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Scheduling Resources in MRSware Calendar

8/15/2018

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You work for a company, it has resources that you make use of and have to share with other members of your company.  You can add those resources to MRSware so that they appear in everyone's calendar, can be reserved for events, and everyone can see when a particular resource is available or busy.

Typical resources are things like conference rooms, projectors, and office tools.  However, they can also be things like Demo Equipment, especially large pieces that are shared; or even Product Samples or Catalogs that are being distributed on sales calls.

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Digital Cleaning Tips & Tools

5/8/2017

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Spring cleaning is a traditional task performed by millions throughout the world. While we've always talked about physical buildings or vehicles when talking about Spring cleaning, today we have to add our digital house to the discussion.  In some cases our digital house is far more cluttered with unwanted, outdated stuff.  Now is the time to start cleaning up our digital house.

Here are 4 steps to cleaning up your content:

Step 1:
  • Identify your digital content
    • Company/contact files - all applications, all devices
    • E-mail messages - all accounts (except the linked IMAP accounts)
    • Files
    • Images/Videos
    • Social Media profiles ​


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Make the Right Decisions with Business Intelligence

1/24/2017

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​A manufacturers’ representative agency collects a lot of information.    What you do with that information makes a big difference in the growth of your agency. 

​As a multi-line sales company information comes from a multitude of sources, such as:
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​- from your Principals – sales and marketing materials, leads, design and artwork requests, quotes, order confirmations, sales numbers, and commission statements
- from your customers, prospects, end users, architects, designers, engineers – requests for and results from sales presentations, demonstrations, training sessions, specifications, artwork, deliveries or warehouse pick-ups, and support.

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Selecting Multiple Items in Windows Programs

1/14/2016

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We are often asked about selecting more than one file at a time in Windows programs.

There are several ways to select multiple files, folders, or items in a list.
  • To select a consecutive group of files, folders or items in a list, click the first item, press and hold down the Shift key, and then click the last item.
  • To select non-consecutive files, folders, or items in a list, press and hold down the Ctrl key, and then click each item that you want to select.
  • To select all of the files, folders, or items in a list, on the toolbar, press and hold the Ctrl key and A. If you want to exclude one or more items from your selection, press and hold down the Ctrl key, and then click the items.
To clear a selection, click a blank area of the window.

Tip!

After selecting files or folders, you can perform many common tasks, such as copying, deleting, renaming, printing, and compressing. Simply right-click the selected items, and then click the appropriate choice.
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IFTTT: automatic email reminder to enter a Journal for a sales call

8/11/2014

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​IFTTT (If This Then That) is a free online service that helps automate task flows between multiple apps.  In this example, which I use myself, I will show you how to set up an email reminder that is sent to your MRSware Inbox after you receive a phone call.  The reminder is so that I don't forget to make a Journal entry about calls I've had with customers and what we talked about.


  1. Sign-up for IFTTT.  It is free.
  2. Download the app for Android.  There is also an app for iOS; the example here is based on the Android app that I am using myself.
  3. Go to the page on IFTTT where I have shared the recipe, "Received call email reminder".

    From the shared recipe page, the service will ask you to activate your Android Channel and your Gmail channel (it is using Gmail to send the reminder email).  Once you do that just fill in your email address you want the reminder sent to and click the "Use Recipe" button.
 
That is it, now you will receive an email with the caller's number, time & length of call.  I have my reminder sent to MRSware (of course) and all I need to do is drag the email over to the Journal icon to create a new journal from it.  Link the new Journal to the caller, summarize what you talked about, and record the time.  New Journal logged.


The above way to remember to enter a journal is one I use, and there are many other interesting things that can be done through this service.  If you create something interesting, let us know in the comments.
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Business Card Scanners

9/12/2013

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We're often asked about business card scanners and which ones work with MRSware.  Here are some sugestions:

​If you are looking for a dedicated machine for business card scanning, there are quite a few to choose from.  I did a quick google search and came up with a nice-looking article that compares some of them.  The main feature you are looking for as far as MRSware-compatibility is the ability to output the contact list that it creates as a spreadsheet.  Once in spreadsheet form, you can use the normal MRSware Contact Import Wizard to import the list -- you can even assign the list one or more Categories in MRSware at the time of import, say if they were all from a particular trade show, for example.
 
Pretty much all of the machines support exporting the contacts to Excel, so you don't have to worry about this feature requirement much.  And, of course, most of them support inputing the contacts into Outlook; and you can synchronize Outlook with MRSware very easily.
 
However, I will say that dedicated machines for this are definitely on the way out.  What has already replaced it for a lot of people is using one of many available apps for your cell phone, which uses the phone's camera to scan and import the contact information.  This works in a similar way as the hardware scanner on your desk does -- point your phone at the business card, take a picture, the app then recognizes the text and inputs it as a contact.  You would then just synchronize your phone with MRSware (which you may already be setup and doing).
 


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Spring Cleaning

6/7/2013

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Spring cleaning is a traditional task performed by millions throughout the world.  When we think about spring cleaning it's normally about a thorough cleaning of the house, car, boat, or RV.  How about a thorough cleaning of your digital house? 

Here are some suggestions:

 - Clean up your contact database
  • remove duplicates (using a tool such as the one shown above found in MRSWARE makes this job easy
  • correct addresses - physical and digital (e-mail, websites)
  • correct phone numbers - land and mobile
  • add additional information
           * names of spouse, children, partner, pets
           * names of schools attended
           * hobbies
           * hotel, food & beverage preferences
  • add sales relationship information
           * names of manufacturers the account buys from w/pricing (your lines & competitive lines)
           * target accounts

- Clean up your e-mail (I know this just brought on some YIKES)
  • archive important messages
  • delete unnecessary messages
  • add/delete folders
  • move key messages to file share

- Clean up your files
  • save and move to storage, or delete old files
          * price lists
          * marketing materials
          * presentations
          * guidelines
          * industry standards
  • add/delete folders

- Review and add/edit your social media profiles
  • add experience, education to the profile
  • change/remove pictures, videos
  • review groups and who you are following
  • add new profiles to new sites


Like spring house cleaning, these tasks require time and effort, but the results will make it easier for you to keep your data current and more relevant during the year.



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Expense Reporting

8/9/2012

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In a fragile economy, like we face today, keeping track of expenses takes on more importance.  Everyone is looking for ways to lower their daily, monthly and yearly expenses.  There are many different ways to handle expenses for sales reps.  Some owners pay a monthly allowance, some pay for individual expenses.  Whichever is right for you, MRSWARE provides an integrated module to record and track expenses - Expense Reports.


Sales reps can enter their expenses, linking the expense to a marketing campaign and/or a company or contact.  Once entered they submit their sales expenses on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis.  Once submitted, the person in charge of approving expenses has the opportunity to approve, reject, or ask for more information on individual expenses.  Once an expense report is approved, the expense is paid and marked as paid in the system.  

Managers can track expenses by Type, by Sales Rep, by Category, by Dollar amount, by Payment type, by Date, by Campaign, or by Contact.  Reports can be run by Category or by User, to give to accountants or financial advisers.

By bringing expenses into your CRM system, owners and managers can add expense information to their overall data when tracking the profitability of their marketing campaigns or customers.  
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Convert .pdf files to Excel or Word

8/8/2012

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Many of you receive reports from your manufacturers in a .pdf format.  As you know this format does not allow you to manipulate the data, thereby rendering the report useless for you in getting your numbers into MRSware.  

There are software applications available to you that convert .pdf files to Excel or Word files. 

Once you have converted your .pdf file to Excel, you can save your reports to .csv files, then import your sales & commission data into MRSware by using the Invoice Import Wizard, saving you time. 

To find what's available, I googled .pdf converters - the link is provided below:

.pdf converters

Some of the links say "free" but they may be limiting the amount of conversions you can do or they may be offering free trials of their software, so please read carefully before you download anything. 

We are not recommending a specific application, but I do know some of your fellow MRSware Users use .pdf converters.

​Please feel free to add the name of a .pdf converter you have used successfully and what the cost of the software is.  
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Print anything directly to PDF: PDFCreator (free)

7/16/2012

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It is extremely handy to be able to print things directly to a PDF file, then you can e-mail that file, add it to File Share, or archive it away on your computer.  PDF's are standardized format files that view the same on all computers, so you can be sure that what you send is being seen as you intended it to look, regardless of what computer or software the recipient might use.

There are a number of printer drivers that allow you to print directly to a PDF file that you save on your computer.  This one, PDFCreator, is free and easy to install:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/

When you install this program, an additional printer appears in the printers installed on your computer.  When you print to this PDF printer, you are presented with a prompt to name and save the print file as a PDF document.
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