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Vitaly is a Consultant and Business Analyst whose career started in Marketing. After opening his first marketing agency a decade ago, he decided that CRM implementation was a necessity and experimented with various CRM software before finally deciding on Salesforce. A multi-certified Salesforce professional in Admin, Advanced Admin and Platform Builder; Vitaly gives some practical insights on how to empower oneself by being a part of a community.

The Salesforce Admin exam will be changing on June 23, 2021. While it may look like there were many changes, actually more than 90% of the topics you need to be knowledgeable in are the same as in the previous exam outline. So what is changing? For starters, the number of exam sections have been reduced from 12 to 7. Previous sections were either moved or renamed as shown below.

At Focus on Force, we understand the power of certifications in helping you to improve your Salesforce career and understanding of the Salesforce platform. These certifications can lead to raises, promotions and more leverage in salary negotiation. However, early on in your Salesforce journey it can be difficult to translate these certifications into paychecks by landing your first Salesforce job.

You’ve landed your very first job as a Salesforce administrator, or maybe it’s not your first. But still, you feel like celebrating on that very first Monday, leaning back in your chair and putting your feet up on the desk, drinking your favorite caffeinated hot beverage and relaxing! Not quite so fast. Being a successful anything requires getting off to a good start on the correct foot and being organized from the beginning.

I'm Johann, a Berlin Admin, Developer, Architect, and entrepreneur. I use all my knowledge and experience to craft small but powerful apps at Admin's Helper. 3 apps in 3 months: What sounds like a crazy idea was possible because I did my homework before I started. The homework I did was ‘defining guidelines’ and ‘study before I build’. The guidelines helped me to focus on the right things, while ‘study before I build’ made sure I was fast and good with my code.

If you have delved into the world of custom objects in the Salesforce platform, you have more than likely used Custom Objects to interact with your Apex code, and, depending on your permissions, even had your APIs call on those custom objects. Amazing, right?