I’ve been playing around with my website I setup on Microsoft Office Live’s Small Business Services website. I initially just set it up to test the service and learn a little bit about it, now I’m thinking I may actually start using the domain for somewhat of a client portal of my own.
I received a flyer in the mail recently reminding me of the services available to me, but also letting me know that many of the services that were “premium” are now free.

Advanced web site design: if it’s web based still no use to me, if it’s web …read more

A local Indianapolis software company that has developed what appears to be the marketing standard for automobile dealerships is now partnering with Microsoft to continue to grow their customer base and expand on their territory.
Building a better mousetrap is one thing. Persuading businesses to try it is another. Consider the challenge of Indianapolis-based marketing-software maker Autobase Inc. About 1,400 U.S. automobile dealers have installed Autobase’s system, which helps manage sales leads, customer contacts and records. Autobase sales topped $16 million in 2005, and the company made both the Inc. 500 and Deloitte & Touche’s Technology Fast 500 for two years …read more

I’ve been doing some research for a client that needs to migrate contact information from one CRM tool and into Microsoft’s CRM 3.0. What I’m having problems finding out is what the table structure is for the contact data so that we can map and translate the data from one database into another one.
In searching I found this blog post from Matthew Wittemann and his experiences with a Microsoft CRM 1.2 Redeployment. He shares his experiences and maybe more importantly his pitfalls and obstacles. Good information if you might be forced to walk this path in the future or have …read more