Why Salesforce Partner Companies Value Consultant Certifications Highly?

What started out as a Software as a Service (SaaS) has today evolved into a full service stack of software with limitless possibilities. Today, Salesforce offers tailor made platforms for specific verticals, such as Government Cloud, Health Cloud, Commerce Cloud, Financial Services Cloud and Education Cloud.

A Salesforce Partner Company is a business that specialises in Salesforce implementations for customers. They provide consulting services to customers using best-practice guidelines, enabling them to adopt and tailor the Salesforce platform to align with their specific business goals. Within the Salesforce Partner eco-system, partners can be classified at Silver, Gold, Platinum and Global Strategic by Salesforce. While this classification is based on a complex scoring system based on several criteria, one of those criteria has to do with the number of certified consultants on its staff.

Customers are demanding. They expect more from you. They want to rest assured that you have assigned your best resources for transforming their business. They want to know that they made the right choice when they selected you as their Salesforce Implementation Partner. They want to know that you understand not only the intricacies and capabilities of the Salesforce platform, but also understand how they do business.  This is where the roles of certified consultants becomes very important.

Here are some benefits Salesforce Partner Companies derive out of Certified Consultants.

Stand Out

A certification is a statement to the world that your consultants have some serious Salesforce skills. Certifications inspire confidence in customers and prospects that you are good at what you do. And you know your subject very well. If a customer must choose between 2 companies, and only one of them has certified consultants, well, picking the one with certifications is a no brainer.

Stay on the edge of knowledge

Having certified consultants shows that you are not happy sitting in a comfort zone. Three times a year, Salesforce releases a new batch of cutting-edge features. If your consultants are certified, you are making a statement of commitment to a constant cycle of learning and growth. It shows that you as an organization want to offer the best possible resources to your customers. Certified Consultants automatically become a part of an intellectual community and leverage A Dynamically Updated, Current Knowledge Base

Smarter Efficiency

Salesforce certified consultants can be assigned on projects faster, solve problems on the fly, and quickly deploy smart, effective business solutions. As a Salesforce partner, you can inspire confidence in your customers that you can overcome challenges and solve their problems. Lead an effective and productive workforce that deliver results for your customers.

Create Opportunities

Certified Consultants empower Salesforce Partners to knock on new doors for opportunities with confidence.  Create new growth opportunities beyond boundaries with a team of certified consultants.

Commercial benefits

Needless to say, Salesforce Certified Consultants get paid more. Customers are willing to shell out that extra dollar, if they know that your best, most experienced and certified consultants are working on their project

Conclusion

Companies across the world are adopting Salesforce to transform the way to do business. The demand for the world’s No1 CRM platform is growing exponentially. Consequently, so is the need for experts to drive that transformation. Partner companies want to hire consultants who can prove to be an asset for them, and certification certainly helps. Businesses know that with cloud certified experts, they deliver transformational Customer360 experiences.

With Girikon, you can get access to a pool of Certified Salesforce Consultants with multi-vertical experience across various Cloud offerings within the Salesforce Cloud bucket. Contact us today to know more about how we can help you.

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Indranil Chakraborty

Indranil is a technology enthusiast with over 25 years of experience in project management, operations, technology and business development. Indranil has led project teams in egovernance, business process re-engineering, product development and worked with Government and Corporate customers. Indranil truly believes in the power of technology to drive productivity and growth for teams and businesses.