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Tony Tunison – Ultra Clean – NBV Member

Tony Tunison was born and raised in the Treasure Valley. He graduated in1974 from Borah High School. Married to Glenda for 20 years, they have 6 grown children and 7 grandchildren with the 8th on the way. Family is his focal point and believes in strong family values. He has been with Ultra Clean since [...]
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Valerie Peterson – Premier Business Solutions – NBV Member

Valerie Peterson is the President of Premier Alliance Business Solutions. With over 16 years experience consulting business owners on the benefits of outsourcing, Valerie finds this position very rewarding. Her specialty is in the area of Payroll, Human Resources and Recruiting. Valerie’s true passion in life is helping small businesses owners succeed in their business. [...]
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Virginia Cunningham – Lytle Signs – NBV Member

Lytle Signs Inc is a full-service custom sign company in business for over sixty years. We are a family-owned company that has built our business by reputation and referral. As the number one sign company in Idaho with more than fifty employees, we are large enough to handle any project, yet small enough to respond [...]
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The Diary Of My Confused Mind

Xobni For BlackBerry – SocialScope – Rim OS 5

Craig M. Jamieson

Published: September 2, 2010Posted in: MobileTags: blackberry, Microsoft Outlook, socialscope, xobni

How cool is this? Way cool! If you use Outlook and are not using Xobni, you are really missing out, my friend. My challenge has been that, while I no longer use Outlook, I was under the mistaken impression that I needed Outlook in order to get Xobni for my BlackBerry. I am pleased to note that this is incorrect! Turns out that there are two versions and for a one time fee of only $9.99, you can bring most of the power of Xobni right to your BlackBerry. The Outlook version, Xobni One, requires a one-time fee and monthly subscription but it will then sync with your desktop. Fact is, when I add contacts to my Google account, those already sync to my BlackBerry which, in turn, is syncing to Xobni.

The interface is very nice and setup was a snap. Every contact now has a the usual phone #’s and email addresses in addition to records of calls exchanged, emails, and SMS. There are links provided to view both FaceBook and LinkedIn profiles. What is surprisingly absent is any mention of Twitter and there are also no streams for FaceBook. Perhaps these are available with Xobni One (not sure) but, I’m still a little surprised. Then again, Xobni in Outlook and Xobni in Gmail are not the least bit similar. It is what it is. Still, for $10? Tough to beat!

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Joe Cacopardo – Valtrend – NBV Member

Craig M. Jamieson

Published: September 1, 2010Posted in: NetWorks! Boise, SunriseTags:

Mr. Joe Cacopardo is a Director with Valtrend. Joe has over the last thirty years served in a number of positions in new business development, general management and as a small business owner. In these roles, Joe relied upon his strong strategic planning and team development skills in creating a profitable bottom line.

Joe was formerly a co-founder of M&SD Corporation, an independent consulting firm in the United States specializing in information management, which was acquired by EDS, a General Motors’ subsidiary.

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Meridian Business Day Workshop Prep – FireShot

Craig M. Jamieson

Published: August 28, 2010Posted in: CRM/SCRM, NetWorks! Boise, Networking EventsTags: Etacts, Fireshot, Gist, gmail, Rapportive, WiseStamp, xobni

I spent the better part of last evening laying out the power point presentation for my workshop entitled “Add a Little Social to Your Email & CRM” which I will conduct on September 30. You can register for the event here.

This workshop will cover several free tools that you can integrate with your existing email and/or maybe even your CRM. We will look at three popular platforms: Salesforce Outlook, and Gmail. Applications discussed will include: Gist, Rapportive, Etacts, Xobni, Outlook Social Connector, Outlook LinkedIn interface, and Twitter and Chatter for Salesforce. I’ll also throw in a little WiseStamp and NutShell Mail as I consider these applications to be beneficial and appropriate. Links will be provided to all the tools discussed (we’ll even show some that will not be part of the presentation but worthy of a look) and, finally, those who attend will get a special sneak peek at something that very few folks are even aware of. That would be called “the hook”. LOL

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When Transparency Reflects “Stinkin’ Thinkin’”

Craig M. Jamieson

Published: August 4, 2010Posted in: AttitudeTags:

With all due kudos to Zig Ziglar, this post is more opinion and observation than it is anything else. I have no professional experience or education in either of the subject areas. What I am is pragmatic. I look at the world, evaluate it’s condition, and take the steps I deem necessary to deal with it. I see a lot of folks talking today about the importance of being transparent. I hear that, in order to be successful particularly with social media, transparency is a must.

That’s all well and fine but, do some of us take this too far? Are we, in our quest for transparency, doing ourselves and those around us more harm than good? Does this need to be transparent translate to “unabashed and unbridled honesty in all things”? For some, it apparently does. I’m all for honesty but there has to be some limits ….

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