FunnelSource Unveils FunnelRace Sales Performance Leaderboard

FunnelSource Unveils FunnelRace Sales Performance Leaderboard   

LOS ANGELES, CA -- (MARKETWIRE) -- 06/14/11 --

Today, FunnelSource, the leader in Sales Performance and Pipeline Management applications for Salesforce.com, announced FunnelRace, a Sales Performance Leaderboard application for Salesforce CRM that enables sales organizations to create cost-effective sales competitions across virtually any key performance indicator to motivate and incentivize sales teams.

"Motivating sales teams has always been a challenge. FunnelRace not only addresses this pain point with its slick, head-to-head interface, but also replaces the painstaking process of tracking employee performance in external applications like Excel," says FunnelSource CEO, John Hanna. "Furthermore, Sales Performance Leaderboards can be a valuable source of data to managers and FunnelRace presents this data in an intuitive interface in real-time."

FunnelRace allows sales organizations to create custom-themed, Chatter-integrated competitions that show users both individual or team progress so that Managers have a real-time feed of what is happening in the field. Create multiple leaderboards tracking virtually any sales metric with different participants and rewards.

About FunnelSource

FunnelSource delivers Sales Performance and Pipeline Management Applications to Sales organizations of all sizes across industries. Salesforce.com customers recently honored the company with an AppExchange Best of '10 Award in the Dashboards and Reports category based on the delivery of Sales Performance and Pipeline Management solutions to drive data integrity, motivate employees, and increase revenue. FunnelSource is proud to be a salesforce.com AppExchange partner. For more information, visit www.funnelsource.com.

Press Contact: Andy Eichler FunnelSource (310) 459-1801 aeichler@funnelsource.com

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FunnelSource Receives AppExchange Best of '10 Award in the Dashboards and Reports Category From Salesforce.com Customers

FunnelSource for Salesforce CRM Helps Drive Data Integrity and Increase Revenue

LOS ANGELES, CA, Feb 10, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- FunnelSource today was honored by salesforce.com customers with an AppExchange Best of '10 Award. In receiving this customer choice award for Dashboards and Reports, FunnelSource joined all the winners in receiving recognition for their ability to take customer success to new levels in satisfaction and application excellence. Built using the Force.com platform, FunnelSource is immediately available for test drive and deployment on the AppExchange, the world's most-popular marketplace for business apps, athttp://www.salesforce.com/appexchange/.

FunnelSource received its award for Dashboards and Reports based on their delivery of pipeline management solutions to companies of all sizes and across industries to drive data integrity, improve sales behavior, and increase revenue.

"We are thrilled to be recognized by salesforce.com customers based on our user reviews and we will continue to work to improve the application with each new release," said John Hanna, CEO of FunnelSource. "Companies of all sizes now see the advantage of providing their sales teams with straightforward, actionable information at their fingertips. Executives now want everyone in the sales organization, from managers to reps, to have a clear picture of what's happening right now in their pipelines and know exactly what action needs to be taken to close deals."

"The AppExchange gives companies a fast and easy way to identify new applications that will help their organizations be more efficient," said Kendall Collins, chief marketing officer at salesforce.com. "FunnelSource for Salesforce CRM can help our customers realize success with its real-time pipeline management solution. We congratulate FunnelSource for being recognized by customers in the Dashboard and Reports category on the AppExchange in 2010."

The Dashboards and Reports category, one of 11 separate categories, recognizes applications which help users better analyze their most critical data in Salesforce CRM. The "Best of" customer choice awards recognize AppExchange partners who have had excellent user reviews in a specific calendar year. They are awarded based on user-contributed reviews and do not reflect the opinions of salesforce.com, its employees or partners.

About FunnelSource

FunnelSource delivers Pipeline Management Software to Sales organizations of all sizes across industries. FunnelSource is proud to be a salesforce.com AppExchange partner. For more information, visit www.funnelsource.com.

About the Force.com Platform and AppExchange

Force.com is the only proven enterprise platform for building and running business applications in the cloud. The Force.com platform powers the Salesforce CRM (http://www.salesforce.com/) applications, more than 1,000 ISV partner applications like those from CA Technologies, FinancialForce.com and Fujitsu, and 185,000 custom applications used by salesforce.com's 87,200 customers such as Japan Post, Kaiser Permanente, KONE and Sprint Nextel. Force.com also enables developers to make any enterprise app social by leveraging the social collaboration components including profiles, status updates, and real-time feeds available with Chatter.

Applications built on the Force.com platform can be easily distributed to the entire cloud computing community through the salesforce.com AppExchange 2 marketplacehttp://www.salesforce.com/appexchange/, now featuring the ChatterExchange.

Named Best Dashboard/Reporting Application in the 2010

We are extremely Proud to Announce that FunnelSource has been Named Best Dashboard/Reporting Application in the 2010 Salesforce Customer Choice Awards!

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Oct 27, 2010 14:14 ET

FunnelSource Forms Strategic Alliance With The Pedowitz Group

Sales Force Automation Company Partners With Leading Demand Generation Agency to Provide Clients With Full Sales Forecasting and Pipeline Command Center

ATLANTA, GA--(Marketwire - October 27, 2010) - FunnelSource, the leading provider of quota-centric Sales Force Automation tools for CRM, announced today that it has entered into a strategic partnership with The Pedowitz Group, the world's largest and most experienced demand generation agency.

"Partnering with The Pedowitz Group was the logical choice for us," said John Hanna, CEO of FunnelSource. "Their knowledge of the space, high integrity, and results-focused practice is what our customers want. Together, we will transform demand generation, promote sales enablement, and deliver a closed loop sales and marketing practice for our customers."

Under the partnership, both firms will refer each other's products and combined services in a series of demand generation and sales enablement packages.

"We are very excited to partner with FunnelSource," said Jeff Pedowitz, president and CEO of The Pedowitz Group. "Their reporting and forecasting interface closes the revenue acquisition cycle that we initiate when creating a demand generation center of excellence with our customers. Together, we can easily demonstrate the value demand generation programs deliver for our customers while enabling them to work more efficiently."

The two companies have already engaged with their first joint customer, Foundation Source, the country's largest independent foundation services firm.

"The Pedowitz group introduced us to FunnelSource, which has provided our sales team with the ability to work faster and smarter," said Tom Weinbaum, Foundation Source's vice president of creation and sales optimization. "Every member of our team is now conscious of their quota, forecast and what they need to be working on to ensure they hit their numbers. I am now confident that no deals are slipping through the cracks due to human error. After only one demo, I instantly saw the value. We could not be happier."

About The Pedowitz Group
The Pedowitz Group (TPG) is the world's largest full-service demand generation agency. With a focus on delivering marketing and sales automation solutions, TPG drives sustainable revenue and return on investment for global clients. They enable clients to create and execute demand generation strategies and tactics that get results. Services include strategy, program design, system selection, implementation, integration, creative services and outsourced demand generation. Customers include such industry leaders as Comcast, Deutsche Bank, Intel and Palace Sports and Entertainment. For more information on how TPG can help you make a significant and measurable contribution to your company's growth, visit www.pedowitzgroup.com.

About FunnelSource
FunnelSource is a software company specializing in sales force automation interfaces for cloud computing CRM systems. FunnelSource is a Salesforce.com AppExchange partner. Their primary product, FunnelAction, is a "Pipeline Command Center" built within Salesforce.com that allows companies to create actionable forecasts, view changes in the pipeline, and drive data integrity -- all in a powerful, easy-to-navigate interface. FunnelSource maximizes salespeople's ability to sell and minimizes time spent in the CRM system so they can focus on what they do best: identifying new opportunities and closing existing business. For more information, visit www.funnelsource.com.

Media Contact:
Scott Benedetti
Director, Demand Generation
The Pedowitz Group
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732-475-2806

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