Over the last decade, the software-as-a-service (SaaS) business model has become more clearly defined. New cloud-based startups are popping up every week. They compete for market share through a variety of marketing efforts such as paid search ads and inbound content marketing, with the bigger players at the higher end pouring a lot of money [...]
Tag Archives: ringdna
15
Jan
Sell High or Die: The Requisite B2B Sales Mantra
“Sell high or die.” This phrase should be a mantra to all B2B salespeople. And when I say “sell high” I’m not talking about stocks. I mean that you need to take that figurative—or literal—elevator the C-Suite. Are the products you offer the best-in-class? Are your services superlative? Good. But that doesn’t matter at all unless [...]
30
Oct
Rule #1 of Your BYOD Policy: Embrace Apps with Native Centralized Reporting
In the near future, virtually every enterprise company will need a strict Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) policy. The majority of enterprise-level companies now support or plan to support some sort of program that allows employees to bring a device of their choice to the workplace, but the regulations governing those policies are still evolving. CIOs’ fear of [...]
23
Oct
iPad Mini and RingDNA are a Match Made in Heaven
After much speculation, we’re excited to see that Apple has finally unveiled the iPad mini. We were reassured by the news today that the new iPad mini is, in the words of Apple, “every inch an iPad.” In other words it will support all 275,00+ apps made for iPad, including our mobile CRM app, RingDNA Free for [...]
22
Oct
Why Enterprise Software Needs to Be as Easy as it is Powerful
Much of last week’s TwilioCon conference focused on the virtues of prioritizing customer experience. Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson told the audience of developers, “You’re focused on the user instead of the scaffolding,” before interviewing Box CEO & co-founder Aaron Levie, who declared that simplicity was the key to his company’s success. Like Gmail before it, Box [...]
12
Oct
It’s Only a Matter of Time Before the iPad Replaces the Desktop Phone
Imagine it’s the not-too-distant future and you walk into a museum exhibit entitled “The History of Voice Communications.” On display is a menagerie of antiquated voice communications devices that were once cutting-edge solutions, that in their day made the world seem a bit smaller. Nestled among old-time rotary phones, 1980s Miami Vice-era car phones and [...]
01
Oct
RingDNA to Pitch at StartupCamp6 in Austin
On the heels of our fantastic week at Dreamforce, RingDNA has been selected as one of just four companies to present its vision for the future of B2B telecom at StartupCamp6 this week. StartupCamp draws a huge crowd consisting of potential investors, journalists and decision-makers in the telecom industry, and is slated to be a highlight of [...]
20
Sep
Howard Brown Speaks at Dreamforce
RingDNA founder & CEO Howard Brown presented at Dreamforce with Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson, CrushPath SVP of Products Matt Wilkinson, and Vinod Sirimalle, Director of Product Management at Cloudsquads. Speaking under the broad theme of the future of voice communication automation, Lawson kicked off the session, discussing how the Internet is forcing changes in sales [...]
18
Sep
RingDNA Spottings at Dreamforce
Thanks to everyone who sported their RingDNA Retro Receivers at the Dreamforce conference today, and especially those of you who posted pics on Twitter. We enjoyed talking to many of you up in the terrific Twilio Booth in Moscone West, as well as in the jaw-droppingly cool Appirio Club. We’ll be there all week, so [...]
18
Sep
RingDNA Retro Phone Mania at Dreamforce
We were blown away by the demand for our RingDNA Retro Phones today at Dreamforce, distributing the first 1,000 in a little under two hours. The phones have already been spotted in Twitter photos, and thanks to all of you who have already downloaded RingDNA Free for Salesforce in the Apple Store. You don’t need [...]
18
Sep
Come Get Our Cool RingDNA Retro Phone Receivers at Dreamforce!
While RingDNA is shaping the future of business telephony, we want to take a moment to pay our respects to the telephony’s past. That’s why we’ll be handing out free retro-cool RingDNA phone receivers at Dreamforce, the biggest cloud computing event of the year (September 19-21). Though our RingDNA Retro Receivers might look at home [...]
