Our time in San Diego for REALTORS® (NAR) Annual Conference and Expo 2009 has come to a close, but we aren’t missing a beat – we’ve headed north to be EVERYWHERE at the Cloud Computing Event of the year – salesforce.com Dreamforce Global Gathering 2009 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco November 17-20, 2009.

Before we left NAR, we were pleased to be named as one of the technologies and applications necessary to take your business to the next level in the “Leveraging Technology for Luxury Home Marketing” session. Aaron Wheeler, the speaker, also named Salesforce as a must-have CRM. – Thank you Aaron!

Leveraging Technology for Luxury Home Marketing: Grow your luxury real estate practice by implementing an internet and technology strategy and using cost-effective solutions. Increase your service level and client loyalty using customer relationship management technologies. Determine how to track advertising campaign effectiveness and provide the results to your client. A real estate professional shares tips on what does and does not work when you leverage syndication technologies, email marketing, social media, and other technologies to increase exposure for your luxury listings.

From Southern California to Northern California… we’re so hot, we can’t stop!

Today marks the opening day at Dreamforce and the first day of Cloud Expo!

During the Cloud Expo in booth #1118, we will have experts available to demonstrate the new solution suite, analyze customer business workflows, recommend best practices and help attendees get started with a 30-day free trial. Attendees participating in a brief demonstration are entered in a drawing to win a Dell Netbook at the close of the show.

Stop by our booth to say hi to Tom Barnes, Robert Sanchez, Adam Hernandez, Brad Epker and Mike Tasca. You can also catch Tom Gonser, Bob DeSantis, Loren Alhadeff, Ken Cavallon, Eric Wong, Tanya Frerichs, Doug Rybacki, Mike Borozdin, and Steve Woodworth at various sessions. We’re looking forward to seeing everyone!

Don’t forget to mark your schedules for three don’t-miss sessions: Close it in the Cloud!™ with DocuSign Smart Electronic Signatures, Electronic Contract Execution with Apttus, and DocuSign for Salesforce and in collaboration with Salesforce CRM product group in their session Introducing Real-Time Quotes to Salesforce CRM.

Introducing Real-Time Quotes to Salesforce CRM

Thursday, November 19th, 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., PT. Room North 133.

In this Salesforce CRM product group session, DocuSign will demonstrate for the first time its rich integration with this new capability. In collaboration with the Salesforce CRM Real-Time Quotes product group, DocuSign will show attendees how to close it in the cloud in real-time. Attendees will see the future of Real-Time Quotes in the Spring 10 release, learn how to manage quotes with workflow, quote with product bundles using BigMachines and leverage integrated electronic signature technology with Smart eSignatures from DocuSign. We’re excited to be an integrated part of the solution and the only ESIGN provider in the session.

Speakers: Tyler Ziemann, Salesforce.com; Tim Handorf, BigMachines; Ken Cavallon, DocuSign.

Sales Track: Close It In The Cloud! with DocuSign Electronic Signatures

Thursday, November 19th, 2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m., PT. Room North 130.

Learn how Yahama, Expedia, and LinkedIn have transformed their business by using DocuSign for Salesforce CRM. Companies have eliminated paper and are sending contracts for electronic signatures, transforming slow, manual, expensive, paper-based contract processes into efficient 100% cloud-based processes. With integrated data management, your people will never need to rekey data again! Close more deals faster, eliminate errors, and increase efficiency by closing it in the cloud with DocuSign for Salesforce CRM.

Speakers: Gene Harden, Expedia, Inc.; Tom Gonser, DocuSign; Mike Machado, Yamaha Corporation of America; Brian Frank, LinkedIn.

Large Enterprises Track: Electronic Contract Execution with Apttus and DocuSign for Salesforce

Friday, November 20th, 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m., PT Room North 120.

Using the power of end-to-end electronic contract management from Apttus and electronic signatures from DocuSign, successful companies can now speed up time to revenue, automate business process, eliminate paper, and ensure compliance with this amazing cloud computing solution that delivers on the promise of the paperless enterprise! Join us to find out how your enterprise can Close it in the Cloud! with electronic contract execution from these two top AppExchange partners.

Speakers: Kirk Krappe, Apttus Inc.; Tom Gonser, DocuSign

DocuSign will be EVERYWHERE at the Cloud Computing Event of the year – salesforce.com Dreamforce Global Gathering 2009 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco November 17-20, 2009.

As a Gold Sponsor, we’ll have a private room for us to meet with you and discuss electronic signature or eSign services that will enable you to electronically send, sign and manage your documents from within your Salesforce CRM environment.

We’ll also present three sessions: Close it in the Cloud!™ with DocuSign Smart Electronic Signatures, Electronic Contract Execution with Apttus, and DocuSign for Salesforce and in collaboration with Salesforce CRM product group in their session Introducing Real-Time Quotes to Salesforce CRM.

Don’t Miss Introducing Real-Time Quotes to Salesforce CRM

Thursday, November 19th, 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., PT. Room North 133.

In this Salesforce CRM product group session, DocuSign will demonstrate for the first time its rich integration with this new capability. In collaboration with the Salesforce CRM Real-Time Quotes product group, DocuSign will show attendees how to close it in the cloud in real-time. Attendees will see the future of Real-Time Quotes in the Spring 10 release, learn how to manage quotes with workflow, quote with product bundles using BigMachines and leverage integrated electronic signature technology with Smart eSignatures from DocuSign. We’re excited to be an integrated part of the solution and the only ESIGN provider in the session.

Speakers: Tyler Ziemann, Salesforce.com; Tim Handorf, BigMachines; Ken Cavallon, DocuSign.

Sales Track: Close It In The Cloud! with DocuSign Electronic Signatures

Thursday, November 19th, 2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m., PT. Room North 130.

Learn how Yahama, Expedia, and LinkedIn have transformed their business by using DocuSign for Salesforce CRM. Companies have eliminated paper and are sending contracts for electronic signatures, transforming slow, manual, expensive, paper-based contract processes into efficient 100% cloud-based processes. With integrated data management, your people will never need to rekey data again! Close more deals faster, eliminate errors, and increase efficiency by closing it in the cloud with DocuSign for Salesforce CRM.

Speakers: Gene Harden, Expedia, Inc.; Tom Gonser, DocuSign; Mike Machado, Yamaha Corporation of America; Brian Frank, LinkedIn.

Large Enterprises Track: Electronic Contract Execution with Apttus and DocuSign for Salesforce

Friday, November 20th, 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m., PT Room North 120.

Using the power of end-to-end electronic contract management from Apttus and electronic signatures from DocuSign, successful companies can now speed up time to revenue, automate business process, eliminate paper, and ensure compliance with this amazing cloud computing solution that delivers on the promise of the paperless enterprise! Join us to find out how your enterprise can Close it in the Cloud! with electronic contract execution from these two top AppExchange partners.

Speakers: Kirk Krappe, Apttus Inc.; Tom Gonser, DocuSign

Cloud Expo
During the Cloud Expo in booth #1118, we will have experts available to demonstrate the new solution suite, analyze customer business workflows, recommend best practices and help attendees get started with a 30-day free trial. Attendees participating in a brief demonstration are entered in a drawing to win a Dell Netbook at the close of the show.

Stop by our booth, #1118 – Tom Barnes, Robert Sanchez, Adam Hernandez, Brad Epker and Mike Tasca are looking forward to seeing everyone! You can also catch Tom Gonser, Bob DeSantis, Loren Alhadeff, Ken Cavallon, Eric Wong, Tanya Frerichs, Doug Rybacki, Mike Borozdin, and Steve Woodworth at various sessions.

We’re excited to participate at Dreamforce ’09 and look forward to discussing how you can Close It In The Cloud!℠ with DocuSign for Salesforce. For more information, please take a look at:

• LinkedIn Uses DocuSign for Salesforce to Accelerate Time to Revenue
• Drawloop: Fast-Tracking Sales with DocuSign for Salesforce
• Community Energy: Fueling Sales with Electronic Signature from DocuSign for Salesforce
• EDGAR® Online: Reducing Risk with Electronic Signatures and DocuSign for Salesforce

We’ll see YOU there!!

The Social Media and Technology Symposium was designed to teach over 200 real estate professionals how to effectively utilize marketing and social media strategies and current technology to promote themselves and enhance their business.

DocuSign presented an hour long session to introduce DocuSign electronic signature solutions. Doug Rybacki, DocuSign’s Director of Product Management, presented to 60 attendees which included real estate professionals who also use zipForm or WINForms.

Some common questions Doug was asked included “How does the signature get in there?” as well as “How do I sign up?”

How to Sign Up:

Just go to the DocuSign real estate web site and click the “Buy Now” button.

You can also go to the DouSign and zipLogix site at click “Buy Now” as well if you use zipForm or WINForms.

How the Signature Gets In There:

First, the sender creates an envelope and uploads the documents for signature. The sender addresses the envelope with the signer’s name and email address.

Then DocuSign sends the signer an email notifying them they have documents to be signed.

The signer clicks on the secure link, authenticates himself or herself into the system and goes through a process to adopt an electronic signature.

Advanced Functionality

Some hot topics in electronic signature included Anchor Tabs and Templates. These features make the process of tagging a document so easy. Anchor tabs can drop initial for a buyer on each of a 10 page purchase agreement in all the correct places at the correct size. Templates enable you save even more time if you tend to send the same types of documents to your various clients.

If you missed DocuSign at the Citrus Valley Social Media and Technology Symposium, you can catch us in San Diego at RE Bar Camp San Diego on November 12th and at REALTORS(s) Conference & EXPO 2009 November 13th – 16th.