So the whirlwind-cum-force majeur that was Dreamforce 2016 came and went like it was supposed to \u2013 fast and devastatingly good — although most of us would have preferred it a little slower, you know, for the important stuff to really seep into our collective souls. But everybody\u2019s got some business to take care of and so we try to move on, tightly clutching at the memories DF16 left behind, and hoping to put it to good use sooner than later.
\n\n\n\nMercury Labs has been to to three editions of Dreamforce and I personally have been to the last two, and each year tries to one-up the year before it. Really, it\u2019s like a Comic-Con of sales and marketing and tech geeks. There was no shortage of experts and specialists and leaders who were either discussing, brainstorming, working, networking, and hoping to make giant strides in their respective organizations with the new ideas they learned and confidence they acquired from being at DF. Yes, all 170,000 of us (sorry, I counted myself in) were there because, come on, where on earth would we rather be for four days? And best part is, the fan in me never gets tired of ogling at even the hundreds of booths showing off all the latest most cutting-edge technologies and software.
\n\n\n\nImagine a kid\u2019s first time at Disneyland. That\u2019s me every time I go to Dreamforce. I always make it a point to check out every one of the booths and sort of make a personal review of the stuff I try out.
\n\n\n\nAnd every time my time\u2019s over, I never fail to list down the things that leave my jaw on the floor. Here\u2019s a rundown of everything that piqued my interest and made me do a double-take like the time I really thought it was Zac Efron in an Audi R8 driving near Union Square.
\n\n\n\nThere were dozens of Database Management Software on Display, and I\u2019m familiar with (and underwhelmed by) several of them, but there were some that were either too good not to try out or have been flying under the radar for quite some time and just needed the right break.
\n\n\n\nMarketing\u2019s twin brother, Sales, cannot be taken for granted. We all know these guys are inseparable, and any good marketing software should have an equally efficient sales counterpart.
\n\n\n\nMarketing and Sales cannot prosper without intelligent lead distribution. Get these software and you won\u2019t need anything else. Thank me later.
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\n\n\n\nBonus:
\n\n\n\nSlack \u2013 I\u2019m a fan of this thing and that means I really use it. So far, it has lived up to its promise of making me \u201cless busy\u201d. But it doesn\u2019t mean less productive. You can use this with apps like Trello. Nowadays, you can slack off thanks to slack.
\n\n\n\nAfter Dreamforce, I wanted a much-needed R and R. I thought about road tripping along the coast and just whiling away time like I deserved to. I\u2019m now back in LA having Darjeeling tea listening to some guy in the background rapping about California girls. I know, but it\u2019s the software that would\u2019ve melted my popsicle. So I came up with this.
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