10 Things I wish I would have known on day 1 as a Salesforce Admin

  

Below are 10 things i wish i would have known on day 1 as a Salesforce Admin.  Most of these i learned the hard way so hopefully you won't have to : )

Adding Value to success.salesforce.com Answers

     

I have been answering questions consistently for about 4 months now on the Salesforce success community.  In that time i have taken part in many questions and answers and wanted to share my observations.

My Favorite Free SFDC Tools

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How to become a Certified Salesforce.com Administrator (Updated)

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http://www.agilecloudconsulting.com/accblog/2014/11/10/how-to-become-a-certified-salesforcecom-administrator-updated

Customizing The Standard Clone Button

I have seen this question come up on the answers community quite often so i thought i'd put together a post to outline some of the use cases and solutions:

Blacklist Email Addresses Using V-Look Up and Validation Rules

This is a great solution posted by Deepak Anand on the Salesforce.com Answers community today.