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Joel Martin Manager, Customer Successsalesforce.com

Admin II: Advancing to the Next Level

Agenda

Welcome to Dreamforce!

What is this track all about?

We’re here for you.


Target audience Administrators who’ve nailed the basics but are looking to

sharpen their product expertise and take their implementation to new levels of success.

Track design 10 great sessions planned 17 customer speakers Salesforce.com experts

What we hope you get out of it

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Let us know how we can help

Take advantage of us Success Clinics

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Joel Martin

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Thank you – and Welcome.

Ashley Landry, Sungard

Maureen Shawcross, iRise

Lara Sullivan, LoopNet

Admin Track II:A Method to the Madness

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Imagine it. Learn it. Use it.

How to apply what you’ve learned when you get home How do you evaluate which features to leverage from

salesforce.com’s multiple releases a year? Mapping business requirements to functional/technical

features The importance of Change Management and Training Keeping the org clutter free Data Cleansing

Ashley LandryManager, Marketing Operations

Maureen ShawcrossStrategic Projects Manager

Lara SullivanManager, Account Services

Ly TownsendSenior Customer Success Managersalesforce.com

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Global leader in integrated software and IT Services 25k customers in over 50 countries including the world's 50 largest financial

services companies Supply solutions to the financial services industry, higher education and the

public sector Provide solutions to information dependant enterprises of all types to maintain the

continuity of their business through information availability services

Privately Owned Company Annual revenue of $4 billion Global infrastructure spanning 50+ business units

• INDUSTRY: Software & IT Services

• EMPLOYEES: 16,000

• GEOGRAPHY: Global

• # USERS: 1,000+

• PRODUCT(S) USED: Salesforce SFA & Call Center, 3 AppExchange Applications

• INDUSTRY: Software/Consulting

• EMPLOYEES: 145

• GEOGRAPHY: Southern California

• # USERS: 85 EE

• PRODUCT(S) USED: Salesforce SFA & Call Center, AppExchange Dashboard, Custom Objects & Tabs

iRise® is dedicated to bridging the communication gap between customers, business and IT by improving the process of defining software. Over 100 corporations such as Wachovia, SunTrust Bank, Sprint/Nextel and CompuCredit use the iRise application definition platform to get business and IT on the same page – the first time. Visual, interactive application simulations accelerate the delivery of innovative business applications, cut IT costs and reduce the risks associated with outsourced development. Headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., iRise is backed by Morgan Stanley Venture Partners and has sales offices across North America.

• INDUSTRY: Online Real Estate Services

• EMPLOYEES: 140

• GEOGRAPHY: San Francisco, CA

• # USERS: 83 EE

• PRODUCT(S) USED: Salesforce SFA, AppExchange Dashboard, Custom Objects & Tabs, API

LoopNet is a leading information services provider that offers a suite of products and services tailored to the national and local needs of the commercial real estate industry. LoopNet operates the largest and most heavily trafficked commercial real estate listing service online with more than 2.2 million registered members and 920,000 unique visitors monthly. The LoopNet online marketplace contains more than $440 billion of property available for sale and 3.4 billion square feet of property available for lease. LoopNet covers all commercial real estate property categories including commercial land, office space, industrial, multifamily (apartments) and retail.

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Questions for the Panel

What is your process for implementing/leveraging the latest features?

Review Release Notes Work with your Customer Success Manager Review current business processes and evaluate which

features can be applied Gather information on www.successforce.com Leverage www.IdeaExchange.com to create/promote new

features Attend Webinars, City Tours & Dreamforce!

How involved is the Business in this process?Do you or the Business drive the business requirements?

Keep the Business and Executive Sponsor involved Understand their processes and features that can be

leveraged for improvements Review and prioritize features for each Business and then

implement

Do you have a sandbox environment?If so…how do you leverage it?If not, what do you use as a workaround?

Forece.com Sandbox Salesforce Developer Edition Cloned Org (manual)

Do you have a change management process to implementing/removing fields and keeping your Salesforce org clean?

Work with key owners and stakeholders Conduct weekly meetings with the cross-functional team Keep a log of all change requests Have a plan and objective to review functionality/data

annually Work in Sandbox environment to implement and test impact

of changes Production Rollout Training

What is your approach to data cleansing?

Data Quality Reports and Dashboards More control on who can create new records AppExchange Partner Tools for Data Cleansing

Hoovers, DemandTools, RingLead, etc.

What type of communication do you provide to your end users based on the changes you’ve made?

Communicate changes via Home Page Email, Newsletters Team Meetings & Annual Conferences Web Training & Teleconferences One-on-One Communication

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QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION




Ly TownsendSenior Customer Success Manager

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