John and Eric presenting GivingFuel and GroupRev at the Northern California and Nevada District Council
4.25.12
Tips & Tricks: Add Offline Donations to GroupRev
Today’s helpful tip will walk you through how to add an offline donation to your GroupRev page.
Step 1: Login to your GroupRev account.
Step 2: Click View Project
Step 3: Click the “Give Now” button.
Step 4: Enter the parameters of the donation. Be sure to click the “This donation was received offline” box. Then click “Donate”.
You then can view the donation on your GroupRev page. It is as simple as that!
Happy fundraising!
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4.20.12
The office manager is barking orders today. We clearly need to up our productivity in the belly scratching department.
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4.18.12
The tournament style paddles and balls have arrived!! It’s rally time!!!!
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4.17.12
Features & Updates: Upload A Unique Series Of Codes
Forward progress is the name of the game. Here at Webconnex, we are constantly striving to assure we provide the most advanced online payment software in the industry. Today is no different.
With Webconnex, you can now upload your own unique list of codes. The codes can be used as “Invite” Codes and/or Coupon Codes.
Today we will focus on how to utilize them as Coupon Codes.
Do you have a group of members, sponsors or previous registrants you wish to issue a discount? No problemo! This can now be done in a few easy steps.
Step 1: Click on the Coupons tab. Then click Add Coupon.
Step 2: Name the list of codes. In this case we will name the list “Members”. Then, check the box that says “Import a unique series of coupon codes”.
Step 3: Paste in your list of unique coupon codes. Each code must be separated on its own line. If you would like help generating a list of codes, click here for a useful tool.
Step 4: Input the rest of the Coupon Code details.
- Description: Assign a description of your code. This is for admin purposes only. Your registrants will not see this. In this case we will say “Member Discount Code”.
- Subtract One-Time Amount: For example “100 percent of running total” or “20 fixed dollar amount”.
- Supply: When uploading a list of codes, leave the Supply section set to “Unlimited”. The uploaded codes automatically default to one-time use.
- Expiration Date: You can set a date you wish the codes to expire. If no date is set, they will not expire.
Once your codes are created you can begin distributing them to your registrants. Your registrants simply enter the code into your form to redeem their discount.
It is as simple as that!
Helpful Tip: A quick and effective way to distribute your codes is to perform a Mail Merge. Here is a YouTube video that you may find helpful.
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4.11.12
We had our second brave solicitor take our ping pong challenge!
This fine couple strolled through the doors, a bit apprehensive at first, but quickly decided they were up for some fun!
The solicitor decided to challenge Aaron Will, our customer support all star. Aaron represented Webconnex well, beating the solicitor 5-4.
Webconnex: 2
Solicitors: 0
Click here to view our full Policy for Solicitations.
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4.9.12
Facebook Integration Update - Part I
Facebook Integration Phase 1
3 Ingenious Methods To Leverage
The Power of Facebook With Webconnex
We’re excited to release some new features to help you harness the power of Facebook, the world’s largest social network. With nearly a billion active members to potentially reach out to, these features will help you gain maximum exposure while encouraging sharing and interaction among your fans!
Feature 1: New Facebook “Like” Button
Responding to Facebook’s announcement of the share button phase-out, we’ve developed a fully integrated Facebook sharing feature that gives you and your visitors powerful tools to “Like”, comment and share your campaign throughout your Facebook social demographic.
The new “Like” button has greater functionality and provides users with an entirely new dimension of customization. Naturally we want you to be able to take advantage!
Click here for our guide to using the enhanced “Like” button
Feature 2: Live Facebook Comments
Turn your campaign into a live, socially interactive forum! Allow people to make comments, position comments at the top or bottom of your page, start topic threads and more!
Anytime someone registers a comment, a link to your campaign is broadcast to the commenter’s wall in view of their entire social network. Your campaign is potentially passed on to dozens, hundreds, even thousands of other users.
Click here for our guide to utilizing Facebook comments to spread word of your campaign
Feature 3: Prompt registrants to invite Facebook friends on the Confirmation Screen.
Encouraging social sharing and liking of your campaign after people signup or donate is a snap! See the confirmation tab? You’ll now notice a check box, which turns on a simple but powerful feature.
Once checked, your registrants or donors will receive a simple invitation to share your campaign on Facebook after successful completion of their transaction. The intuitive prompt displays the number of likes your campaign has, along with the profile photos of members already on board!
Click here for our guide to building your campaign pages fan base with page sharing
Coming soon: Facebook Integration Part II!
Webconnex is near completion on another essential Facebook tool that fuses your campaigns and Facebook together. This announcement is set to debut in just a few short weeks! We’re getting closer to letting this tiger out of the bag and when it’s time, you’ll be the first to know
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3.20.12
Feature Update: Create Ambassadors of Buzz
Social buzz is the name of the game.
Who better to promote your event than your very own registrants? Most of your registrants have networks of hundreds, if not thousands in which they have a strong influence and rapport. When equipped with the proper tools, they can instantly become your Ambassadors of Buzz.
Make sharing your event quick and easy by activating the new Facebook prompt on your confirmation page(s).
(Source: redpodium)
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3.15.12
Yesterday we received our first solicitor since implementing our Official Policy For Solicitations! Even though Eric whooped on him and he left without a sale, the salesman was still a great sport! It will be interesting to see if we start receiving recurring solicitors or if they avoid our office at all costs…
(Source: redpodium)
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3.14.12
Ping Pong Table Sparks New Company Policy
The Webconnex headquarters is located only 5 blocks from the State Capitol, putting us smack dab in the middle of Solicitor’s Playground.
We regularly have solicitors popping in to try and sell us the latest and greatest in printing services, e-waste pickup and high speed internet. ….ZzzZzzz…. If a salesman came through selling ping pong paddles or giant bean bag chairs, he would definitely have our attention and probably a sale!
At Webconnex, we love to be creative and have fun, so listening to monotonous pitches about boring products can be rather painful at times. So we’ve decided to spice things up!
In light of the latest installation to our office, we decided to formulate an Official Policy For Solicitations. Now, in order for a solicitor to pitch any product or service to us, he/she must first be willing to challenge us in a game of ping pong! No pong, no pitch.
The solicitor can pick which employee they wish to play and must agree to have a post-game photo taken and pinned on our ‘Sales Guys’ wall and blog. You can view the full list of rules here.
We think this is a great way to make an intrusive and awkward situation, fun and inviting. It is little things like this that make working at Webconnex so awesome!
Now, rather than dreading who is coming through the door – we can’t wait to meet our next victim… I mean, challenger.
3.13.12
