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Financial Services
Banking on Your Best Dreamforce Experience…Here is the 411…
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Dreamforce is next week, and it’s a great experience for bankers! As banking is rapidly changing “lightning” fast within the Financial Services industry, it is a great year to attend to keep up with innovation and stay on top of those FinTech disruptors and stay competitive in the market. To help prepare you for a...
Financial Services
The Goldilocks Approach to Buying Bank Technology
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Pam Hannett, Banking Practice Director for Silverline, recently appeared on the popular podcast The Purposeful Banker hosted by Dallas Wells of PrecisionLender, alongside Bryan Lee, Director of Financial Services for Salesforce. Below are some takeaways from the discussion, click here to listen to the full podcast. The episode discussed buying bank technology and the challenges...
Financial Services
Don’t Keep CRM Adoption Best Practices in the Vault, Cash in with these Adoption Strategies
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Most would think that adoption of a CRM platform would be considered a technology transformation when, in fact, it is a significant cultural transformation. Institutions like yours yearn for change to create more efficient process but when faced with it are apprehensive and defensive. Your institutions are successful, that is not in question. What is...
Financial Services
Banking on Agile Transformation
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Have you ever gotten to the conclusion of a project and found yourself scratching your chin thinking: “this isn’t quite what we wanted or expected?” That, my friends, is a trend across the banking industry. Banks have traditionally used the Waterfall methodology which breeds scenarios like the above. Working with banks of all sizes throughout...
Financial Services
How Amalgamated Bank Wins Employee Engagement with Salesforce Communities
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Having great products and people is not enough in today’s competitive marketplace. Bankers are pressed for time, and they need technology to collaborate and further the personalized service they provide to their customers. Salesforce is the premier Customer Success Platform, helping Banks collaborate quickly across multiple lines of business to convert more leads and provide...
Financial Services
Are You a Banker Heading to Dreamforce? Don’t Miss Out on these Sessions!
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Dreamforce is almost here! This is going to be an awesome year for breakout sessions dedicated to banking. I remember the first time I attended Dreamforce a couple of years ago, a banker from a small town in New Hampshire at the largest technology conference on earth, that was not quite sure where to go...
Financial Services
How to Build an All Star CRM Project Team
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On the surface, drafting a project team appears to be a fairly basic task, but ultimately, the team that you bring to the table will determine the fate of your CRM project (or any project for that matter). One could make a comparison to building a championship baseball team. The gut reaction for a senior...