Comments on: Paying my Plaxo karmic debt http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2007/10/06/paying-my-plaxo-karmic-debt/ Small business marketing blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:06:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: John Jantsch http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2007/10/06/paying-my-plaxo-karmic-debt/comment-page-1/#comment-104123 John Jantsch Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:17:08 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2007/10/06/paying-my-plaxo-karmic-debt/#comment-104123 Joe, IMAP for gmail, something exists with a .mac or Yahoo mail account, will be a good solution. Joe,

IMAP for gmail, something exists with a .mac or Yahoo mail account, will be a good solution.

]]> By: Joe http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2007/10/06/paying-my-plaxo-karmic-debt/comment-page-1/#comment-104120 Joe Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:14:26 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2007/10/06/paying-my-plaxo-karmic-debt/#comment-104120 FYI - gmail is in the process of rolling out IMAP access for gmail - this means you can keep all of your email in gmail and access with any web client - with no sync problems. Ted - yes, I agree, in a corporate environment a local email client is necessary. FYI – gmail is in the process of rolling out IMAP access for gmail – this means you can keep all of your email in gmail and access with any web client – with no sync problems.

Ted – yes, I agree, in a corporate environment a local email client is necessary.

]]> By: Brandon Weber http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2007/10/06/paying-my-plaxo-karmic-debt/comment-page-1/#comment-93262 Brandon Weber Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:38:10 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2007/10/06/paying-my-plaxo-karmic-debt/#comment-93262 I have finally gotten my iPhone, Google Calendar and iCal working seamlessly. I like to keep my Calendars on-line, so Google calendar is great. I have Spanning Sync which syncs both ways with my iCal. When I make a change on my Phone, I can sync with my Mac, which in turn syncs with Google Calendar. All of my email runs through gMail first (amazing & teachable junk filters!) before having them forwarded to an IMAP account that keeps all of my computers (yes, I occasionally use a PC) on the same page. I also use gMail for archiving all of my email (I even BCC it and have a rule for my mail to go into the "sent" category). But I still like to read it for the most part through my mail client(s). I have finally gotten my iPhone, Google Calendar and iCal working seamlessly.

I like to keep my Calendars on-line, so Google calendar is great. I have Spanning Sync which syncs both ways with my iCal. When I make a change on my Phone, I can sync with my Mac, which in turn syncs with Google Calendar.

All of my email runs through gMail first (amazing & teachable junk filters!) before having them forwarded to an IMAP account that keeps all of my computers (yes, I occasionally use a PC) on the same page. I also use gMail for archiving all of my email (I even BCC it and have a rule for my mail to go into the “sent” category). But I still like to read it for the most part through my mail client(s).

]]> By: Ted http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2007/10/06/paying-my-plaxo-karmic-debt/comment-page-1/#comment-90942 Ted Sun, 14 Oct 2007 16:29:04 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2007/10/06/paying-my-plaxo-karmic-debt/#comment-90942 I would like to answer the question, "Why use a local e-mail client at all." It's necessary in a corpoprate environment where other people need to access my calendar, and other people's calendars, to schedule group meetings and determine that availability of the participants. As for Plaxo, I've been using it for several years. I have it set up for access from my home computer and from the office computer (both use MS Outlook). When I enter a contact or appointment (or when anyone schedules an appointment for me) it automatically gets posted to both computers - almost instantaneously. It's also nice to be able to access all of the information from any computer, anywhere, including the schedule updates from my co-workers. I also synchronize a Palm with Outlook so I have everything with me whether I'm at a computer or not. In this case, having the phone numbers of my contacts has frequestly been a life saver (ok, maybe just a time-saver). The ability to inform your entire communication group about changes to you e-mail address or any other personal information -- without have to send an e-mail to everyone -- is also a wonderful time saver. Ted at PSSIUSA.com I would like to answer the question, “Why use a local e-mail client at all.” It’s necessary in a corpoprate environment where other people need to access my calendar, and other people’s calendars, to schedule group meetings and determine that availability of the participants.

As for Plaxo, I’ve been using it for several years. I have it set up for access from my home computer and from the office computer (both use MS Outlook). When I enter a contact or appointment (or when anyone schedules an appointment for me) it automatically gets posted to both computers – almost instantaneously. It’s also nice to be able to access all of the information from any computer, anywhere, including the schedule updates from my co-workers.

I also synchronize a Palm with Outlook so I have everything with me whether I’m at a computer or not. In this case, having the phone numbers of my contacts has frequestly been a life saver (ok, maybe just a time-saver).

The ability to inform your entire communication group about changes to you e-mail address or any other personal information — without have to send an e-mail to everyone — is also a wonderful time saver.

Ted at PSSIUSA.com

]]> By: Gavin Ingham http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2007/10/06/paying-my-plaxo-karmic-debt/comment-page-1/#comment-89690 Gavin Ingham Sat, 13 Oct 2007 09:24:32 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2007/10/06/paying-my-plaxo-karmic-debt/#comment-89690 I have always shared your doubts and have built up my own share of karmic debt over the years. Recently I did reconsider but was put off by several clients expressing their ongoing reservations. I may well now reconsider... I have always shared your doubts and have built up my own share of karmic debt over the years.

Recently I did reconsider but was put off by several clients expressing their ongoing reservations.

I may well now reconsider…

]]> By: Jason http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2007/10/06/paying-my-plaxo-karmic-debt/comment-page-1/#comment-84361 Jason Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:06:31 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2007/10/06/paying-my-plaxo-karmic-debt/#comment-84361 Ok your idea is probobly much cheaper however I subscribe to APPRIVER.com and it's an exchange server for 12.00 per month. It is fully compatable with windows mobile (treo user) and will even work with a Blackberry. It has an amazing spam fiter cuts about 200 spam messages per day and it has yet to delete any legitimate mail. Jason Ok your idea is probobly much cheaper however I subscribe to APPRIVER.com and it’s an exchange server for 12.00 per month. It is fully compatable with windows mobile (treo user) and will even work with a Blackberry. It has an amazing spam fiter cuts about 200 spam messages per day and it has yet to delete any legitimate mail.

Jason

]]> By: Darrin Dickey http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2007/10/06/paying-my-plaxo-karmic-debt/comment-page-1/#comment-84004 Darrin Dickey Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:08:02 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2007/10/06/paying-my-plaxo-karmic-debt/#comment-84004 John, I ignored Plaxo requests from people for a while, skeptical that one more online service wanted my contact info. But once I started using it, I was addicted. Today, like you, I'm a subscriber to their premium service and it's one of my most valued services. BTW, someone asked why use a local mail client at all. I need my contacts to be available offline sometimes for various reasons, including when I'm somewhere I have no connection. If nothing else, Outlook is good offline contact management for me. Darrin John,

I ignored Plaxo requests from people for a while, skeptical that one more online service wanted my contact info. But once I started using it, I was addicted. Today, like you, I’m a subscriber to their premium service and it’s one of my most valued services.

BTW, someone asked why use a local mail client at all. I need my contacts to be available offline sometimes for various reasons, including when I’m somewhere I have no connection. If nothing else, Outlook is good offline contact management for me.

Darrin

]]> By: John Jantsch http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2007/10/06/paying-my-plaxo-karmic-debt/comment-page-1/#comment-83754 John Jantsch Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:51:35 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2007/10/06/paying-my-plaxo-karmic-debt/#comment-83754 Darryl, I did not do the wholesale contact dump. I selectively asked and took the time to write a custom message, acknowledging that it was a minor hassle. I received about 50% uptake and considering the spam filtering issues I thought that was pretty good. Taking the time to write a custom message is worth it. Nothing is more irritating than the canned stuff from the vendor. Darryl,

I did not do the wholesale contact dump. I selectively asked and took the time to write a custom message, acknowledging that it was a minor hassle. I received about 50% uptake and considering the spam filtering issues I thought that was pretty good.

Taking the time to write a custom message is worth it. Nothing is more irritating than the canned stuff from the vendor.

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