Splash! » Site Launch http://www.inkworkswell.net/news Ink Works' News Blog Tue, 12 Dec 2006 23:12:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 We Don’t Debase dBASE… http://www.inkworkswell.net/news/2006/07/21/we-dont-debase-databases/ http://www.inkworkswell.net/news/2006/07/21/we-dont-debase-databases/#comments Sat, 22 Jul 2006 03:31:18 +0000 inkworks http://www.inkworkswell.net/news/2006/07/21/we-dont-debase-databases/ A new client brought us many megs worth of exported Outlook .PST and Excel .XLS files. Spread out on all those files, his Opt-In subscriber list from his seminars that he gives worldwide. He needed all this information consolidated into a single spreadsheet containing names, e-mail addresses and snail mail addresses so he could send out e-mail newsletters and snail mail fliers. Further, he wanted the e-mail addresses imported into Constant Contact for his forthcoming new and improved newsletter. Oh, he needed someone to oversee and manage that e-mail newsletter campaign as well.

We parsed all the files and put all the information into a single spreadsheet, uploaded the e-mail addresses to Constant Contact, and sent out a test message to get double-opt-in status. “You’re receiving this e-mail because you provided your e-mail address at a seminar given by [client's name], please reply to continue receiving his newsletter.” We are looking forward to sending out the first real newsletter.

The Excel spreadsheet and Access database work we’ve been doing with the realtors in Tampa and St. Pete came in handy, we made quick work of files containing thousands of entries and whipped it all into shape in a remarkably short amount of time. Versatility with a can-do attitude, that’s us.

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