Comments on: Another Beta Down: Doorbell’s Sales CRM Is Now Commercially Available

By: Axel Schultze

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:20:21 +0000

Great service – It is an interesting testimony for the change in business software. Like it.
Axel
http://xeesm.com/axels

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Review: Doorbell CRM | The Simpleslice Blog — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:09:52 +0000

[...] was just released from private beta on July 7, 2009. Despite many cosmetic enhancements in this new release, [...]

By: Ben Smith

Ben Smith — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:40:10 +0000

Not to plug my own product but Heap CRM does import/export Google Contacts.

Also SalesForce integrates with contacts if that’s more your style.

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Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:39:15 +0000

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By: Peter Urban

Peter Urban — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:19:02 +0000

Good point. We’ll fix that, make it more clear and give options upon signup. Will take a few days.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:59:07 +0000

Second on keeping the social network and the doorbell service separate. When signing up for the doorbell service it wasn’t clear that I also created a new profile on another social network until registration was complete. When one signs up for a service and gets roped into something else not clearly outlined on the sign up product page it raises questions about trusting the service enough to continue using it.

By: Peter Urban

Peter Urban — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:43:56 +0000

can you explain in more detail? Send it to support at smibs . com

By: led display

led display — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:01:54 +0000

Going to try this out.

By: Chad Weinman

Chad Weinman — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:56:28 +0000

While I use Highrise and have played with other CRM tools, my issue always boils down to having to manage a separate directory of contacts. I leverage Google Apps for the domain, and it is my central king of contact directories. With most of the intriguing crm web-based apps, they require me to continue to manage another directory. I would find the compelling reason to switch if there were syncing between multiple directories (Google apps only in my case). That is the one big “fix”.

By: Peter Urban

Peter Urban — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:19:11 +0000

Thanks for the feedback. Actually you don’t have to tie in Doorbell into your network. Each company you create in your account has its own data bucket and if you as the account owner don’t want anyone on your team to share any of the data in your companies Doorbell account, you don’t have to. So you can drive it very much ’solo’.

By: Peter Urban

Peter Urban — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:11:24 +0000

Obviously this is just the start for Doorbell – lots of good things to come.

By: SamTheMan

SamTheMan — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:11:17 +0000

Nice user interface seems easy to use.

By: Forrest Zeisler

Forrest Zeisler — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:06:20 +0000

Thanks for the heads up about the IE8 recaptcha bug. It’s already fixed.

By: Chris Wheat

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:22:06 +0000

They should offer two versions, one that is strictly the CRM and one that is the CRM tied into the socail network as it currently is…

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Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:19:48 +0000

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By: Chris Wheat

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:17:26 +0000

I just signed up, and it looks good at first glance…

One thing I think will stop allot of large business from using it, is that it tries to do the social thing… That is great for small start ups looking to get business, but from a business perspective I don’t want’ to encourage employees in our CRM to try to get other job offers… It’s like handing a tool to my employee, that in turn helps them find a different job…

I think this will mostly be used by startups/freelancers… I can’t see medium or large companies using this CRM, for the reason listed above.

Also your sign up form the captcha does not load in IE8

By: cam

cam — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:28:02 +0000

I’ve been using Doorbell for almost a year to organize my small non-profit. It makes things a lot easier.

By: BC

BC — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:50:36 +0000

Javelin CRM (www.javelincrm.com) is better than this and Highrise – support for sales cycles, cases, custom fields, and integrated apps like Xero and MailChimp.

By: Mike S

Mike S — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:23:27 +0000

A year of testing…

Look at the URL argument for each ‘OK Sign Up’ button link (&doorbell_plan).

HINT: 2/5 are wrong..

By: RySpot

RySpot — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:08:43 +0000

Doorbell helps me save time and make up time I waste on Twitter. I can’t wait for that app! Has helped me reach a new audience as a designer.

By: Dave Bellous

Dave Bellous — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:47:50 +0000

The real strength of Doorbell is the network integration. As the community grows it allows you to extend your reach as a small business and discover new contacts and opportunities. It’s a productivity tool and a business community mixed together.

By: Christy

Christy — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:01:40 +0000

which features do you feel are missing?

By: BrockSky

BrockSky — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:55:17 +0000

I have been using Doorbell for nearly a year now and have watched it grow and change the entire time. One whole year is a long time to be in beta but I feel like these guys deliberately took their time and made sure they (and their users) were perfectly happy with the service before they pushed it out to the world.

By: Peter Urban

Peter Urban — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:25:46 +0000

our data is hosted in the USA

By: Fine Teeth Comb

Fine Teeth Comb — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:22:25 +0000

Can we really trust our data to canada?