Bonny - we use Constant Contact for the search and rescue team and it works great. Why do also keep an excel spreadsheet? Is that maintaining data you can't keep in Constant Contact?
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
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SuziQ - Oct 18, 2013 10:20:03 am PDT #5610 of 30002
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Glamcookie - Oct 18, 2013 11:48:15 am PDT #5611 of 30002
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Sorry, bonny, nothing to share on that front.
I heard this morning - I did not get the job. They said they liked me a lot and think I'd be a good fit with the company, just not this particular role. They are passing my resume to another group they feel would be a better fit. I'm not sure what they are looking for as I think I'm a perfect fit for their job description (hence their recruiter contacting me). I'm starting to understand why this position hasn't been filled after a year of being open...
Ah well. We'll see.
meara - Oct 18, 2013 11:49:31 am PDT #5612 of 30002
They are passing my resume to another group they feel would be a better fit.
Yay, maybe? But BOO to that team. Maybe they need to rewrite the job description.
WindSparrow - Oct 18, 2013 11:52:48 am PDT #5613 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Ginger, are you feeling any better?
omnis_audis - Oct 18, 2013 1:58:11 pm PDT #5614 of 30002
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Bonny, can you update Constant Contact, then export or save as a csv document?
(Not familiar with the software. Just putting out an idea)
Ginger - Oct 18, 2013 2:05:15 pm PDT #5615 of 30002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Thanks for asking, WindSparrow. I should be doing better in a few days.
beekaytee - Oct 18, 2013 2:37:11 pm PDT #5616 of 30002
Compassionately intolerant
Suzi and oa, that may be what I need to do.
o-a, I can export into a csv or txt file fairly easily, but importing TO Constant Contact can be tedious.
It's just so frustrating and unwieldy.
Suzi, yes, I have more information about each contact on my excel spreadsheet, including address and phone.
Despite the fact that I have been with Constant Contact since before they even were Constant Contact, (Roving Communications, circa 1998) without incident, I just don't want to put people's personal details 'out there.'
One thing I don't like about CC is that the 'do not mail' list doesn't just go away. If people opt out, or I delete them, I'd rather they just disappear from the database. Instead, they stay captured as 'inactive'. It adds clutter to the system.
Anyway, I was hoping to find a way to integrate the various communication types so that I could have one list to rule them all.
NoiseDesign - Oct 18, 2013 2:46:12 pm PDT #5617 of 30002
Our wings are not tired
I have a custom built Filemaker database that we did in house. It handles contacts, invoicing, inventory, rental booking, creating estimates, etc. Beyond that I keep my contacts in the Apple Addressbook which syncs across all of my iOS and Mac devices and is accessible by most of the aps on those devices. When I need to get at the contacts from another OS or a device that isn't mine I can do it through the iCloud website.
My email accounts are all on my own domains, but the backend is handled by Google Apps. Everything goes through IMAP using Apple Mail for the most part. I have a machine on my desktop that keeps mail open all the time and has a long list of automated filters that move mail into the appropriate folders most of the time. If needed I can get at all of those email accounts and folder directly through Gmail as well.
I use DYN.com to deal with rerouting a subdomain so that it tracks with my dynamic IP so that I can get to the Filemaker Database from offsite, and I use the Filemaker software on my iPads and iPhones. Certain sections of the database are also built so that they can be accessed from a standard web browser as well. This is being done so that in the long term my part time employees will be able to clock in and clock out through a website. Timecards are also handled through the database.
So yes, I do feel that I have a decent handle on the contact management, but there was a very large investment in time and organization to get it there, and it takes diligence to keep on top of it.
le nubian - Oct 18, 2013 3:04:42 pm PDT #5618 of 30002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Boo Glamcookie!
beekaytee - Oct 18, 2013 3:49:11 pm PDT #5619 of 30002
Compassionately intolerant
I have a machine on my desktop that keeps mail open all the time and has a long list of automated filters that move mail into the appropriate folders most of the time.
I would _love_ this, though I fear that I am better at reacting to whatever comes than seeking out new messages in separate folders.
there was a very large investment in time and organization to get it there, and it takes diligence to keep on top of it.
Your process is impressive, indeed. I'm ready to do the work and can no longer afford not to exhibit the diligence to keep it up.
After being in practice for 13 years and never feeling ahead of the curve, I'm tired of struggling...which is far more exhausting than actually working hard.