May 30, 2009
MioWorks allows you to quickly import your contacts from Gmail. On a regular basis you can run this import procedure to keep your MioWorks.com client database in sync with your Gmail account. MioWorks is smart enough to only import new contact records. To perform the import, log into your MioWorks.com account. Click on the “Contacts” tab and then click on the “Import from Gmail” link on the right side of the screen then follow these steps:
1. Authorize MioWorks to access your Google contacts. To do this start by clicking on the link “click here to authorize MioWorks.com”.
Import your Gmail contacts
2. By clicking on the link, we will open up a new page on the Google website for you. If you are not currently logged into your Gmail account you will be asked to authenticate. After you log in, then you will be asked if you agree to permit MioWorks.com to access your contacts.
Grant MioWorks Access
3. Once your grant access to MioWorks.com, you will be returned to the MioWorks contact import panel. This is where you fill in your Gmail address, the contact type that will be set for each of these contacts (choose from Customer, Prospect, Supplier, Employee or General). You can also add tags to help you identify the contacts from this import. By default we add a tag called gmail_import with today’s date appended to it. You may change this to anything that you would like so that you can identify the contacts from this import. Lastly you can assign the owner of these contacts. By default the owner will be the account that is performing the import but you may select any employee in the system to own the records.
Set the import information
After you complete the form, you click on the “Import” button. MioWorks will automatically import all of your contacts while you wait. Depending on the size of the import, your new records will be available to you in just a few seconds to a few minutes.
If you would like to see all of the contacts that were imported, click on the “contacts” tab and then click on the appropriate keyword in the tag cloud found on the right hand side. The list of contacts will automatically be filtered and only display those records that were imported.
Once the contacts have been added to MioWorks you can now start to enhance the profiles with additional information, notes or background information. You can also enable a customer portal just by clicking on “activate” in the client record. Once activated the contact will get an email with login information and then the two of you can share files, have online discussions and keep profile information up to date.
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Posted by David Abramowski
May 26, 2009
If you are like me you have dozens of web sites where you interact with different people. Some sites are for business, some are for pleasure while others are people I have worked with in the past. This combination of websites, contacts and information can be overwhelming.
I use MioWorks.com to bring everything together into one central location. The import function allows me to directly connect to my Google account and pull in my contacts in just a few seconds.
The team at MioWorks built the import feature to be intelligent and not to over-write or duplicate records. This means that I can re-run the import as often as I want an only the new records will appear in my MioWorks contact list.
I also use the vCard import feature often. Many of the social networking sites such as LinkedIn allow me to export vCards. On a monthly basis I dump out my contacts from LinkedIn and then import them into MioWorks. I do the same with several other systems and I use MioWorks as the consolidation point. It only takes me a few minutes a month to bring it all together and I like the benefits of the end result.
At the end of the day it’s all about building relationships and knowing about my clients, customers and prospects. By using MioWorks I am able to aggregate information into one place so that I can quickly act. Gone are the days of trying to remember what network a particular person was on. Today, I just go to MioWorks, search for the person and a full history of my relationship is displayed. I can see what network the person was from because the import feature will tag the contacts.
You too can use MioWorks to consolidate your client information. There is a free 30 day trial that will allow you to use the entire solution at no cost.
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Posted by David Abramowski
May 18, 2009
Today MioWorks.com exits the beta testing stage and is now a fully operational application. Companies can now use MioWorks.com in confidence to help them keep their business in order and to better communicate with clients. With today’s updates you will also notice a new simplified pricing scheme. If you participated in the beta test, you now have 30 days of complimentary service before you will be required to upgrade to a paid account.
Regarding the simplified pricing, based upon feedback during the beta period, customers asked us for a change. We listened and have provided it. Now you can subscribe to MioWorks.com for only $25 per month for you small business. If you have more than 25 users in your company, you can add users 5 at a time. If you need more space for storing of files, you can add that 5GB at a time. There is no limit on how many of these “packs” you can add to MioWorks. This means you only pay for what you actually use/need. And if you look at a per user pricing – we are now one of the lowest in the industry – at 25 users that only $1 per user per month.
We thank our beta testers for being extremely active and providing us valuable feedback. We look forward to continuing our relationships and providing you a quality application that allows you to enhance your business, make more money & get back some time!
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