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Using Marketing Cloud as a Lead Funnel Tool, Part 2

Welcome back to our exploration of using Marketing Cloud as a lead funnel! If you haven’t yet, make sure to catch up on Part 1 of...

What Is My Salesforce Instance and When Will I Need It?

What Is My Salesforce Instance and When Will I Need It?

Much like knowing how many and what kind of licenses you have, whether you’re on Salesforceโ€™s Sales or Service Cloud, or if you have the Enterprise...

Empowering Latino Families with Hispanic Scholarship Fund + Salesforce: From Luminate CRM to Nonprofit Success Pack

Empowering Latino Families with Hispanic Scholarship Fund + Salesforce: From Luminate CRM to Nonprofit Success Pack

Salesforce integrations have allowed the Hispanic Scholarship Fund to stay flexible and greatly enhance digital marketing capabilities....
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Happy Holidays from Cloud for Good: Reflecting on 2020

Here at Cloud for Good, we pride ourselves on our ability to adapt and overcome any hurdle we might face. The ability to improvise and remain...

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Human Rights Watch: Migrating From Raiser’s Edge to Salesforce for a Global Fundraising Perspective

Human Rights Watch entered a partnership with Cloud for Good to leverage Salesforce and evolve past their previous Raiserโ€™s Edge system....
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The Latest NPSP Releases for Winter ’21

As youโ€™re wrapping up end of the year fundraising campaigns and appeals, donโ€™t forget to fine-tune your Salesforce org with the latest NPSP updates for Enhanced...

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Using Marketing Cloud as a Lead Funnel Tool, Part 1

You are presumably reading this article because you are considering utilizing Marketing Cloud as a lead funnel (wow, article title in the first sentence โ€“ my...

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Recapping #GivingTuesday 2020 with Salesforce Social Studio

Giving Tuesday, a globally recognized day of giving, falls on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving. In 2020, the day fell on December 1, and people around...

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Salesforce Announces Retirement of NGO Connect & Why You Should Be Excited

In January 2019, Salesforce made the decision to acquire roundCorner, bringing NGO Connect (NGOC), Foundation Connect, and roundData into their product offerings. This was a great...

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Cloud for Good Accepted As A Salesforce Commerce Cloud B2C Partner

December 1, 2020 [Asheville, NC] โ€“ Cloud for Good, a certified B Corp and Salesforce.org 2020 Nonprofit Consulting Partner of the Year, today announced that it...

Introducing the Salesforce Higher Education Data Architecture (HEDA)

Introducing the Salesforce Higher Education Data Architecture (HEDA)

Salesforce.org recently released a new tool for colleges and universities, the Higher Education Data Architecture (HEDA) package. HEDA aims to offer a core architecture package for...
Come See Us at the Salesforce World Tour Boston

Come See Us at the Salesforce World Tour Boston

The Salesforce World Tour is rolling into Boston, Massachusetts next week on April 7, and several of our team members will be attending and speaking. The...

5 Pitfalls To Avoid When You Integrate Salesforce and Accounting Apps

5 Pitfalls To Avoid When You Integrate Salesforce and Accounting Apps

One of the most common integration requests from Salesforce users is syncing Salesforce with accounting apps likes Intacct, QuickBooks, and Xero. There is no shortage of...
Top 10 Reasons Nonprofits Love Marketing Cloud

Top 10 Reasons Nonprofits Love Marketing Cloud

Nonprofits are maximizing their communication strategies with the Salesforce Marketing Cloud. Learn about the top 10 features that make it a great tool for any organization....
Do You Know How to ERD?

Do You Know How to ERD?

First, letโ€™s break down that scary little acronym: ERD = Entity Relationship Diagram. Still sound too techy? How about this: An Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) is...

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Salesforce for Global Nonprofits

Much like their for-profit counterparts, Nonprofits and NGOโ€™s also reach across international borders in order to run their programs, connect with their constituents, and raise resources....