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The Cost of Misconception: Why Differentiating Administrators and Business Users Matters
Technical solutions are a critical component of a well-run organization. But there’s a common misconception that’s costing companies time, money, and efficiency. Just because someone can use a tool doesn’t mean they should be administering it. Let’s break down the critical difference between administrators and users. Defining the Roles The Nuance of “Admin-like” Functions Every
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Single-Touch and Multi-Touch Attribution (and why you need both)
At Ateko, we have a lot of clients with significant resources who can facilitate the creation of the most complex, custom attribution models possible. And that is amazing. We’re fortunate to get to work with them as they hammer out incremental 1% improvements in performance week after week after week. But a model that complex
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BANT: A Dead Easy Method for Qualifying Leads
BANT, purportedly created by IBM, is widely used, generally accepted, and easy-to-understand method for qualifying leads. What does BANT stand for? The acronym BANT stands for Budget, Authority, Need, and Timeline. (MarketSplash has a great analysis of each BANT component here.) Download the Free BANT+C App BANT+C is a free app for Salesforce, from Ateko, that
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Please do not try to build your own Lead Routing Solution in Salesforce
I beg of you. Don’t do it. One might assume that an organization that provides high end resources to enterprises would want to build big complex things. And in some cases that is true – myself and our team overall enjoy solving very complex problems. But we have also been working in the Salesforce ecosystem
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CloudKettle: Year Six by the Numbers
Archived Content: This article was originally published by CloudKettle prior to its acquisition by Bell and integration into Ateko. It is part of a historical series documenting the growth and benchmarks of the team that now forms Ateko’s dedicated Salesforce practice. Everyone gets a bit introspective this time of year and like most organizations, we
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CloudKettle: Year Five By The Numbers
Archived Content: This article was originally published by CloudKettle prior to its acquisition by Bell and integration into Ateko. It is part of a historical series documenting the growth and benchmarks of the team that now forms Ateko’s dedicated Salesforce practice. Half a decade, wow! If you’d asked me on that first day, I’d have
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CloudKettle: Year 4 by the Numbers
Archived Content: This article was originally published by CloudKettle prior to its acquisition by Bell and integration into Ateko. It is part of a historical series documenting the growth and benchmarks of the team that now forms Ateko’s dedicated Salesforce practice. Each year we look back at how CloudKettle performed and publish a post highlighting
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How to Create a Dedicated Integration User in Salesforce
If you’re not sure what a Dedicated Integration User is or you’re not convinced there’s value in having an Integration User, check out our previous blog post: Why You Need a Dedicated Salesforce Integration User. Today’s post is aimed at Sales Operations leaders and Salesforce Administrators who are interested in the cost savings and increased
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Why You Need A Dedicated Salesforce Integration User
Salesforce is the most powerful CRM in the world, in large part because of how diverse the ecosystem of tools that can be integrated with it is. Organizations have long seen the benefits of expanding the value they get out of Salesforce by integrating their marketing automation, data enrichment, collaboration, and productivity tools with their
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CloudKettle: Year 3 by the Numbers
Archived Content: This article was originally published by CloudKettle prior to its acquisition by Bell and integration into Ateko. It is part of a historical series documenting the growth and benchmarks of the team that now forms Ateko’s dedicated Salesforce practice. Another year has gone by which means it’s time for CloudKettle Year 3 by
