Salesforce.com Partner Success Blog
Salesforce.com Partner Success Blog - April 2009
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A note from AppExchange Product Management...
Apr 27, 2009After great demand from our partner community, we've made a few changes to the AppExchange. These changes include how we handle duplicate user activities (e.g demo, test drive, get it now, and learn more) and some usability enhancements around the screenshot viewer.
Duplicate User Activities:
- When a user takes an action more than once on the same listing within a 6 month period, we mark that action as duplicate.
- The leads created from duplicate actions are flagged with --dup- in the lead source field (in the same way that it was before the new site went live). For example, you may receive a lead source SFDC-dup-DM | My Application Title. This allows partners to create business logic to handle duplicate leads in different ways.
- Duplicate actions are no longer included in the counts you see on the Publishing pages of AppExchange. This will not affect past actions, but will affect all future actions. We want to provide you the most accurate impression of the impact that your AppExchange listing is making.
Screenshot Viewer:
- We increased the viewable area to show images that are 750 x 500 pixels (the max we can show on 1024 x 768 monitors).
- We no longer scale images in any way. This means that your images never look distorted or fuzzy. We do however clip the images at 750 x 500 max size. If you upload or have uploaded a larger image than this, you will only see the center 750 x 500 pixels of your image.
- We improved the performance of the screenshot viewer, so you'll see images faster.
Have additional ideas on how we can improve the AppExchange? Post them to IdeaExchange or vote on existing ideas.
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Drive Demand for Your Solution with Summer '09 Marketing Opportunities!
Apr 20, 2009After a phenomenal Cloudforce London event and a sold-out Spring '09 Cloudforce Tour, we are excited to extend the momentum with our Summer '09 Marketing Opportunities! Generate pipeline, reach qualified buyers, and create awareness in your space with the following opportunities:
Please direct all questions to the Partner Marketing team at partnersuccess@salesforce.com.
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Success is in the Cloud: Participate in Cloud Computing Opportunities
Apr 2, 2009Today, everyone is focused on generating pipeline, closing deals, and making customers more successful than ever. For our customers, our events are all about giving them the knowledge and tools, offering proven partner solutions and providing practical advice for success in the months and years ahead. For our partners, our events are an exceptional opportunity generate pipeline, reach qualified buyers, and create unique awareness in your space.
We are excited to extend the momentum with new and exciting Cloud Computing events and sponsorship programs including our Dreamforce Global Gathering 2009, Cloudforce Tour, and AppExchange Sponsored Ads.
Dreamforce Global Gathering 2009
Dreamforce Global Gathering 2008 was the top source of proven buyers with over 40,000 leads generated for sponsors! This year, our Dreamforce Global Gathering 2009 is scheduled for November 17-20 at Moscone center in San Francisco
To learn more about Dreamforce Global Gathering and sponsorship opportunities, read the Dreamforce Global Gathering 2009 brochure and sign up today.
Remember that booth placement is based upon agreement receipt date so the earlier you sign up the earlier the opportunity to select your booth placement.
Cloudforce Tour
What is the best way to access qualified buyers at the regional level? The new Cloudforce events have proven to be a great way to continue the momentum of pipeline generation with standing room only keynotes, compelling breakouts and busy Cloud Expos. Our May-July event schedule will be available by mid-April so please check back with us to see the new schedule.
AppExchange Sponsored Ads
How do you stand out among 800+ applications live on the new AppExchange? Our AppExchange Sponsored Ad program provides unique advertising opportunities for partners to get additional branding and visibility that will drive increased traffic to their AppExchange overview page.
- Sponsored Ads on the AppExchange home page for top line visibility with every visitor (available to Premier partners only)
- Sponsored Ads on search results pages for contextual visibility (available to all partners)
To learn about the AppExchange Sponsored Ads, read the datasheet on AppExchange Sponsored Ads.
We are committed to helping you build awareness and generate leads for your solutions at the Cloud Computing events in 2009!
If you have questions about any of the above opportunities, please contact the Partner Marketing team at partnersuccess@salesforce.com.
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Request: Support for Karen Stock
Apr 1, 2009A member of our partner community, Karen Mellow Stock, a consultant at Astadia was recently diagnosed with lymphoma. Lymphoma is a life threatening disease which in Karen's case can only be cured through a bone marrow transplant from a genetically matched donor. Karen is not only a great consultant but more importantly, she is phenomenal mom, wife, sister, daughter, and friend.
In an effort to help Karen and others like her, we are encouraging all of you who are comfortable with doing so to register as a potential bone marrow donor. Paul Kopacki was kind enough to develop the following web page to support our efforts: http://developer.force.com/bonemarrowdonor. There you will find additional information about how to get registered and/or how you can donate to the work of DKMS, the world's largest marrow donor center.
Please help us get the word out by encouraging your co-workers, others in our partner community, family, and friends to get registered on behalf of Karen and others like her by visiting the page at http://developer.force.com/bonemarrowdonor
If you would like to stay up to date on Karen's progress visit her website: http://www.lotsahelpinghands.com/c/609264/.
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