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JohnCorey Category: Need Advice
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Posted on: 05/01/2008
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I have a number of contacts from different fields. Not all are RE investors.

I have been using Plaxo (www.plaxo.com) for some time. It is a free service. There is a bigger benefit than 'free'.

Plaxo starts with the idea that each person knows best when their contact information has changed. When the old business card details are out of date and what the new information should be. I no longer have to wonder if I have current info. I always have the most recent details with no maintenance.

What do others use to keep track of contacts?

John Corey

PS. One reason for asking is Plaxo is limited to 10,000 contacts. Once you breach that limit you miss out on some of the benefits of the service.
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AndyTolbert

Posted By: AndyTolbert on 05/01/2008
I use Cardscan.  Not only can you scan business cards in and it will read them, but it also syncs with outlook AND sends them all an email every quarter asking them to update.  Click here for the link.
 
Brian Lucier
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Posted By: Brian Lucier on 05/01/2008
Hi John,

I am in Plaxo, very active in LinkedIn, and now using Real Estate Investor.com to manage contacts. I'm not too savvy in Plaxo and for the past 9 months been active on LinkedIn. And of course Outlook and Mail on the Mac are the staple apps.

What I like the most about REI.com is I know all of these contacts have real estate as a common denominator. LinkedIn and Plaxo are a mixed bags.

-b
 
Brad

Posted By: Brad on 05/01/2008
I still use good old fashioned Outlook.
 
JohnCorey
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Posted By: JohnCorey on 05/01/2008
I like it but right now I am over 10,000 contacts. I am doing some pruning to see if I can get back under the 10K limit without too much manual work.
 
CF_Hutton

Posted By: CF_Hutton on 05/01/2008
I just took a look at Plaxo.com! It seems like a pretty good resource thanks!