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--- tips_and_tricks [2014/02/28 12:04]
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-[[http://www.plain-english.com|Plain English Home Page]]
+[[http://www.plain-english.com|Plain English Home Page]] [[:start|User Guide Home]]
-[[start|User Guide Home]]
 ===== Tips and Tricks =====
-=== Custom Message ===
+=== Custom "Bounce" Message ===
-Rather than use the default, generic message, which simply explains that the numbere is being used only for outbound text broadcasts, a custom message gives you one more chance to engage your prospect or customer, to inform, to drive traffic to your web site or sales staff.
+Without encouragement, some of your Text recipients will //call // the number your text is from, whether out of curiousity, or to complain about getting Text messages from you… or //whatever//!\\
+\\
+Rather than use the default, generic message, which simply explains that the number is being used only for outbound text broadcasts, a custom message gives you one more chance to engage your prospect or customer, to inform, or to drive traffic to your web site or sales staff.
 Want to see what we mean? Call our corporate Text number: (248)742-7196.
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 === Tiny URL ===
-Check out http://www.tinyURL.com. You’ll find a FREE service that transforms a “normal” or long URL into something only about 25 characters long. As an example,
+Check out [[http://www.tinyURL.com|http://www.tinyURL.com]]. You’ll find a FREE service that transforms a “normal” or long URL into something only about 25 characters long. As an example,
-https://www.usps.com/business/priority-mail-express-open-and-distribute.htm?
+**[[https://www.usps.com/business/priority-mail-express-open-and-distribute.htm|https://www.usps.com/business/priority-mail-express-open-and-distribute.htm]]?**
 becomes
-http://tinyurl.com/oo9f8em
+**[[http://tinyurl.com/oo9f8em|http://tinyurl.com/oo9f8em]]**
-which is far more suitable for the small message format of Text messaging.
+which, by redirect, goes to the same target, but is far more suitable for the small message format of Text messaging.
-=== More "Discreet" Confirmation When Sending Texts ===
+Another option for url-shortening comes from none-other than Google, at [[http://goo.gl/|http://goo.gl/]]
-By default, when you send a "onesie" using the GoldSMS interface from within GoldMine, you get a 2-second banner displaying across the center of your screen. Most of our clients like that initially, as it gives a good, solid feel for the fact that something is, in fact, happening.
+**[[http://www.plain-english.com/goldsms/|http://www.plain-english.com/goldsms/]]**
-After a while, though, whether it be a few minutes or a few months, you may wish for something a bit more subtle, less obtrusive.
+becomes
-To replace the 2-second banner display with a polite little message in the GoldMine status bar, simply add the following line to the [Settings] section of your goldsms.ini file:
-suppressLoudConf = 1
+**[[http://goo.gl/JGnSDT|http://goo.gl/JGnSDT]] ** \\
+\\
+and gets appended to every Text we send!
-This will, literally, suppress the "loud" confirmation message you would normally see, and provide confirmation messages, instead, in the GoldMine status bar.
+===   ===

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