Aug 25, 2017 | Blog, Configure Price Quote |
The price quote is really the first chance you have to make a good impression on a customer. Delivering an accurate and professional sales quote within a customer’s time frame is the first indication that you are responsive, easy to work with and that you value...
May 4, 2017 | Blog, featured |
Yesterday kicked off the fifth annual Accelerate conference. Four thousand sales, legal, ops and IT professionals gathered at Pier 48 along the sun stroked bay front. The day was highlighted by various breakout sessions, Pinkberry frozen Yogurt, a Puppy Pen and of...
Dec 5, 2016 | Blog, E-Commerce, featured, Industry Trends |
For some, it’s hard to believe it’s already December and holiday shopping is now a looming priority. For others, they’ve been eagerly awaiting it for months. Of course, the holiday season kicks off with its usual consumer extravaganza, the three-headed dog of Black...
Sep 6, 2016 | Blog, Configure Price Quote |
What is CPQ (Configure Price Quote)? CPQ, or Configure Price Quote Software is a sales tool designed to help companies produce accurate and highly configured quotes making all of the complex product, pricing, and business rules centralized, automatic and available in...
Jun 27, 2016 | Blog |
This month, over 150 executives were surveyed by a third party on the impact of Quote-to-Cash business transformation projects in their organization. The study provided some resounding statistics and quantifiable benefits of Quote-to-Cash that we couldn’t wait to...
Apr 13, 2016 | Best Practices, Blog, Cloud Configuration, Configure Price Quote, Contract Management, E-Commerce, Industry Trends |
The Apttus founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kirk Krappe, stood center-stage in front of an audience of 3,000, back-dropped by luminous shades of blue and bright green. His keynote kicked off Accelerate 2016. This year’s Quote-to-Cash Event of the Year featured a...
Mar 16, 2016 | Best Practices, Blog, featured, Industry Trends |
As we countdown the days to Accelerate 2016, the Quote-to-Cash event of the year, that will take place at Pier 48 in San Francisco on April 12-14, we will be highlighting different aspects of the event every week in a series we call The Road to Accelerate. Each week...
Nov 23, 2015 | Blog, Contract Management, Industry Trends |
Apttus conducted a month long, global Legal Survey to assess the developing technological trends within Legal departments. The survey consisted of 40 questions and respondents came from small firms, Fortune 1000 companies and a wide spectrum of industries. The goal...
Nov 18, 2015 | Best Practices, Blog, Configure Price Quote, featured, Industry Trends |
Last week I had the pleasure to attend Sales Hacker’s Sales Stack 2015 conference located right on the saffron blue San Francisco bay. Several hundred sales leaders joined to network, explore new solutions, learn, and participate in active panel discussions led...
Nov 12, 2015 | Best Practices, Blog, Cloud Configuration, Configure Price Quote, Contract Management, E-Commerce, Industry Trends |
At Dreamforce, Apttus could have given away many things to inspire the attendees, Apple Watches, mono-rovers, or Oculus Virtual reality. We decided to choose a unique product, from an even more unique brand, Tesla, whose bold vision, innovation, and complete disregard...
Sep 18, 2015 | Best Practices, Blog, E-Commerce |
In his keynote, Marc Benioff discussed the power of customer engagement, as we move towards a new and evolving world he called the Internet of Customers. You have to deliver the customer experience that you promise. And customer expectations are increasingly high. If...
Sep 17, 2015 | Blog, Industry Trends |
The Dreamforce keynote delivered much of the pomp and magic we’ve come to expect and love. Marc Benioff showed off a pair of his geek-chic shoes, Lightning Man struck for a second time, Stevie Wonder surprised us with a musical performance with a breakdown of...
Sep 16, 2015 | Best Practices, Blog, featured |
Day one of #DF15 is in the books. By now you’ve got your pass, roamed the campus, checked out out the Admin, SMB, Industry, and Dev Zones in Moscone West, made it to some sessions, heard the Safe Harbor Statement at nauseum, networked, partied, had your badge...
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Sep 15, 2015 | Best Practices, Blog, Industry Trends |
Dreamforce is known as the Mardi Gras of cloud computing. That’s because after long days of sessions, meetings, networking and navigating the campus, a bulk of the attendees love to unwind with a drink (or a few). And lucky for them, many of the companies...
Sep 4, 2015 | Best Practices, Blog, Industry Trends |
We are pleased to have a new addition to The Celebrities of Dreamforce series, in which we’ve interviewed some of the most recognizable faces of DF15 and Dreamforces past. They are the stars that make Dreamforce the most memorable event of the year, the reason...
Aug 31, 2015 | Blog, Industry Trends |
We are pleased to have a new addition to The Celebrities of Dreamforce series, in which we’ve interviewed some of the most recognizable faces of DF15 and Dreamforces past. They are the stars that make Dreamforce the most memorable event of the year, the reason...
Aug 24, 2015 | Blog, Industry Trends |
We are pleased to have a new addition to The Celebrities of Dreamforce series, in which we’ve interviewed some of the most recognizable faces of DF15 and Dreamforces past. They are the stars that make Dreamforce the most memorable event of the year, the reason...
Aug 17, 2015 | Blog, featured, Industry Trends |
We are happy to announce a brand new feature on the Apttus blog, The Celebrities of Dreamforce in which we’ve interviewed some of the most recognizable faces of DF15 and Dreamforces past. They are the stars that make Dreamforce the most memorable event of the...
Aug 3, 2015 | Best Practices, Blog |
While all the excitement of Dreamforce usually centers on the gala performer, Expo giveaways, and the bountiful lineup of parties, the true benefit are the sessions. It’s in the breakouts that attendees can explore the myriad of ways to extend their Salesforce...
Jul 26, 2015 | Blog, Cloud Configuration, digest, Industry Trends |
DF15 Each year Dreamforce tops itself as the planet’s, nay the galaxy’s most attended, most exciting cloud conference. We are exactly 50 days away from Dreamforce 2015! Time keeps ticking and the anticipation continues to mount. Here is a look at our 14...
Jul 20, 2015 | Best Practices, Blog, X-Author Blog |
July 2015 Apttus is extremely excited to launch it’s new Salesforce MVP of the Month program, in which we spotlight the exceptional leaders of the Salesforce Ecosystem that have lent us their expertise, knowledge, and ongoing contributions, ensuring both our...
Jul 10, 2015 | Advanced Solutions, Best Practices, Blog, Configure Price Quote |
Earlier this week a hundred attendees crammed into in San Francisco’s Geekdom, for a night of drinks and dashboards, pizza and predictive analytics, networking and next-gen business intelligence. A night perfectly suited for the Salesforce Data Analytics Meetup....
Jun 24, 2015 | Best Practices, Blog, Industry Trends |
Connect, connections, connectivity, connected devices, Internet of Things, wearables, interactions, multi-channels, omni-channels, so on and so forth – it’s the constant discussion across all businesses and all industries. But what does it actually mean? What are you...
Jun 17, 2015 | Best Practices, Blog |
Michael Jordan, “His Airness,” is a 6x NBA Champion, 6x NBA Finals MVP, 14x NBA All-Star, and 2x Olympic Gold Medalist, and this is only a sample amongst a surfeit of many other star-studded achievements throughout his career. He is unanimously the greatest to have...
Jun 10, 2015 | Blog, Configure Price Quote, Industry Trends |
The Manufacturing State of the Union We are seeing a pivotal transformation across the manufacturing and industry verticals. IDC has a study that says, companies are now investing 25-30% of their total budget to better understand how to leverage cloud and digital...
Jun 2, 2015 | Best Practices, Blog, Configure Price Quote |
Speed is one of the biggest pressures companies face today – Sandra Bullock, don’t let the bus go below 60 mph, type pressure. Business is nearly immediate, and the ability to adjust to market changes, interact with customers, and close deals more quickly is forcing...
May 19, 2015 | Blog, Contract Management |
Pt. 2 of Implementing Contract Management Software: “It Actually Works…” It’s important to understand that having all the technological advancements in the world like a contract management system won’t help a company if nobody is using them. To garner adoption, select...
Apr 28, 2015 | Blog, Cloud Configuration, featured, X-Author Blog |
Very recently, Salesforce AppExchange hit the incredible milestone of 3 MILLION INSTALLS! It’s really a remarkable feat and not just a confirmation that Salesforce has arrived as a global leader in business and SaaS innovation, but a confirmation that cloud technology...
Apr 10, 2015 | Blog, Industry Trends |
Our partners are essential to both Apttus’s success as a rapidly growing business and our annual Accelerate conference. During last evening’s happy hour I toured the Expo Floor in the Sunshine Court, checked out their booths, and learned some fascinating...
Apr 9, 2015 | Blog, Configure Price Quote |
Speed isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity. With an increase in mobile capabilities, business is now immediate. Having the ability to remain adaptive and responsive in many cases is a deciding factor in closing a deal. Of course, external speed starts with internal...
