ContactLink was developed in the true spirit of providing associations with industry specific productivity tools. By listening to our customers we developed Contact Link to take the hassle out of managing contacts in multiple systems. Our clients discovered the management of contact information in more than one application can be time consuming, cumbersome, and frustrating. Contact Link is a powerful tool that integrates iMIS (or any other SQL Server database) with a Microsoft Outlook address book or contact folder. These folders can be in an individual’s mailbox or a public folder. Once installed no user interaction is required to have contact information automatically updated in Outlook.

"Contact Link is the best productivity tool we have in our arsenal. Contact Link allows our entire staff, from the CEO to the mail room clerk, to easily access our members’ contact information and committee listings without having to leave Outlook. The connection between our iMIS database and Contact Link is real time so that the information we are using is as up to date as our data entry process. I don’t know what we’d do without this marvelous efficiency tool.”
Chris Marti
VP, Research & Technology
Metals Service Center Institute

Features and Benefits

• Increased productivity
• Real time contact record updates
• Calendar and activity links are not lost when importing and exporting
• Filter information being synced
• by member type or other criteria
• Easy to customize and implement
• Integrates with iMIS or any MS SQL Server based member system
• Integrates with any Exchange/Outlook based Fax Solution
• Makes your database mobile
• No management required!

How It Works…

Whenever a record is created or modified in your CRM/Membership system, ContactLink creates or modifies an associated contact record in Outlook. Only modified data is pulled into the contact record allowing any user modified data to remain intact. Upon installation a client can choose which fields to be replicated to Outlook. Distribution lists can also be created and populated with the iMIS contacts. A variety of criteria can be used to create the distribution lists including: member information (member type, paid thru, etc.), demographic information, and activities (committees, meeting attendance, etc.).

Requirements

• Microsoft SQL 6.5 or higher
• Microsoft Outlook 2000 (installed on server only).
• Clients may use any Outlook version