Building a Salesforce App for Nonprofits with Pat McClellan

‘I feel the need to build something that is serving the mission of my customers, and doing something good in the world’
- Pat McClellan

If you have ever wondered what it’s like to build an app from scratch this episode is for you.

After a career change from media to software development, Pat McClellan has an app to show for it! He has built the Proton Blaster, a messaging app with Salesforce. Pat is a Chief Lightning Officer at Proton 7 Group and a Salesforce MVP with over 30 years experience in media.

This week, he joins Alex to discuss his career transition and what inspired it, how he decided his app is best suited for nonprofits, marketing and pricing the app, creating a seamless user experience, new features to look forward to on the app and more.

The topics we cover

(00:25) Pat’s superhero origin story

(04:20) Why did Pat decide to build his app?

(07:33) When did Pat decide that the app was suited for non-profits

(11:54) Personalization & integrating the app to Salesforce lightning

(16:53) How did Pat come up with the name; ‘Proton Blaster’?

(20:09) What to consider when building an app

(27:30) Focusing on a simple and familiar UI

(31:46) Pricing & marketing the app

(40:40) How will Salesforce’s merging of its nonprofits package to the core affect Proton 7?

(44:42) What to look forward to in the next version of Proton text

To learn more and connect with Pat:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patmcclellan/
Proton 7 Group: https://www.linkedin.com/company/proton7group/about/

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