Spring. It’s the season where it’s not quite time to turn the heating off yet or wear a t-shirt outside. It’s also the time when we ‘spring’ clean – which I don’t know about you, but in my house means getting behind all those big pieces of furniture, dusting the light fittings and cleaning the windows.
But Spring is also the season that brings about another Salesforce release, one bursting with new and exciting features. Continue reading “Salesforce Spring ’19 Release”
You’ve seen the signs for some time. The mornings are getting lighter, the weather is getting a little less gloomy, and daffodils are popping up all over the place. That can only mean that Spring is officially here and, just like with your own home, it is time to get your hands dirty and have a spring clean.
Continue reading “Does Your Salesforce Org Need a Spring Clean?”
A developer working in Javascript has access to some really convenient functions on Arrays. Functions like filter() and map() can avoid the need to write for-loops. Is this actually a good thing? Can we write Apex this way?
Continue reading “Using Lazy Evaluation to Write Salesforce Apex Code Without For-Loops”
When did you last check your Salesforce security settings? Data security is a top priority for many organisations, and this has only been exacerbated since the announcement of GDPR. Just like ourselves, without regular checkups, your Org might not be as healthy as you thought.
…….dont wear heels!!! OK, that’s not entirely true, my biggest take away from London’s calling was the ‘Power of One’ formula and I’ll come onto that shortly, but I do feel compelled to mention that you definitely shouldn’t wear heels to this event, as I did. It’s flat shoes, trainers, all the way….
Continue reading “My Biggest Take Away From London’s Calling…..”
One of the many aspects that many don’t consider when managing Salesforce is protecting your data from loss or corruption. A CRM system is only as powerful as the data you hold in it. Continue reading “The cost of not having a data backup”
In Spring’19, Salesforce is introducing an update to the flow designer moving it out of flash and into the world of lightning. Continue reading “Why the New Lightning Flow Designer is a Game Changer”
Knowing how many leads convert to opportunities is just the start of your lead conversion metrics journey.
Deep diving into more detailed metrics will help you optimise revenue from converted leads, figure out what’s working and what’s not, and work out when marketing and sales are wasting valuable time on non-productive leads. Also, they’re easy to implement. Let me talk you through them:
Lightning has now moved on massively to become the premier interface for Salesforce. As such, there is not even a discussion for new arrivals on Salesforce; Lightning is definitely the best option.
Continue reading “Why you need to move to Lightning in 2019”
Salesforce DX and 2nd Generation Packaging are transforming the development process on the platform. Here’s a tip to help with some of the long-running processes (e.g. building a package version). Continue reading “Salesforce DX Desktop Notifications for Mac”
I am involved in a lot of Salesforce Sales Cloud projects, from initial implementations to rebuilds and refreshes; and everyone will at some point include a discussion about Opportunity Stages. As such I wanted to share some of my learning and suggestions to help you get the most of this vital element of Salesforce. Continue reading “Opportunity stages, how to get them right”
With the nights drawing in, the air getting colder and the countdown to Christmas starting (what, wait, did I just say Christmas?!), it can only mean one thing, the Winter ’19 release is upon us ☺. Continue reading “Winter ’19 Release Blog”