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Salesforce for Beginners - Second Edition

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Product type Book
Published in Oct 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803239101
Pages 532 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Authors (2):
Sharif Shaalan Sharif Shaalan
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Timothy Royer Timothy Royer
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Table of Contents (24) Chapters

Preface 1. Getting Started with Salesforce and CRM 2. Understanding Salesforce Activities 3. Creating and Managing Leads 4. Business Development with Accounts and Contacts 5. Driving the Sales Cycle with Opportunities 6. Achieving Business Goals Using Campaigns 7. Enhancing Customer Service with Cases 8. Business Analysis Using Reports and Dashboards 9. Setup and Configuration 10. An Overview of Sharing and Visibility 11. User Management and Data Security 12. Managing Projects with Sandboxes and Change Sets 13. Using Data Modeling to Configure Objects for Your Business 14. Lightning Experience Customization 15. Extending Functionality with Third-Party Applications and Salesforce Mobile 16. Salesforce Flow 17. Approval Processes 18. Assignment Rules 19. Data Integrity with Formulas and Validations 20. Testing and Debugging 21. Assessment
22. Other Books You May Enjoy
23. Index

To get the most out of this book

  • No prior knowledge of Salesforce is required to get started with this book, although we assume the reader has a basic understanding of Sales, Service, and Marketing business processes. Some processes, such as the sales cycle, will be explained.
  • At the start of the book, we will explain how to create a development organization in Salesforce. You will need to set up your own so you can follow along with the instructions and examples found throughout this book.

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