Using software to manage your contacts, particularly if you share them to any extent with others, is no longer efficient. Whether you’re currently using any of the above services or going overboard with Salesforce.com, you need to know there are alternatives that are worth your attention.
Some are free, some are expensive, some offer basic contact functionality, others provide exciting, unique features and benefits. All are evolving…rapidly.
http://www.oprius.com/
This is, flat-out, a full-blown Act replacement. It offers, for free, complete contact management including extensive contact details, custom fields, contact import and export, groups, a calendar and task list, general notes and history, and the ability to link any task or appointment to a contact. You can even categorize (aside from the groups function) your contacts by customizable “lead source,” if desired. Finally, all contacts and related data can be exported at any time.
Oprius is by far my preferred tool. It takes some getting used to but has become invaluable to me.
http://www.highrisehq.com/
We’re torn on this one. What the other contact managers have in features and fields, Highrise makes up for in simplicity. It won’t report to you on your pipeline. It won’t let you enter your contact’s spouse’s information. It won’t let you add anniversaries or birthdays. It won’t even let you maintain a calendar. Yet the interface, which, when you think about it, completely controls how regularly you use a software product or website, is so extremely intuitive, Highrise is easy to fall in love with.
http://relenta.com/
With an update to our review of Online Contact Managers, we introduce Relenta. But this is a whole new world. Just to get you setup and running, Relenta requires a pretty web- and techno- savvy person. But if you can get that squared away within your company, or through your computer-neighbor down the street, you’ll become addicted to the features Relenta offers.
http://pipelinedeals.com/r/BHL
Yes, we’ve had a love affair with Pipelinedeals since it debuted. Pipelinedeals is ever-evolving, offering very simple, but very powerful prospect management features for individual sales professionals and teams. While it’s not really a contact manager (though a little birdy has told us advanced features are on the way here), it does what it does extremely well.
more info available from source: http://www.salesteamtools.com/online-contact-managers/
Some are free, some are expensive, some offer basic contact functionality, others provide exciting, unique features and benefits. All are evolving…rapidly.
http://www.oprius.com/
This is, flat-out, a full-blown Act replacement. It offers, for free, complete contact management including extensive contact details, custom fields, contact import and export, groups, a calendar and task list, general notes and history, and the ability to link any task or appointment to a contact. You can even categorize (aside from the groups function) your contacts by customizable “lead source,” if desired. Finally, all contacts and related data can be exported at any time.
Oprius is by far my preferred tool. It takes some getting used to but has become invaluable to me.
http://www.highrisehq.com/
We’re torn on this one. What the other contact managers have in features and fields, Highrise makes up for in simplicity. It won’t report to you on your pipeline. It won’t let you enter your contact’s spouse’s information. It won’t let you add anniversaries or birthdays. It won’t even let you maintain a calendar. Yet the interface, which, when you think about it, completely controls how regularly you use a software product or website, is so extremely intuitive, Highrise is easy to fall in love with.
http://relenta.com/
With an update to our review of Online Contact Managers, we introduce Relenta. But this is a whole new world. Just to get you setup and running, Relenta requires a pretty web- and techno- savvy person. But if you can get that squared away within your company, or through your computer-neighbor down the street, you’ll become addicted to the features Relenta offers.
http://pipelinedeals.com/r/BHL
Yes, we’ve had a love affair with Pipelinedeals since it debuted. Pipelinedeals is ever-evolving, offering very simple, but very powerful prospect management features for individual sales professionals and teams. While it’s not really a contact manager (though a little birdy has told us advanced features are on the way here), it does what it does extremely well.
more info available from source: http://www.salesteamtools.com/online-contact-managers/
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