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Arrow-Tip #18 How to Prevent Accidental Deletion of Contacts

Have you ever been unable to find a contact in your smart phone address book that you know was there the week before? How about in your Outlook Address Book? Accidental deletion of contact records can happen even to fairly experienced Outlook users – read on for little …


Check Out My New Lens on Squidoo

Seth Godin recently had a great post on his blog regarding A Shortage of Digital Coaches.  I liked this piece so much (since it relates directly to my Outlook efficiency coaching) that it inspired me to create a new “Lens” on Seth’s Squidoo site.  The Lens is called How to Profit …


Arrow-Tip #17 Identify High Maintenance Clients through Time Spent Composing Emails

In Arrow-Tip #12 I discussed using your Outlook Journal folder to help track your time, but did you know that you can use your Sent Items folder to help you estimate time spent composing emails as well? Sometimes even I forget to record billable time spent supporting a client …


Guest Post on StartUpHouston.com

Check out my guest post on the StartUpHouston.com web site called 5 Ways Networking Can Help Your Startup Stand Out in 2008. StartUpHouston.com is a great blog managed by my friends Josh Tabin and Kurt Stoll who also organize the OpenCoffeeClub meetings at the Coffee Groundz the third Thursday …


Arrow-Tip #16 Can I Import Contacts from Other Contact Management Software into Outlook?

Yes! Often prospective clients tell me that they are ready to make the jump to Outlook with or without HuntressPro, but they are concerned about losing all of the great data they have already input into another software program. I recently spent some time with my good friend …


Arrow-Tip #15 You Might Be a Microsoft Outlook Snoozaholic If…

You might be an Outlook Snoozaholic if:

In the morning when your alarm goes off, you reach for your mouse instead of your clock
It takes you 15 minutes to scroll down to the oldest item in the reminder window
You stopped bothering to look at the top item in the reminder window …


New Years Resolutions & Got Xobni

My pal Rocky VanBrimmer has posted a guest blog that I wrote on his site called New Years Resolutions in a Web 2.0 World – please click the link to check it out on his site.

Also, thanks to at least 2 of you I got enough clicks and sign-ups through …


Upcoming Conference – Got Social Media?

For those of you wondering about the value of social networking sites like LinkedIn, Plaxo, Facebook, Twitter, etc. the upcoming Got Social Media? conference will have the answers. There are some great social media celebrities scheduled to speak including Erica O’Grady, Ed Schipul, and Laura Mayes just to name …


Check Out Xobni

I just put myself on the wait list for Xobni Beta – A Microsoft Outlook Add-in that helps you better manage your Inbox. I’ve head great things about this product and apparently their demand is so high that they have a wait list for beta users – now there …


Arrow-Tip #14 Where Did the Week Go – Using the Microsoft Outlook Calendar for More Effective Time Management

In Arrow-Tip #13 I discussed how Microsoft Outlook could be used to manage your billable hours, but tracking the rest of your time can be almost as important. I spent some time this week interviewing organizational development expert and President of Resource Management Associates Linda Carter who will …

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