Author: Greg Poirier

  • CloudKettle: Year 4 by the Numbers

    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

    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

    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

    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…

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  • Marketing Automation to Enable Renewals

    Marketing Automation to Enable Renewals

    Read this post to learn how you can leverage Marketing Automation beyond the initial sale to enable upsell and renewals. Marketing Automation: The Status Quo B2B marketers understand how to leverage Marketing Automation to warm new leads for a sale before it’s ready to be worked by a Sales Rep. What companies aren’t doing effectively…

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  • CloudKettle: Year 2 by the Numbers

    CloudKettle: Year 2 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. It’s hard to believe that year two for CloudKettle has come and gone (some…

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  • Lead Generation: Getting Organized

    Lead Generation: Getting Organized

    Create and prioritize lists then manage your time for success This post is the sequel to Lead Generation: Getting Started, which primarily deals with high-level concepts surrounding targeting prospects and medium and messaging. This post we dive into operational best practices for your sales reps. First we’ll cover some basic lead generation tips and resources. Then,…

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  • The How to Guide: CRM Integrations

    The How to Guide: CRM Integrations

    When assessing a CRM, fast-growing SaaS companies often make the mistake of evaluating each SaaS tool they plan to integrate with their CRM as a piece, rather than as part of a whole ecosystem. Not all SaaS products can be integrated together. Many complex SaaS solutions create custom objects in your CRM that can effect how…

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  • CloudKettle: Year 1 By the Numbers

    CloudKettle: Year 1 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. It has been one year since I officially left my role as COO of Livelenz…

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  • The Salesforce ButtonClick Admin Podcast

    The Salesforce ButtonClick Admin Podcast

    This week I got to speak with the ButtonClick Admin podcast about startups and some of the common problems that Ateko sees founders are experiencing when scaling their business and how Salesforce can be leveraged to help. The ButtonClick Admin podcast is hosted by Mike Gerholdt and Gillian Madill and features folks who are solving problems…

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