The Isolated Entrepreneur

When clients ask me which mailing list provider to use, my response is instantaneous - AWeber.  Here is a service that continuously improves its features.

It’s latest is full control of how your RSS feed broadcasts to your subscribers.  If you haven’t done it yet, providing an e-mail digest to visitors of your blog is a great tool for increasing readership.

In the last couple of weeks, AWeber has given more control to its clients.  You decide when you want your e-mail digest should be broadcasted.  For example, you can setup your e-mail RSS feed to publish at 8 AM on Mondays and Thursdays.

Yesterday, they announced that they have integrated RSS broadcasts with Feedburner so you can track both your RSS subscribers as well as e-mail digest subscribers.

I stumbled across a new contact manager/CRM application over the weekend called Plan Plus Online by Franklin Covey. Think of it as the famous Covey organizer (including the weekly planning tools) online.

The Covey product has two editions basic (replaces your organizer) and a sales edition which incorporates the sales process. You can create a virtual organization by purchasing multiple user licenses and sharing information.

For Covey advocates, it looks like a great alternative to ther CRMs such as Salesforce.com and Act! However, the system is somewhat buggy and still immature. The system is stable enough to purchase and use; however, you may have to wait for bug fixes and new features.

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