Comments on: Focus In Practice: Focusing on Meeting Great People http://howtogetfocused.com/tools/focus-in-practice-focusing-on-meeting-great-people/ Get Focused in an Age of Distraction Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:51:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Scott http://howtogetfocused.com/tools/focus-in-practice-focusing-on-meeting-great-people/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Scott Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:15:47 +0000 http://howtogetfocused.com/?p=223#comment-171 Hey Rishbah -- Thanks for the comment. Appreciate it! Regarding contact management, I've tried using a variety of services like Outlook Contacts, 37 Signals' Highrise, SugarCRM, etc. What I've found is that Google Contact is actually a fantastic method for remembering tid-bits about contacts. It's often overlooked, and runs in the background. But it works great. You can add notes such as their birthdays, your discussions with them, etc. Additionally, I recommend LinkedIn for not losing touch with contacts. Apart from Google's contact management (which I use sparingly), and LinkedIn (which I only use after networking events when adding clients), I don't suggest using a contact management system apart from notecards, or a simple offline system. Honestly, though, it's a work-in-progress and I'm always looking to improve. If you come across any methods that drive results, be sure to let me know. Hey Rishbah — Thanks for the comment. Appreciate it!
Regarding contact management, I’ve tried using a variety of services like Outlook Contacts, 37 Signals’ Highrise, SugarCRM, etc. What I’ve found is that Google Contact is actually a fantastic method for remembering tid-bits about contacts. It’s often overlooked, and runs in the background. But it works great. You can add notes such as their birthdays, your discussions with them, etc.

Additionally, I recommend LinkedIn for not losing touch with contacts.

Apart from Google’s contact management (which I use sparingly), and LinkedIn (which I only use after networking events when adding clients), I don’t suggest using a contact management system apart from notecards, or a simple offline system.

Honestly, though, it’s a work-in-progress and I’m always looking to improve. If you come across any methods that drive results, be sure to let me know.

]]> By: Rishabh R. Dassani http://howtogetfocused.com/tools/focus-in-practice-focusing-on-meeting-great-people/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Rishabh R. Dassani Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:10:31 +0000 http://howtogetfocused.com/?p=223#comment-170 What kind of contact management solution (besides notecards) do you use? I remember reading this bit about Bill Clinton as to how he remembers stuff, and I've been meaning to do this myself, but haven't found an effective and scalable solution that works. Great chapter, Scott! What kind of contact management solution (besides notecards) do you use? I remember reading this bit about Bill Clinton as to how he remembers stuff, and I’ve been meaning to do this myself, but haven’t found an effective and scalable solution that works.

Great chapter, Scott!

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