GRATITUDE is not a passive response to something we have been given, gratitude arises from paying attention, from being awake in the presence of everything that lives within and without and beside us. Gratitude is not necessarily something that is shown after the event, it is the deep, a-priori state...
Author: Bob Ritter
President, First Direct Corp., (845) 221-3800, www.1stdirect.com, www.GoldMinesSuccess.com
NO Catch – Two GoldMine Add-on Applications for FREE!
Details Plus and Scanner Plus Many years ago one of my favorite GoldMine experts and developers, Paul Redstone in England, wrote two add-on applications for GoldMine - Details Plus and Scanner Plus - to enhance GoldMine CRM. With the help of GoldMine Partners, Paul has sold thousands of licenses across...
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As I look ahead to the New Year, 2020, I am starting to think about topics that I can address on this GoldMine Success blog which GoldMine CRM users would like us to cover. Do you have any topics that you would like First Direct to cover on our blog? Here's a link to subscribe to the blog so that you will automatically...
Rolling Up Your GoldMine CRM Data
Rolling Up Your GoldMine CRM Data Organizations handle a wide range of business matters relating to: Relationships (prospects, customers, vendors, etc.), Opportunities, Projects, Customer Service Issues, etc. One of the greatest challenges with staying organized is having the means of tracking those various interactions and related information. Examples: Calls, Appointments, Emails, Documents,...
A Cloudy GoldMine Future
Is the Cloud in your future? The decision to purchase or upgrade GoldMine is a different decision than whether to move to the cloud. With the rest of the CRM industry fully invested in SaS (software as a service), GoldMine Premium CRM remains one of the very few CRM applications offering...
Special GoldMine Power-user Training
CRM IS A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE - the better you can use your CRM software that greater your advantage. What could you learn about using GoldMine to market and sell better if you could watch a GoldMine power-user with 25+ years experience working in their GoldMine software? You would see how...
New QuoteWerks Pricing/Licensing Model
Important News For All QuoteWerks Users and Prospective Users! The maker of QuoteWerks, the #1 Award-winning quote and proposal writing software, is making major changes to their pricing and licensing model that will take effect September 30, 2019. QuoteWerks is moving to an annual subscription based pricing plan, versus a one-time purchase with annual maintenance. Here...
The GoldMine CRM Dilemma – Upgrade or Switch
I've been selling GoldMine for over 25 years. When I first started selling GoldMine the most difficult objection I had to overcome was whether to use CRM in the first place. There was considerable resistance by salespeople and business owners who still viewed CRM as optional. Fast forward to today...
Using the Summer Slowdown to Speed Up your GoldMine CRM
In December 2018 I wrote a blog post about setting goals for making better use of your CRM system in the coming year. Here is the link to that article in which I identified four specific areas for targeted improvement. Consider my bullet list of suggestions in that article. During the hot summer months,...
GoldMine CRM Still Has It’s Fans
I've been a GoldMine CRM dealer and user for over 25 years. Back in the day, when CRM was called "Contact Management," GoldMine had a tremendous following of users, analysts and partners. Over the years GoldMine has lost market share to all the big competitors on the block (you know...