salesforce.com anyone know much about them?

[BullyCanadian]

Anyone have a lot of knowledge of salesforce.com ? I have an assignment due on them, about their marketing strategy Ive been searching cant seem to find much other than they are a company selling targeted ads much like google?

Sorry but i come here for help on where to search for info other than google

 

[fs5]

I know their sales people constantly pester you if you sign up for a trial on their website (both with phone calls and in email).
They also put sales training material that is obsurdly outdated and false about their competitors. (I work for one.)

 

[JS80]

their crm product is great and cluttered

 

[Finality]

Is salesforce worth the fees? I want to sign up my company for something like what they have.

 

[probzy]

what is salesforce?

 

[daveymark]

Originally posted by: JS80
their crm product is great and cluttered

qft. I purchased it for my employees, the pros outweigh the cons though.

 

[acemcmac]

I use it. An intranet wikipedia can do 90% of what salesforce does if your people are technical enough to learn a markup language and it doesen't cost anything.

 

[fs5]

Originally posted by: Finality
Is salesforce worth the fees? I want to sign up my company for something like what they have.

try sugarcrm.com first, there's even an open source version

Originally posted by: acemcmac
I use it. An intranet wikipedia can do 90% of what salesforce does if your people are technical enough to learn a markup language and it doesen't cost anything.

90%, not eve close when you consider some of the higher functions of CRM. (team selling, reports, relationship mining, automated workflow, etc).

 

[daveymark]

Originally posted by: fs5

Originally posted by: Finality
Is salesforce worth the fees? I want to sign up my company for something like what they have.

try sugarcrm.com first, there's even an open source version

Originally posted by: acemcmac
I use it. An intranet wikipedia can do 90% of what salesforce does if your people are technical enough to learn a markup language and it doesen't cost anything.

90%, not eve close when you consider some of the higher functions of CRM. (team selling, reports, relationship mining, automated workflow, etc).

bingo. Plus, that's like saying all wives can do engine overhauls if they are technical enough to learn car repair. That's not the function of the wife