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David Carnes on Writing a Book

July 13, 2023 by Mike Gerholdt Leave a Comment

Today on the Salesforce Admins Podcast, we talk to David Carnes, Chairman & Chief Evangelist at OpFocus and the author of Mastering Salesforce Reports and Dashboards: Drive Business Decisions with Your CRM Data. Join us as we chat about writing a book, tips you can apply to your own content, and, of course, reports.

You should subscribe for the full episode, but here are a few takeaways from our conversation with David Carnes.

Content opportunities

David was contacted by one of his favorite publishers, O’Reilly Media, to put together a book about Salesforce analytics. “They asked me to put together a proposal,” he said, “and I really didn’t have to think too much about the topics because I had a lot of them in my head from hosting the Dashboard Dojo.”

The entire journey started with blog writing and speaking at events. David got his start with a 20-minute theater

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