About me
My name is John Coppedge, and I am the sole author of this site. I’ve worked in the IT industry in one sense or another for longer than I can remember. At the start of 2008, I became the Salesforce administrator at my current employer. Within a year, I taught myself the system, became one of the first 500 certified, and launched this site with the notes I took while studying for the administrator exam.
I am passionate about Salesforce, cloud computing, good beer, and proper grammar use. I believe that cloud computing represents a fundamental shift in computing and that this shift is far from maturity. It’s really a very exciting time to work in the computing industry.
About this site
My blog-child can hopefully help you in a number of different ways:
Resources to get certified.
This is main purpose of the site (hence the title) and the primary focus of its content. I’ve gotten enough comments and emails to know that I was on to something when I started this site. If you are self-studying, it takes a lot of leg work to pull the materials into small easily digestible pieces. I provide those pieces… for you to digest.
Also expect to see:
- Tricks to stretch Salesforce out of the box functionality
- 3rd party app reviews
- Time-saving tips
- Relevant links and information
If you have any comments or suggestions, feel free to drop me a comment or an email. I always welcome feedback! Cheers,
John
Ross Layton
// Jan 11, 2010 at 2:02 pm
Hi John,
Great site, I am due to sit the exam in a couple of weeks and had a quick question.
I am afraid I can’t afford the £2,000 administrator exam so have opted for self study. How close do you think the official guide is to the actual exam?
I am using your site which is great to study as well.
Thanks
Ross
John Coppedge
// Jan 11, 2010 at 3:27 pm
I haven’t taken the official course so I can’t say. I can say that self-studying for the administrator exam is quite doable however. Good luck and feel free to drop me a line with any Q’s. Cheers,
John
Dave
// Jan 27, 2010 at 12:51 pm
I’m an IT guy with 12 + years of experience in different roles (dev, lead, PM),
Hearing a lot about force.com and salesforce now a days, thinking about learning SF & force.com and becoming SF consultant. Is that good idea ? How are the opportunities in this avenue.
John Coppedge
// Jan 27, 2010 at 2:16 pm
Salesforce and cloud computing expertise are in very high demand. If you are experienced in the IT realm the learning curve is quite doable but requires time and diligence. I find it both challenging and rewarding. Give it a shot and see if you like- you can definitely make a future out of it. Cheers,
John
hi
// Jan 28, 2010 at 2:35 pm
Is it possible to integrate to gmail,gtalk without having company email
Tal
// Jan 28, 2010 at 5:03 pm
Hi, this is a great blog! Do you have any materials for the Certified Consultant exam? I couldn’t find it…
John Coppedge
// Jan 28, 2010 at 5:52 pm
Thanks Tal… working on it! Grab the RSS feed, I’ll do a post when they’re up.
Mahesh
// Feb 4, 2010 at 7:21 pm
John
Are there any guides/books or papers available for certified administrator exam. My goal is get to certified consultant.
scott
// Feb 12, 2010 at 12:12 pm
John,
Great site and I appreciate all the hard work in building it. I just passed the administration test and I am now beginning my pursuit of the consultant certification. Have you any new or updated information for this category?
Keep up the great work!
Alton
// Mar 17, 2010 at 7:03 am
Scott,
Have you worked with Saledforce.com for a while? How difficult was the test?
Thanks,
Alton
KrishnaPriya.S
// Mar 31, 2010 at 12:13 am
Hi,
I m Priya. I am going to write the certification exam for ADM 201, initial stage. can u pls send me the sample questions in which way they ask?
Akash
// Apr 2, 2010 at 8:05 am
Dear John,
my self also want to do sales force study, I need self study material or online training where I can contact and learn about it.. also I want to know exact certification fees .. hope you can advice
thanks again
Akash
Abhijit
// Apr 28, 2010 at 6:18 pm
John,
I want to write Admin 201 certification for which i started self prep. Can you tell me from where i will get all detail topics which they mentioned in study guide or i have to go through help .
Thanks & Regards,
Abhijit
Mike
// Jul 1, 2010 at 12:11 am
Kudos on the info John – it helped me get past admin and dev exams so many thanks for taking the time out to provide insight.
Any chance of getting a draft of your CON201 notes?
Cheers,
Mike.
NB
// Aug 12, 2010 at 7:48 am
Hello John,
Firstly, thank you for a very resourceful website! I’ve been working as a SFDC project Mgr/Bus Analyst for the past 2 years. I have an interview tomm with Salesforce for an Application architect and frankly I’m not sure where to start. Although i have a basic understanding of SFDC and know how to configure, I’m not very hands on with the design or dev work. And I think they will need me to design a solution on the fly! Any tips, suggestions on how I should approach this?
Thanks!
NB
John Coppedge
// Aug 12, 2010 at 7:56 am
NB I would start with the developer training and exam. That path is most suited to folks architecting solutions without code. A lot of the knowledge is the same as ADM201 but it requires thinking more in terms of design. Good luck!
Cheers,
John
Elise
// Aug 23, 2010 at 8:16 am
Hi John,
Thank you for all of the time and hard work you put into this website. It is a great resource and I appreciate it greatly!
Elise
Narsi
// Aug 26, 2010 at 8:13 am
Thanks for the great site! I’m preparing for CON201. Any chance of CON201 notes please?