SFDC Consultant - Become a better Salesforce Consultant

Welcome to a new episode of the SFDC Consultant Podcast

SFDC Consultant is here to support your Salesforce Career through Interviews, Podcasts, Videos and Articles about and around the best way to grow and develop as a Salesforce Professional. We have a list of high value and highly packed Salesforce Podcast Episodes with Salesforce MVPsGuests, Salesforce Architects, Salesforce Consultants, Directors, Developers and Administrators.

Welcome to the SFDC Consultant Podcast, my Name is Emeric and today I am happy yo share a discussion that I had with Pei Mun Lim, a Salesforce Programme Manager, Consulting Trainer/Coach. We spoke about the value of the consultants within a consultancy and the top two skills you need to become a top consultant.

Website Link: https://zenhaotraining.co.uk/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pmlim/

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SFDC Consultant is here to support your Salesforce Career through Interviews, Podcasts, Videos and Articles about and around the best way to grow and develop as a Salesforce Professional. We have a list of high value and highly packed Salesforce Podcast Episodes with Salesforce MVP Guests, Salesforce Architects, Salesforce Consultants, Directors, Developers and Administrators.

Welcome to the SFDC Consultant Podcast, my name is Emeric and today I will share the follow-up conversation with Gaspar Rodrigues and a new guest Dana Zandaki. We spoke about Dana's experience with RefugeeForce and how she interacted with the Salesforce Ohana.

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SFDC Consultant is here to support your Salesforce Career through Interviews, Podcasts, Videos and Articles about and around the best way to grow and develop as a Salesforce Professional. We have a list of high value and highly packed Salesforce Podcast Episodes with Salesforce MVP Guests, Salesforce Architects, Salesforce Consultants, Directors, Developers and Administrators.

Welcome to Episode 38 of the SFDC Consultant Podcast. My name is Emeric and today I happy to share my conversation with Gaspar Rodriguez, senior Consultant at Appsolutely and co-founder of RefugeeForce.

We spoke about his experience in implementing Salesforce for NGOs, but we also concentrated on the brilliant work of RefugeeForce.

I do want to mention that the next podcast episode, episode 39, will be a follow-up discussion where I and Gaspar will be joined by a former student of the programme.

I really enjoyed this discussion, as we got the chance to really get into detail on the programme..

Now, enjoy my conversation with Gaspar.

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Welcome to Episode 37 of the SFDC Consultant Podcast. My name is Emeric and today I happy to share this very productive conversation that I had with Thai Nguyen, Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer at Inspire Planner.

We spoke about building AppExchange applications, finding customers and positioning your solution in the marketplace.

I really enjoyed this discussion, as we got the chance to really get into detail on some aspects of running an AppExchange business.

Now, enjoy my conversation with Thai.

SFDC Consultant is here to support your Salesforce Career through Interviews, Podcasts, Videos and Articles about and around the best way to grow and develop as a Salesforce Professional. We have a list of high value and highly packed Salesforce Podcast Episodes with Salesforce MVP Guests, Salesforce Architects, Salesforce Consultants, Directors, Developers and Administrators.

Welcome back to the SFDC consultant Podcast, I'm your host Emeric and today I would like to share with you a conversation with Jason holt.

I've done a number of podcast episodes around the best way to tackler certain subject when building a Salesforce consultancy or an AppExchange Business. Today I am adding to that list by sharing this extremely insightful conversation with Jason.

Jason has published an app on the AppEchange, and in this discussion, we went through his journey. not the technical side, but the more operational side of that, which included getting the first client, deciding and segmenting the market and more.

I know that this will be of great support for anyone thinking of building and publishing an app on the AppExchange.

Jason LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonhoult/

Website - https://www.anvilappworks.com/

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SFDC Consultant is here to support your Salesforce Career through Interviews, Podcasts, Videos and Articles about and around the best way to grow and develop as a Salesforce Professional. We have a list of high value and highly packed Salesforce Podcast Episodes with Salesforce MVP Guests, Salesforce Architects, Salesforce Consultants, Directors, Developers and Administrators.

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In this episode, I am happy to speak with Ian Gotts, Founder and CEO of Elements.cloud.

I've been a fan of the Elements product and I am looking forward to sharing this conversation. I asked Ian about advice that he would give to anyone that is planning to start a consultancy, but we also spoke about deployment, project estimations and the stories shared by the community on Org Confessions.

Org Confessions - https://elements.cloud/confessions/

Elements Website: - Elements.cloud

Org Assessments - https://elements.cloud/orgassessment/

SFDC Consultant is here to support your Salesforce Career through Interviews, Podcasts, Videos and Articles about and around the best way to grow and develop as a Salesforce Professional. We have a list of high value and highly packed Salesforce Podcast Episodes with Salesforce MVS Guests, Salesforce Architects, Salesforce Consultants, Directors, Developers and Administrators.

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Today I want to share with you a slightly different discussion that I had with Heinrich Rusche, an Ex-Consultant at McKinsey. For those of you that don't know McKinsey, it is considered one of the top management consulting firms. As the podcast is aimed at improving the non-technical skills of consulting, throughout the episode we concentrated on areas that are transferable no matter the technology or platform that you work on.

Now, please enjoy my conversation with Heinrich.

SFDC Consultant is here to support your Salesforce Career through Interviews, Podcasts, Videos and Articles about and around the best way to grow and develop as a Salesforce Professional. We have a list of high value and highly packed Salesforce Podcast Episodes with Salesforce MVS Guests, Salesforce Architects, Salesforce Consultants, Directors, Developers and Administrators.

Today I am speaking with Ines Garcia, a Salesforce MVP and Agile Coach. Ines has been sharing best practices and supporting the Salesforce community for a number of years, so I was happy to have her on the podcast. We spoke about what Agile is and also how anyone can use it.

Additionally, Ines just published a book called Becoming more Agile whilst delivering Salesforce, so if you want to get more from Salesforce and start using Agile, then the book will be perfect for you.

Now, please enjoy my conversation with Ines.

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SFDC Consultant is here to support your Salesforce Career through Interviews, Podcasts, Videos and Articles about and around the best way to grow and develop as a Salesforce Professional. We have a list of high value and highly packed Salesforce Podcast Episodes with Salesforce MVS Guests, Salesforce Architects, Salesforce Consultants, Directors, Developers and Administrators.

Today I am sharing a conversation with Carlos Siqueira, Technical Evangelist at Copado. I must say that I had a blast speaking to Carlos about his pre-salesforce consultancy career, his Salesforce consultancy adventure and why he choose not to continue on that path, and also how he made everything look so easy throughout his career change, as everything seemed to fall into place.

Now enjoy my conversation with Carlos.

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SFDC Consultant is here to support your Salesforce Career through Interviews, Podcasts, Videos and Articles about and around the best way to grow and develop as a Salesforce Professional. We have a list of high value and highly packed Salesforce Podcast Episodes with Salesforce MVS Guests, Salesforce Architects, Salesforce Consultants, Directors, Developers and Administrators.

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Running a Salesforce Consultancy is not an easy job. I am sharing a conversation with  Emile Van Den Berg where we spoke about the challenges of not just starting, but growing a Salesforce Consultancy.

Emile Van Den Berg is the Managing Director of Upper Sigma, a Salesforce Consultancy that provides services across multiple continents.

Now, please enjoy my conversation with Emile Van Den Berg.

SFDC Consultant is here to support your Salesforce Career through Interviews, Podcasts, Videos and Articles about and around the best way to grow and develop as a Salesforce Professional. We have a list of high value and highly packed Podcast Episodes with Salesforce MVS Guests, Architects, Consultants, CEOs, Developers and Administrators.

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Continuing the discussion trail around Salesforce consultancies and how to start and build a Salesforce Consultancy, today I am sharing a conversation that I had with Keir Bowden Chief Technical Officer at BrightGen, A Platinum Salesforce Consultancy based in the UK.

We spoke about best practices, about strategy setting, R&D and up-skilling staff members and more.

SFDC Consultant is here to support your Salesforce Career through Interviews, Podcasts, Videos and Articles about and around the best way to grow and develop as a Salesforce Professional. We have a list of high value and highly packed Salesforce Podcast Episodes with Salesforce MVP Guests, Salesforce Architects, Salesforce Consultants, Directors, Developers and Administrators.

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Continuing on a similar topic of starting a business within the Salesforce Eco-system, as some of the latest podcast episodes, today I a speaking with Paul Harris, founder and CEO of a Coacto, which is a UK based Salesforce Consultancy.

I was looking forward to sharing this conversation, as on top of the advice that Paul has shared, he also has an interesting and resonating story about how he was able to work with off-shore partners to support the start and the growth of the consultancy.

I hope you enjoy my conversation with Paul.

SFDC Consultant is here to support your Salesforce Career through Interviews, Podcasts, Videos and Articles about and around the best way to grow and develop as a Salesforce Professional. We have a list of high value and highly packed Salesforce Podcast Episodes with Salesforce MVS Guests, Salesforce Architects, Salesforce Consultants, Directors, Developers and Administrators.

Today, I am sharing a conversation that I had with Stacey Clegg, which will hopefully bring some clarification to the subject. Stacey is a Managing Solution Architect at Capgemini in the UK, and we covered a range of subjects. We spoke about the responsibilities of a Solution Architect, the benefits of working at a consultancy, small or large and also her journey toward the Architect Title.

Welcome to SFDC Consultant. The podcast where we have open discussions with Salesforce Consultants, Administrators, and Architects.

My name is Emeric and in this episode, I will be speaking to Jessica Murphy. 

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Welcome to SFDC Consultant. The podcast where we have open discussions with Salesforce Consultants, Administrators, and Architects.

My name is Emeric and today I have a special episode for you. I am speaking with Matt Patterson, Managing Consultant at Blue Cloud Recruitment, that concentrates on the Salesforce ecosystem.

We spoke about good and bad recruitment practices, the movement of the salesforce market, and also the best way to engage with recruiters.

Additionally, if you find this episode interesting, I would really appreciate it if you could share this episode with your peers, subscribe to the podcast, and leave us a review.

Welcome to SFDC Consultant. The podcast where we have open discussions with Salesforce Consultants, Administrators, and Architects.

My name is Emeric and in this episode, I will be speaking to Luke Potter, a Solution Architect at IBM. There are a number of key points that I covered with Luke, but something very interesting to know is that Luke never went to University. So we will be exploring that subject as well as other career-related topics.

Additionally, if you find this episode interesting, I would really appreciate it if you could share this episode with your peers, subscribe to the podcast, and leave us a review.

Welcome to SFDC Consultant. The podcast where we have open discussions with Salesforce Consultants, Administrators, and Architects.

My name is Emeric and in this episode, I will be speaking to Jason Atwood. At the surface, Jason is the COO at Arkus, which is a remote-based Salesforce Consultancy. On top of that, Jason and the team from Arkus have been publishing blog posts for over 10 years and have been producing their own podcast called CloudFocus Weekly.

In this episode, we spoke about Salesforce Careers, Salesforce Strategy, and the hiring process.

Additionally, if you find this episode interesting, I would really appreciate it if you could share this episode with your peers, subscribe to the podcast, and leave us a review.

Welcome to SFDC Consultant. The podcast where we have open discussions with Salesforce Consultants, Administrators, and Architects.

My name is Emeric and in this episode, I will be speaking to Warren Walters, which is the Development Practice Lead at Ad Victoriam Solutions.

Alongside his development experience, Warren has been creating content on youtube where he shared some interesting development tutorials and projects.

Additionally, if you find this episode interesting, I would really appreciate it if you could share this episode with your peers, subscribe to the podcast, and leave us a review.

Welcome to SFDC Consultant. The podcast where we have open discussions with Salesforce Consultants, Administrators, and Architects.

My name is Emeric and in this episode, I will be speaking to Sam Walley, a Senior Salesforce Consultant at Stimulus Consulting

Alongside his implementation experience, Sam has been delivering training Courses for Administrators and for Marketing Cloud.

Additionally, if you find this episode interesting, I would really appreciate if you could share this episode with your peers, subscribe to the podcast and leave us a review.

Welcome to SFDC Consultant. The podcast where we have open discussions with Salesforce Consultants, Administrators, and Architects.

My name is Emeric and in this episode, I will be speaking to Christ Valentine, a Salesforce Architect at FARO Technologies

We spoke about how to maintain an 18-year-old Salesforce instance, how to manage end use releases, and more.

Additionally, if you find this episode interesting, I would really appreciate it if you could share this episode with your peers, subscribe to the podcast, and leave us a review.

Welcome to SFDC Consultant. The podcast where we have open discussions with Salesforce Consultants, Administrators, and Architects.

My name is Emeric and based on your feedback, in the coming weeks, you will notice that the episodes will be slightly shorter than the usual 40 to 50 minutes. It would be good to get some feedback on this. That way I can organize the episodes in the best length format.

The first episode in the shorter format is with Farah Sherif Ghanem a salesforce Developer at an end-user in Egypt.

We spoke about how she got started, why it's important to be a good admin in order to be a brilliant developer and also how to familiarise yourself with an existing Salesforce org.

Additionally, if you find this episode interesting, I would really appreciate it if you could share this episode with your peers, subscribe to the podcast, and leave us a review.

Welcome to SFDC Consultant. The podcast where we have open discussions with Salesforce Consultants, Administrators, and Architects.

Recently we spoke with a number of consultants and salesforce professionals. Today, we have something different. I had the chance to catch-up with Salesforce Evangelist Mohith Shrivastava.

I asked him what a Salesforce Evangelist actually does and also what are some features and development areas that he is most excited about.

Additionally, if you find this episode interesting, I would really appreciate if you could share this episode with your peers, subscribe to the podcast and leave us a review.

Welcome to SFDC Consultant. The podcast where we have open discussions with Salesforce Consultants, Administrators, and Architects.

Welcome to SFDC Consultant. The podcast where we have open discussions with Salesforce Consultants, Administrators, and Architects.

My name is Emeric and in this episode, I will be speaking with Richard Clark, the CTO at Provar Testing. We covered a range of subjects, around testing salesforce applications, the challenge of getting an application listed on the AppExchange, and the value proposition of Provar to consultancies.

Additionally, if you find this episode interesting, I would really appreciate if you could share this episode with your peers, subscribe to the podcast, and leave us a review.

Welcome to SFDC Consultant. The podcast where we have open discussions with Salesforce Consultants, Administrators, and Architects.

Today, we are speaking with Tyrone Reid. He is a salesforce developer, architect, and entrepreneur.  Tyrone has been working as a contractor for over 4 years. In this episode, we spoke about how Tyrone started his career in technology and development after he graduated with a non-tech university degree.

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Today, we are speaking with Sonny Lundqvist, a Salesforce Marketing Cloud Solution Architect at Capgemini in Sweden. Sonny has been working in the last three years for top companies such as Bluewolf and Capgemini. In this discussion, we cover topics such as the Salesforce Ecosystem in Sweden, the top skills an architect needs to have, or the difference between integrations and the business process.

Welcome to SFDC Consultant. The podcast where we have open discussions with Salesforce Consultants, Administrators, and Architects.

Today, we are speaking with Lemeeka Rana, a Customer Experience Strategist at Salesforce in London. Lemeeka has been with Salesforce for nearly 3 years. In this discussion, we cover what a Customer Experience Strategist does, how do Salesforce staff stay on top of their knowledge and advice to start a career in consulting.

Additionally, if you find this episode interesting, I would really appreciate it if you could share this episode with your peers, subscribe to the podcast and leave us a review.

Welcome to the SFDC Consultant. The podcast where we have open discussions with Salesforce Consultants, Administrators, and Architects.

Today, we are speaking with Lewis Clark, a Salesforce Implementation Consultant at Fonteva, which is one of the biggest Salesforce ISV providers and offers Salesforce-based applications for Trade Associations, Membership Societies and more.

In this discussion, we cover the difference between working in a salesforce consultancy and a Salesforce ISV, we also talk about the importance of industry vs salesforce knowledge and the challenges of implementing ISV applications.

Additionally, if you find this episode interesting, I would really appreciate it if you could share this episode with your peers, subscribe to the podcast in your favorite podcast player, and leave us a review.