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Get the guideIntro to Nearshore Salesforce Development
The term 'Nearshore' primarily refers to outsourcing projects to individuals or teams is neighboring countries, offering massive benefits in terms of collaboration and time zone overlap.
At FoundHQ, our Nearshore Salesforce Development Network consists of talent located in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico, in addition to several other South American countries.
In the world of Salesforce, the platform's exhaustive capabilities are a double-edged sword for most companies. As businesses grow, the complexity of Salesforce implementations, integrations and audits generally increase, which brings the need for ongoing administration, development, and optimization efforts.
There are a variety of resource models companies adopt to get this work done.
Build an Internal Salesforce Team
Hiring an in-house Salesforce team is an approach we encourage at FoundHQ.
It’s important to give your Business Systems the investment it requires, both in terms of time and money.
But you want to be very certain of the goals you intend to accomplish with this team before you get started. It's not as simple as hiring a Salesforce Admin or Developer and letting them run wild.
If you’re looking for guidance on structuring and hiring full-time Salesforce talent, NotDigitalHQ can help.
Hire a Salesforce Consulting Partner
Consulting Partners are approved Salesforce vendors that provide a range of services to help you manage your Salesforce instance.
While we believe there’s a time and place to work with Consulting Partners, we have seen firsthand the drawbacks to this model, which are worth highlighting:
- Leveraging outside Consulting Firms is the highest cost resource model you can adopt.
- They are incentivized to get everything done at once, rather than helping you adopt and expand incrementally.
- The pricing model is rigid, typically requiring a minimum hour commitment or fixed SOW.
Engage Independent Salesforce Consultants or Freelancers for Nearshore Salesforce Development
The whole reason we built FoundHQ was to give Salesforce Customers a more flexible, accessible and customized service than Consulting Partners can offer.
Engaging with Independent Salesforce Consultants is a cost effective way to embed part-time or full-time Contractors into your team for any type of Salesforce Development initiatives.
FoundHQ is the only platform specialized entirely in Salesforce Freelancers with a network of 7,000+ carefully vetted, Independent Salesforce Consultants who’ve worked with the likes of Stripe, G2, Deloitte, Slalom, Workday, Michelin, Home Depot, and hundreds of others.
Our Nearshore Network is proficient across all Salesforce Product areas, brings an average of 5.5 years working on the platform, and immediately available to get started on any type of project.
Learn more about FoundHQ here or schedule a quick intro call here.