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Sending SMS Messages Automatically via GoldMine Automated Processes
I recently had a customer ask me about being able to automatically send SMS Messages via GoldMine Automated Processes, etc. by using an SMS API. The quick and short answer is yes, but the details of how is pretty complex so I decided to create this demonstration video to show...
A Guide to Website Redesign and Redevelopment
Why Redesign Your Website? There are many reasons and factors that may go into the decision to redesign a website. Here are some of the most common reasons: Does your website look a little outdated?Is it difficult to make changes to your existing website?Are you frequently looking at other sites...
What is SPF Email Authentication and Why You Need It!
After reading this article you will be able to: Define what a DNS SPF record is Explain the benefits of a DNS SPF record Understand a DNS SPF record’s components Just about every business today is doing some level of email marketing and in some cases they are using a...
Sending Mass Emails with GoldMine
What many businesses love about GoldMine, is it's ability to easily send mass emails to their CRM contacts, customers, prospects, etc. What many Office 365 subscribers and others are now realizing is that they are not allowed to send bulk/mass emails using their Office365 email accounts. Office 365 has limits...
Clever Ways to Query your GoldMine Database
What can you ask your GoldMine CRM? At it's core, GoldMine is a relational Microsoft SQL database. It contains many database tables with fields used for storing information about your GoldMine contacts and other related information. Some of the tables are: History - completed activities such as calls, appointments, actions,...
How to write emails that avoid SPAM filters
What is an email spam filter? An email spam filter generally uses technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning to detect unsolicited, unwanted, virus-infected messages (usually known as spam) and prevent them from reaching the recipients email inbox. While it affects where the email goes inside the recipient’s email system,...
What you need to know about sending BULK emails with GoldMine via O365, G-Suite, etc.
In the last few months I've received numerous calls or emails from customers complaining that they can not send BULK emails via GoldMine using their O365 or G-Suite email accounts. Some have had their email accounts shut down others say they receive an error message when trying to send. Some...
Constant Contact integration for GoldMine CRM
A video presentation of a self-hosted web application for integrating Constant Contact and GoldMine CRM. Do you use Constant Contact for your marketing emails? Do you use GoldMine as your CRM system? Then this video presentation might be of interest to you. Watch as I demonstrate a web application that...
MALFORMED E-MAIL ADDRESSES CLEANER FOR GOLDMINE CRM (Video 2)
Here is an update video for the Malformed E-mail Address Cleaner application for GoldMine. In this video I demonstrate the ability to update/edit a malformed email address to be a valid email address. There are times when a malformed or invalid email address just needs to be updated to make...