Author: Chris Federspiel
Book Now, Pay Later Registration and Localized Invoices for Events
Here at Blackthorn, we’re constantly innovating to develop better products based on customer feedback and the needs of the industries we serve. Our customers often send invoices to their clients for payment over the web. In an effort to make the process efficient, we built a tool that allows businesses to get paid faster while […]
How to Maximize Online and Virtual Events in Your Admissions and Recruitment Strategy
Campuses around the globe have canceled their visit days, tours, and other admissions events, which are often the foundation of a recruitment strategy. The good news is, there are still ways to engage with interested prospects without having to reinvent the wheel completely. If your prospects are already online, maximizing digital marketing and virtual event […]
SPCA International
About SPCAI There’s nothing quite like the bond between animals and humans. Pets provide comfort, security, and strength, especially during tough times. This bond is uniquely universal; shelters and volunteer groups of all shapes and sizes all over the globe work tirelessly to save local animals through programs and adoptions, thus creating more bonds between […]
Chris Federspiel on Planning and Running Events on Top of Salesforce
Our Founder and CEO recently gave an interview on the Forward Thinking Founders podcast! Listen to the origin story of Blackthorn.io, learn about our events and payments applications, and begin tapping into the full potential of the Salesforce platform.
Global Payments Options with Stripe Checkout for Salesforce
We’re obsessed with making accepting and processing payments in Salesforce fun and easy. A big part of fine-tuning and expanding our payment offerings has been helping customers increase their checkout conversions and enhance their buyer experience on a global scale. Our newest release, Stripe Checkout for PayLink, enables us to support a wide range of international currencies and, […]
Wiring up Lightning Web Components #1
In my previous post I investigated the basic structure of Lightning Web Components. Now I’m going to dig deeper into one of the very crucial aspects of the framework: how you communicate with the backend. There are 3 ways to do so: Get a record(s) from the back-end Write a record to the back-end Call […]
Meet the Event Wizard
March was a monumental month for Blackthorn. After months of development and countless iterations, we released the Event Wizard for Blackthorn Events. Meet the Event Wizard Inspired by our customers’ feedback, we created a step-by-step event builder that’s remarkably easy to use (think Eventbrite or SplashThat) yet still offers the customization power of a native […]