In honor of Appy’s First Birthday, our favorite things this week are dedicated to each of our personal favorite apps from the AppExchange. These apps give us that extra magic to keep things running smoothly in the orgs we work in. Happy Birthday, Appy! (Don’t know Appy? She is the mascot of the AppExchange!) App READ MORE
Formulas in Salesforce are an awesome admin tool but can sometimes be difficult to understand. This blog series, ‘The Everyday Function’ by Tom Hoffman, brings Salesforce formulas down from the cloud and into everyday life. ”The Everyday Function’ will first be published as part of Spark.Insights at https://www.sparkorange.net/insights/ The Everyday Function: Good grammar, My Mom, and Aunt READ MORE
Activities, Tasks, and Events are one of the more unusual objects in Salesforce. With low limits on custom fields, strange polymorphic lookups, and other oddities, working with Tasks & Events can be tricky. One of the more common challenges users experience is updating related records from a Task or Event. Once you master this skill, READ MORE
Salesforce automates tasks, streamlines business processes, and allows for one-to-one journey building for specific targets…which makes it the perfect platform for some April Fools hijinks. I used to work in a prison, so in the past my pranks had to be very vanilla. I relied on lots of old standbys like leaving an urgent message READ MORE
1. Madeleine Albright In case you missed my bio, Madeleine Albright is like my greatest hero and inspiration. I mean, I still want to be her when I grow up. And, guess what, she was the speaker at the Higher Education Summit this week. Sadly I did not get to hear her speak this time READ MORE
Ok forgive me for the click-baity title, but I really wanted you to see this post. I promise, this 2 minute read will give you back HOURS each month. I try to optimize everything in my life, its just part of my strange. Example 1: if my stove’s overhead light is on High (it has READ MORE
Formulas in Salesforce are an awesome admin tool but can sometimes be difficult to understand. This blog series, ‘The Everyday Function’ by Tom Hoffman, brings Salesforce formulas down from the cloud and into everyday life. ”The Everyday Function’ will first be published as part of Spark.Insights at https://www.sparkorange.net/insights/ The Everyday Function: Case The CASE() function is a powerful Salesforce READ MORE
1. MVP Class 2018! Shoutout to 36 new Salesforce MVPs and all those receiving a nod for another year. Being an MVP means you give selflessly to the community through mentoring, volunteering, organizing events, answering questions, and so many other ways that help others become successful. Special shoutout to Linda Johnson, a former co-worker of READ MORE
I was sitting in the Keynotes listening to Michelle Obama speak about the future and encouraging children to be great when it hit me. I had a lot of really great teachers in school that truly changed my life. Even though women have made strides in medicine, science, engineering, and technology, society still tells children READ MORE
Do you remember Sisyphus? If you had to take a Greek mythology course, or had it as a part of your literature studies (guys, I’m reaching two decades back in my brain here…eep!), you’ll remember this guy was punished for…well, basically acting like a salesperson who won’t use Salesforce…and condemned to pushing a boulder to READ MORE