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Done on the road and sound quality down (Sampson C03 USB mikes are okay but not great), I still manage I think a good one.
I Read the News Today Oi Vey
- Salesforce.com & Google announce SFDC-Google Apps "alliance."
- NetSuite launches One World globalization/localization. Good move.
- Oracle brings Deal Management 2.0ish to the table.
- Zoho announces their enterprise CRM edition - for the midmarket - they're smart.
Lists(less): Three Brain Farts
I look at three mistakes made by companies I like - all in the same week. That would be:
- Pardot - The Enterprise Marketing Automation company which otherwise has a very traditionally comprehensive good marketing solution, offers a email capture feature that shouldn't be there.
- Infusionsoft - a company that I truly like - a VERY useful and powerful "emarketing" (their term) suite (with SFA) denounces CRM far too gratuitously for my taste.
- Zoho - one of my champs, my stars, attacks Marc Benioff for reasons that really both make no sense and are simply just nasty.
Experience Matters
This week I focus on the truly great experience.
Check out the virtual tour (mine is verbal but there is a visual on their site) of
Sweetwater Audio - one of the finest companies I have ever dealt with and one that gets the customer in every direction - including internally.
Music for the Episode
- Intro: Got My Mojo Working from the album, The Lost Tapes by Muddy Waters. Buy it at Amazon.com
- News: I've Got News from the album, The Wheel Man by Watermelon Slim & The Workers. Buy at Amazon.com
- Experience Matters: Use Your Experience by Charles Bobus. Courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network
- Outro: Rollin' by Maria Daines. Courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network
Final Note
I apologize for the poorer sound this week. Working on the road is a bit more difficult sometimes. I think I've taken care of this. I now have the
Apogee Duet which should solve all the sound problems that I have when I go on the road. While the Sampson C03 USB mike is okay, it doesn't meet the standard. If you don't want to go the route of the Apogee which can be a bit pricey there are two other USB mikes to look into - the
Rode Podcaster USB mike and the
Audio-Technica AT2020 USB mike. Rode sounds good, though looks ugly and feels heavy; don't know about the Audio Technica. I'm going more pro than either.
