers. Read more The Salesforce Story In Marc Benioff’s own words How did salesforce.com grow from a start up in a rented apartment into the world’s Read more Salesforce Jigsaw Salesforce.com, a prominent figure in cloud computing, has finalized a deal to acquire Jigsaw, a wiki-style business contact database, for Read more Health Cloud Brings Healthcare Transformation Following swiftly after last week’s successful launch of Financial Services Cloud, Salesforce has announced the second installment in its series Read more
Everybody loves pie, but not all of us love pie charts (except when it’s a chart about pie). It turns out, our brains have a hard time comparing the area of shapes. When it comes to visualizing data, we prefer simple and easy to understand. Consider making that pie chart in your next presentation a bar chart. This unsavory position against pie charts reflects Tectonic’s passion for effective data visualizations. When done properly, visualizations help us quickly see new things and digest the size and scale of your business and market. Visualizations that allow you to interact with data and easily see areas where you need to focus, make decision making easier. But many of us are stuck managing from charts of numbers, or at best static visualizations in a power point. You know those presentations that someone spends weeks creating each month to describe the events in the prior month. Is this the kind of efficiency we thought 2018 technology would deliver? When you finally get the information, how do you correctly tie individual results to the trends in your business and markets so you can draw the right conclusions and make decisions? For example: are we generating enough leads, in the right industries, for the right products to generate the revenue we need in Q4? In other words, how do you translate how much pie you have eaten into how full you are? On the surface, it seems easy: If I’m eating pie, it’s late in the meal and I’m probably already full…but what if those assumptions don’t hold true? Are you willing to risk your comfort on it…or your business on it? At Tectonic, we help you align your desired business results with the events and activities in your business. These “analytical pathways” make it simpler to use data to drive your business. We can show you how to unlock the trends in your business and use data to drive new results. Happy Pie Season! Like1 Related Posts Salesforce OEM AppExchange Expanding its reach beyond CRM, Salesforce.com has launched a new service called AppExchange OEM Edition, aimed at non-CRM service providers. Read more How Travel Companies Are Using Big Data and Analytics In today’s hyper-competitive business world, travel and hospitality consumers have more choices than ever before. With hundreds of hotel chains Read more A World Series Lesson for Your Business The Houston Astros won the World Series last night. The first time the organization has won the World Series since Read more Why Your Company Isn’t Like a Baseball Team Recently, Chris shared an excellent post about the new World Series Champion Houston Astros. In short, it was a reminder Read more
Recently, Chris shared an excellent post about the new World Series Champion Houston Astros. In short, it was a reminder of how data-driven thinking can have massive results. But what does it take for an organization to achieve this? The first is leadership committed to a long term goal. It took the Astros 6 years of hard work and commitment to a new way of thinking to achieve their goals. The book/movie “Moneyball” does a good job illustrating all of the previous thinking that had to be overcome. After all, people had made life-long careers on that thinking, so why change? If your leadership isn’t committed to this long term, it simply won’t happen. However, it just takes one leader of a part of the organization to lead the way. The second thing you need is data. The baseball world is full of passionate and focused score keepers. Pitch counts, speed, game time temperature, at bats vs lefties, etc. Google actually has a free baseball stats dataset: https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/public-data/baseball. Unfortunately for most of us, there isn’t someone recording each and every movement we make at work (that may be a good thing for some of you). However, it does make it hard to be data driven if you don’t have data. So how do you convince a leader to become data driven and how do you decide what data to capture? Business leaders care about results, so aligning to those will get their support. Those results are driven by actions taken by the organization, so the data that describes those actions is what needs captured. When you take this approach you may find that some of the actions aren’t being recorded at all, many don’t have enough information about them and all of them are difficult to pull together and understand. Even when those hurdles have been overcome, you then face the issue of how to get information back into the hands of the masses who can use it to change the result. At Tectonic, we’ve combined world class salesforce implementation expertise with data science and analytics know how to drive innovative business results. We can help you navigate the above complexities so you can play better baseball. Original url: https://www.gettectonic.com/single-post/2017/11/10/why-your-company-isnt-like-a-baseball-team Like1 Related Posts Salesforce OEM AppExchange Expanding its reach beyond CRM, Salesforce.com has launched a new service called AppExchange OEM Edition, aimed at non-CRM service providers. Read more The Salesforce Story In Marc Benioff’s own words How did salesforce.com grow from a start up in a rented apartment into the world’s Read more Salesforce Jigsaw Salesforce.com, a prominent figure in cloud computing, has finalized a deal to acquire Jigsaw, a wiki-style business contact database, for Read more Health Cloud Brings Healthcare Transformation Following swiftly after last week’s successful launch of Financial Services Cloud, Salesforce has announced the second installment in its series Read more
Expanding its reach beyond CRM, Salesforce.com has launched a new service called AppExchange OEM Edition, aimed at non-CRM service providers. This move allows on-demand service providers in various industries to leverage Salesforce’s powerful platform. The OEM edition extends the Salesforce.com platform to third-party SaaS providers, enabling them to tap into its core features, such as the operating system, customization tools, Web Service APIs, workflow, and business logic, according to Kendall Collins, Salesforce’s Vice President of Product Marketing. For example, a real estate management software vendor could utilize Salesforce’s dashboard, customizing it to track real estate data like foreclosures instead of sales opportunities. AppExchange OEM Edition will be available for per user per month, with users managing the pricing and availability of their specific solutions. This expansion highlights the growing adoption of the on-demand model in industries beyond CRM. ISV (Independent Software Vendor) companies commonly sell licenses for their apps via the Salesforce AppExchange, which is one of the most popular methods. For example, they might sell five licenses for a managed package app. With the new AppExchange checkout features powered by Stripe (previously Recurly), processing payments for these licenses is straightforward. Some companies choose to make revenue by selling CRM licenses in addition to their apps, often offering customers discounted CRM licenses. These ISV licenses are custom-built and contractually limited to specific objects and permissions. A significant level of trust is involved, as Salesforce can audit the end-customer at any time to ensure they are only using the objects specified in the agreement. When it comes to pricing, ISVs often charge in two parts: one fee for the app license and another for the CRM license. However, this is typically bundled as a single charge to the customer for simplicity. Customers can adopt these ISV apps as part of a broader Salesforce org, using several onboarding methods, including Trialforce, an AppExchange free trial, or an install with a trial period expiration date. These apps are often integrated into larger business processes, providing value beyond their standalone features. OEM Licensing: OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) and Embedded licensing are essentially the same. OEM licenses are designed for internal apps. For portals, ISV Portal licenses are used, though these do not include Chatter and must interact via a Force.com site. These licenses function similarly to Authenticated Website or Customer Portal licenses. OEM licensing allows companies to use Salesforce as a controlled environment to present their app. For instance, a developer might opt for the OEM model to prevent end-users from making any customizations. The app would have one admin user who sees that it is running on Salesforce, while other users interact with it through a custom interface built on a Force.com site. A common concern for OEM app developers is pricing. While Chatter Plus licenses cost $15 per month (for CRM only), developers often seek clarification on the cost of OEM licenses from Salesforce, hoping for a rate lower than $15 per user per month. They must also factor in their own fees on top of the Salesforce OEM license price. Key Differences Between ISV and OEM Licensing: In an OEM setup, at least one full Salesforce System Administrator is required in the customer’s org. However, this admin does not have the ability to add more licenses to the org or alter the customizations visible to end-users, so their influence over the app’s functionality is limited. ISV app licenses offer more flexibility and are commonly available on the AppExchange, OEM apps represent a complete solution that uses Salesforce as a platform but often hides the underlying Salesforce infrastructure from end-users. Like Related Posts The Salesforce Story In Marc Benioff’s own words How did salesforce.com grow from a start up in a rented apartment into the world’s Read more Salesforce Jigsaw Salesforce.com, a prominent figure in cloud computing, has finalized a deal to acquire Jigsaw, a wiki-style business contact database, for Read more Health Cloud Brings Healthcare Transformation Following swiftly after last week’s successful launch of Financial Services Cloud, Salesforce has announced the second installment in its series Read more Alphabet Soup of Cloud Terminology As with any technology, the cloud brings its own alphabet soup of terms. This insight will hopefully help you navigate Read more
