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Re: Basecamp Personal

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Post by ricardobeat »

napoleond wrote: post #37

I want Highrise Personal. There are so many CRMs for every different size of business, but I want a contact list where I can fill in information about people as I go (ie. start with "big guy with red hair at Mark's Dec. 17 party, discussed quantum tunnelling" and then add in his name and contact info if/when I learn it) and add arbitrary notes about everyone. I know I could just use a regular CRM but those always get…

Asana suggests that you use their product as a "lightweight CRM", see video under "How to use it" at http://asana.com/product

Re: Basecamp Personal

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Post by nutanc »

napoleond wrote: post #37

I want Highrise Personal. There are so many CRMs for every different size of business, but I want a contact list where I can fill in information about people as I go (ie. start with "big guy with red hair at Mark's Dec. 17 party, discussed quantum tunnelling" and then add in his name and contact info if/when I learn it) and add arbitrary notes about everyone. I know I could just use a regular CRM but those always get…

Maybe you can just try Google contacts

Re: Basecamp Personal

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Post by [deleted] »

ddon wrote: post #49
sergiotapia wrote: post #25

I STRONGLY recommend Asana: http://www.asana.com It's like using a smart piece of paper that just gets out of your way and let's you create, assign, toggle, set dates, etc really intuitively. I'm a freelancer - and for my usage I typically have a Workspace called Freelance Projects. In that workspace I have many projects, each for each freelance gig I land. I then invite my client (YOU CAN INVITE UP TO 30 PEOPLE PER…

+1 for asana. Started using it few weeks ago, and so far so good! Love that you can reply to emails from asana and replies will be recorded in comments for particular task. But how do you upload files there? Is this available only for premium users?

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Re: Basecamp Personal

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Post by ceejayoz »

kriro wrote: post #10

So it's 25$ per project? I'm not sure people will pay that for school projects or a couple of one-off projects. For some more expensive projects, sure I can see it (home improvement, dissertation) The pricepoint seems a bit high especially since there's free stuff that is pretty good (I personally use Trello) Either way it's probably better to start with a higher pricepoint. Good luck :)

I don't think you'd start one of these for each school project. You'd have one project, "school".

Re: Basecamp Personal

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Post by ddon »

smiler wrote: post #47
blissofbeing wrote: post #38

$25 is too much for something you can get for free with asana or trello. I guess you pay for the brand more than anything else, like the apple tax.

free can't stay free forever without someway to collect money

Asana has a premium membership, and many corporate clients who pay well.

Re: Basecamp Personal

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Post by ricardobeat »

revorad wrote: post #46
jlmendezbonini wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I did. The biggest problem for me was the lack of email reminders.

Thanks Jim. So would you use a spreadsheet app if it had email reminders?

Would you drive a car if it had a mini-fridge?

I like how you started a user interview on the spot, but that question doesn't seem to have any purpose.

Re: Basecamp Personal

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Post by netsuccess101 »

brads84 wrote: post #48
whichdan wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Asana is fantastic software. I've been using it for several months now, and the interface is really, really smooth. I like that it feels like an evolving todo list, whereas most apps focus on archival and bug tracking.

100% Agree. Asana is awesome.

I've got to try it now, so much positive feedback on it.

Re: Basecamp Personal

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Post by sergiotapia »

ddon wrote: post #49
sergiotapia wrote: post #25

I STRONGLY recommend Asana: http://www.asana.com It's like using a smart piece of paper that just gets out of your way and let's you create, assign, toggle, set dates, etc really intuitively. I'm a freelancer - and for my usage I typically have a Workspace called Freelance Projects. In that workspace I have many projects, each for each freelance gig I land. I then invite my client (YOU CAN INVITE UP TO 30 PEOPLE PER…

+1 for asana. Started using it few weeks ago, and so far so good! Love that you can reply to emails from asana and replies will be recorded in comments for particular task. But how do you upload files there? Is this available only for premium users?

Uploading files is 100% free. You just drop em in the task description pane. Couldn't be simpler.

Re: Basecamp Personal

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Post by businessleads »

technoslut wrote: post #14
TylerE wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

$25/forever is already lower than $5/month or $45/year

If a project lasts forever than paying or doing anything for that matter, even if it was free, is useless.

Obviously you could change the name of your single, focused project - forever. But your point made me laugh. Twas a good one.

Re: Basecamp Personal

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Post by endemic »

Interesting that so many people are discussing the price. If you've followed 37signals' blog posts about business, it's pretty clear that they prefer to have paying users, rather than offer support (i.e. waste money) to people only using free plans.

Indeed, the high profile of their brand is what (now) allows them to do this with a new product: their users will be familiar with the other products 37signals offers, and buy based on that familiarity/constancy.

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