Salesforce Administration

Improving your business’s efficiency is a simple way to make a positive impact on your bottom line. Automating tasks with Salesforce saves the average user between 5 to 10 hours per week; add that time up over the course of a year and you’re looking at significant savings. Companies that implement Salesforce quickly discover its […]

The basics: You hope your Salesforce Administrator knows them, but what if they don’t? Poor administration can crush a Salesforce program before it has a chance to succeed. Your Salesforce Administrator should live and breathe the basics, and that’s no easy task. One study found that just doing the essentials of Salesforce administration took a […]

Salesforce is a powerful platform. But, as the saying goes: With great power comes great responsibility. Your company’s Salesforce administrator is responsible for everything that a company depends on SFDC for. Do you have someone on staff who is fully knowledgeable about all of Salesforce’s options and functions? Is your administrator capable of handling any […]

To get the most out of Salesforce, you need someone to manage it. The question is: Who? Your sales managers and reps already have a lot on their plates. It’s time to make a decision between hiring a full-time administrator or outsourcing your Salesforce administration. Finding the Right Person Hiring a Salesforce administrator to join […]

Salesforce can be a powerful tool—if it’s used in the right way. However, when your sales team doesn’t have the know-how to make it work for them, it’s nothing more than a roadblock to productivity. Your team is wasting their valuable time trying to figure out why Salesforce is even in the equation, you’re frustrated […]

If you’re not using a professional Salesforce administrator and instead relying on internal staff or freelancers, you might be making a very costly mistake. Are you thinking of putting an employee in charge of your Salesforce efforts – or maybe you’ve already done it? Although an employee might feel like a natural first choice, it can […]

You need a person dedicated to administering Salesforce, but you’re not sure whether to hire a freelancer or a professional Salesforce administrator. Which one will best serve your needs without breaking your budget? First, let’s ask one important question: what’s the difference? Well, a freelance Salesforce consultant can be anyone you pay to keep an […]

When it comes to managing your Salesforce platform, the right support is essential. But how do you know if Salesforce’s own support plans are right for you, versus an outside alternative to the Salesforce Premier Support Success Plan, or perhaps even using both in combination? This can be a tough question to answer, but here […]

You need to make sure the company and its operations are running smoothly while keeping down costs. You also know there is no such thing as “enough time,” and you do your best to ensure your team members are busy fulfilling their respective roles, using their time productively, and helping to increase profits for your […]

Today we will teach you how to create your own Line Item Numbers in Salesforce. We recently had a need to add Line Item Numbers to the Salesforce Campaign Members related to a Campaign. At first thought, one would think to use an “Auto Number” field on the Campaign Member object but this field assigns […]