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Bonus Giveaway for the DDS Birthday Celebration

Jarrod Skeggs — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:30:29 +0000

You know, most of the time, when a birthday occurs, gifts are given to the person that is having the birthday. Well, we think so much of you, our clients, followers, and friends, that we’re giving you presents for our Birthday. You already know that we are giving away four (4) DDS Web Development Packages in just 5 short days. If you haven’t followed us on Twitter yet, you are running out of time.

We’ve got an additional gift, prize, present, or whatever you wish to call it. We’re going to give it away at then end of July as well. As I mentioned in the post this morning, what we’re giving away is made by the fine folks out in Cupertino, CA, Apple, Inc. Drumroll please…

We’re giving away a 1GB iPod shuffle. After all, everybody could use one more iPod in their lives, right?

So here’s how to get entered into the drawing for the 1GB iPod shuffle. Simply become a fan of DDS on the DDS Facebook page. Already a fan? Then you’re already entered. Not a fan yet? Better hurry, there’s only four and a half days left to be eligible for this drawing.

Only 5 days left!

Jarrod Skeggs — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:30:30 +0000

Have you followed us on Twitter yet?

If not, do it, NOW! There are only 5 days left till we draw the four (4) winners of a DDS Web Presence Development Package.

So far, response has been great. We have 112 eligible followers and that number is growing daily.

We’ve also decided to give away one more awesome prize. A little hint, it’s made by a company out of Cupertino, CA called Apple, Inc. We’ll be announcing this prize and how to win it on our blog today at 1:30 P.M. EST.

Forgot to bcc your Highrise Dropbox? No problem

Jarrod Skeggs — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:06:33 +0000

One of the biggest benefits of using Highrise as a CRM solution is the ability to capture and link email correspondence related to Contacts or Companies in your database. If you’ve used Highrise for any length of time and have used the Dropbox feature, you’ve probably sent an email to someone and forgotten to bcc your Dropbox at one point or another. Don’t fret, you can still link that email you sent to the correct Contact or Company using the Dropbox. Here’s how…

Within your Email client, navigate to the culprit email. (That would be the one that you sent without bcc’ing your Highrise Dropbox and it should be located in your SENT folder).
After locating that email, hit the Forward button in preparation to forward it on to your Highrise Dropbox.
Before you forward the email to your Highrise Dropbox, you’ll want to go and change the From information. At present, it should show that the email was from You. You’ll want to edit this so that the email shows From the Contact or Company you wish to link it to in Highrise. Here’s how:
Email currently shows this information: From: Me
Edit this information to show the Contact name and email address that is in the Contact record in Highrise, ie: From: First Last
Once you have edited the From information, make sure that you have entered the forwarding address to go to your Highrise Dropbox.
Hit the send button and then check your Highrise Dashboard. You should see the email there, linked to the Contact or Company that you specified in step 5.

Highrise is an amazingly efficient and easy to use Client Relationship Management application that is completely web based. Click the Highrise graphic above to explore Highrise in a little more depth and find out how to get your 30 day free trial. We offer Highrise Implementation and Consulting services so feel free to call on us if you need assistance.

Helpful relevant links for this post: Highrise, CRM (Client Relationship Management), Highrise Consulting Rates

Colors Pallete Generator

Kevin Gilbert — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:05:47 +0000

Upload an image to generate a color palette based on the image’s primary colors. Useful for quickly grabbing a particular color within an image for inspiration.

link: CSS Drive: Image to Colors Palette Generator