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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 Salesforce’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 Raiser’s Edge system....
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The Latest NPSP Releases for Winter ’21

As you’re wrapping up end of the year fundraising campaigns and appeals, don’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 – 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] – Cloud for Good, a certified B Corp and Salesforce.org 2020 Nonprofit Consulting Partner of the Year, today announced that it...

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Seeing vs Doing: Understanding Learning Styles for Successful Training

Identifying learning styles among your users doesn’t need to involve having each user take a quiz or survey. You can likely identify some personality traits or...
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A Nonprofit Guide to the Salesforce AppExchange

We have been hosting Apps for Good webinars over the last couple of years and we have written many great articles about the different apps that...
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Creating a Data Map When You’re Lost in Data!

A data map is a great way to document the process of uncovering the secrets of a data set. We use them for so many different...
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Volunteer Time Off: Engineering the Future

Everyone at Cloud for Good is passionate about nonprofits. I love hearing about all the different organizations everyone is involved with - the variety allows us...
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Salesforce Trailhead Guides You to Success

Are you looking for training resources for your users? Check out Salesforce's free, fun interactive learning path, Trailhead....

How to Convince Your Management to Implement Salesforce

Tips to help you convince your organization's management that implementing Salesforce is the right move for your nonprofit. Be prepared by doing your research, citing use...