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Creating Your First Workflow Rule
PREFACE: This post is part of the Zero to Hero series. Salesforce is a great application, but companies don’t buy Salesforce just because it looks nice. They buy it because it can make information transparent, and greatly increase the efficiency of employees. This is done through general process improvement and automation! Salesforce has a powerful…
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Origins: The Story of Deepa Patel
Today, I am excited to have a new post in the Origins series where we hear from Admin Heroes on how they got their start with Salesforce. Today’s story comes from Deepa Patel. Enjoy! I was introduced to Salesforce via an AppExchange partner over six years ago. Before that, I was consulting on legal CRM…
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Salesforce1: May the Salesforce be With You
Yeah, I know the title of this post is cheesy, but hey – it’s May 4th! You know, “May the Fourth be With You” kind of May 4th! I thought that today we would talk about Salesforce1 – putting the power of the force into the hands and pockets of your users. This post will not focus…
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Origins: The Story of Melissa VanDyke
Today, I am excited to have a new post in the Origins series where we hear from Admin Heroes on how they got their start with Salesforce. Today’s story comes from Melissa VanDyke. Enjoy! My story begins as a drifter; I simply had a deep desire to know how every industry operated. I worked for…
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Automation Celebration: Creating My First Visual Workflow
Hundreds. This is the number of times you have probably heard about all of the amazing things that the Cloud Flow Designer (formerly Visual Workflow) can do. But for the non-technical, declarative developers like myself, my mind hasn’t properly wrapped itself around the complexities of the tool and as a result, I had nearly given…
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Origins: The Story of Matt Nesci
Today, I am excited to have a new post in the Origins series where we hear from Admin Heroes on how they got their start with Salesforce. Today’s story comes from Matt Nesci. Enjoy! In 2008 I knew nothing about Salesforce. I had been supporting a large call center for about 5 years. I was already…
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5 Ways to Get Yourself Out of That Funk
Everyone, in every profession goes through it. In fact, I have even gone through it recently. It’s that funk that just gets you down, perhaps has you telling yourself that you aren’t valuable, or prevents you from being an engaging member of your company. Getting out of the funk can sometimes be hard – especially…
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Origins: The Story of Rachel Rogers
Today, I am excited to have a new post in the Origins series where we hear from Admin Heroes on how they got their start with Salesforce. Today’s story comes from Rachel Rogers; a Salesforce MVP and user group leader who loves making companies and individuals successful. Enjoy! It all started with the luckiest Google search…
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Trusting Your Data When It Isn’t Trustworthy
“I can’t trust the data in Salesforce.” This is a statement that every Administrator has heard at least once. With managers and executive leadership looking to make important data-driven decisions, it’s important that all users have trust in the data. There isn’t a perfectly clean database in existence. I saw on Twitter someone mention that…
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Being an Admin Hero – A Podcast Interview on ButtonClickAdmin
Wow! I cannot believe that I had an interview with THE ButtonClickAdmin – Mike Gerholdt! It’s a total dream come true! I think you’ll enjoy this podcast. I talk about how I got started with Salesforce, how Admin Hero came about, lessons learned as an Admin, and much, MUCH more!
Admin Hero 