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The ACT contact management system is an asset to your sales
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The tablet PC, a hyper-mobile PC that operates using a stylus pen instead of a keyboard and mouse, is becoming an increasingly common way for remodelers to stay connected to the office from the field.
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The paperless office may never happen, but it's worth at least making the effort to cut back. Paper eats revenue; using it means taking a longer time to move information, and, in many cases, people cannot literally all be on the same page at the same time.
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Jonathan Levy, owner of Builders Integrity Group in Naples, Fla., uses a digital voice recorder for three types of communication: daily personal reminders (“So much safer than driving and writing,” he says); in client meetings (“If they know you're recording them, they're going to say less and be...
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On the one hand, e-mail is the No.1 Internet application. On the other, e-mail can cause more problems than it solves.
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Remodelers' hard drives might not be the most tempting targets for hackers, but there are still plenty of threats to your digital security. Portable storage devices have made it easy for your data to walk right out the door with a careless or disgruntled employee.
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If you're primed for expansion in the office, it might be time to network your staff's workstations or to upgrade your network if you already have one.
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Gary Crowley, owner of Crowley Construction, recently came back from a 12-day vacation and nobody even knew he was gone. A year and a half ago, fed up with solicitations he received at the office and not particularly happy with the "repetitious and impersonal" nature of answering machines, Crowley...
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For about $6 per month per user, Intranets.com provides an easy way to put everyone on the same page. For instance, you can set up an online photo gallery or a list of customer testimonials.You can try Intranets.com free for 30 days by going to the site.