OREANDA-NEWS. December 30, 2015. As 2015 comes to a close, we’re reflecting on all of the exciting announcements, thought leadership articles, and awesome tips that we published on the Salesforce Blog this year. Did you catch these top ten most popular blog posts on our Salesforce Blog and Medium channel? We’ve compiled them below so you can read up on what you might have missed!

Welcome to the Future of CRM. Welcome to Salesforce Lightning

As the leader in CRM with more than millions of users, the news that Salesforce had put together a completely new CRM experience was a huge announcement. Salesforce Lightning Experience is about more than a refreshed user interface — it’s a completely new Salesforce and a completely new way to sell.

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4 Secrets to Productivity

Productivity — it’s a fairly simple concept, but much easier said than done. A self-described productivity fiend shares her four tricks for achieving maximum productivity.

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The Marketing Technology Game of Thrones [Slideshare]

So marketing technology may not be the first thing you think of when you hear “Game of Thrones,” but bear with us. We took a close look at the current marketing technology landscape: Which houses are dominating their spaces, which are vying for supremacy, and where customers factor into the big picture. Here’s what we found.

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Salesforce is One of FORTUNE’S Top 10 Best Companies to Work For!

At Salesforce, our customers and our employees are at the heart of our business. So we were thrilled when we earned a spot on FORTUNE Magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work For list for the seventh year in a row. Learn more about what makes Salesforce such a great place to work.

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Salesforce Health Cloud: Putting Patients at the Center of Their Care

For far too long, legacy health IT technologies have slowed innovation in the management of patient care. As medicine itself has become more sophisticated and precise, healthcare IT systems have largely stayed the same. Salesforce Health Cloud is the first Salesforce product built specifically for healthcare — a cloud-based, patient relationship management solution.

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7 Words that Make Your Emails Less Effective

Despite the fact that you’re probably sending dozens of emails each day, you may still be using words that undermine your credibility and make you seem less confident. Here are seven words to cut from your emails today.

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Announcing Availability of the Salesforce App for Outlook

As part of Salesforce’s strategic partnership with Microsoft, the Salesforce App for Outlook gives users a brand new way to experience Salesforce, right from Outlook and Office 365. To learn more about Salesforce App for Outlook, check out the post, which includes an informational video.

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The Top Ten Highlights from Dreamforce ‘15

Dreamforce is four days packed with breakout sessions, hands on training, keynotes, networking and concerts — it’s no secret it’s one of our favorite weeks of the year! In this blog post we rounded up the top ten moments from Dreamforce ‘15, including foundation activities, big product announcements, and inspiring keynote speakers.

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How I Started Practicing Mindfulness at Work

Workplace culture is always a buzzy topic, and companies around the world are trying new tactics to bolster productivity and innovation. Mindfulness is one such technique that can improve your relationships with your coworkers and help you accomplish tasks more thoughtfully. This Medium post includes a few different ways to incorporate mindfulness into your day-to-day.

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Why Millennials are the Convenience Generation

As the biggest generation is U.S (and world) history, 50 million Millennials are poised to exceed \\$3.3 trillion in purchasing power by 2018. In short, you need to be able to win over these convenience-minded customers if you want your business to survive — and thrive.

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