bonner1040
Nick from Ohio
So I have been doing as much sidework as possible lately and have been getting a few calls every week from some ads I have up which is nice. I am pretty disorganized and keeping track of Sally from somewhere and Fred from across town was starting to not work so well and I wasnt really following up on the bids I made etc. Familiar story I am sure.
I did a search for a CRM (customer relationship management) that was free and I could use on my phone...
http://www.futuresimple.com/
They offer a service called BASE, it has a it nice interface, Android and Iphone apps and its free. The way they get you is once you grow and need to track more than 50 open deals at a time you pay a monthly. I am a far way off from 50 active jobs so it should be free for the considerable future.
I was able to set up sales stages, incoming, bid, scheduled, paid. Which seems like good place to start.
Another cool feature is they host a capture form for you, I made a generic sample
http://woodntree.futuresimple.com
But I can use these in my Craigslist adds which already generate calls.
Also it creates a contact list for you, which is synced with my phone, so I can look up numbers there separate from my personal phonebook. All of the features of creating deals, changing the status, and everything else also seem pretty easy to use with the phone as well.
Anyway, just thought I would share, and see if you guys have anything you use and like. It seems like a good tool and hell it is free so thats not bad either. Hopefully it helps me keep more organized.
nick.
I did a search for a CRM (customer relationship management) that was free and I could use on my phone...
http://www.futuresimple.com/
They offer a service called BASE, it has a it nice interface, Android and Iphone apps and its free. The way they get you is once you grow and need to track more than 50 open deals at a time you pay a monthly. I am a far way off from 50 active jobs so it should be free for the considerable future.
I was able to set up sales stages, incoming, bid, scheduled, paid. Which seems like good place to start.
Another cool feature is they host a capture form for you, I made a generic sample
http://woodntree.futuresimple.com
But I can use these in my Craigslist adds which already generate calls.
Also it creates a contact list for you, which is synced with my phone, so I can look up numbers there separate from my personal phonebook. All of the features of creating deals, changing the status, and everything else also seem pretty easy to use with the phone as well.
Anyway, just thought I would share, and see if you guys have anything you use and like. It seems like a good tool and hell it is free so thats not bad either. Hopefully it helps me keep more organized.
nick.