In the Spotlight: Stefan Schellings and the Story Behind his Salesforce Blog

Discover the world of Salesforce through the eyes of Stefan Schellings, a part-time blogger and full-time Salesforce enthusiast known for his deep knowledge and creative solutions on the platform.

Meet Stefan Schellings .

Stefan Schellings is known at Intigris for his deep knowledge of Salesforce and his creative ways of using it. He started as a beginner in IT and grew into an expert consultant. His journey is filled with curiosity and a drive to explore new possibilities with Salesforce, he’s a trailblazer who shares his unique solutions and innovative ideas about the Salesforce platform through his engaging blog which everyone can access at stefanschellings.nl

Starting a Salesforce Blog

The idea for Stefan’s blog came from his own experiences as a beginner struggling to navigate Salesforce. Initially managing a sales department at a private school, he encountered Salesforce as a new tool alongside his role. "I wasn’t from an IT background, but I was told that learning Salesforce was easy through Trailhead, which I found quite manageable and quite a lot of fun," Stefan explains. His blog became a playground for his creativity, exploring possibilities like using Salesforce to build a Monopoly game, "which is absurd as no one would use Salesforce just to play Monopoly" he jokes.He finds unique challenges, experiments with solutions, and shares these discoveries in an engaging way.

A Resource for Salesforce Admins

Stefan faced many challenges in his early consulting career on, and overcoming these inspired him to start his blog, where he offers both simple tips and detailed solutions. Stefan’s blog primarily aims to support Salesforce administrators by sharing simpler ways to use the platform effectively. He focuses on offering tips that make the complex functionalities of Salesforce more accessible. "My goal is to empower administrators to get creative and maybe even step into consulting roles themselves. It’s about expanding what you can do with Salesforce beyond the basics," he says.

Turning Ideas Into Practical Guides

Stefan's blog posts come from his everyday experiences with Salesforce, tackling common problems and thinking up new ways to use the platform. He finds unique challenges, experiments with solutions, and shares these discoveries in an engaging way. Each post on Stefan’s blog springs from his own realisations or playful experiments that prove useful. For instance, he tackled the issue of managing time settings in Salesforce—a common headache for many users. He turned this challenge into a detailed guide, showing others how to fix similar issues. His writing not only explores new features but often transforms simple ideas into valuable, functional advice for daily Salesforce use.

The Challenges of his Blogging Journey

Expanding his blog to reach an international audience brought about its own set of challenges, like managing content translation and updating posts to keep up with new Salesforce releases. "Initially, I wrote only in Dutch. But as the audience grew, I started using translation tools to make my content accessible to everyone, tweaking translations for clarity and accuracy," Stefan details. He also emphasises the importance of revising old posts to ensure they remain relevant and reflect the latest developments in Salesforce. At times, Stefan even found self-made solutions to problems that later Salesforce later made available through its new releases. In those cases he can go back to his blog to update his readers on this.

Looking Forward: Increasing Interaction and Influence

Stefan’s future aspirations include growing his blog into a more interactive platform where readers can suggest topics or present real-world challenges for him to solve using Salesforce. "I’d love more engagement from my readers, maybe getting questions or scenarios to dive into. It would make the blog even more dynamic and community-driven," he hopes.Through his blog, Stefan continues to inspire both his colleagues at Intigris and the broader Salesforce community. His approach not only highlights technical solutions but also showcases the creative possibilities within the world of Salesforce, encouraging others to see beyond the surface and explore the depths of what the platform can offer.

In case you are curious about the articles and solutions that Stefan has written? Be sure to check our his blog at www.stefanschellings.nl and if you have any topic that you would like a creative solution for, be sure to reach out to Stefan and you may find a solution soon.