Why the most connected people don’t use LinkedIn

I am a big fan of LinkedIn, but don’t you find it interesting that you can’t find the most connected people on LinkedIn?  I was talking with a VC the other day about personal CRM and he commented that if he were to use linkedin he would be overwhelmed with connection requests.   LinkedIn and other [...]

A new site that helps you find reasons to reach out

When searching for ‘personal CRM’ a few months back, I came across Gist, a company still in beta.  Gist brings you news feeds from multiple different sources about both your contacts and contact’s companies.  I was immediately intrigued by the potential of the site to help create excuses to reach out to my network.  I [...]

Soocial, Soo Close but Soo Dangerous

If you are like me, you have your contacts in a number of different locations.  Given how much I use Google voice and how bad Google contacts management features are (Google, please fix this), I spent a long time on the web recently searching for a tool too allow me to easily upload my contacts [...]

Xobni – Understanding Your Inbox

Xobni is a great tool for empowering outlook and allowing you to know your contacts better.  I have used Xobni for the past year (on and off, see below) and find its search functionality and ability to organize emails makes me much more efficient at managing both my inbox and also past dialogs with contacts.  [...]

Simplify Your Contact Info

Google Voice is a great tool that I have been using since mid 2009.  While it is still in Beta, I highly recommend everyone get an account and start using it.  The key benefits I have found from Google Voice include
1) A single number to make it easier and simpler for contacts to reach you [...]