[pianotech] Database for Piano Business

[David Love]

Access is a database program but Outlook has a "contacts" section that
provides a number of different fields (and you can customize it as well)
into which you can input and organize customer or "contact" information.
It's evolved into something quite a bit more powerful than just an email
program.  

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com


-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ron Nossaman
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 4:21 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Database for Piano Business

Al Guecia/AlliedPianoCraft wrote:
> I use Outlook also. Works very well for me. Besides keeping records of 
> the work that has been done I use the flag to schedule the next tuning 
> date and set up a reminder. Syncs up with my PTD, so I have all the 
> customer information anytime I need it. When I'm at a clients home, I 
> can check what I did last time I was there. Temp/Hum, pitch deviation 
> repairs etc. I keep all the customer history.
>  
>  
> Al
>  
>  
> 
>     *From:* David Love <mailto:davidlovepianos at comcast.net>
>     *Sent:* Monday, March 02, 2009 10:52 PM
>     *To:* pianotech at ptg.org <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>
>     *Subject:* Re: [pianotech] Database for Piano Business
> 
>     You can use Microsoft Outlook which has a totally programmable data
>     base for contacts with different fields.  You can format email
>     reminders, group sort, contact dates, service history, email and
>     snail mail addresses, all the stuff you need to do.  I'm in the
>     process of converting my old database (obsolete now) to this and
>     it's simple and easy.  There are others though. 
> 
>      
> 
>     David Love


Uh, Isn't Outlook E-mail? Maybe Access?
Ron N