I want to create a database of about 150 clients; which software is best?

Question

I am working for a small company that does everything longhand. I want to create a database of about 150 clients that will allow me to enter monthly charges and then will only print the address labels of those clients that have bought something for the month. They way they have it set up now is just an address file that prints all labels whether the client has bought anything or not. I want to keep this very simple. Which software would be best?

Answer 1

your easiest and least expensive option is Microsoft Access

Answer 2

Look, keep it simple. Buying access just for 150 clients would end up costing you more than 150 good client leads, and you would even have to spend hours programing it to do what you want it to. Trust me, I've been there and done that, I even went as far as becoming a very good Access programmer. Outlook will do most of the CRM for you, just learn hour to use the contacts, journal, tasks and your calender. You can even attach documents to your client's contact sheets and even start a timer to time the calls if you charge for those or want to control their length. If you want to get more detail out of their relationship and harvest your clients better you may want to download a free trail of MindGenius from http://mindgenius.loadpodgrp.com you can then go into a whole different world of CRM.

Answer 3

keep it in excel.
If you ever expect this to get really big use access.
MS Works is also an option but you cant go wrong with offuce

Answer 4

maybe microsoft access alone will be sufficient for this purpose, but if not, then it might need an additional "user interface" that needs coding, visual basic might be the easiest tool to create the "user interface"

Answer 5

microsoft access