Category: Salesforce

Look up the definition for ‘freelancer’, and you will find a description along the lines of ‘someone who is self-employed and hired to work for different companies on particular assignments’. I don’t like that, it’s a flat definition. Being a freelance consultant is anything but… Read More
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Alongside Mason Frank, I’m pleased to publish the Average Salesforce salaries Infographic 2019. This Infographic gives Salesforce professionals an idea about where they sit in the market and what salary they can expect, using data from the Mason Frank Salary Survey 2018-19, based on 2,203… Read More
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Salesforce as an ecosystem has always provided a community that helps you learn and grow. Part of that community is the Trailhead platform. If you have not already heard about Trailhead, this is the gamification platform that Salesforce provides for all of its users (Sales,… Read More
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In the summer of 2017, the co-creator of Siri, Tom Gruber, gave an insightful TED Talk. The title of this talk was “How AI can enhance our memory, work and social lives”. The premise of the talk was simple – as machines get smarter, we… Read More
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Earlier this year I was disappointed to find out that one of my head earned certs was being retired. The Marketing Cloud Social Specialist certification was no longer being offered and is officially being retired on the 22nd April 2019, see a bit more information… Read More
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We’ve previously discussed Workflow vs. Process Builder vs. Apex, but there’s another automation tool Admins should have in their tool belts as well, called Flows. Flows, while purely a declarative tool, sit between Process Builder and Apex. In fact, Process Builder and Flows are both… Read More
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Gen Z are the generation born from the mid-1990s onwards*. You may have heard about this cohort as the emerging new breed of consumer to target (B2C), or in 2016 when they started trickling into the workforce. As we move into 2019 and beyond, Gen… Read More
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SalesforceSummaries: a series delivering key insights from Salesforce YouTube videos, to save you time as you keep up to date with the latest technological changes within the Salesforce ecosystem. Introduction: This summary is from the ‘ how to use reviews and testimonials for more believable marketing‘… Read More
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SalesforceSummaries: a series delivering key insights from Salesforce YouTube videos, to save you time as you keep up to date with the latest technological changes within the Salesforce ecosystem. Overview: You will learn how to create engaging and dynamic data tables using DataTables.js. To view this… Read More
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SalesforceSummaries: a series delivering key insights from Salesforce YouTube videos, to save you time as you keep up to date with the latest technological changes within the Salesforce ecosystem. Introduction: As per the ‘Migrating from Visualforce pages to Lightning’ summary, although Lightning Experience is the… Read More
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