During startup phase, how do you manage all your contacts?<p>During initial phase when as a founder you are doing everything including sales as well, what tool is best for managing all your leads.<p>There are many sales lead management softwares but I am not sure whether they are a good fit for an entrepreneur (who is primarily not a sales person). HINT: They might be too complicated. Another HINT: I have never used them so I might be wrong.<p>Do you use any tool which is an obvious choice currently?
The project I'm working on (<a href="http://www.musubimail.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.musubimail.com</a>) was originally meant to help keep in touch with professional contacts, but I've been using it for beta-user follow ups to some good success.<p>I made groups based on how soon I need to follow up (this week, next quarter, etc) and have them track certain labels in my Gmail inbox. If someone needs to move groups, I just flag their email with the right label and wait for the reminders.<p>Let me know if this is something that interests you!
I use a trello board with the following cards:<p>|new| |no close follow-up| |follow-up| |dormant/recycle |<p>New is for new prospects<p>no close follow-up is for people who I have not closed.<p>follow up is for people I have closed, but waiting to be moved further along the sales ladder<p>dormant/recycle is for people who never respond but I still keep trying to close.<p>Note that I don't waste any leads.
I'd recommend using Pipedrive <a href="https://www.pipedrive.com/en/features" rel="nofollow">https://www.pipedrive.com/en/features</a><p>It is straightforward to use and lets you separate different flows and stages.