Who Is a Datablazer? (And 6 Reasons To Become One)

Who Is a Datablazer? (And 6 Reasons To Become One)

Datablazers work to make better decisions with unified data, deliver next-level customer experiences, and spark innovation.

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Are you ready to unlock the full potential of all your data and join a community of like-minded visionaries? Welcome to the Datablazer community, where IT and business leaders, developers, and data practitioners come together to transform data into their most powerful asset.

Imagine expanding your network with top leaders, sharing cutting-edge best practices, and getting exclusive access to resources that will elevate your data game. Whether you're looking for ways to unify and take action on all your data, innovate with AI, or simply get answers to your pressing data questions, becoming a Datablazer is your ticket to success. So, let's dive in and blaze new data trails together!

What is a Datablazer?

In the age of AI, everyone wants more value from all their data. We built Datablazer to help you get just that. Datablazers are IT and business leaders, developers, practitioners and partners who all have one thing in common: they want to unify and realize the full potential of all their data, regardless of where it lives. And they want to share insights, best practices, and ideas with other data visionaries and customer champions.

Datablazers understand the transformative power of data to:

• Make better decisions with unified data
• Deliver exceptional customer experiences
• Power artificial intelligence (AI) and capitalize on its infinite potential
• Spur innovation
• Plan strategically
• Improve operational efficiency
• And so much more…

But despite their enthusiasm about capitalizing on data, Datablazers run into roadblocks - roadblocks that the Datablazer community will help you solve. Service reps say it's too time-consuming to provide proactive services to customers because they have to piece together information from different systems. Sales leaders come to us looking for ways to avoid switching between applications and systems to find quality prospects or make better offers. Commerce leaders share how the inability to connect data across their platforms leads to misguided decisions. Marketers tell us about their challenges with unifying and taking action on customer insights. And IT leaders come looking for solutions to streamline endless data requests from across the business.

All of these challenges prevent teams from taking action on their data to deliver exceptional customer experiences. So we are coming together to change that. Through our content, community, and a focus on data, AI, and customer relationship management (CRM), we are:

• Overcoming roadblocks to making data reliable, accessible and actionable
• Discovering creative ways to unify and activate diverse datasets from any internal and external sources with Data Cloud, helping you solve challenges and drive strategic outcomes.
• Increasing data literacy and usage among business teams.
• Bringing unified data into everyday work applications while maintaining privacy and security every step of the way.

What is the Datablazer Resource Hub and the Datablazer community, and how is it different from the DataFam?

Our Datablazer Resource Hub that we continuously update with a range of new content for Datablazers. You'll find everything from the latest Data Cloud events, trailhead learning resources, webinars and customer stories to how-to videos, research reports and best practice guides - all focused on ways to unify and take action on all your data.

Take the next step

Are you ready to transform and shape the future of data? Here's how you can get involved:

• Check out our new content on Datablazer Resource Hub: Dive into our latest resources - from data activation guides to white papers, events, how-to videos and more.
• Join the community: Become part of a vibrant group of professionals who are reshaping the future of data.
• Check us out at Dreamforce: Datablazers will be showing up everywhere. And we mean everywhere. From 14 breakout sessions, including the Data Cloud keynote, to live interviews and fun photoshoot booths, we will be out in full force spreading the word about our new community, and giving away some freebies.
• Swag giveaway: Participate in community activities and get a chance to win exclusive Datablazer swag. Keep an eye out on our resource hub for all the details.

Start your journey as a Datablazer today and transform data into a competitive advantage.

6 reasons to become a Datablazer

1. Expand your network: Join a network of diverse leaders - ranging from IT and business directors to CIOs, CMOs and CDOs - who are united by their passion for bringing all their data together to solve challenges in business and in the world. These like-minded individuals can support your professional growth and inspire you.
2. Share knowledge: Learn the latest best practices to unify and make all your data actionable. Gain perspectives and insights on AI, security, data integration and more - directly from leaders shaping data strategies to practitioners in the trenches executing it. You can join our community conversations as a thought leader and be part of the solution.
3. Get access to exclusive resources and training: As a member of the Datablazer community, you'll gain access to a treasure trove of thought leadership articles and data training materials through our free learning platform, Trailhead. From webinars and lessons (Trails) to best practice guides and certifications, these resources are designed to help you and your team get more value out of data and Salesforce.
4. Get answers to questions: Whether you're seeking advice on implementing Data Cloud into your organization, sharing your success stories, or trying to get unstuck on your data journey, the Datablazer community is your go-to platform for answers to your most pressing data challenges. We welcome all questions and you'll find quick answers.
5. Collaborate with our product teams: Get a direct connection to the creators of the tools your team relies on every day. Within the Datablazer community, you'll have the unique opportunity to interact with Salesforce Data Cloud product teams. Share your feedback, propose enhancements, and join beta programs to directly influence the development and refinement of the solutions that power your daily operations.
6. Inspire and innovate: Datablazer is a breeding ground of data use cases and innovation. Wondering how you can consolidate multiple Salesforce instances into one? Securely unify your internal customer data with mounds of unstructured data locked away in a data lake? Put unified customer views at the fingertips of all your sales, service, marketing or commerce teams - right within Salesforce? We've got you. Let's build those use cases and bring them to life with Data Cloud.

Take the next step

Are you ready to transform and shape the future of data? Here's how you can get involved:

• Check out our new content on Datablazer.com: Dive into our latest resources - from data activation guides to white papers, events, how-to videos and more.
• Join the community: Become part of a vibrant group of professionals who are reshaping the future of data.
• Check us out at Dreamforce: Datablazers will be showing up everywhere. And we mean everywhere. From 14 breakout sessions, including the Data Cloud keynote, to live interviews and fun photoshoot boths, we will be out in full force spreading the word about our new community, and giving away some freebies.
• Swag giveaway: Participate in community activities and get a chance to win exclusive Datablazer swag. Keep an eye out on Datablazer.com for all the details.

Start your journey as a Datablazer today and transform data into a competitive advantage.

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Shalaya is a Senior Director of Product Marketing at Salesforce, where she leads activation strategies for Data Cloud including community, brand, demand generation, customer marketing, field marketing and social media.