uk-netmarketing Archive (2011-2015)

I use Zoho CRM with smaller clients and once you get used to it, it does
the trick.

Miko


On 6 March 2014 09:13, Nabil <nabil at shabka.com> wrote:

>  capsule CRM - dead easy an integrates with mailchimp and google apps
>
>
>
> On 04/03/2014 09:28, Caroline Bottomley wrote:
>
> Thanks all some great suggestions.
>
>  I like the look of Flowdock - I just signed up to Sqwiggle for similar,
> but haven't got round to using yet.
>
>  Trello is great. Hugely easy to pick up, which is a big advantage for
> all the part-timers.
>
>  Finding simple CRMs is a tortuous. I found two simple ones - Picnic and
> SimpleCRM. Wasn't able to upload a small CSV to either. I haven't heard
> back from Picnic help (2 days on). Simple CRM's help is an autoresponder
> saying sorry I've got a problem, it's on the list but I should be aware
> problems are solved in order of the number of people having that problem.
> So nil point to both of those.
>
>  If anyone has suggestions for really simple CRM, would be grateful. We
> don't need opportunities. We can operate with just tasks or tags.
>
>  very best
>
>  Caroline
>
>  ps - have also started using Evernote for collaborative working. It's
> great as a clip book of good ideas, but only I'm doing that so far. We use
> it for sharing blog post drafts (we used to use Editorially, but they are
> closing down). It's OK for sharing drafts, not amazing.
>
>
>
>
> Caroline Bottomley
>
>  Managing Director
> Radar Music Videos <http://www.radarmusicvideos.com/home>
> Twitter <https://twitter.com/radarmusicvideo>
> Radar connects labels and artists to talented new music video directors
> worldwide
> Winner European  Lovie Awards <https://www.peopleslovie.eu/#music-0>
>   Winner Best Music Start-Up<http://4pt5.com/radar-music-videos-wins-the-music-4-5-pitch-competition/> Music
> 4.5
> Mailing list <http://eepurl.com/1Nzs> - the business of music video
>
>
>
>
>
>  On 27 Feb 2014, at 13:57, Colin O'Malley <colin.omalley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Hi there Caroline!
>
>  I know that you were looking for free tools, but I thought I would add
> our tech setup for reference.  We're a distributed team of 5 (NYC, SF, LA)
> that have grown to LOVE our setup.
>
>  This will go a bit beyond the project management ask.
>
>  Project management: basecamp
> Keeps it very simple.  Extremely responsive interface and a pleasure to
> use.  Feels very personal.  Lot's of intelligent alerting systems built in.
>  Wonderful daily summaries by email.  The 'Progress' tab also brings you
> quickly up to speed on all recent activity.  You can start an account and
> then downgrade to $20/month.
>
>  Group chat: Flowdock
> Moden interface, and great community 'inbox' that you can feed with alerts
> from basecamp, wordpress, twitter, new relic, etc., to keep everyone in the
> look on company related news and actions.  Free for up to 5 users.
>
>  Collaborative documents: Google docs
> Free, excellent.
>
>  Video chat: Google Hangouts
> Free, adequate.
>
>  Web app monitoring: New Relic
> Free for early stage apps, very robust.
>
>  Bug and feature documentation: Skitch
> Free, absolutely essential.
>
>  Private note taking: Evernote
> Free, great repository.  Good apps.  Note that Evernote really falls down
> on collaborative note taking (we use google docs for this), because it
> syncs every 10 minutes, which creates constant version control issues in
> shared folders.
>
>  Version control for software: Git
> Free, simple, effective.
>
>  --
>       colin.omalley at gmail.com
>     http://www.linkedin.com/in/colinmomalley
> @micshasan
>
>  PLOW
> http://mvp.substanti.al
>
>  On Feb 25, 2014, at 10:38 AM, Caroline <caroline at radarmusicvideos.com>
> wrote:
>
>  Oops, also sent this request to e-mint and have had answers.
> If you're interested, we're now trying out:
>
>  Trello for collaborative to do lists
> Insightly for CRM (when I get my head around it)
> and Evernote for collaborative content creation and 'good idea' scrapbooks
>
>  but am still interested in recommendations anyway
> thanks
>
>  C :)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>  On 22 Feb 2014, at 09:15, Caroline <caroline at radarmusicvideos.com> wrote:
>
>  Hi Chinwaggers,
>
>  I think we need to start using a project management system.
> We're using a very basic self-made one in a Google spreadsheet, but it's
> beginning to get difficult to track progress on longer projects.
>
>  I'm very interested in free, though most have switched to free periods
> rather than free.
> We have a low user base - 3 of us would use it at the moment. But a lot of
> projects.
> Any recommendations?
>
>  ProofHub seems to get recommendations over Basecamp and is cheaper.
> i <http://www.getapp.com/project-management-software>Co-ordinator is free
> (but needs some english copy-editing on the website!)
> http://icoordinator.com/blog/Free-Project-Management-Software
> Anyone made their own and is up for sharing tips on making one?
>
>  Any recommendations esteemed colleagues?
>
>  thank you if so
>
>  C
>
>
> Caroline Bottomley
>
>  Managing Director
> Radar Music Videos <http://www.radarmusicvideos.com/home>
> Twitter <https://twitter.com/radarmusicvideo>
> Radar connects labels and artists to talented new music video directors
> worldwide
> Winner European  Lovie Awards <https://www.peopleslovie.eu/#music-0>
>   Winner Best Music Start-Up<http://4pt5.com/radar-music-videos-wins-the-music-4-5-pitch-competition/> Music
> 4.5
> Mailing list <http://eepurl.com/1Nzs> - the business of music video
>
>
>
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