Help! I can’t change the currency on my opportunity…

Fun story, I recently spent an entire weekend rolling out A LOT of changes. I'm a solo Admin so I do everything, and if something goes wrong with development, it's my fault. A few days post roll-out, a user contacts me, saying they can no longer change the currency on their opportunity. Since they were … Continue reading Help! I can’t change the currency on my opportunity…

From Admin To Consultant: How To Develop Salesforce Consultancy Skills

What does it really mean to move from being an Admin to a Consultant and what things do you need to think about when implementing a CRM? This week's guest post comes from Golden Hoodie winner Heather Black. Founder of Salesforce training company Supermums.org, Heather talks us through how she sees the change of mindset … Continue reading From Admin To Consultant: How To Develop Salesforce Consultancy Skills

Heading to Salesforce World Tour? Find and follow Trailblazers using Twitter QR codes!

In my last post about using LinkedIn QR codes, I finished with a question: "Does anyone know if something like this exists for Twitter?!" As anticipated, the amazing community came through, so many thanks to Tomasz Lipski for confirming that this does exist! The Salesforce community is mad about Twitter and it's our main social … Continue reading Heading to Salesforce World Tour? Find and follow Trailblazers using Twitter QR codes!

Heading to Salesforce World Tour? Make lasting connections easily using LinkedIn QR codes.

I know, I know...this is a Salesforce Admin blog so why am I writing about LinkedIn? I picked up this nifty little trick courtesy of Andrea Carvalho (aka @2ManyHockeys) at Dreamforce, and I think it's super useful for everyone heading to Salesforce events, looking to connect with their peers. What is it? "The LinkedIn QR … Continue reading Heading to Salesforce World Tour? Make lasting connections easily using LinkedIn QR codes.

MVP Nominations – Recognise Your Community Leaders

It's that time of year again and Salesforce MVP nominations are open until 23rd December 2019. If you haven't already, I sincerely recommend you nominate those in the Salesforce community that have supported and inspired you. MVP nominations are your opportunity to recognise and thank those that have gone out of their way to consistently help … Continue reading MVP Nominations – Recognise Your Community Leaders

It’s my birthday! The Everyday Admin turns 1…

I can't believe it's already the 1 year anniversary of The Everyday Admin! I set up the website on October 24th 2018 and published my very first post "An inaugural event and a debut speaker…InspireEast 2018" on October 26th 2018. I'd never set up a website before, never used WordPress, never written a blog post. … Continue reading It’s my birthday! The Everyday Admin turns 1…

Back to Classic part 2: Activities Related Lists View

Activities Related Lists - another feature to please the Classic diehards among us...(check out my post on Lightning "full view" here if you're interested in turning Lightning into Classic 2.0). In the Summer '19 release, we were granted the ability to select the default Activity view, choosing from the Lightning only expandable activity timeline or … Continue reading Back to Classic part 2: Activities Related Lists View

Trailblazer Community Emails: Declutter & Take Back Control!

The Everyday Admin is pleased to present a joint effort from Paul Ginsberg and Chris Emmett on how you can declutter your inbox and gain control over your Trailblazer Community emails! Without further ado, on to the main event... The Problem: This week we are stepping away from the trendy kids, to talk about email. It’s … Continue reading Trailblazer Community Emails: Declutter & Take Back Control!

Back to Classic: Full View is now GA!

Personally, one of my favourite features in Lightning, is the ability to use tabs and components to display related lists. Not only does it make the related list more visible, it also shortens and simplifies the page layout when compared to Classic. However, I appreciate that transitioning to a new interface can be tough, and … Continue reading Back to Classic: Full View is now GA!

Time saving tips: Keep calm and switch (a Summer 19′ release highlight)

What does Will Smith have to do with the Salesforce Summer 19' release? Well nothing really; I just wondered how many other people think of his 2005 hit song when they hear the word "switch"??? Just me? Better get on with the time saving tip then. As of the Summer 19' release, you can now … Continue reading Time saving tips: Keep calm and switch (a Summer 19′ release highlight)