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...
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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)...
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...
GoldMine PE 2014.1 Drops Support for Office XP and Office 2003
With the release of GoldMine Premium Edition 2014.1 support for MS Office XP and Office 2003 has been dropped. The installer may still recognize Office being installed but the links no longer support XP or 2003 programmatically.
Learn How To Write SQL Queries for GoldMine
The SQL Query Tab, accessed via Tools >> SQL Query, in GoldMine Premium Edition allows GoldMine users to write SQL Statements to display information contained in your GoldMine databases. SQL Queries can be used to display lists of contact related information regardless of where the information is stored in the...
Tax Benefits for Investing in Technology Expiring Soon!
Time is Running Out on Tax Benefits! The Time is right for investing in technology! Make your technology investments before the clock strikes 2014! Business taxpayers stand to have substantially less ability to expense large purchases, as the 50% bonus depreciation provision lapses on 12/31/13, while the maximum limit...
Backup Your Local Backups and Important Files/Documents with Online Backup Services
The following is a great article that reviews 27 Online Backup Services. There are no excuses for NOT backing up your local backups and other important documents/files. Online backup services work much like traditional backup software. With an online backup service, however, your important data is transmitted over the Internet...
What does “cloud computing” really mean?
Cloud computing is all the rage. It's become the catch phrase for many people, looking to take advantage of what it has to offer. The problem is that (as with Web 2.0) everyone seems to have a different definition/idea of what cloud computing is. As a metaphor for the Internet,...
So you want to learn SQL?
SQL is a standard language for accessing databases. These SQL tutorials will teach you how to use SQL to access and manipulate data in: MySQL, SQL Server, Access, Oracle, Sybase, DB2, and many other database systems. What is SQL? SQL stands for Structured Query Language SQL lets you access and...