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The Artichoke Process in Action

To complete the Salesforce implementation for The Monterey Company, the Artichoke team followed The Base, The Heart, and The Bloom implementation model to understand the business need for the system change, implement Salesforce, and look towards future efficiencies. The Base: Understand Monterey sales processes, including where leads originate,...

Why Salesforce is Right for Precoa

After decades of honing their product, building marketing and sales capabilities, and just being good people, Precoa knows the importance of laying solid groundwork for the future. This decade, Precoa has turned their craftsmanship inward and are working to cement their IT and business processes.   Like many...

The Artichoke Implementation Process in Action

To work through the Salesforce implementation alongside the Precoa team, the Artichoke team followed The Base, The Heart, and The Bloom implementation process. The Base: Hold discovery sessions to understand the full scope of impacted Precoa business processes and IT requirements. The project added up to a complete...

Building the Team

Throughout a large-scale Salesforce implementation, building out the team is just as important as the technical solution. During the implementation project, Precoa has prioritized finding good people with skills to structure the IT team for long-term success on the Salesforce platform. A solid team structure looks something like...

Upgrading from HubSpot to Salesforce

The Monterey Company is a custom promotional product manufacturer out of Bend, OR. Recently, Monterey contracted with Artichoke Consulting to implement a fresh instance of Salesforce to upgrade from their current CRM, HubSpot. The goal in moving to Salesforce was to build out a foundational CRM for the...

Data Migration Strategies

The most challenging part of The Monterey Company’s Salesforce implementation was cutting over systems with no down time to ensure continuity for the sales team. This point-in-time cutover allowed sales to continue to work opportunities that originated in HubSpot alongside new Leads coming into Salesforce on day one....

Meet Mark Brandwein M.Ed.

Mark has 5+ years in corporate training and enablement transitioning into the corporate world after 5 years teaching elementary school. Mark knows how to work through the delicate change management process.   Mark is a Chicago, IL based consultant with a masters degree in education. Mark has 10...

Meet Rebekkah Gonsalves

Rebekkah is 3x Salesforce certified and has 2+ years of experience in the ecosystem. Rebekkah brings a clarifying voice to QA, configuration, and documentation.   As a Hawaii-based Salesforce consultant, Rebekkah is passionate about leveraging the power of Salesforce to drive business growth and help organizations streamline their...

Meet Michael Brandwein

Michael is 8x Salesforce certified and has 10+ years of experience in software implementations. Michael leads with strong people skills and technical understanding.   Michael is a Portland, OR based Salesforce consultant with 10+ years of experience in software implementations and is 8x Salesforce certified. Michael started Artichoke...

A look back at Forcelandia 2022

One of my goals starting Artichoke was to dedicate time to meeting others and working with the community. Here is my look back at Forcelandia 2022!   Forcelandia 2022 is in the books, and working as an organizer and seeing the community come together at the event is...

Part Six – The Bloom: Cement and Celebrate Success #smb

Salesforce implementations are a big deal. Let’s celebrate our success!   After go-live we take a moment to reflect and celebrate. This time is called The Bloom. During The Bloom we give the work time to breathe and celebrate the accomplishment.   Here is how we spend our...
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