New to the cloud, or not sure what cloud computing even is? We discuss why cloud computing has been so revolutionary in this day and age, and how you can leverage various cloud-based skills to super-charge your career.

We discuss the history of Salesforce, from its founding in 1999, through today. Relentless innovation coupled with the tectonic shift to the cloud have placed you in the right place at the right time to learn the skills to succeed with Salesforce.

The three core tenants of Salesforce are:

• Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Functionality
• Sales Process
• Service Process

Students will come away from this lecture with an understanding of what types of processes are best suited for the Salesforce platform.

The first logical Salesforce Certification to attain is the Salesforce Administrator Certification. Attaining this Certification opens up a myriad of career options for you. In this lecture we discuss not only the obvious career route of that of a Salesforce Administrator, but also opportunities for Business Analysts, Project Managers, Product Managers, Developers, Architects, and a whole lot more.

In this lecture, I take you through the process of signing up for a free Salesforce Developer Account. This is an account that you can keep for life. Salesforce gives them away as a way to help you learn, whether you are an aspiring Salesforce Developer, Administrator, or End User.

This lecture covers several creative ways to utilize Salesforce at your existing job. Through following these steps, you can gain verifiable and legitimate work history on the Salesforce Platform. These tips are key in building your resume to be cloud relevant and get well on your way to a new career.

There are many non-profit organizations that use Salesforce on a daily basis. They are often stretched for resources and lack the personnel to help them customize the platform to meet their needs. You may be able to volunteer time to these non-profits in order to assist them with their Salesforce implementation, as well as gain valuable experience that you can then add to your resume.

I recorded this talk on location in Seaside, Oregon. At the foot of a statue devoted to Lewis & Clark, I speak about the fear of the unknown, and taking you from 'what if' to 'why not?' when it comes to venturing into the cloud for your career.

This lecture covers some of the helpful LinkedIn Groups that are related to Salesforce. You can follow the latest happenings on the platform, be alerted to job opportunities, and find out about local meetups in your area. LinkedIn Groups provide a great way to start networking and find Salesforce connections and jobs.

This text lecture covers how to connect with other Salesforce Users, Developers, Administrators and more, either online, or locally.

This lecture covers the Salesforce Success Community and also the Online Help system. The Salesforce community is a helpful online community of Salesforce professionals that answer each others questions. Both the Success Community and the Online Help System are indispensable resources that have gotten me past roadblocks many times in my Salesforce career.

You can check the status of your Salesforce instance by going to this helpful website. You can also monitor transaction counts, view maintenance and upgrade schedules, and more at trust.salesforce.com.

In this lecture, I point to several recent developments and news items that show just how in-demand Salesforce skills are.

I run through the website certification.salesforce.com and show you the different certifications that are currently available on the Salesforce Platform. 

This bonus lecture introduces you to my latest course, "The Complete Salesforce Administrator Certification Course" and shows you how to get coupon codes to my other upcoming Salesforce courses for users, consultants and developers.