Best Practices for Using Microsoft Outlook from a Sales Perspective

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 a third party add-in like Plaxo, LinkedIn or say HuntressPro didn’t seem to get along with one of these programs? If you answered “yes”, “maybe” or , “I’m not sure” to any of these questions, keep reading. Read More

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. If you have created a contact record for every recruiter you received an e-mail from and categorized them as recruiters then this is a task you can accomplish in a matter of seconds. If you have segregated all emails from recruiters in a “recruiter” sub folder, then things won’t go quite as fast because Read More

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 session of the Fantastic Follow-Up seminar. If you are interested in attending or want to learn more, please check out Joann Coooper’s web site.

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 revolutionary. Read More

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 for duplicate contacts feature. Here’s how: Read More

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 is obviously a nod to This Is Spinal Tap, but Bill perfected the accent during several years on the road first as a roadie and finally as a manager for Glen Hughes. We thought Nigel would be a fun way to introduce HuntressPro, but look for him to make future appearances at internet marketing seminars and possibly more Huntress youtube videos.

Arrow-Tip #3 Limit Your Inbox to 15 Items or Less

So how many emails are currently residing in your Inbox? Not in a sub folder mind you, I’m talking in your main Outlook Inbox. If you are a typical email user, chances are that you have way more than you should. Want to get a feel for where you stand on the email management scale? If you are brave you can try our Expert Emailer Survey and see how you rate. Don’t feel bad if you don’t come out on the Expert end of the spectrum – you are in very good company. Read More

Expert Emailer Survey is Here!

Want to get a feel for where you stand on the email management scale? If you are brave you can try our Expert Emailer Survey and see how you rate.

Expert Emailer Survey

Want to get a feel for where you stand on the email management scale? If you are brave you can try our Expert E-mailers survey and see how you rate. You may also want to check out Arrow Tip #3 Limit Your Inbox to 15 Items or Less afterwards.

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Interview with StartUpHouston.com

Josh Tabin interviewed me last week about the launch of our new web site HuntressPro.com and the internet launch of the HuntressPro product suite for StartUpHouston.com. Click on the following link to check it out and don’t forget to leave a comment to let us know what you think.

My interview with StartUpHouston.com

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