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Dreamforce 2017: Part I

This week, 170,000 people from all around the world will converge on San Francisco for Dreamforce, Salesforce’s flagship event and one of the largest corporate events in the world. But there is...

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NEW: Salesforce Credential Status Request Tool

As an 8x Salesforce Certified Professional, I spent a lot of time, energy, and money earning my Salesforce credentials. The last thing I want to do is lose them. Thankfully, Salesforce just released a...

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Accomplishing your Salesforce goals, a kick in the pants

One year ago, my Salesforce career was in a very different place. I was working as a Senior Salesforce Administrator but held only one Salesforce certification. I knew I needed to earn more Salesforce...

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Free Salesforce certification maintenance exams, starting Summer ’18

Today, Salesforce announced that Salesforce certification maintenance exams on Trailhead will be free, starting with the Summer ’18 release cycle. That is great news for you and me because it means...

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Join me in reporting all “exam dumps” to Salesforce’s legal team

Starting today, I will report any person or company selling, giving away, or looking for “exam dumps” to Salesforce’s legal team. I sent this email to Salesforce’s legal team this morning. To whom it...

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How to analyze your Salesforce certification exam results

Did you recently take a Salesforce certification exam, perhaps at Dreamforce? This article will show you how to analyze your Salesforce certification exam results, using the Salesforce Certified...

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Speaking at Stanford about Salesforce careers

On March 7, 2019, I spoke at Stanford about Salesforce careers. How did I land that gig? Let me tell you. In mid-January 2018, I connected with Linda, a Career and Affiliate Services Officer at...

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Are you struggling now? Here are some thoughts to help

I bet it’s been a while since you read an article online about coronavirus, hasn’t it? Oh, it’s only been twenty minutes? Never mind then. Read this anyway because it’s important. How are you doing?...

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2021: The Year of Focus

I quit making New Year’s resolutions years ago. They always felt fake, and I never stuck with them. A few years ago, I took a different approach, adopting an idea from a mentor of mine. Instead of...

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Leveraging your non-traditional background in your Salesforce career

Most of us did not start our careers in the Salesforce ecosystem.  Some of us began Salesforce careers as a natural outflow of an existing software career, perhaps majoring in computer science, as...

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