What an exciting weekend this has been. I decided I needed a new hobby and went old-school. I actually stopped by a Radio Shack store and bought a starter Arduino kit. For most of us (including me) the Dreamforce 2013 keynote was one of the first times we understood how the connection between software and […]


This week on the podcast we talk to Principal and Owner of Elucidate, Katie Herstein about the value of creating great user videos. Katie has a Master’s in technical communication and her company specializes in creating video training for Salesforce. This is a must-listen-to-episode for any admin struggling to get users trained in a consistent […]

Shell Black started consulting on Salesforce.com in 2005 and instantly fell in love with the platform. What started as a passion to solve problems in the Cloud, soon became a business. ShellBlack.com, LLC was founded in 2010 with a simple mission – to help companies maximize their CRM investment by providing elegant Salesforce solutions that […]

It was about a year ago that Mark Slayton wrote about Salesforce Global variables, it’s a great post and if you haven’t read it already I want you to add it to your reading list. Last week I was doing some work on the org that Jared and I use to manage the podcast- yes […]

This week on the podcast Jared and I speak to Leah McGowen-Hare who is a Master Technical Instructor at Salesforce.com She provides expert guidance to students in a classroom environment on all aspects of the Salesforce1 platform so they can build and customize business process applications. We continue to dig into the training aspect this week as […]

From now on I’m going to refer to SXSW as “Nerd Spring Break”. This year was filled with great conversations, a ton of learning, and enlightenment. As a blogger and podcaster there were a ton of people to connect with and as a Salesforce Admin there were many lessons to learn and new technology advancements […]

As a Single Salesforce admin for my org, I wear many hats. I’m the admin, the developer, the business analyst, and the consultant. But my role is part of Sales Operations, so I’m also a data guy, a communications guy, and overall a support guy. But did I also mention the life I live outside […]

This week on the ButtonClick Admin podcast we chat with Kyle Roche, CEO of 2lemetry. This episode is all about the internet of things. Kyle started as a consultant and now has his own Startup that specializes in everything for tracking real things in the world and talking back to the cloud. Kyle really does […]

This week on the ButtonClick Admin podcast we chat with Chad Meyer, who is the CEO of Internet Creations, a company whose goal is to help their clients exploit the benefits of technology, and avoid the perils, by delivering best-of-breed solutions backed by comprehensive support. Did you know that when Service Cloud got it’s beginnings it was […]