Doesn’t matter what company you are with in what marketing or sales department. Without a network or contacts to approach / prospect, it’s going to be hard to make them an offer they cannot refuse
When I got started in network & affiliate marketing in 2004, my initial list was 50 people, but once I found out a names jogger, the list increased to over 100 people. That’s when I said my goodbyes to paper, and created my own CRM (Customer Relationship Management) database. I still have the list and throughout the years it has grown to 1400 names, but no longer maintain the old PHP4 code. When I got started in Talk Fusion people told me to (re)write a nameslist on paper. I refused … but with the DiamondRushGuide.com I’ve been motivated enough to indeed write on paper. But again .. it’s growing out of control, and I would be much better of by storing it digitally. But how? And where? And preferably on an independable and secure platform.
For the past years I’ve been passively searching for a piece of software to manage my contacts with. Mailchimp does something, but is more suitable for opt-in campaigns, and not for contact management. MoneyBird has contacts option, but that’s more for making invoices. Been using Talk Fusion for a year now to manage my e-mails, but can’t add notes or anything like it (which makes sense, as it’s also opt-in based). Hmz.
I’ve just updated my Online Apps list for March ’12 (yes I know it’s a bit late), and with my confession of being a Google Fanboy, came the idea of using Google’s Contact (from within Gmail) to manage my list. Not a clue why I haven’t thought of this earlier!
And with that in mind the Tablet discussion of a months ago. Maybe … I should sell both my Apple iPod 4 and current Nokia phone, and get an iPad 2 with Android phone? It would then become supereasy to sync my email, contacts and calendar with the phone, and use the Talk Fusion App from the iPad 2. Hmz. Either way, a new phone would also save my Nokia WhatsApp nuisance I’ve had for a while now, and get tethering options. Hmz … gonna sleep a night on that idea.
Update the next day: yup, from saving time and overhead, it’s definitely worth to migrate to Google Contacts. Still undecided about the phone device though. Actually I just logged into my address book, and already got 1200 contacts in there! Holy **** ! But then again being using this account for 6 years already.
A few Google Extensions to make life easier in managing your Google contacts:
- Universal Contact Manager
- Chrome Contacts Manager | very basic functionality, doesn’t add a whole lot except a button in Chrome
Other resources & tutorials:
- http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-great-tips-manage-google-android-contacts/
- http://edutraining.googleapps.com/Training-Home/module-2-mail/chapter-3/1-6 (manage contacts)
- http://edutraining.googleapps.com/Training-Home/module-2-mail/chapter-3/5-1 (sync contacts)
- http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=24911 (exporting contacts)
Update 31 March 2012. To be honest? I always felt I did something I wasn’t supposed to, by storing it digitally. So I just asked my business partner about what this they mean with “written on paper”.
Steve Mitchell: No, the list doesn’t actually have to be ‘hand-written my friend … we’re in a digital age … it just means it has to be written down onto paper, even if that is typed on a keyboard and printed …the key is getting names out of someone’s head and onto paper, however that is achieved is OK.
Phewww … that’s good news! Cause my hands were hurting!
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Communities I have been 'hanging out' regularly over the past two decades.
- Nomadlist.com since 2022-04
- Empire.Kred since 2021-07
- Karma-Lab.com since 2019-01
- Invision Community since 2018-05
- Insanely Mac since 2018-02
- eGPU.io since 2017-04
- Tech Inferno since 2016-08
- forum.VestaCP.com since 2016
- WordPress.org since 2015-12
- Couch Surfing since 2014
- BitcoinTalk.org since 2014-03
- Warrior Forum since 2013-07
- Empire Avenue since 2013
forum.OSXLatitude.comsince 2011-08- Envato (i.e. CodeCanyon) since 2011-07
- TripAdvisor since 2010-09
MoneyMakerGroup.comsince 2007-03- HardWare.info since 2003-08
- SynthForum.NL since 2001-11
- gathering.tweakers.net since 2000-11
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- EarnWithEarnie.io since 2022
- EarnWithEarnie.net since 2018
- BestProfitsTeam.com since 2017
- CycleClubMembers.com since 2015
- BestSTIFORPteam.com 2013-2021