A Great New Service for Busy Professionals
April 4, 2007 by Travis · 2 Comments
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While in New York, I got to have lunch with one of my subscribers. Dan is a long time ACT Software user, and a very skilled business professional (afterall he works in New York!).
If you’ve known me for very long, I’m always learning, and always interested in things that can make busy professionals more productive. This time I was the student…
Dan introduced me to a very interesting services. Basically it uses text messaging and voice recordings to communicate more efficiently with just about anyone who has a phone that can receive text messages.
Here’s how it works:
1.) After you’ve setup your account, you call a number, and you are prompted with “who do you want to message?”
2.) You say the name, names, or group of individuals you already entered in your address book.
3.) Record your message.
4.) Message sent.What the recipient gets is an email or an SMS text message (cell phone), they call the number, and hear the message you just recorded, with an option to reply.I see this having several distinct advantages…the dangers of text messaging while in transit go away… You can communicate more effectively with your team or customers because it is a one way message, and no room for idle chatter, if a recipient has a question, they can simply reply and send you a message back, all hands free.
A great way to give a quick update to many regarding… stock market information, legal proceedings, update on Mom’s surgery, if it’s a Boy or a Girl! A lot of possibilities here.
I just setup my account, but need to call my mobile service provide to get my text messaging fixed, at this point I am able to use the service via email, and their web console.
Check out Pinger, and see how you might improve your communications. Thanks Dan for a great lunch, and a great tip…hopefully more than just myself will benefit from it.
Feel free to leave comments on this service or others you’ve discovered, and integrated into your business practices.
My Daylight Savings Time Woe… (you got one?)
March 12, 2007 by Travis · 4 Comments
After a couple weeks of preparing you, my subscribers via email, and working hands on with customers for the Daylight Savings Time switch of 2007 for North America. I had to take care of my own system. And like most of my client environments, my environment converted fine following the procedure outlined in the DST Utility Video. This became evident with the switchover yesterday morning.
However, ….I forgot one key thing. Read more
Sync ACT! with Palm, Microsoft Pocket PC, or Blackberry…
April 21, 2006 by Travis · Leave a Comment
Handheld devices like Palm, PocketPC, and Blackberry are everywhere, and are becoming more prevalent in the mainstream, as more and more people need to be ‘connected’ when they are out of the office. In a competitive marketplace, these little things (used properly) can offer a huge advantage when courting a customer or prospect.
What about you, do you have a handheld device? What is your story?
Earlier this week I had a TeleSeminar Consultation with an ACT! user from Houston. He is getting his Blackberry device setup to sync with his contact manager…”over the air.” This means, if he can receive a phonecall on his Blackberry, he can receive updates from ACT!, pretty amazing stuff. I mentioned to him that I had a TeleSeminar last month where we dealt specifically with these challenges (ACT! contact manager sync with Blackberry, Palm (Treo), or PocketPC. These are common challenges I see with many of my customers, and endeavored to bring “From the Trenches” experience to the call, and resources and tutorials on the replay page.
I thought I would update you all with this resource, just go to this page at ACTasap.net, register, and enjoy the call.
If you are interested in attending future TeleSeminars, goto: www.FreeACTtips.com I will keep you up to date on future calls.
Comments? Thoughts?
Travis Campbell
www.ACTasap.net
