Salesforce vs Zoho
As a Salesforce consultant, one of the most common Salesforce alternatives I find myself competing against is Zoho CRM. Although I know Zoho doesn’t stand a chance, when compared to Salesforce, most clients can’t tell the difference. Therefore I basically get the “Salesforce vs Zoho” question. You can’t blame them, though. On the surface, Zoho…
Salesforce Consulting Rates
When I initially start talking to prospective new clients, one of the first questions I get is “What are your Salesforce Consulting Rates?”. This question always makes me a bit uncomfortable. The reason for this is two-fold. First, I don’t like charging for our consulting services by the hour. You can see my reasoning for…
What Version of Salesforce Do I Have?
Whenever I begin working with a new client one of the first questions I help them figure out is “What version of Salesforce do I have?”. The answer to this question is super important because it greatly impacts what Salesforce features we’ll have at our disposal when designing solutions. This ultimately affects the overall scope…
How Much Does Salesforce Cost?
The journey of implementing Salesforce within your company is, likely, to begin with figuring out how much does Salesforce cost. It’s a good place to start, considering that the pricing listed on the Salesforce.com website isn’t exactly straight forward; especially when you factor in all the different editions. Even once you get the licensing cost sorted…
What Is Salesforce? What Does Salesforce Do?
I was surprised to learn that a large number of people don’t know what Salesforce is, or what it’s used for. I found this out today when doing some research for my next blog article. Apparently over 20,000 people go to Google, every month, to answer the question “What is Salesforce?”. Being a Salesforce consultant I’ve just always taken…
Why Salesforce Alternatives Pale in Comparison
Being a Salesforce consultant it’s usually the CRM system I recommend. However, when many of our clients begin evaluating potential solutions for their CRM (customer relationship management) needs, they’ll often request that we compare Salesforce alternatives. Now, on the surface, this may seem like a reasonable request, and, in most cases, it would be; except…
Running on Salesforce
It’s only appropriate that I kick off this dream of mine (Cloud Mastery) discussing the subject I feel most passionate about especially considering it’s the primary inspiration for both this blog and my budding career as a Salesforce Consultant. I’ve spent most of my career chasing the promises of technology for my clients so it’s fair to say I’m…
