The GoldMine Blog

Special Announcement

Currently, The GoldMine Blog, is available at either:

http://www.thegmblog.com or
http://goldmineblog.typepad.com/

But we're moving! 

Currently the blog is hosted by Typepad, however, we'll be moving to be hosted on our own server at www.thegmblog.com.

Right now if you type in www.thegmblog.com it forwards to http://goldmineblog.typepad.com.  After this weekend that will not be the case.  We may experience temporary downtime and/or problems from Friday, February 2, 2007 8:00pm Eastern until Sunday, February 4, 2007 8:00pm Eastern as the blog is moved.

If your links, etc. point to http://goldmineblog.typepad.com/ you'll want to change them to http://www.thegmblog.com.

If you notice any glitches, problems, etc. on Monday the 5th or after please email me at chad@thegmblog.com

My good friend, and excellent web designer, Aaron Bailey, will be orchestrating the move.  I've known Aaron for many years now and his web site designs are fantastic.  If you are in need of a good web designer drop him a line at aaron@aaronbailey.com or visit his website at http://601am.com/

 

GoldMine Promotions Ending Wednesday

Note: This is a non-notify post as notification went out yesterday on the GoldMine Plus QuickBooks Link which most of you will be reading on Monday.

The GoldMine promotions detailed here:

http://goldmineblog.typepad.com/the_goldmine_blog/2006/12/goldmine_produc.html

Are wrapping up on the 31st.  Some are pretty good deals, here's an example.  Assume you're a 3-user Standard Edition install of GoldMine and want to upgrade to Corporate Edition for 10 people.  You are current on UPP.

Normal Pricing: 3 @ $449 and 7 @ $595 plus 10 @ 119 for Maintenance.  Total Price: $6702

Special Pricing: 3 @ $349 and 4 @ $349 and 3 @ $175 plus 10 @ 119 for Maintenance.  Total Price: $4870

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Accounting Integration with QuickBooks: Part I

Late last year GoldMine Plus Accounting for use with QuickBooks (GMPAQB) was released.  GMPAQB allows for multiple layers of integration between the products, allowing bi-directional synchronization of customers and vendors as well as the posting of financial transactions from QuickBooks to GoldMine.

In this Part I of the series we're going to look at the latter... Namely, the ability to see transactions like: Estimates, Sales Orders, Invoices, Purchase Orders, Payments, and Credit Memos in the contact's History tab.

Rather than having to install QuickBooks and give access to large segments of your staff that are really only curious about invoice and payment history, why not just have that information display in GoldMine?

Here's a sample of a customer's invoice in QuickBooks:

 

(Click on the images in this posting for full sizes)

In GoldMine all the information is visible in the contact's History tab:

Double-click on a history record to see the details of the invoice, payment, etc!

The invoice total is displayed on the History's reference line while the notes contain the details of the invoice.  With this information now in GoldMine groups can be created based on products sold, invoice dates, invoice amounts, etc...

GMPAQB is available now for $399, maintenance is $99 and is required if you are on GoldMine Corporate Edition.  Drop me a line at (248) 399-8524 ext. 122 or csmith@plain-english.com for more information or if you're interested in purchasing.

In Part II we'll look at the "Field Transfer" functionality... 

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Happy New Year!

Writing today from beautiful downtown Chicago...  Just in town for a couple of nights to bring in the New Year....

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy & Prosperous 2007!

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Apologies

My apologies for not being more diligent in blog updates as of late, as I've been celebrating (mourning?) my 30th birthday on November 6th.  Some friends and I spent some glorious, fun filled days and nights, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

I won't bore you with the vacation artinerary but I did want to post a couple of pictures which I find pretty amazing.  The first here was taken from "Mix" which sits atop "the Hotel" a part of the Mandalay Bay Casino Resort.  Mandalay is at the South end of the Strip and provides some amazing views... and here is one:

Another is something that most tourists, and locals, don't ever see in Las Vegas.  It's from the Neon Boneyard on the very North end of the strip past the 'old' casinos of yesteryear like '4 Queens', 'Golden Nugget', and 'Fitzgeralds' which sit along Freemont Street.  Here, a very dedicated group of individuals attempt to preserve Las Vegas history by saving and refurbishing the signs of establishments long since gone.  A permanent museum will soon be under construction but I'm glad we had the chance to see the 'Boneyard' as it is today... 

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GoldMine® Plus Accounting for QuickBooks® Released

Version 4.0 of GoldMine® Plus Accounting for use with QuickBooks® supports integration between GoldMine® Standard Edition and GoldMine® Corporate Edition (works with all builds of 6.7 and 7.0) along with the following QuickBooks products:

· QuickBooks Pro/Premier 2003-2007
· QuickBooks Simple Start Edition 2006-2007
· QuickBooks Vertical Editions 2003-2007
· QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions version 4.0-7.0
· QuickBooks Pro/Premier 2004-2007 for Canada
· QuickBooks Premier 2005-2006 for the UK

This version includes important feature additions, usability enhancements, and bug fixes that result in an improved user experience.

Pricing has changed to a server based model of $399 plus $99 for maintenance.  Maintenance is required for Corporate Edition customers but optional for Standard Edition customers.  Anyone who purchased a prior version of GoldMine Plus Accounting and is current on maintenance will receive the new product at no charge.  There is no upgrade pricing if your maintenance has expired.

If you're interested in purchasing or to discuss further drop me a line at chad@thegmblog.com

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The GoldMine Guide to SQL Queries

The GoldMine Guide to SQL Queries has now been released!

If you are interested in learning how to write SQL Queries for GoldMine or enhance what you already know, this is the book for you!

More information and an opportunity to receive three sample chapters is available at:

http://thegmblog.com/sql4gm/

Special introductory pricing now through November 15th.

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What's Old Is New Again

Since the renaming of GoldMine Software Corporation to FrontRange Solutions in the Summer of 2000, following Bendata's acquisition of GoldMine, we've been going to www.frontrange.com for the official GoldMine web site. 

Well heralding back to the past and to showcase GoldMine by itself FrontRange has introduced us to www.goldmine.com again.  Content isn't much different than the FrontRange web site but since it focuses solely on GoldMine it's a bit easier to find content like webinars, white papers, etc.

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GoldBox 7 Re-Released!

GoldBox 7 has been re-released from RedStoneSoftbase...  GoldBox is pretty much the premier data manipulation add-on for GoldMine, central features include:

• Import/Update - GoldMine & dBase tables
• Export from GoldMine & dBase tables
• Merge-Purge Main Contacts
• Global Replace GoldMine & dBase tables
• Global Delete GoldMine & dBase tables
• Archive Main Notes to History Items
• Convert BDE table to dBase
• Automation - Scripting - Timer Launch
• GoldBox Views (live link to outside data)
• Mirror - Update any accessible outside table
• Wild Card Referencing
• Group Builder / Groups-by-Break
• Organization Chart Creator
• Hub-n-Spoke Referral Generator
• Global Path & User Name Changer
• Modify any GoldMine Lookup List
• INI Settings Replicator
• Merge-Purge any accessible outside table
• Dedupe GoldMine & dBase tables

GoldBox 7 was recently pulled from from the market due to problemes with its interaction with GoldMine 7.  I am pleased to note that I do have it working on my test system with GoldMine 7.0.3 and Microsoft SQL Server 2005.

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Microsoft Office 2007 Betas

Danger Will Robinson Danger!

Recent updates to Microsoft Office 2007 Beta renders GoldMine non-functional with BDE errors.  This is confirmed with GoldMine 6.7 and lower.  I saw the first instance of it with a client today.  The fix is easy, uninstall the beta software.

Also, you may want to try the fix posted here:

http://forums.microsoft.com/technet/showpost.aspx?postid=754988&siteid=17

It involves editing the registry to be careful but allows Office 2007 to function with BDE applications.

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