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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://forums.method.me/cs/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Method:Classic General Q&amp;amp;A</title><link>http://forums.method.me/cs/forums/13.aspx</link><description>Ask technical support questions, how do I? Questions... Or anything else you want to know from the Method Team and other Method users.</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007.1 SP2 (Build: 31113.47)</generator><item><title>Re: sending reminders via email</title><link>http://forums.method.me/cs/forums/thread/22220.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2014 17:17:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3393c1ec-311b-4812-96cb-ad8c611bba4f:22220</guid><dc:creator>Method_Inderdeep</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://forums.method.me/cs/forums/thread/22220.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://forums.method.me/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=22220</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span id="mce_0_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;Hello BVS,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span id="mce_0_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Here&amp;#39;s my answer. You can definitely do that by using&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;List Builder&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;feature to easily generate a list of &lt;span id="mce_3_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;c&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="mce_3_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;ustomers&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;based on &lt;span id="mce_4_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;y&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="mce_4_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;our criteria&lt;/span&gt;, and then send an email template with the appropriate information.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span id="mce_0_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_1_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;But in order to use List Bulider, I would suggest that you use TAGS for the customer you &amp;nbsp;would like to email so it will be easy to add them while using List Builder.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;In order to tag customer, Take note of the customers that you would like to email. Then go to the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Customers &amp;gt; Customers and Contacts List&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;screen, search for each of the customers, and click the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="mce_6_start"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Go To...&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;link to the left of their name. When in the&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Edit Customer&lt;/strong&gt;screen, scroll to the bottom and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Contacts&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;tab. Select the main contact from&amp;nbsp;the list here and click on the&amp;nbsp;Edit Contact...&amp;nbsp;link to the left of their name. In the top left of the screen that pops up you should see a tag icon&lt;span id="mce_10_start"&gt;. Hover over it and in the box that appears enter a name that you will use to identify this group of customers that you will be emailing, then click the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Create&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span id="mce_49_start"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span id="mce_49_end"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;button.&lt;span id="mce_51_start"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Hover over the tag icon once more and check the box to the left of the tag you&amp;#39;ve just create&lt;span id="mce_28_start"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;d, then&amp;nbsp;&lt;span id="mce_29_start"&gt;c&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;lick the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Save &amp;amp; Close&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;button&lt;/span&gt;. Repeat this process for the rest of the customers you want&amp;nbsp;&lt;span id="mce_26_start"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;to email (for these customers just check the box to the left of the tag, you will not have to cr&lt;span id="mce_28_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;eate the tag again).&lt;span id="mce_3_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_4_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_5_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span id="mce_6_start"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_10_start"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_3_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_4_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_5_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Once you accopmlist that,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;1)&amp;nbsp;Go to&amp;nbsp;Campaigns&amp;nbsp;-&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;List Builder&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2)&amp;nbsp;Under&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;Step 1: Fill your list&amp;nbsp;tab, click on Fill list with Contacts or if you are using &lt;span id="mce_6_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.methodintegration.com/method/kb.aspx?folder=methodcrm&amp;amp;article=MailChimp-Integration&amp;amp;id=289" target="_blank"&gt;MailChimp&lt;span id="mce_6_end" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; you can click on Use Mailchimp.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;Method will then &lt;span id="mce_13_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span id="mce_37_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span id="mce_37_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;give you options for filtering your contacts,you can select the &lt;span id="mce_37_end" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TAGS&lt;span id="mce_9_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="mce_9_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span id="mce_14_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_40_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="mce_45_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span id="mce_9_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_14_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_45_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="mce_9_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_14_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;f&lt;span id="mce_41_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="mce_9_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_14_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_41_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="mce_9_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_14_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_44_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;i&lt;span id="mce_45_end" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;ltering option&lt;span id="mce_40_end" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; click on &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="mce_9_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_14_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_19_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_41_end" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_44_end" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span id="mce_9_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_14_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;Include Contacts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="mce_9_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_10_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_19_end" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id="mce_16_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span id="mce_6_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_13_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_21_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt; option&lt;span id="mce_59_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_60_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt; and select the tags created above.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span id="mce_59_end" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_60_end" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;O&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;nce you filter list according to your need click on Insert Contacts&amp;nbsp;&lt;span id="mce_19_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;and it will&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;create a list of customers.&lt;span id="mce_24_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_36_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span id="mce_58_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;3) Under &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span id="mce_22_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Step 2: Edit your List&lt;span id="mce_22_end" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_56_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;span id="mce_23_end" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span id="mce_22_end" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_56_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;you can edit the contact list by removing the contacts if you want.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3) Go through each step.&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Step 3&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;will allow you to create an Activity&lt;span id="mce_24_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;(optional)&lt;/span&gt; for those customers, and&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Step 4&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;will allow you to send them an email(optional).&lt;span id="mce_25_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span id="mce_23_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span id="mce_23_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*Note:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span id="mce_3_start"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Don&amp;#39;t forget to check&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;Add&amp;nbsp;Activity?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;Send&amp;nbsp;email&amp;nbsp;using&amp;nbsp;template?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span id="mce_4_start"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;4) Process the list (create activites / send emails) by clicking&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Process List&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Step 5.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_26_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_26_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;Herewith also providing you the &lt;a href="http://www.methodintegration.com/method/kb.aspx?folder=MethodCRM&amp;amp;article=List-Builder&amp;amp;id=211" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;link&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span id="mce_37_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="mce_37_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;to the useful article on &lt;span id="mce_60_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;List Builder&lt;span id="mce_60_end" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;in our Helpcenter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_49_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_49_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;Hope this Helps&lt;span id="mce_48_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_49_end" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_55_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_59_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;-Inder&lt;span id="mce_62_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span id="mce_48_end" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>sending reminders via email</title><link>http://forums.method.me/cs/forums/thread/22201.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2014 14:41:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3393c1ec-311b-4812-96cb-ad8c611bba4f:22201</guid><dc:creator>BVS</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://forums.method.me/cs/forums/thread/22201.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://forums.method.me/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=22201</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;How do I flag a customer file to make sure they get an email reminding them to make an appointment in the future?&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>