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- | Tip: The way to do a blast, or broadcast, is to define a filter or group in GoldMine, then do a group schedule operation, using the options as above, but scheduled en masse for the filter or group. | + | |
+ | It’s all well and good to send a single ad-hoc text to a contact… but what if you’d like to send out a thousand? You can do that by creating a contact group or filter, and scheduling an Other Action for the entire filter or group en masse. | ||
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+ | Or, if you’re skilled with GoldMine’s Automated Processes, you can configure an AP event to instantly react to one or more conditions in GoldMine by scheduling a text message for immediate delivery. | ||
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+ | The GoldSMS component that does this is called GoldSMSBlast, and it turns Text sending into a true client/server process, with GoldMine, as the client side, setting the flag in the calendar table, for GoldSMSBlast to operate on on the server side. | ||
Blast checks GoldMine's cal table every 10 seconds by default. | Blast checks GoldMine's cal table every 10 seconds by default. |