• How can a Business Apply Sales Force Automation?

      Mark Smith, 02 January 2011

      On my last two posts, I introduced you to Sales Force Automation (SFA). What it is? What can you get from it? How it will help you stay on top of your game? What makes it efficient? Now I’ll be discussing the implementation of such a method if ever you decide to embrace and leverage Sales Force Auto

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    • Dynamics CRM 2011 – A Closed Loop System

      Louise Alderton, 01 January 2011

      To continue my Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 discovery I have decided to re-evaluate the concept of ‘Closed-Loop Marketing’, a topic I blogged about a few months back relating to Dynamics CRM in a general sense. You can check out this previous post here. Now, I would like to examine if and how Micros

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    • Dynamics CRM 2011 – A Closed Loop System

      Louise Alderton, 01 January 2011

      To continue my Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 discovery I have decided to re-evaluate the concept of ‘Closed-Loop Marketing’, a topic I blogged about a few months back relating to Dynamics CRM in a general sense. You can check out this previous post here. Now, I would like to examine if and how Micros

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    • Unit Testing

      Vitalii Symon, 31 December 2010

      * Unit testing is a popular tool and its advantages are obvious – rapid, accurate testing which is able to cover whole system of any complexity within minutes.  But, this approach takes some time and effort. A large number of developers do unit tests for simplest components which do not do seri

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    • The Business Benefits of using Facebook

      Roshan Mehta, 30 December 2010

      How many times have you logged into Facebook today? Let’s face it, it’s everywhere!  It’s even on the bottom of this page! Facebook has grown into more than just a way to connect with friends – it is now a great way for individuals, groups, and businesses to share content and connect with each

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    • How to use Dialogs in Dynamics CRM 2011

      Paul Nieuwelaar, 29 December 2010

      In Dynamics CRM 2011, as well as having the ability to create workflows, like in Dynamics CRM 4.0, you can also create Dialogs. Dialogs are like workflows, although they allow you to work through them step by step, with user interaction, including prompts to gather information easier. To create a D

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    • How to use Dialogs in Dynamics CRM 2011

      Paul Nieuwelaar, 29 December 2010

      In Dynamics CRM 2011, as well as having the ability to create workflows, like in Dynamics CRM 4.0, you can also create Dialogs. Dialogs are like workflows, although they allow you to work through them step by step, with user interaction, including prompts to gather information easier. To create a D

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    • Overcoming Man’s Greatest Fear – Public Speaking

      Simon Phillips, 28 December 2010

      Public speaking or presenting is a skill that many people have a lot of trouble with, and when forced into having to make a public announcement or presentation they struggle and stumble over there words not only unable to get their message across but also feeling as though they have embarrassed them

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    • Overcoming Man’s Greatest Fear – Public Speaking

      Simon Phillips, 28 December 2010

      Public speaking or presenting is a skill that many people have a lot of trouble with, and when forced into having to make a public announcement or presentation they struggle and stumble over there words not only unable to get their message across but also feeling as though they have embarrassed them

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    • Putting a clock to the face in a Dynamics CRM Record

      Gayan Perera, 27 December 2010

        This is an enhancement to the blog post that was written last week about how to put a face to the name in a Dynamics CRM records. As you can see from the above image we also added the option to see the local time of a contact in CRM. If you’re working with people around the globe it’s useful

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    • Microsoft Dynamics Marketplace – Opportunities for low-cost system improvement

      John Eccles, 26 December 2010

      Users of Microsoft Dynamics CRM can now take advantage of the Microsoft Dynamics Marketplace to enhance their CRM system for relatively low-cost.   What is the Microsoft Dynamics Marketplace? An on-line store for Microsoft Dynamics CRM applications.  It works much the same as Apple’s App S

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    • Microsoft Dynamics Marketplace – Opportunities for low-cost system improvement

      John Eccles, 26 December 2010

      Users of Microsoft Dynamics CRM can now take advantage of the Microsoft Dynamics Marketplace to enhance their CRM system for relatively low-cost.   What is the Microsoft Dynamics Marketplace? An on-line store for Microsoft Dynamics CRM applications.  It works much the same as Apple’s App S

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    • Stress-Free Productivity = Getting Things Done (Book Review)

      Louise Alderton, 25 December 2010

      Here at Magnetism (like every other business I’m sure) we like to get things done. On joining the Magnetism team six months ago I was required to read the appropriately titled book, ‘Getting Things Done’ by David Allen and then mirror the suggested processes in my own work. This book was a bestselle

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    • C# - A ‘dynamic’ keyword for CRM

      Vitalii Symon, 24 December 2010

      With every ‘next’ version of Microsoft .NET Framework we get more and more features and as result – more chances to shoot our own leg.  Not so long ago, var keyword was discussed by the community as potentially dangerous and now we have one more keyword – dynamic - which gives some more freedo

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    • Solutions in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011

      Paul Nieuwelaar, 22 December 2010

      In Dynamics CRM 4.0, the standard way to import and export customizations to be used on other CRM instances was to use the customizations.xml file generated by exporting selected customizations. In Dynamics CRM 2011, the process of packaging and deploying customizations (or solutions) is now easier

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