[consulting] Customer Relationship Management software

[Dan Robinson]

check out civicrm - http://civicrm.org

> I'm starting to see that one of my toughest problems as an independent
> consultant is going to be managing client interaction.
>
> I'm already juggling more leads and gigs than I can keep track of. And
> I'm not used to handling client interaction directly. Even a crappy
> product manager can usually filter out a lot of client noise :)
>
> I've been installing and trying out various FLOSS CRM packages. The
> ones that aren't pure junk tend to be too fancy.
>
> So far, I'm leaning towards SugarCRM, though I'm having trouble with
> it straight out of the box, and I hate to spend time debugging stuff
> that's supposed to be saving me time.
>
> I'm wondering what other folks are using, if anything. If you don't
> use CRM, what do you use?
>