Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Free zip software!

Ok, I admit it, I've purchased Winzip and Stuffit (Mac users). I was becoming tired of waiting for Winzip to load under the evaluation. Then, not too long ago, Winzip sent me a message stating I had to install the upgrade for serious security issues. I did. I also realized I was also being asked to buy the new license. When I tried to back out, I couldn't rever to my existing Winzip. So, now, i'm stuck again without a license for Winzip. So, I looked around on the internet.

One of our developers found it.

If you want a free zip program, go to http://www.7-zip.org/ Here, you can find it for free!

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Paying for leads

As a website company, we always try to use the web to gain more knowledge on gaining leads. We've tried Buyerzone, Vendorseek and QuoteCatcher. Here's what we've found. Vendorseek and Quotecatcher seem to work best for us, here's why.
-We had calls from each company
-They followed up with us to give us leads
-We had some pretty qualified leads and some sales
-We are able to filter out leads before they come to us. Buyerzone didn't
-We did like the feature to pause leads on Quotecatcher. This helped us to manage the load
-Vendorseek was cheaper, something to think about when getting leads.
-There is only a small number of competitors for each lead, that made things a lot easier.

So, when choosing a company that sends leads keep those in mind. Anyone have any others they recommend?