LEARN SALESFORCE FAST!!

How to learn Salesforce in six months and get your first job in the industry. Learning Salesforce these days is challenging because the platform is just so big. In this video I’ll give you the exact steps you need to learn core Salesforce while avoiding the unimportant features.
If you’ve got the drive to do this, YOU WILL SUCCEED!
0:00 Why it's so hard to learn Salesforce
1:38 Knowledge
2:59 Experience
4:55 Marketability
7:34 User Groups
8:17 How long it'll take
Get these Trailhead badges: trailhead.salesforce.com/user...
Trailblazer community forums: trailblazers.salesforce.com/a...
Get a free Salesforce org: developer.salesforce.com/signup
My certifications guide: www.sfdc99.com/ultimate-sales...
How people got 5 certs in 6 weeks: www.sfdc99.com/sfdc99-reader-...
Find a Salesforce user group near you: trailblazercommunitygroups.com/
How I tripled my salary through user groups: • How I went from a $45,...

[@joshr7457]

Thank you for the trailmix! The amount of available resources is truly overwhelming, so I really appreciate that you've taken the time to lay out a clear path. Keep up the great work!

[@cizzlen07]

David, you are amazing for going through each and every badge for us. Please know we are forever grateful for your dedication and help you give us!

[@dvdkliu]

Thanks!!

[@JNABHD]

I know this video is a year old, but your message is upbeat and positive and truly appreciated. I have been wanting to jump into this niche and you just made me want to go heads first. 47 years old but never to old to do something that interests me.

[@dvdkliu]

Go get em buddy 👊👊

[@ericbates7712]

Thank you so much for providing others your knowledge and saving us huge amounts of time by focusing on the areas which are most utilized by businesses.

[@xingzhou6716]

This is super motivating and encouraging! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and distilling your experiences into these gold nuggets!! I'm getting furloughed from my beloved job soon; learning on Trailhead feels like another door might open. Fingers crossed! Thanks again for your top-notch uploads!!

[@pragatisinha]

Thank you! This was a great video. The content is not only educational but funny to boot. The bit about how hard it is to fail the same multiple-choice exam five times cracked me up!

[@ruthndunge7842]

thank you Liu such a beautiful read.Just started learning this monday looking forward to getting most done by december

[@abdel-rahmanfaisal9646]

David is the man! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@charlespereira7869]

Great video - you make my Sunday happy with those information. I just will keep my study in Salesforce but with more directions with your video.Thanks a lot !

[@jaypandey3270]

Thanks David, what you are doing is amazing. Sharing the knowledge that too humbly. God Bless You.

[@feifeiqi2246]

Thank you so much David for your insights and advice! Our company just recently signed a partnership with Salesforce and have been driving the use of trailhead...but that’s about it. It’s like “Salesforce is going to do great things so go forth and learn, learn and learn.” But for people like me, it’s “where do I even begin? It is so exciting yet so overwhelming at the same time.” This video helped simplify the process so so much and I’m so happy I found it.😄 Thank you for sharing and sending you a digital high five for your amazing work🖐

[@marklaing9602]

Best one yet David! I really liked the inspirational yet grounding ending. Cheers mate :)

[@pratibhadwary1695]

Thanks David! You answered so many queries I had in mind... Eagerly waiting for the next one🙂

[@vfxart1994]

wow thanks for creating the trailmix really appreciate your efforts on this.

[@TappetRotor]

Thank you so much, David. Your videos are really inspirational and so simply explained. Deeply appreciate the guidance!

[@dvdkliu]

Thanks!!

[@AndraeXP]

I don't think I've ever seen someone more likeable on KZbin. I had to sub!!

[@rohitnegi4651]

Same

[@g.carter6019]

Thank you so much for this video! I have been wanting to make a career change and this video solidified my decision! I appreciate you sharing your content.

[@kadhashanmukhi5937]

Thank you David! You're videos really helping me a lot. 👍

[@neotizzy]

I just discovered your channel and really appreciate your content. Your delivery is also very entertaining! Looking forward to watching more videos.

[@dvdkliu]

Thanks!!!!!

[@amantiwari3493]

This is one of the best guidance videos. Seriously you have made a clear path to follow. I'll definitely start doing the trailheads and tysm for motivating us and showing the correct path.

[@amantiwari3493]

@@dvdkliu tysm for replying to my comment!! I didn't expected u will reply 🙏 I am your huge fan😇

[@ZulfiquarAli1290]

Thank you for the motivation, I will definitely complete my Salesforce Admin Certifications this year.

[@RebeccaPurjin1]

Thank you David! I stumbled on your post "How to study understanding, not memorization" article. I am teaching myself Salesforce Admin. I will be reading most of your articles and forum posts first before starting my first admin training. You are the GREATEST!! I'm sure you know that already ☺😎

[@dvdkliu]

Thx Natasha lol

[@RVAraghav]

Thank you David for the guidance. One of the best videos in your channel. Loved it. Will try to get 5 certifications. Also, I am putting my 2% every time whenever I write an email or whenever I do something and it has brought me good results. Thank you from the bottom of my heart and love you!!!!!

[@jeremyadam7123]

Thank you so much David. This is really eye opening. I am going to invest more time wisely!

[@Bluebubblez7094]

Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom! I've been searching for Salesforce advice as I have no prior experience in Salesforce and feel overwhelmed by the number of resources! THANK YOU for giving me the starting place because I know I can learn this!

[@dvdkliu]

You got this!!!

[@anapapa2370]

David, you are an INSPIRATION! It is amazing that anytime after I see one of your videos, I feel more motivated and more in love with Salesforce! From a person with 0 technical background or Salesforce working experience, I can say that the first certification is the hardest one. You need a looot of motivation, hard work and focus in order to reach the finish line. Rest of the certifications will come naturally, in time. Also, I think that getting the Admin certification firstly is the foundation for a successful Salesforce professional. All the best and keep up the great work!

[@emadezzo6613]

Amazing contribution from an expert Salesforce person. Thank You 😊

[@blessedomaikomi1116]

just starting and am like wow. You are a great teacher man

[@dvdkliu]

Thank you 🙏🙏🙏

[@Kupefilms]

I appreciate the effort you put into your Salesforce advise videos, David. They played a crucial role in solidifying my decision to start my journey with Salesforce. Before my accident two years ago, I was doing well, but since then, my mobility has been limited. After much contemplation between AWS and Salesforce, your videos helped me make a final decision. Thank you for your help and support. As you said, I will start with the Admin path.

[@dvdkliu]

All the best Wittus 😁

[@Kupefilms]

@@dvdkliu Thx. Which exam should I prepare first as a new coming?

[@davewoodyatt6590]

I stumbled on your page somehow after finally watching all the "Best brownie recipe" videos on youtube. At this point, I knew I had finally masted the "procrastination Superbadge". My days at work have been reduced due to Covid and I've been struggling to give myself some structure to investing in myself. I've been working through Trailhead slowly but just picking at it really because as you said, there is just so much content available. The biggest struggle I've found is getting real-world advice and guidance on how to progress to achieving an Admin Certification. The trailhead you've created looks like exactly what I'm after. The 100+hr's of modules which will likely take me 200hr hours feel manageable because I think it will give me an understanding of Salesforce, and also where I need to go next. Thanks for creating this, hopefully, it doesn't lead to me hating you forever creating this Trailhead that I'm about to start.

[@videoking840]

Thanks, David for all this valuable information.

[@darkwing451]

Thanks for providing this guided path

[@KareyJohnsonksj03c]

Great video! I've watched a number of your videos and also took a course of yours in PluralSight. Keep up the great work, man!!

[@dvdkliu]

Thank you Karey 😁😁😁

[@sanjit0786]

Awesome info. Need more such videos from u David. Thanks 🙏

[@mantub1901]

Thank you so much for the valuable information. I am a new bee to the SF ecosystem. This pushed me to the next level!

[@Vibhavijay1]

Thank you for this video. It will give clear direction to get into Salesforce.

[@ganeshgaware3532]

Thanks David. You have cleared so many doubt.

[@imaviettPMBS]

Another amazing video! Thanks so much!

[@oleeejek]

Your advices are really helpful. Thanks a lot!

[@dvdkliu]

Glad it is helpful for you!!

[@treciacampbell2521]

This is amazing 🤩 thank you so very much David

[@learnwithme920]

You really made my day!! Thanks David :-)

[@tervinq6037]

Hi David, love this video thank you. I was wondering in which order I should complete the badges you put in the description? (For best learning experience). Also which 5 Certifications you would recommend ?

[@jourjor]

Im psyched watching this video! Awesome video.

[@dvdkliu]

Thanks!

[@forcebuilder8302]

Hey David, thanks for the motivation. stuck with 2 certifications for a long time.

[@MalluStyleMultiMedia]

Excellent video. Thank you so much for the inspiration. You rock.

[@wmmcgrailjr2000]

Fantastic trainer with an awesome since of humor!

[@somenothing7914]

ayy thank u man again, definitely appreciate the info +motivational tips. hope yr doing good, nd much love to you

[@dvdkliu]

Thank you 😁😁😁

[@ananth9774]

Good stuff man! Very Useful

[@dharmendrarana1770]

You are awesome David.. a great inspiration to me.. hats off to you..

[@Adayinthelife-JC]

David your an inspiration! Just the content you provide, I really appreciate it.

[@Adayinthelife-JC]

David K. Liu legend has responded!

[@nikolaswalter490]

You are a god-sent. Thank you so much!

[@anshikkasingh7025]

Thanks for another great video David! Is it important to take notes while working on badges?

[@MrAnashine]

You are the best David ... And I like your energy. Yes I am starting Salesforce now 😊😊😊

[@dvdkliu]

Thank you welcome!!!

[@michaelforbes4069]

OMG you are the man. Thanks for the knowledge and the laughs!

[@MakarkinPRO]

Cool Advice! Thank you. I would say the first months is the difficult one. In my example, I gathering information from everywhere and join into each meetup and related source which is mentioned "Salesforce" keyword. After figuring out I create my own path. As well as certs, I took my 1st admin in 3 months. But now I have more stronger feeling of what to do, and keep doing that.

[@ayansfdc]

Hi David , can you please guide me data architect exam. Im preparing same also following trailhead.

[@City_Cichlids]

Great info. You’ve got a new sub

[@ftrujillovelasco]

Im newbie on salesforce, I am coming from mulesoft and ESB tech. Thanks a lot to reduce the bagdes in order I can change my techonology stach easily and quickly. Thanks!!!

[@penkogadzhev9805]

Great content, thank you!

[@rooftopgarden1241]

Thank you so much David

[@sherryapplebalagot6940]

This is really helpful! Thank you!

[@dvdkliu]

Cheers!

[@ItsYourQueenM3E]

Great video! Thank you David.

[@dvdkliu]

Thx!

[@entokyojapan]

Great ! This video helped me a lot to know salesforce, I am learning salesforce from next week for my next 10years career, feel lucky to see this video before I start to learn it.

[@dvdkliu]

Cheers!!!

[@denniswarner6965]

Great Stuff, David.

[@jatricktablate]

Thank you David!

[@talhaj420]

Amazing top quality advice and information. Your whole channel is dope. Thanks and God bless 🙏

[@dvdkliu]

Thank you Thomas!!

[@CaptainSinbad]

Great vid man

[@applecrazy1]

legend!!!

[@muhsinbustillo]

@Captain Sinbad “Watches one David K. Liu video”

[@rzem]

Very good video to motivate newbies . thank you

[@evill789]

Every Time i get depressed by thinking (whether i will get a job,how will i get experience, programming toughness, being late for programming carrer) while studying. I watch your videos again n again , to get a GOD level motivation

[@dvdkliu]

You got this Parag!

[@andrekim7509]

Mr. David, thanks for letting me know Salesforce system. I expect that those to be related to my future job action.

[@gregorymiles6457]

David, thanks! 👏

[@amanrana1877]

Hi David great lesson, i'm gonna take salesforce seriously from now on and as you said let's meet next year as person and will chat on salesforce journeys.

[@hugs2mama425]

Thank you for the information

[@MrChris20912]

Love the content on this channel! Thank you for the insights. I'm curious if there are a healthy segment of remote consulting positions looking for Salesforce admins/devs?

[@dvdkliu]

Devs yes, admins nearly non-existent

[@MrChris20912]

@@dvdkliu great! Thank you!

[@JonathanMorrisMusic]

Great advice! What do you recommend for people wanting to go to user group meetings during COVID?

[@jiyaadnaeem4802]

Great video, thanks!

[@dvdkliu]

Thanks!

[@extremeweirdness1528]

I believe work experience is pretty important the first day I was given a test class for a trigger handler. The trigger handler was 1000+ lines big I needed to just get the code coverage from 76-80%. It took me two weeks. If I have to do a similar thing two months later it would take me 2-3 hours tops.

[@deepthimenon6679]

Hi David.. This really helps !! Thank you for making this journey easier for us. I have a question though about Salesforce Classic. Should we still learn Salesforce classic or just concentrate on Lighting? Or does Salesforce classic get covered while doing the Admin Trail ?

[@AskLixi]

Thank you for this guide, I appreciate the time you are taking to guide us to use sales force. Keep it up!

[@christophermmulch1744]

@David. Thanks, Brother. I appreciate the support. Back to the books (online, of course)!!! Ohana.

[@humanbeing8855]

God bless you for sharing your knowledge 🙏🏻👏🏻👌🏼😊

[@fabianfelix513]

Something about him, makes him the best KZbin blogger I’ve watched.

[@dvdkliu]

Thanks lol

[@taboansan]

Hi David! love you vid, thanks! the link to your top recommending badges doesn't work, is there another way you can share that with us please?

[@danigomez7]

This video is just what I was looking for!! I'm an architect (as in buildings, not software) but lost my job cause of covid. Now I'm switching gears and jumping to learn salesforce, and this video (and your trail mix) is really great help. I really really appreciate it. Thank you!!

[@dvdkliu]

Cheers!!!

[@Will-if7wp]

On another note, it’s easy to see why you work for Google. You are a cool dude and you love what you do. Keep doing these, they are great and not too many people on KZbin are doing it yet.

[@sandeepsandhal5217]

Thank you David

[@ShrutiStyleLife]

Wonderful videos.... Please keep making such video.

[@dvdkliu]

Thanks!

[@ShubhamGupta-di3xw]

Hey David, Loved your career path advices. I'm a Salesforce Admin with 2+ years exp. What next step should I take to grow in the Salesforce technology? Learn Development(but I think that is late for me) or move towards consulting.

[@pjazurin]

Trailhead helps but it is also good if you have an actual project and practice it on live environment. It is also good to fail and learn from those mistakes.

[@cnestavera]

Man! this is a really fresh, yet deep video for a complex topic like salesforce. Thanks a lot for your time giving free advice online! Really thanks. I myself just found your video after a couple of hours Getting Started with Trailhead and realizing that even though they have so many trails it's very hard to build a learning path of my own that makes sense with my time availability and SF experience (virtually 0). If I may be so bold as to ask for some of your advice for me, and hoping you ever get to read my comment, I would like to ask what do you suggest in terms of SF training or resources for a guy like me: - B2B sales experience and chemical engineering background. - Implemented Hubspot service hub for a medium b2b supplier to solve logistics and customer claims (sounds bigger than it is, and we literally used only the free features of HS). - Good with computers, yet not a highly skilled programmer or developer. - Limited time to learn, 3hours/day top. Thanks!

[@amrani_art]

Thanks for your advice! Question though, is the 'Most important badges' trailmix meant for studying for the first administrator's badge?

[@user-kw5su9ws2u]

Hello David!! your videos are awesome, thank you very much!!! One question for you: for getting the Sales, Service or Advanced admin certs, would you recoomend always paying for the courses that SF suggests? they are very expensive for me.. do you think that alternative courses would do it? like... udemy??

[@kevincastillo9262]

Hi David Im from Bolivia.... i think in my country there are a few organization that has implement Salesforce yet.... thnks for this video this motivates me to learn more about Salesforce and to be one step ahead when Salesforce is better known in Latin America.

[@ogabeksaidnazarov4022]

Great Job! Your speach more like motivational :)

[@BugsbunnyEh]

Thank bro, u are awesome.

[@nedsec9626]

I can tell you that I've spent a considerable amount of my free time giving out free advice to complete strangers on the internet. Hi, I'm Ned, and I'm trying to learn SalesForce to get a relevant job and break into the IT industry!

[@lisawilson105]

A year later…. I’m hoping your still around. Appreciate your effort ❤️

[@dvdkliu]

HI!!!!!

[@ryanm623]

Was there a list of suggested projects to go along with the trailhead badges/learning?

[@mennym3114]

Hi David, great inside guidance video making our Salesforce path clear and brighter. please do keep it up. Regarding certifications - In you opinion do you honsesty think there's a nedd for 5 CERTIFICATIONS, isn't 1-2 enough? It lately looks like everybody's just grabbing more and more of these without any real knowledge in salesforce... I heard from 2 HR's friends that they brought few Salesforce Admins with 4-5 certifications that proved no real knowledge on Salesforce in the Professional interview test s/checks... Thanks

[@gusto1505]

David, I just got started in Salesforce last week and really want to learn and get the certifications. I’ve been in a non IT background all my career and want to advance. Your videos and advice are a real inspirations and a boon to all budding Salesforce admins. Thanks a ton for being humble and sharing this valuable information to inspire others to do as well as you’re doing! 👏🏼

[@anilk6571]

We O

[@venkatsai3264]

Hello Sandeep bro did you get job in salesforce?? If yes share me your experience..

[@lovejones1897]

Hey how are things now? I'm where you are three years ago

[@CassieSnowLV]

Great videos David! I wanted to ask for clarification on the “how long will it take” segment....you mentioned 6 months (to a year) to accomplish “all this and land your first salesforce job”.... but how long would you estimate for a salesforce newbie to attain the administrator certification (at 2 hours per day study) - Thanks !

[@dvdkliu]

I've seen everything front a week to a year honestly. It depends how much $$ and drive you have!

[@StreetTalkAE]

And how are you doing in salesforce?