Address Standardization
The data inside WOL’s program that houses all addresses has been cross-matched with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) standards for addressing. This is a service to you and you should, in almost all cases, take the second option. Though this process has the capability of correcting your errors “on the fly,” even if it did nothing else for you aside from assigning the extra four digits of the ZIP+4 zip code, it will make mailings more efficient. Following your initial correction or acceptance of the Address Verification address, you will most likely not receive this message again for the specific record you are changing.
Adding a Contact
You will find the link for adding contacts under the ACTIONS menu at the top-left of the CONTACTS screen. This process is appropriate whenever you desire to add a new contact to your database. By clicking on the link, you will come to a screen offering you the option to enter this new record as an organization or as an individual. Businesses and churches should be entered as organizations, while people should be entered as individuals.
Once you identify the type of record you are adding, simply tab through the fields and assign names and other requested data for each field. Notice that this screen is where you can place phone contact info, email info, formal and informal salutations for mailings, etc. Not every field is a required field, but you will want to be as thorough as possible to enable best use of data later .
At the bottom of this screen, after your data is entered you will want to click on the SAVE button to save the new record.
**Please be as accurate as possible. Once you click “save”, what you don’t see is the system checking the entire WOL database for anyone matching the fields you entered. If you enter incomplete or incorrect
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