1.23 Researching Viability – Business Contacts
Once you are done with your initial idea conceptualization, most of the work left includes event feasibility plans. Since networking and building business contacts is one of the most important part of an event managers life, I thought I’d share some tools that can help you manage your contacts better.
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1-If you are looking to find more business contacts, one the best places to go to is linkedin.com. Its a professional networking site that allows you to search for people in specific domains and industries as well. You can add find these contacts and expand your network. Think of it as a massive online directory of professionals.
2-plaxo.com is an online solution to managing your contacts. Its great for keeping track of your contacts and their online activities. If you are one of those people who are on the go all the time, you can carry your Plaxo account on your cellphones as well.
3- If you are like most team based event managers, then you probably have a lot of contacts to sync up. Instead of going through the hassle of syncing, why not use a web-based collaborative contact management tool that your entire team can access? Try out BigContacts.com for managing your teams contacts and also add calendar alerts on it for follow-ups.
4- With so many business contacts to manage, one can often forget to keep building a relationship with them. If you have a bigger team and even bigger clients, try salesforce.com as your customer relationship management tool.
5- If you are going through email marketing campaigns with your contact lists, then having a reliable autoresponder service is key to success. In many ways it becomes the lifeline of the success of your campaign, because you can not afford to screw up. One such tried and tested service that we would recommend to you is AWeber.com. It is is super simple to use and set up.
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