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Upcoming Seminars & Events
There is still room available in our upcoming Paperless Offices seminar to be held Thursday, November 8th from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM in the Moody Rambin offices at 1455 West Loop South Suite 700. To register, please contact Misty.
Misty has also been invited to speak at the American Business …
Arrow-Tip #7 Mass Emailing Campaigns
As promised both in Arrow-Tip #6 and to David Couper in a great LinkedIn question, I’m continuing the topic of when to use Outlook distribution lists versus mail merge or some other email software. As we stated in Arrow-Tips #6, if you are regularly emailing a group of recipients …
Arrow-Tip #6 When to Use Distribution Lists
I get a lot of questions regarding the best method for sending emails to multiple recipients. When should I use a distribution list and when should I use mail merge? Should I use a distribution list or mail merge for my mass marketing campaigns? With all the …
How do you keep up with your networking?
Jade Draven De Leon asked this question on LinkedIn 13 days ago and I thought it was such a good one that I promised to blog about it in my answer to her. Here is my answer to Jade:
“First of all, consider a contact management system. If you …
Arrow-Tip #5 Use the Right Anti-Virus Software
Raise your hand if you have ever uttered 4 letter words in conjunction with your anti-virus software. Has Outlook ever asked you if you wanted to disable one of these programs becuase it caused errors the last time Outlook was shut down? Or have you ever noticed that …
Arrow-Tip #4 Don’t Use Your Inbox as a Data Repository Part II
One of the great benefits of using a database (like Microsoft Outlook) is all the different ways you can slice and dice your data. For example, say it is time to start beefing up your staff and you want to find all the contacts in your database that are recruiters. …
Cooper Connection Monthly Meeting
This is a quick post to let you know that I will be speaking this Thursday, October 4th at the Cooper Connection Monthly Meeting. This is a Business to Business networking group and I will be speaking about Fantastic Follow-Up Activity with Your Prospects – sort of a mini …
Email Newsletters vs RSS Feeds – Which Do You Prefer?
Lately I’ve become a huge fan of my Google Reader! Now for some of you who are blog savvy, this post is going to sound a little elementary, but for the rest of you who like me are fairly new to the blogging world, you may just find it …
How to Avoid Creating Duplicate Contact Records
Several of you have recently asked me how to avoid creating duplicate contact records. The best way to do this if you are using Microsoft Outlook with standard contact forms that have not been customized (e.g. with user defined fields or forms) is to simply turn on the Check …
Who is Nigel?
Several of you have asked me about Nigel from our youtube video A Conversation with Nigel. Nigel is actually my brother Bill Hibbler. Before becoming an intenet marketing consultant and author, my brother spent several years in the music industry working for British hard rock bands. Nigel …