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Google Contacts & Google Groups lists

Lists that stay in sync with a Google Contacts group (label)

Turn a group (label) in Google Contacts into a Flashissue list that updates itself:

  1. Go to Lists and wait for your groups to load.
  2. Click Add Group, next to New List.
  3. Choose the group.

When you add or remove people in that Google Contacts group, the Flashissue list follows. Refresh the list if you don't see the changes yet. Clicking a group list opens it in Google Contacts so you can edit it there.

Make a segmented list

For example, people in one ZIP code:

  1. In Google Contacts, search for the ZIP code, select everyone found, and add them to a new label, such as "ZIP 30307".
  2. In Flashissue, click New List, then Add Contacts, filter by the label, select everyone and click Add.

Google Groups email lists

You can send to a Google Groups address (like sales@yourcompany.com) just as you would to any other address. Google Groups then passes it on to the members. It's a handy way for several coworkers to reach the same internal audience. Flashissue sees the group as one recipient, so you won't get per-person reports. See Reports when sending to Google Groups.

Google Groups lists can't be shared with your team.

Some contacts are missing

  • Flashissue only reads contacts saved in your Google Contacts. Contacts that only appear in Other contacts or the Directory aren't included, so add them to your contacts first.
  • Check that the contact's name and email address are in the right fields in Google Contacts. Re-importing with the right columns fixes this.
  • If a large list only shows the first 400 people, they're all still on the list; it's only a display limit. To see everyone, open another list, click Add Contacts and filter by the large list.