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Design Thinking for Salesforce Admins

Foundations of Design Thinking for Salesforce Admins

The truth is: You are already doing design tasks. Your process inherently uses design whether or not it’s on your resume. Choosing a layout? That’s user interface (UI) design. Timing newsletters? That’s user experience (UX) design. Aligning color palettes to branding? That’s graphic design. Weaving design considerations into admin decisions has likely become automatic in […]

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How I Solved This: Populating Sandboxes with Flow

Welcome to another post in the “How I Solved This” series. In this series, we do a deep dive into a specific business problem and share how one #AwesomeAdmin chose to solve it. Once you learn how they solved their specific problem, you’ll be inspired to try their solution yourself! Let’s take a look at […]

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Project Management 101 for Salesforce Administrators

At some point in your admin journey, you will be involved in or lead a project. These two skill sets are in high demand, and the combination of the two creates a powerful and productive duo! But you don’t need to wait for that big project to focus on project management. Every admin can begin […]

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What Admins Need to Know About Salesforce Releases

*Editor’s note: This blog post was updated on May 4, 2023, with the latest information and resources for the Summer ’23 release. An essential part of every admin’s job is staying on top of the latest Salesforce Releases. But what does that mean? Let’s break down the Salesforce Release process and answer commonly asked questions […]

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Solve Manual Business Problems with Pre-Built Flows

Solve Manual Business Problems with Pre-Built Flows

Salesforce Admins know that automation is essential to help teams work better. But sometimes, it’s hard to know how to start translating manual processes into automated workflows. Perhaps your teams need a better way to approve cancellation requests for ecommerce purchases or send documents to insurance policy holders. Salesforce Flow helps #AwesomeAdmins like yourself automate […]

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Supercharge Your Flow Game with the Power of Documentation

Shout-out to all my fellow Flownatics! Do you love Salesforce Flow? Of course you do! As a former customer and community member, I’ve loved Salesforce Flow for a very long time. But when I joined Salesforce and the Automation Services Content and Communications Experience (documentation) team, I was surprised to learn just how much love […]

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6 Ways Salesforce Administrators Can Deliver Business Value

“What is business value?” To me, it’s being described as a ‘wizard’ by my Salesforce users and making their lives easier every day by being an #AwesomeAdmin. However, it’s not unusual to hear from people within a company that they don’t actually understand what a Salesforce Administrator does, or how exactly they add value to […]

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Admin Release Countdown: Get Ready for Summer ‘21

It’s time to mark your calendars for the next Salesforce Release, Summer ’21! Here are the most important dates you’ll want to mark in your calendar. You can also review release dates and sandbox preview information on the corporate blog here. April 15: Get early access to the release by signing up for a Pre-Release […]

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