Gist beta going live Max Effgen, September 15, 2009December 2, 2013 Gist makes the move from private beta to public this morning. I have been a beta user for awhile and think highly of the product. If you are in Sales, Sales Operations, Sales Enablement or just want your inbox to be more functional, try it out. Check out my earlier… Continue Reading
Amazon Widgets Max Effgen, September 8, 2009 Mitch Joel’s Six Pixels of Separation blog is a must read for marketing, branding and social media. Check his What’s In Your Bag? post for some an interesting take on Amazon Widgets. I took a turn creating my own widget about some of the coffee related products I have blogged… Continue Reading
Project Success Max Effgen, September 7, 2009 Over the long weekend, I had a conversation with a friend and former colleague on the state of the enterprise. The common theme centered on the advances in technology and that projects still fail at an alarming rate. This made me recall an earlier post on project success. Many many… Continue Reading
My $0.02 on SaaS Max Effgen, August 31, 2009 It has been clear for awhile that a major shift has been happening in enterprise computing. It has taken time to gain traction and momentum, but it looks like Software as a Service (SaaS) is nearly there. Companies will look to adopt SaaS solutions for 2 major reasons: Lower costs… Continue Reading
How Long Does It Take To Build A Technology Empire? Max Effgen, August 27, 2009 Very interesting article and very cool graphic powered by Tableau Software. Tableau is based in Seattle and makes impressive visualization software. BI folks out there should check them out. WSJ Blogs: How Long Does It Take To Build A Technology Empire? Continue Reading
Add some {brackets} Max Effgen, August 26, 2009 Interesting thought at Seth Godin’s blog. Add some gratuitous {brackets} to that clever project you want to do. When your boss hates them, you take them out. This allows you to keep the important stuff in there. I have used variations of this technique and it does work. Rock the… Continue Reading
Taylor Mali on speaking with authority… Max Effgen, August 24, 2009 Awesome and I want that Scrabble T-Shirt. Link: Taylor Mali Continue Reading
Gist as Sales Enablement Max Effgen, August 17, 2009 The Sales Enablement space players are currently focused on the marketing to sales side of the CRM equation. No doubt that these tools have the ability to increase user adoption. I have been a part of enough CRM deployments (over 30 to date) to know. As few weeks ago, I… Continue Reading
Is Sales strategic? Max Effgen, August 13, 2009 I have been digging into the Sales Enablement space lately. Initially my focus was on user adoption of CRM systems. Sales Enablement implemented properly will boost user adoption of sales force automation tools under the CRM fold. One concern I have is how sales enablement systems are being sold. “Clone… Continue Reading
amzn.com URL Shortner Max Effgen, August 9, 2009 This is interesting and borderline funny. Amazon has created its own URL shortener for products. See TechFlash Amazon creates its own URL shortener for products. Basically the idea is to make it easier to post product links to Twitter and other social media. It has some simple rules and looks… Continue Reading