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- No e-commerce worries here? Amazon doubles earnings
- Updated: Amazon's second quarter earnings doubled from a year ago as sales jumped 41 percent and executives said that the e-tailer may be benefiting from a slowing economy courtesy of its free shipping deals. On Wednesday, the company reported net income of $158 million, or 37 cents a share,...
- Tags: Jeff Bezos, Quarter, Amazon.com Inc., Earnings, E-business, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Operational Accounting, Sales, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- US video hardware and software sales up 53% un June 2008
- US sales of video game hardware and software rose 53% in June 2008 when compared to June 2007, NPD reported. For the first half of 2008, the US video game industry has generated $8.3 bln in sales. This is a 36% increase in sales from the same period a year...
- Tags: Software, Video, Hardware, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Corporate Communications, Games, Sales, Marketing, Personal Technology, AM
- Blog posts 2008-07-19
- Automatic Lead Machine (exe)
- As a home business owner, you understand the critical importance of finding quality sales leads that convert into customers for your products and services. Your biggest problem is acquiring these leads in the most cost effective manner possible. The powerful lead generation strategies and tools featured in The Automatic Lead...
- Tags: Keis Enterprises, Corporate Communications, Sales Strategy, Productivity, Sales Force Management, Strategy, Marketing, Sales, Management
- Software downloads 2008-07-18
- EU files new charges against Intel
- European Union antitrust regulators say Intel paid retailers to not sell PCs using chips made by rival Advanced Micro Devices. BRUSSELS--European Union antitrust regulators made new accusations against chipmaker Intel on Thursday, saying it paid retailers to not sell PCs using chips made by rival Advanced Micro Devices. ...
- Tags: Commission, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., European Union, Sales Force Management, Semiconductors, Sales, Hardware, Components, Reuters, Intel, antitrust, European Commission, AMD, processors
- News items 2008-07-17
- Hammering at cost with open source
- Irregular Bob Warfield riffs on Salesforce.com's decision to ditch Sun/Solaris in favor of Dell/Linux. In doing so, Bob makes the point that: ...for a SaaS company, the cost of service delivery is an absolutely critical factor. Once you have software that runs well and scales horizontally on cheap commodity...
- Tags: Software, Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, Oracle Corp., Open Source, Vinnie Mirchandani, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Sales Force Management, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Boldt 24-Pack Volume I (dmg)
- Boldt 24-Pack is a package of 24 software instruments for GarageBand / Logic. Boldt 24-Pack is free to use as much as you want, but if you would like to make a donation to help me cover any possible bandwidth costs or if you want to give me some incentive...
- Tags: PayPal, Boldt Software, Boldt 24-Pack, Tools & Techniques, E-mail, Sales Force Management, Management, Online Communications, Sales
- Software downloads 2008-07-15
- Cruel to be kind: FastWork.tv revista
- I was aware that talking about FastTalk.tv would get a degree of attention. That's because I have close links to SAP. What I could never know is the extent to which it might influence change. Robert Scoble invited me to review the latest show to assess whether it is better...
- Tags: Robert Scoble, SAP AG, Sales Strategy, Branding, Podcasts, Groupware, Sales Force Management, Sales, Marketing, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- TDS360 (exe)
- An all in one solution with contact database and accounting software. A Sales and Productivity software that manages the complete sales cycle from prospects to customers. TDS guarantees to save you time and money by handling business processes including contacts, events, calendars, sales, marketing, sales orders, service, service contracts, accounts,...
- Tags: Total Database Solutions, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales
- Software downloads 2008-07-14
- The Sales Website Creator (zip)
- Use this tool to create professional HTML Web site sales pages. This software has been proven to increase your sales by 56% or more. Fill in the requested site information and this software will generate a HTML code for your site. The site can be customized with attractive fonts, pictures,...
- Tags: Anhk Software, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales
- Software downloads 2008-07-11
- CPK Retail (exe)
- CPK Retail is a point of sale software package for general retail. The software will manage customers and inventory while also providing daily sales information. CPK Retail can function on your existing computer or be purchased as a complete system. We strive to provide easy to use functions while offering...
- Tags: Security, Inventory, CPK Solutions, CPK Retail, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Document Management, Tools & Techniques, Sales, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management
- Software downloads 2008-07-11
- Apple's iPhone app parade begins; Salesforce, Oracle get early jump
- Apple's iPhone app parade got an early jump on the 3G version of the popular device Thursday, but business and productivity apps seem to be lagging in the back of the line. Aside from Salesforce.com and Oracle, enterprise heavyweights seem to be sitting out the early wave...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Apple iPhone, Oracle Corp., Apple Inc., App, Business Indicators Software, 3G, Cellular Phones, Sales Force Management, Digital Music, Wireless, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
- Oracle launches iPhone business app
- Business apps are coming to the iPhone and Oracle and Salesforce are out in front. See Larry Dignan's blog for more. by Larry Dignan
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Business App, Sales Force Management, Blogging, Sales, Internet, iPhone, Oracle, business intelligence
- Image galleries 2008-07-10
- FTC opposes online privacy law
- Google and Yahoo favor a national online privacy law, the companies' lawyers told the Senate Commerce Committee but the Federal Trade Commission said its plans for industry self-regulation would solve the problem. Not at the hearing: the ISPs whose latest moves into tracking user behavior for better advertising were the...
- Tags: Google Inc., Commission, Online Privacy, FTC, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Sales Force Management, Internet, Sales, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- SaaS star leaves SAP for Salesforce.com
- Enterprise software giant SAP has lost Business Objects' Steve Lucas, one of its brightest software-as-a-service stars, to Salesforce.com, where he takes up a new role driving the vendor's platform strategy by Phil Wainewright
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, ISV, SAP AG, Steve Lucas, Force.com, TenWolde, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Sales Force Management, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2008-07-07
- Car crash on Wall Street: many injuries and heavy losses
- Not since the financial industry did a header off the high board into a mortgage pool filled with bad paper. It's been literally weeks since an American-based business sector looked this sick. I've been trying to keep up with the bloody saga of the Detroit auto makers and...
- Tags: Car, Stock, Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corp., Wall, Sales Strategy, Mortgages, Sales Force Management, Construction, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Investment, Sales, Finance, Capital Structures, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Fastest-growing Web categories in Canada in March 2008
- Feb-2008 Mar-2008 Growth, % Total Internet 23,814 23,879 0 Online Trading 1,024 1,384 35 Taxes 3,041 3,839 26 Hobbies/Lifestyle - Home 4,890 5,509 13 Incentives 2,525 2,826 12 Lotto/Sweepstakes 5,725 6,402 12 Radio 7,875 8,618 9...
- Tags: Internet, Sales Force Management, Manufacturing, Sales, NB
- Blog posts 2008-06-28
- Detroit auto industry going through shock therapy? As in electric shock? Sales numbers say this is real and this is do-or-die
- Perhaps never has the Detroit auto industry faced such a challenge. Not from the small cool VW beetle in the 1960s. Not from the onslaught of Datsun and Toyota a decade later. Not from the Honda Civic in the Nineties. This time the challenge is not...
- Tags: Industry, Gasoline, Therapy, General Motors Corp., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-06-27
- Microsoft's geeks might miss Gates the most
- One of the most disheartening things that can happen in any job is when the boss that inspired you, the one you loved to learn from and who made a grueling job more bearable leaves the building. It may be no different at Microsoft this week, as the "geeks" or...
- Tags: Steve Ballmer, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Tools & Techniques, Government, Recruitment & Selection, Sales, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Deb Perelman
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
- Cozying up on Twitter
- Twitter...yet again. Stephen Rose over at Fast Company has discovered a new use for the beast: Following the activities of business contacts with whom you want to ingratiate yourself. So What? Twitter skip this paragraph if you know is a micro-blogging service. You use...
- Tags: Twitter, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Internet, Sales, Ed Gottsman
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- Live Webcast: Supporting Sales with Web Conferencing
- The Internet has forever changed the role of the salesperson. Mostly gone are the days of client lunches, sample inventories, and nights away from home. Today's sales professionals are performance-oriented, savvy and expedient, which is why they are increasingly dependent on advanced communication technologies such as Web conferencing and rich...
- Tags: Web, Webcast, Sales Strategy, Web Conferencing, Sales Force Management, Channel Management, Sales, Internet, Marketing
- Webcasts 2008-06-24
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