Cynthia Bell McGillis

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Playing around with SoqlX

A fun thing about starting new jobs is being exposed to different tools & ways of doing things. This is my first job where my computer is…

Oct 27, 2019

Oct 27, 2019

Cynthia Bell McGillis

Some thoughts on working more effectively

Below are a smattering of thoughts on productivity, efficiency, and just getting things done. I’ve been obsessed with order, process, and…

May 16, 2019

Some thoughts on working more effectively

May 16, 2019

Cynthia Bell McGillis

Show Notes: Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, and the Key to a Happy Retirement

Notes from a podcast interview by The Mad FIentist with author & blogger Cal Newport

Mar 24, 2019

Show Notes: Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, and the Key to a Happy Retirement

Mar 24, 2019

Cynthia Bell McGillis

Today’s the day: Write your first Visualforce email template!

Two example templates with code you can copy + paste directly into your org.

Oct 21, 2018

Today’s the day: Write your first Visualforce email template!

Oct 21, 2018

Cynthia Bell McGillis

Lead Source quirks in Salesforce

The lead conversion process always is a bit stressful. Fields from one object are mapping to another and you want to make sure everything…

Oct 4, 2018

Cynthia Bell McGillis

Intro to Java: Classes & Objects☕️

“Why Java?” is the question everyone asks me when I tell them I’m taking Treehouse’s Beginning Java class.

Sep 7, 2018

Sep 7, 2018

Cynthia Bell McGillis

Adventures in Salesforce formulas & validation rules with WEEKDAY(), IF(), & INCLUDES()

Formulas are one of those tricks up an admin’s sleeve that are extremely powerful and cool (or maybe that’s just how formulas make me…

Sep 3, 2018

Adventures in Salesforce formulas & validation rules with WEEKDAY(), IF(), & INCLUDES()

Sep 3, 2018

Cynthia Bell McGillis

How to use Salesforce Outbound Messages & Zapier to celebrate a closed won sale in HipChat 💸 🎉

I’ve always found Zapier to be a cool tool, but never thought of an application to use it at Industry Dive. My colleague had set up a few…

Jun 30, 2018

How to use Salesforce Outbound Messages & Zapier to celebrate a closed won sale in HipChat 💸 🎉

Jun 30, 2018

Cynthia Bell McGillis

In-Line Editing in List Views in Salesforce

I used to shy away from List Views because I thought of them as a less robust version of reports, so why bother with them? Recently I had a…

May 23, 2018

In-Line Editing in List Views in Salesforce

May 23, 2018

Cynthia Bell McGillis

Why I haven’t blogged

Last night I started reading The Dance of the Possible by Scott Berkun. It’s a thin little primer on creativity — what it is and how to get…

May 1, 2018