Salesforce

Salesforce is the world’s No. 1 seller of customer relationship management (CRM) software. Its applications help revenue teams manage data for their sales, customer service and marketing efforts.  

What is Salesforce?

For marketers and marketing technology professionals, the most familiar Salesforce applications include Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Salesforce Customer Engagement and Customer Data Platform.

These applications help identify prospects and customers to target with campaigns and help marketers conduct outreach and track the results. Because Salesforce applications are popular with sales teams, many marketing organizations use Salesforce applications for customer support and marketing in order to maintain consistency and make integrations easier. 

Why we care about Salesforce

Salesforce is a dominant vendor in the martech and sales tech landscape. Thousands of applications are built on the Salesforce platform by independent software vendors and are available through its AppExchange marketplace.

Countless martech and revenue operations professionals build a career around being a Salesforce administrator. The company’s Trailblazer community provides education for Salesforce administrators, developers and users. And its Dreamforce event attracts thousands of users and partners annually, making it one of the largest gatherings in the industry. 

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MarTech Today: Salesforce’s Einstein, chatbot authoring tools & top SEO platforms

Here’s our daily recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: Salesforce introduces Einstein — an AI layer for all its clouds Sep 19, 2016 by Barry Levine The company is going beyond its previous integrations of computer intelligence, making embedded predictive and […]

Digital transformation

MarTech Today: Marketo adds native ABM, AdBlock Plus’ new ad exchange & Salesforce’s new portal templates

Here’s our daily recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: Marketo adds native ABM capabilities to its platform Sep 13, 2016 by Barry Levine The company says the new account-oriented offerings are the most complete native functions by any major marketing platform. […]

Digital transformation

MarTech Today: Salesforce boosts Wave Analytics Cloud, Apple purges apps & automated insights for Google Analytics App

Here’s our recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: Salesforce boosts its Wave Analytics Cloud with new applications Sep 2, 2016 by Barry Levine The updates, from the company and ISVs, increase the utility of data from Salesforce and external sources. Apple […]

Digital transformation

MarTech Today: Salesforce’s evolution, Placed’s enticement & the event marketing data problem

Here’s our recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: Next stop in Salesforce’s evolution: Becoming the platform for customer experience Aug 19, 2016 by Barry Levine A Salesforce exec points out how the Demandware acquisition and all those clouds can fit together. […]

Digital transformation

MarTech Today: Salesforce Pardot, Google Search Console’s mobile usability & more

Here’s our daily recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: Salesforce Pardot opens up Engagement Studio for general release Jun 21, 2016 by Barry Levine Streamlined manager for B2B customer journeys, previously available only in a closed beta, also includes several new […]

Digital transformation

MarTech Today: AdWords data import for Salesforce, SEO platforms & more

Here’s our daily recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: Google launches AdWords conversion data import solution for Salesforce Jun 6, 2016 by Ginny Marvin Solution natively automates conversion data syncing between AdWords and Salesforce, a task currently handled by several Salesforce […]

Digital transformation

MarTech Today: Salesforce creates Commerce Cloud, “frictionless logins” & AMP roadmap

Here’s our daily recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: Salesforce creates Commerce Cloud with $2.8 billion purchase of Demandware Jun 1, 2016 by Barry Levine The acquisition helps “close the circle” for services it can offer to businesses. All new Marketing […]

Digital transformation

MarTech Today: More Lightning in Salesforce’s Cloud, a primer on machine learning & Google Search Console updates

Here’s our daily recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: Salesforce puts Lightning into its Marketing Cloud May 10, 2016 by Barry Levine The Marketing Cloud now integrates more closely with its fellow clouds, as the company also announces email and advertising […]

Digital transformation

MarTech Today: Salesforce’s New Predictiveness, Google’s App Streaming & Lucid’s “Proof” For Ads

Here’s our daily recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: Salesforce Adds New Predictive Powers To Its Marketing Cloud Nov 18, 2015 by Barry Levine Predictive Scores and Predictive Audiences expand the platform’s ability to forecast what a user will do and […]

Performance marketing

Salesforce Fully Integrates Social Studio Into Marketing Cloud

Salesforce announced today that has fully integrated its Swiss Army knife of a social media tool into its suite of enterprise marketing, sales and customer service offerings. By folding Social Studio into the Marketing Cloud product, Salesforce said it has created the silo-busting tool that businesses are begging for. Now Salesforce customers will be able […]

Customer experience

Live Blog: Facebook, Salesforce, Ford & MillerCoors Keynote Panel #CES2014

Hello from Las Vegas and CES 2014. We’re live blogging the Brand Matters keynote panel with execs from Facebook, Salesforce, Ford & MillerCoors. On the panel will be: Scott Dorsey, CEO, Salesforce ExactTarget, Marketing Cloud Andrew England, EVP and CMO, MillerCoors Carolyn Everson, VP, Global Marketing Solutions, Facebook James D. Farley, Jr., EVP, Global Marketing, […]

Performance marketing

“CMOs Are The New CIOs” & Other Things The Industry Is Saying About Salesforce’s Deal To Buy ExactTarget

Marketing insiders had much to say about yesterday’s announcement that Salesforce.com will be acquiring ExactTarget for nearly $2.5 billion. Commentaries were offered on everything from the future of marketing automation to the role of email marketing and its continued significance in an organization’s overall marketing strategy. Many feel the deal only reinforces the need for […]

Performance marketing

Salesforce To Buy ExactTarget For $2.5 Billion, Gain More Ground In Marketing Automation

In an announcement released today from Salesforce.com, the popular CRM platform has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire cloud-based marketing services provider ExactTarget for approximately $2.5 billion. Unanimously approved by the boards of directors for both companies, Salesforce will pay $33.75 per share in cash for all outstanding shares of ExactTarget. According to a […]

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