Posts by Mel

The future of mobile (A slide presentation)

Posted by Mel on Mar 27, 2012 in Coconect Blog, Entrepreneurship, Marketing | 0 comments

An interesting and easy-to-read deck from Business Insider on the future of mobile. A brief preview from the slide: It took AOL 9 years to get 1 million users. Facebook- 9 mths. Draw Something- 9 days

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Thou shall not do this kind of cold-calling

Posted by Mel on Mar 21, 2012 in Coconect Blog, Mel's randoms, Relationship marketing, Sales tips | 0 comments

There I am, in the middle of a hectic work day, my phone rang, showing a number I can’t recognize. Me: Hello. Her: Hi, is this Melinda? Me: Yes, who’s this please? Her: I’m Mary from *mumble mumble* financial consultancy. Me: Huh? Which financial consultancy again? Her: *mumble mumble mumble* erm, like a bank . Me: What is it regarding please? Her: Miss, we have a special package of credit card outstanding balance transfer…(and wanting to launch into her sales pitch) Me: Do you guys check your database? I don’t have any (in my heart I add- bloody!) outstanding balance! Her: Ohhh…how about a personal loan? (and wanting to launch into...

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New integration with Zoho CRM

Posted by Mel on Mar 20, 2012 in Building customer relationship, Coconect Blog, Integrations | 0 comments

Sweet buzz of push notification from Boxcar showing our integration announcement with Zoho CRM. [:-bd]   Personalized by Thomas using his brand new Samsung Note and sent via Whatsapp! Oh yeah… we love our tech thingy...

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Tis the season to give: Use Wiki? Donate and keep them alive

Posted by Mel on Dec 22, 2011 in Coconect Blog, Entrepreneurship, Mel's randoms | 0 comments

We’ve done our part. Join us. Any amount helps. Donate to Wikipedia....

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4 days to Christmas: Shopping not done? To-do list unchecked?

Posted by Mel on Dec 22, 2011 in Mel's randoms | 0 comments

Life, just like running your business or work- needs you to focus. Focus on what’s important. If you got so busy and tired that end of the day, You have no energy to play with your kids… No time for your other half, No energy for your parents, …. What’s the point? ;)

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