I have completed the Prepare for Your Salesforce Administrator Credential trailmix on Trailhead.Salesforce.com It feels good to have that over with. This trailmix has a nice variety of topics that will help someone who is new to the Salesforce ecosystem with the basics of what you need to know to approach the Salesforce Administrator certification exam. While Trailhead is a super fun way to learn technical content, moving through the modules alone is not sufficient in my estimation to pass the exam. But don’t take my word for it because I have yet to sit for the test. Currently, I have accumulated: 43 badges 47,675 points 7 more badges until…
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Lightning Reports and Dashboards and Business Administration Specialist Super Badges Complete!
I have two more Trailhead super badges under my belt. I’m not gonna lie, the Reports and Dashboards super badge was a BEAST! I worked on that project for three days! But, it was well worth it. I know more than I wanted to know about creating reports and graphs and adding them to dashboards. I learned about report logic, which was new for me, but will come in handy later. I learned about folder permissions and lots of other things that will be useful in my work as a Salesforce Administrator and beyond. But one of the biggest lessons I took away from working on this badge was where…
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Building a Salesforce App is So Easy!
I was poking around in Trailhead in the projects section, and I found a module that walks you through creating a handy little app that you can use to track what you are learning. The module is: Build an App to Track Your Trailblazer Journey My purpose for starting this blog was to track my journey in preparing for my Admin certification, but I figured this would be a great exercise in building my first app. It was a fun, easy process, and it has really whetted my appetite to try building other apps now. Aside from building my first app, I have been enjoying my journey on Salesforce’s Trailhead…
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I Completed My First Super Badge in My Salesforce Admin Training
I just completed my FIRST super badge in Trailhead. I am doing the Prepare for Your Salesforce Administrator Certification trailmix, and the Security Specialist is the first super badge on that trail. It took me 8 1/2 hours to complete although it says it takes six. If you have not yet taken it, I advise you to brush up on all the security content in the modules you have taken leading up to this point. It was a bit grueling for me because once you get used to being spoonfed all the steps in the Trailhead modules, it can be tricky to switch to a different mode of approaching the…
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How I Got Started with Salesforce
I started my journey with Salesforce Admin training after listening to an episode of The Side Hustle Show. As a multi-passionate entrepreneur wanna-be, I have been a listener to Nick’s show for a while and I have gotten some good ideas from him and his guests. A few weeks ago, I was listening to the podcast while I was out walking my dog when Bradley Rice was a guest. He was talking about how he makes more than $200,000 per year working part-time as a Salesforce Admin consultant. He talked about how easy it was to prepare for the certification credential, and the high-level salaries available to entry-level positions. I…
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Taking The First Steps Toward Certified Salesforce Administrator
This is a new blog about my journey to becoming a Certified Salesforce Admin. This journey represents a pivot from my previous background of being a writer and digital content manager. After almost a decade of being immersed in SEO content creation, I have decided to make a change and pursue a role in IT. I have always loved working with computers and technology as it has been emerging. I love working with people and using technology to make the work we do more efficient, effective, and secure. These are still early days for me on this path. This blog shows that I am a writer at heart because one…