Socialtext Free 50!
Ok so this whole week at work I have been trying to get our SalesForce together and organized. The problem my boss wants everyone’s contacts synced with her outlook, and thus to her iPhone. The problem….duplicates! Different owners = different contacts. I have been reading everything I can find on SalesForce to try and fix this problem for 4 days….and I got nothing. I am sure SalesForce is a great tool if you know how to use it. The problem for me is that everyone only knows enough to get into trouble, and make a big mess of things.
So it got me thinking about if there are any other ways to make this work, or any other programs I could use. I remember Ross (my awesome boss last summer) tweeting about Socialtext’s new free 50 earlier this week. Socialtext platform is now free for fewer than 50 users. After working there last summer I completely understand the power of having a collaboration tool…..and can’t believe I didn’t think of Socialtext before (I guess I am only 2 weeks in, so I will cut myself a break). Anyways so today I set up Socialtext free 50! It is not going to be a replacement to SalesForce, but it is a great added tool. I am a bit biased since I did an internship there, and have slightly more knowledge on the product. But I must say I was blown away by how easy it was to get the free 50 going. One email and you are done. Everyone in the company can (and should) join and you have a common collaboration page with great tools. It is set up so clearly and is so easy to use. Anyone can get the hang of it after playing around for 5 minuets. It is laid out just like Google chrome. Socialtext is in a way like twitter; until you start using it you don’t see how much value it can bring to your life. I would really encourage everyone to check this out. It will be a huge value to your company!
I wish I could say we were working on it while I was there…sady I had nothing to do with it. Super Stellar job though guys! WIKI WAY
If you’re still interested in solving your duplicate contact issue drop me an email. I’m always up for a challenge:)
Checking out SocialText now…