http://www.jaygilmore.ca/blog Tactics, Strategies and Ideas For Small Business From Someone in Small Business Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:54:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you have been dreaming about the paperless office like John at Duct Tape or me recently searching for CRM solutions and my trials with Google Apps you know that integration is key. Today, Freshbooks, the online billing system announced that you can now bill and share data with your ... http://www.jaygilmore.ca/blog/freshbooks-ties-to-basecamp-and-a-taste-of-whats-next/ I had recently posted about my quest for a Fast, Integrated CRM solution and also about my attempt at another online software service—Google Apps. In the last few weeks 37Signals of Bascamp, Campfire, Backpack, Ta-da Lists, and other hosted applications have released news about their new people exchange manager application. Jason ... http://www.jaygilmore.ca/blog/37signals-highrise-on-the-horizon/ (Note: This post was originally composed as an open complaint in the Google Apps Google Group) I have taken the plunge into attempting to use Google Apps. I have even gone so far as to try out the Premiere Edition. My experience thus far has been less than ideal. I originally thought ... http://www.jaygilmore.ca/blog/google-apps-what-you-should-consider-before-taking-the-plunge/ After finishing Malcolm Gladwell's amazing book, The Tipping Point, I decided to take another stab at Michael E. Gerber's E-Myth Mastery. I have gotten to the chapter entitled, "The Discipline of The Enterprise Leader", and the something resonated with me this time that hadn't before—Michael's idea that discrimination will set ... http://www.jaygilmore.ca/blog/discrimination-the-good-kind/ A while ago--okay a long while ago--I posted about my search for a desktop Feed Reader application. I thought I should give an update since the situation has changed. New Years and a Hard Drive Failure Brought the Winds of Change Beginning in the new year, after the release of IE7 and ... http://www.jaygilmore.ca/blog/update-to-in-search-of-a-desktop-feed-reader/ [UPDATE 1: I want to offer a special welcome to those of your from the Freshbooks forums. Thanks to VortexPortal for the link.] [UPDATE 2: 37Signals has announced the release of its Contact Management Tool formerly known as Sunrise—now Highrise. You can read my first impressions on it or the announcement ... http://www.jaygilmore.ca/blog/fast-integrated-hosted-crm-where-is-it/ In my search to find a better solution to reading my subscribed feeds in a standalone desktop client, it seems other people are thinking about reading feeds as well. Online, Offline or Both Just this morning David at BloggingPro, wrote about his use of feed readers and offers his opinion and ... http://www.jaygilmore.ca/blog/feed-reader-search-topic-wavelength/ I posted the other day about unsubscribing from blogs because I was getting only partial feeds and no link. I have come to realize that the bloggers in question are not to blame and it is really a function of my feed reader client. On an average day I read ... http://www.jaygilmore.ca/blog/in-search-of-a-desktop-feed-reader-client/ Are you giving your blog readers partial feeds? There is nothing wrong with delivering partial feeds. The main benefit is it ensures people will visit your site to read the complete posts and therefore be exposed to your advertising or messages. In addition, they may benefit from seeing other content that ... http://www.jaygilmore.ca/blog/bloggers-give-me-the-whole-post-or-give-me-a-link/ To all my fellow Canadians at home and abroad. Have a proper beer and have fun with some friends today on Canada's Birthday. For those of you from other places you can read the background on our National birthday from the government or the Wikipedia version. All the best! http://www.jaygilmore.ca/blog/happy-canada-day/