Monday, January 11, 2010

InBizness Basic CRM

What makes InBizness Basic CRM different than the other FileMaker CRM products on the market currently? For starters, it is designed specifically for the small to average size organization in terms of price, features, flexibility and ruthlessly simple open architecture. How about we briefly discuss each of these points.

ABOUT THE PRICE
InBizness Basic is sold to you for $299.00 US. There isn't a different price if you have one user, ten users or fifty users. There isn't a different price if you want to run it on a machine to machine network (called pier to pier), on an office server (using FileMaker Server) or on an worldwide LAN. InBizness Basic CRM is a FileMaker 10 based product, so you will need to purchase the correct FileMaker licenses to support your users but InBizness Basic CRM is only $299.00. (period)

ABOUT THE FEATURES
We put in the most basic features of supporting companies (clients / leads / vendors), invoices, purchase orders, inventory, correspondence, department staff and activity management. There isn't any overly complicated calendar tool, just the ability to create linked activities from almost every module. The idea is to forego complicated click intensive calendar views, just simple point and click operations so that things get done.

ABOUT THE FLEXIBILITY

We never intended to put dozens of modules into this product but we wanted to support those of you that do. We didn't add every possible feature to every module but we wanted to support those of you that do. This means you can add just what you need to support your workplace and have a streamlined elegant system.

We do have a unique feature that allows users to group common activities and add those group activities to a module with a click of the button. This coding can be easily lifted and added to other modules you might want to add to your database.

ABOUT THE RUTHLESSLY SIMPLE OPEN ARCHITECTURE
We have not added any technology other than pure basic FileMaker design. If you have read and understand the $99 FileMaker Training Series manual, you should have no problem modifying all aspects of InBizness Basic CRM.

HOW ABOUT INCLUDED SUPPORT?
Yes, we include 2 hours of support or even customization with each copy of InBizness Basic CRM. Any additional design support is only $85 a hour (or less with a prepaid support bundle purchase).

Want to know more, check out the included video tutorials and feel free to contact us with any questions.

Monday, January 4, 2010

FAQ: InBizness In Peer To Peer Setting

QUESTION:
I just found your web page and the Basic CRM solution might be something for my 2/3 persons company.

Am I correct in assuming that I can run the file on a peer-to-peer network (I have 1 FMP 10 and 1 FMP 9) and that I would have full access to the source code ?

ANSWER:

There is some specific FileMaker 10 code in the database, so I would recommend having all the machines running FileMaker 10. FileMaker has some great upgrade prices for you, so I would recommend checking that out.

It should do just dandy on a peer - to - peer network because it is a classic FileMaker file. So any of the limitations FileMaker has in peer - to - peer it would have. Any of the conditions that FileMaker recommends for FileMaker Server (like backups / lots of records / etc...) would apply to this product as well. Yes, it is sold open for modification, so you can edit the source code to meet your needs. In fact, that is what it is really designed for ... customization! T