If you've been sending email campaigns for long enough, with out a doubt you've run into spam-filter issues. According to ReturnPath, you can expect 10-20% of your emails to get lost in cyberspace, mostly due to overzealous filters. Innocent email marketers who send permission-based emails to people who requested them...
Year: 2014
Learn How To Import Contact Data into GoldMine
Do you need to import your leads, prospects and/or customers contact information into GoldMine from excel or some other file format? In this training session we will go over the steps involved with importing contact information into GoldMine using the Import Contact Records Wizard We will cover the following: Formatting...
10 of the Best Self-Hosted E-commerce Solutions
First Direct Corp. recently launched our new online store using Magento. Our old shopping cart solutuon was quite out dated and it was time for an update. We researched several self hosted solutions and choose to go with Magento. The following online article lists 10 of the best self-hosted (FREE)...
How To Make A Good Email Signature
First impressions count and your email signature is no different. With over 500 billion emails sent every day, you need to make your emails stand out! In this class we will show you how to make a more creative email signature and at the same time improve your branding...
New “Sharpen Your GoldMine Knowledge” Training Classes & Webinars
You may already be aware that First Direct Corp. provides online training classes for GoldMine. A list of our online training classes can be found via the following URL - http://www.1stdirect.com/events/index.php. If you miss a class or are not able to attend a class, don't worry, we recycle the events...
What’s Changed/New in GoldMine 2014.1 Hotfix 4
What's Changed in GoldMine 2014.1 Hotfix 4 GoldMine Premium Edition 2014.1.0.468 / GoldMine Mobile Edition 2014.1.0.662 Constant Contact Login Due to a change made by Constant Contact, an additional layer of authentication has been added for Constant Contact login. If you integrate with Constant Contact and get the error message...
Importing Records into GoldMine Using OpenOffice Calc vs MS Excel
I recently downloaded and installed OpenOffice Calc. It is an Open Source spreadsheet application, similar to Microsoft Excel, except its FREE. I was excited when I saw that it allowed you to save files in dbase file format, which MS Excel no longer allows you to do. This has always...
My Thoughts on Business
Recently I was interviewed by a business coach, Sean Ackerman, owner of You Leading You. Sean and I spoke about my firm First Direct Corporation and in particular my thoughts about running my company. The conversation covered a broad range of topics and it was fun for me. But more...
7 Best Practices Which Lead to a Better CRM Database
In my "Getting Started with GoldMine" training class, I begin with a review of 7 best practices which lead to a better CRM database. Right from the beginning, I believe it is important to establish a fundamental view about usage with an explanation of certain day-to-day habits which are critical...
Microsoft Races To Fix Massive Internet Explorer Hack: No Fix For Windows XP Users
Microsoft is scrambling to fix a major bug which allows hackers to exploit flaws in Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, responsible for 55% of the PC browser market. The company has also confirmed it will not issue a fix for web browsers running on Windows XP...