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06-09-2008, 11:37 PM
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Name: Phillip City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2007 Age: 27 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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As some of you are aware, I will soon be graduating from UNCC. During my schooling I have meet several people that I was students with and a few contacts in the industry. Of course all of these people have several phone numbers, email address's etc.
What software do you guys use to manage your contacts? I know outlook has an address book but is there software used that is more specific to this?
Thanks for any advice and guidance!!
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06-09-2008, 11:50 PM
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Name: Travis City: Wake Forest State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Dec 2005 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I don't use it a lot, but a lot of people I work with and have worked with use Linked In. It is free and doesn't tie you to a specific computer.
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06-09-2008, 11:54 PM
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Name: DaveO City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 38 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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This is what we use at work to keep up with all of our customer contacts. The nice thing about it is it is accessible from anywhere with a Internet link http://www.salesforce.com/
It might be more than you are looking for, but it does help to keep things organized. I get 12-15 new contacts a week and I have to keep up with whatever stage of progress they are in.
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06-10-2008, 12:03 AM
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Name: Rob City: Sanford State: NC County: Lee Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 44 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I just use Outlook Phil, does everything I need. | |
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06-10-2008, 12:19 AM
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Name: Butch City: Garner State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Feb 2008 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Heh, heh...talk about the "Dark Side"....I'd recommend Thunderbird over Outlook....mostly because it's not a Microsoft product, and it's free. It's address book keeps all kinds of information about your contacts. http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/
I just wish I was cocky enough to abandon this operating system, as well.
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06-10-2008, 07:55 AM
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Name: Reggie City: Albemarle State: NC County: Stanly Join Date: May 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Check out ACT! by Sage software. Good stable program. I'm probably on my 3rd upgrade over the past 25 years. Lots of useful features, worth a look. M2CW 
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06-10-2008, 07:57 AM
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Name: Jerry City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Nov 2006 Age: 47 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by JackLeg  Check out ACT! by Sage software. Good stable program. I'm probably on my 3rd upgrade over the past 25 years. Lots of useful features, worth a look. M2CW We use this at work. Very customizable, and easy to use. Seamlessly integrates with many email programs as well. I recommend it.
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06-10-2008, 08:31 AM
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Name: Peter Davio City: Hope Mills State: NC County: Cumberland Join Date: Dec 2005 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by Don Sorensen Heh, heh...talk about the "Dark Side"....I'd recommend Thunderbird over Outlook....mostly because it's not a Microsoft product, and it's free. It's address book keeps all kinds of information about your contacts. http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/
I just wish I was cocky enough to abandon this operating system, as well. Don, these may help: http://www.ubuntu.com/
or this one, that actually includes several versions' links. http://www.hungrypenguin.net/downloads.html
I've played with setting up Ubuntu, as I have an extra hard drive for my laptop... but I keep having failures with the burned disk for it. When I get the monitor fixed on the laptop, I may just copy it there, and see what happens.
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06-10-2008, 09:12 AM
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Name: Wayne City: Hillsborough State: NC County: Orange Join Date: Apr 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I'm a Thunderbird man myself. But, I like the idea of the web based things. I have lost some numbers over the years by storing numbers in my work computer and it decided to crash. | |
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06-10-2008, 09:30 AM
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Name: Sandy City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: May 2007 Age: 31 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Phil,
It really depends on what you want to use it for. You can spend up to $400 for contact management programs, but if you just want to keep up with basic information, either Outlook (not Outlook Express) or Mozilla will do just fine. I have used all sorts of programs in my financial consulting practice over the years, and now use Outlook with the Business Contact Manager update, mainly because I sync it up with my business website. You can also use Microsoft's Office Live service, which has a free subscription that allows you to register a domain, free email and contact managment. | |
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06-10-2008, 09:52 AM
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Name: Phillip City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2007 Age: 27 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I have thunderbird portable loaded on my usb drive and that's what I've been using for emails. I might have to give that a try.
I'm not really looking to spend any money yet, as I am sure where ever I end up will have software they use for their stuff. This is mainly for personal use.
Sandy...do you have any links for any of the Outlook/Microsoft live stuff you are using now?
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"Okay Hunny, so my hobby is collecting other hobbies. Atleast I'm well rounded!"
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06-10-2008, 09:55 AM
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Name: David City: Pittsboro State: NC County: Chatham Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 52 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I use outlook on the desktop and sync this with my Pocket PC phone so I always have the same info with me. I am looking at a product called "Maximiser" for a more advanced customer management tool, but I'll take a look at Dave's "sales force" as well.
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06-10-2008, 10:28 AM
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Name: Jeremy City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 30 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Plaxo is what I've used for years. It works well. Syncs with your desktop. Is available anywhere you can get online. You can request that your friends update their own information. And if they are a member of Plaxo and keep it updated, you are automatically updated with their current info. www.plaxo.com | |
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06-10-2008, 10:47 AM
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Name: Butch City: Garner State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Feb 2008 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Oh, i've got several versions - and several computers available - back in the day, I had red hat 5.2 up and running and connected to the 'net but wandered off because there were other things I needed to do with the computer that I could just *do* with winduhs (I didn't take the time to figure everything out)...now, it's a matter of time.
But thanks for the information...I've been leaning towards Kubuntu, personally.
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06-10-2008, 11:32 AM
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Name: Phillip City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2007 Age: 27 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Plaxo vs. Linked In for online management...
Use one or both?
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"Okay Hunny, so my hobby is collecting other hobbies. Atleast I'm well rounded!"
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