Salesforce CertificationResources, Tips & Tricks

Why get Certified?• Credibility in the Community à works towards MVP

• Employer recognition à $

• Release education à Increase of ROI for your company

• Personal brand

Certifications Availablehttp://certification.salesforce.com/

• Administrators� Administrator� Advanced Administrator (Prerequisite: Admin)

• Developers� Platform App Builder� Platform Developer I� Platform Developer II (Prerequisite: Platform Developer I)*

• Consultants� Sales Cloud Consultant (Prerequisite: Admin)� Service Cloud Consultant (Prerequisite: Admin)� Pardot Consultant

• Marketers� Email Specialist� Social Specialist� Pardot Specialist

Technical Architect - (Prerequisite: Salesforce Certified Force.com Developer or a Salesforce Certified App Builder)

Exam Information• Salesforce provides Exam Study Guide

� Admin here� About the Exam � Salesforce recommended training� Exam Outline & Weights

Salesforce University• Salesforce offered classes

� By Cloud, By Role� Online, Classroom

• http://www.salesforce.com/services-training/training_certification/training.jsp� ADM201 3/21-3/25 (Sewickley)

• Dreamforce � Classes and Exams onsite� Chatter group specifically for this

• Destination Success (missed for 2016)

Salesforce Partners’ Training• Stony Point (http://www.stonyp.com/)

• Walk Me (http://www.walkme.com/)

• We Teach Salesforce (http://www.weteachsalesforce.com/)

Self-Study• Salesforce Getting Started

(https://help.salesforce.com/HTViewGettingStarted?id=000176053)

• Salesforce YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/user/salesforce

• Developer Org� https://developer.salesforce.com/signup

Trailheadhttps://developer.salesforce.com/trailhead

Chatter• Success Community

https://success.salesforce.com/� Getting Started Chatter Group in Success Community

(** Success - Getting Started **)� Salesforce Certification Study Group� Salesforce Training & Certification� Destination Success 2016� Marketing Cloud Certifications

Misc. (May not be Salesforce resources)• Who Sees What videos (http://www.merivisblog.com/study-salesforce-admin-exam)

• How to pass the Admin exam using Trailhead (http://www.merivisblog.com/how-to-pass-the-salesforce-admin-exam-using-trailhead/)

• Quizlet.com

• Cram.com (** Some people do not recommend)

• Admin - http://certifiedondemand.com/

• Admin – Permission Sets Overview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZMH7yqJGo4

• Book on Amazon - Salesforce Essentials for Administrators

• Building an App - https://developer.salesforce.com/page/Force_Platform_Fundamentals

Registering for an Exam• Exam registration is through Webassessor (https://www.webassessor.com/)

� If you work for a Partner, Company name will tie to Partner

• Questionable experiences with at-home testing

• Pay close attention to what documentation you need to bring for exam to provide identity

Once you pass…• Update LinkedIn

• Add to email signature

• Success Community Profile

• Maintenance Exams ($100/year)