Did you know that Santa uses GoldMine to manage his lists? Yup! With a simple search he knows who has been naughty or nice. Santa Bob (a.k.a. "Saba Bob") is busy with the year end! Santa can access his contacts on his phone with GoldMine Web ... and check the...
Author: Bob Ritter
President, First Direct Corp., (845) 221-3800, www.1stdirect.com, www.GoldMinesSuccess.com
Ivanti Names New CEO
Ivanti is the owner of GoldMine Software. Ivanti Names Software Industry Veteran Jeff Abbott as New CEO and Strengthens Board with New Appointments SALT LAKE CITY — October 04, 2021 — Ivanti, the automation platform that discovers, manages, secures, and services IT assets from cloud to edge, announced today that it has...
GO-Global Version 6.2.031099 Released
We are pleased to report the release of an update to GO-Global. Here is What's New: Single Sign-On SupportSingle Sign On (SSO) has historically only been able to authenticate users to web applications, not Windows applications. GO-Global rectifies this situation by providing support for OpenID Connect (OIDC), a simple identity...
When Is It Time to Give Up on a Lead or Prospect?
How many follow-up attempts is enough for a sales lead? How long should one keep trying to make a sale before giving up? What's the criteria or rule of thumb for following up with leads and prospects? Each business has to formulate it's own business process and rules. And there...
The GoldMine Users’ Dilemma
First Direct Corporation has been selling and supporting GoldMine CRM software since 1992 when GoldMine CRM was called "Contact Management Software" and it ran on the DOS operating system. A week doesn't go by that we don't service or upgrade a GoldMine system that is 10+ years old. It isn't...
Ways to Enhance GoldMine Email Templates
Email personalization tips and tricks GoldMine doesn't claim to have the best "email editor," but it serves the purpose and it does have features which users can leverage rather nicely in conjunction with the CRM database. Here are some functions within GoldMine's email template editor to consider:Personalization - Personalizing an...
Why GoldMine System Fields Are Useful
Every database software has "system fields" The system fields that users are familiar with are the ones we edit. For example in GoldMine there are fields where one enters the company name and the contact name, etc. In addition, there are fields which store data that the software system updates...
Apply a “LESS IS MORE” sales strategy with GoldMine.
Here is how to increase sales by doing small targeted marketing broadcasts and less phone calls. I realize the heading of this article is counter-intuitive. But I can assure you it will make sense after you read the rest. As a general rule with marketing you aim to reach a...
New Year’s Wish
With gratitude we wish you, your business and your family health, happiness and prosperity in this upcoming year. May God bless us all!
TAKE ME OFF YOUR LIST!
These are words we WANT to hear if what our business offers is not at all relevant to a recipient. By the same token, they are disappointing to hear when our business offers something that IS relevant to the recipient. As marketers our job it to see to it that...