On February 3, I turned 39. To celebrate, I did 39 minutes of "Shark Tank" at Freeport Martial Arts, …
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In April 2013, I attended my first Salesforce event. Today, I am the owner and principal architect of Garvens Consulting, a Salesforce consulting partner specializing in Salesforce Revenue Cloud. My website and email newsletter are where I share what I learn about business, technology, software, and Salesforce.
I finished the first draft of my book
By John Garvens
This week, after spending 10 months choosing a topic, four months outlining, and more than two years …
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Leveraging your non-traditional background in your Salesforce career
By John Garvens
Most of us did not start our careers in the Salesforce ecosystem. Some of us began …
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2021: The Year of Focus
By John Garvens
I quit making New Year’s resolutions years ago. They always felt fake, and I never stuck with …
Are you struggling now? Here are some thoughts to help
By John Garvens
I bet it’s been a while since you read an article online about coronavirus, hasn’t it? Oh, it’s only …
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Speaking at Stanford University about Salesforce careers
By John Garvens
On March 7, 2019, I spoke at Stanford University about Salesforce careers. How did I land that …
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How to analyze your Salesforce certification exam results
By John Garvens
Did you recently take a Salesforce certification exam? Did you fail? Do you want to try again? If …
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Join me in reporting all “exam dumps” to Salesforce’s legal team
By John Garvens
Starting today, I will report any person or company selling, giving away, or looking for "exam …
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Free Salesforce certification maintenance exams, starting Summer ’18
By John Garvens
Today, Salesforce announced that Salesforce certification maintenance exams on Trailhead will be …
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