At their Rainmaker 2019 conference, SalesLoft announced a doubling of their partner ecosystem, mobile functionality, a rebuilt analytics engine, and a hot leads feature, and expanded CRM connectors.  The show attracted 1,300 attendees to hear 164 speakers.

SalesLoft released an iOS mobile app that allows users to place digital calls through the SalesLoft platform.  Calls are directed through a Twilio dialer and then analyzed by SalesLoft.  Post-call automated features include automated transcription and indexing, call analytics, and CRM sync.  Thus, if the rep places a call on the road, she will have a fully transcribed, indexed, and analyzed call when she returns to the office.

Prior to making the call, the user can set one-sided recording or local number calling.  Users can also add new contacts to cadences and will be notified when prospects engage with a cadence.  An activity stream is on the mobile app roadmap.

For inbound calls, the rep can quickly enter call notes which are synced to the CRM.

There are no immediate plans for an Android app.

“I believe sales is about relationships and sales engagement is essential to building those relationships.  Through data science, meeting intelligence and efficient account-based workflows, SalesLoft lets you focus on what matters most: building relationships and solving customers’ problems.”

SalesLoft VP of Product Butler Raines

SalesLoft is implementing a new reporting framework with an event-driven architecture which supports an open data API.  Two reports, a Cadence Performance report and an Account Report, have already been rolled out.  The framework supports configurable dashboards which can be quickly built with advanced analytics and visualizations using Business Intelligence tools.  Sales Ops can also build real-time reports and dashboards within Salesforce.

SalesLoft is extending machine learning and AI into its platform.  For example, SalesLoft machine learning tools detect the prospect’s position and level at a firm and selects the optimal persona-based cadence.  A new Hot Leads feature prioritizes prospects based on content engagement and website activity.

SalesLoft, which has long supported Salesforce, will be adding connectors for Microsoft Dynamics and SAP.

“We have seen a sizeable increase in CRM demand beyond the Salesforce ecosystem. SalesLoft is excited to enable organizations running on SAP C4C and Microsoft Dynamics to better serve their customers.”

Sean Kester, SalesLoft VP of Platform Strategy

SalesLoft will be regionalizing its data hosting by region or usage.  “This not only allows for customization (for example, keeping data that originates from the European Union in the EU) but also improves security and platform performance,” blogged the firm.  “Whether it’s through regulation compliance, security-minded development, or thought leadership, SalesLoft looks to partner with our customers for mutual success.”

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SalesLoft announced a set of additional partners available through their app directory. I will discuss these on Monday.