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Why become an independent Salesforce consultant?
Professionals decide to become independent Salesforce consultants for a number of reasons, usually for lifestyle flexibility, higher earning potential, or the chance to work on a variety of projects. The Salesforce ecosystem is skyrocketing – with its unrivaled innovation and customer loyalty – it’s ripe with job opportunities for freelancers.
What is Salesforce project management as a freelance consultant?
Ace Salesforce Project Management as a Freelancer Ensure the project is successful – delivered on time, and within budget. Aside from selling Salesforce projects, project management is the most intimidating part of becoming a freelance consultant.
Can Salesforce professionals be self-employed?
When Salesforce professionals decide to become self-employed, there are two paths to explore: Freelancing: More commonly defined by deliverables (which is preceded by a ‘scope of work’ to accurately estimate the cost, AKA. fixed cost).
What is the difference between a Salesforce contractor and a freelancer?
The differences between Salesforce contractors versus freelancers are important to address. Here is a table comparing the two types of self-employed roles: Client and contractor – the contractor acts more as an employee, often integrated into internal teams.
So glad I found Salesforce
I saw a recent post about the Salesforce $$$ ladder and wanted to echo. I worked in food and beverage for years, decided I wanted to make a career change in my mid 20s and went back to school and earned a CS degree. Upon graduating during the pandemic, I was having trouble finding a job, I decided to continue my education on the Trailhead.
Dear Salesforce, fix your status page
Today’s outage was frustrating, so I wrote something and felt all of you might have some PoV on it. So copy pasting it entirely here.
Why a LinkedIn Link is our Favorite Data Deduplication Criterion in Salesforce for Those Who Sell Other Businesses
Among the basic duplicate rules for prevention duplicate generation, we found obvious, but still often disregarded Contact/Lead Email or LinkedIn Exact rule.
I watched the Copado release announcement so you didn’t have to
Highlights: Multi-Cloud devops platform. New scripting capabilities called Copado Functions.
Just got my Admin Certification
I’ve never heard of salesforce before but I used to work (and develop) systems based on major web CMS (joomla/wp/presta)… let me say it was just a matter of adjusting to SF naming and logic
What Entry-level Salesforce Consultants do
As a junior Salesforce Consultant, you’ll implement and continually improve your clients’ Salesforce org, usually guided by experienced Salesforce Consultants and set requirements (your overarching objective is to observe and learn from them). Tasks could include:
Progress to a Mid-level Salesforce Consultant
With between 1–3 years experience, you will be considered a mid-level Consultant. You will either be running “Quick start” projects independently (that are guarded by a tight scope, and follow a predictable set of tasks), or work on projects that go beyond the “cookie cutter” implementations.
What Senior Salesforce Consultants Do
As a Senior Salesforce Consultant, you’ll take ownership of all stages of a project. While you won’t be as hands-on with configuration, you will have a ‘helicopter’ view of the project, being ultimately responsible for the project to be delivered on time, and on budget.
Salesforce Consultant Career Path
Let’s see what practical steps you can take to climb the ladder, let’s finish up with what a typical Salesforce Consultant career path looks like:
What is Salesforce consulting?
Salesforce consulting requires energy for solutionising, problem-solving, and engaging with clients – burn the candle at both ends, particularly if you have a demanding day job . Before we talk about money, let’s talk about the most important currency of all: time.
Why are consultancies successful?
There is a reason why consultancies are successful in doing what they do. Working within a consultancy will teach you best practice technically, and how to master client engagements. In fact, the more unhealthy orgs and difficult clients you encounter, the better!
Can you trial a new role while keeping your day job?
There are multiple ways you can trial a new role and responsibilities while keeping your day job. Moreover, I’ve recognised several unexpected benefits of trialling on the side, including fostering a passion for fun, applying your new knowledge in cycles, and the newfound value in compounded time.
Is it a big decision to graduate from one type of freelancing to another?
The graduation from one type of freelancing to another is a big decision. Aside from all the practical considerations I’ve covered so far, I ask that you pause for some introspection before diving in!
