Filed under: Business, World wide web, E-mail, Web services, Google, web 2.0
Salesforce for Google Apps goes live today, which basically means that Salesforce.com users can integrate Google Docs, Spreadsheets, Calendar, Gmail, Google Speak and other Google services with their Salesforce account.
Why exactly does this matter? Basically, it gives small business owners a one-stop shop for managing their workforce, customer, and marketing information. Saleforce has its own email application, for example, allowing you to keep track of business related emails from the same interface you use to manage contracts. But now that there’s Gmail integration, you can send an email from Salesforce.com, Gmail, or a desktop application like Outlook linked to your account. All of your information will be viewable from the Salesforce web interface.
The folks at Common Craft put together a simple explanatory video which you can see above. We kind of enjoy it superior than the official video from Salesforce, but you can check that one out after the jump.
Continue reading Google and Salesforce.com announce Google Apps integration
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