Managing Contacts...

[WoodWrangler]

Originally Posted by ptt49er

Plaxo vs. Linked In for online management...

Use one or both?

I think you'll just "need" one, but could find a use for both.

[AndyBarnhart]

I use a bunch of different things. You definitely (IMO) want something on the web where you can at least put and access contacts. I have Outlook on my notebook. I have a Google account and a Yahoo account. I have software specific to my phone. I have stuff in our home accounting software. All of these things can be made to talk to each other, but some of them don't like it much. Love them or hate them, MS is the 800 pound gorilla of the group and I can get everything else to/from Outlook. I cannot directly go between some of the others, at least not in any sort of batch/bulk operations.

[Sandy Rose]

Originally Posted by ptt49er

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?

The Website is http://smallbusiness.officelive.com/

To be honest, you don't even need Outlook if you use this service...I only use it to keep notes, products, etc. on my clients.