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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 ===== | ===== 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//!\\ |
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| + | 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. | Want to see what we mean? Call our corporate Text number: (248)742-7196. | ||
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| === Tiny URL === | === 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 | 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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