Best Practices for Using Microsoft Outlook from a Sales Perspective

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Feeling a Bit Overwhelmed By Your Inbox?

Adam Halpern of Soft Sell Training just sent me a great link to an NPR sound bite regarding how to better manage information overload from your inbox. The NPR link discusses some of my favorite tips and pet peeves so definitely check it out when you get a chance!


My Newest Web 2.0 Profile – Spock.com

My friend attorney Dan Krohn commented to me last week that I’m everywhere on the internet meaning I’ve got a lot of profiles on a lot of sites. So when I got an invitation from social media expert Erica O’Grady to connect on a new site called “Spock” I …


Arrow-Tip #13 Can Outlook Help Me Track Billable Hours?

Have you ever mistaken efficiency for laziness e.g. your spouse doesn’t close the cabinet while cooking in the kitchen – you think this is laziness, but your spouse knows that in about 15 seconds he/she is going to need to get something else out of the cabinet so it is …


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Arrow-Tip #12 Where Did My Time Go? – Using Outlook Journaling to Track Your Time

Have you ever used your Microsoft Outlook Journal folder? Did you know there is an Outlook Journal folder? Since the Journal folder is not exactly prominent in Outlook 2003 or 2007, it would not be surprising if you didn’t. But the Journal folder has some great features …


Arrow-Tip #11 Minimizing the need for Contact Database Clean Up

I answer a lot of questions both on LinkedIn and among my clients regarding database clean up. How often should I purge my contact records? How do I prevent entering duplicate records? Should we allow our sales people to enter data themselves or filter all new entries …


Arrow-Tip #10 Having a Hard Time Finding Your Contacts?

Keep all your contacts in one Contact folder! Here is a quick tip that I wanted to post because I run into it a lot. Don’t confuse folders with views. A lot of people who want to organize their contacts in Microsoft Outlook create separate folders for different types of …


Arrow-Tip #9 Why Archive Your Microsoft Outlook Mailbox?

Are you afraid to archive your Microsoft Outlook mailbox? If so you are in good company, but don’t be – your data isn’t going to disappear and you will get the benefit of not only having better organized information, but faster performance from Microsoft Outlook. In this Arrow-Tip I’m going …


Have You Noticed a Common Trend in Online & Real World Marketing?

In the past few months as I’ve started digging into the world of online marketing I’ve definitely picked up on the trend away from traditional marketing. Sure, Search enginge optimization (SEO) is still a must which means paying attention to key words and purchasing Google AdWords, etc. However, …


Arrow-Tip #8 How Can You Speed Up Microsoft Outlook?

Often I get a calls from clients complaining that Microsoft Outlook is just too slow – what can they do to speed it up? Here is the list of questions I usually ask upon hearing this question:

How many emails are in your Inbox? (so far the record is 16,000)
Have …

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