April 2008

Don't forget, GoldMine Premium Specials end on April 30th — For a GoldMine Premium Demo Check This Out: http://www.thegmblog.com/2008/02/the_reveal_goldmine_premium_ed.php 

I doubt there’s anyone reading this that wasn’t wowed the first time you saw Google’s satellite view…

It’s really amazing stuff.  Here’s how we can click a button in GoldMine and have a Google satellite view pop up for our current contact.

First, from GoldMine’s TaskBar Right-Click and choose Add New Item.

 
Change Item Type to Website and fill in the data as follows:

 
… for an easy Copy & Paste here’s the code…

URL: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=

URL Data: <<contact1->address1>>,+<<contact1->zip>>&t=h

Click OK… and Voila!

We have our icon and clicking on it will produce a satellite view to the contact’s location!

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… composed in Fashionable Ferndale, Michigan.

Its been a whirl-wind around here the last few days.  On Sunday I got back from a long weekend in Chicago, a little break from the daily grind.  The weather is finally breaking here in the Midwest, and everyone was enjoying walking and shopping on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile.

Tomorrow, I leave for Cincinnati, wrapping up the week on a GoldMine Standard to GoldMine Premium upgrade for a new client.

For those of you still on Standard Edition, remember the discounts and support via FrontRange end on the 30th — drop me a line at chad_at_thegmblog.com or (248) 506-5222 to discuss upgrade options.

Of course, the new client was a prospect a few days ago… and so in today’s post let’s talk a little about prospect research.

The easiest way to research a prospect is via their web site!

Once a web site is entered into GoldMine you can simply click the Web Site field and GoldMine will open up your web browser and display your contact’s web site.  It’s even displayed like a hyperlink, in blue and underlined.

If the web site isn’t filled in, then click to the right of the field.  A new window will open and you can type in their web address.

This window also allows us to add multiple web sites via the New button.  Click OK to exit the window for easy launching of your prospect’s web site!

You can also see a web site in the GM+View tab without even leaving GoldMine!