Comments on: Ask Vickie: Personal Information Management http://www.legalnurse.com/vickiesblog/2009/02/ask-vickie-personal-information-management/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:02:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Becky Anderson http://www.legalnurse.com/vickiesblog/2009/02/ask-vickie-personal-information-management/comment-page-1/#comment-375 Becky Anderson Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:28:40 +0000 http://legalnurse.com/vickiesblog/?p=989#comment-375 Thanks for the "save your money" wisdom. Microsoft Live does nearly free web-hosting and allows you to design and maintain your own site. The first year is free; the second - which you pay for up front - is under $15. My husband bought me an $800 4-in-1 office machine for under $130 during Christmas sales. I am careful to use the "good" paper only for marketing materials and print internal documents, forms and research only on "cheap" paper. I use Microsoft Publisher for my brochures and newsletter. I already had the software and they have very nice templates for all types of documents. If done well and printed on high end paper, they are impressive. I found a very inexpensive online business card supplier that had matching labels for almost nothing, and I got second hand furniture to fill in my needs for my home office. Although I obtained a library card to access their services as much as possible for everything from medical research to marketing information, I am finding I keep going back to the <em>Core Curriculum for Legal Nurse Consulting</em><sup>®</sup> textbook. It is a treasure trove for the new entrepreneur. Again, thank you Vickie. Saving money now until the revenues allow is helping me get to 2 goals: to attend next year's conference, and to upgrade to the VIP CLNC<sup>®</sup> Business System! Thanks for the “save your money” wisdom. Microsoft Live does nearly free web-hosting and allows you to design and maintain your own site. The first year is free; the second – which you pay for up front – is under $15. My husband bought me an $800 4-in-1 office machine for under $130 during Christmas sales. I am careful to use the “good” paper only for marketing materials and print internal documents, forms and research only on “cheap” paper. I use Microsoft Publisher for my brochures and newsletter. I already had the software and they have very nice templates for all types of documents. If done well and printed on high end paper, they are impressive. I found a very inexpensive online business card supplier that had matching labels for almost nothing, and I got second hand furniture to fill in my needs for my home office. Although I obtained a library card to access their services as much as possible for everything from medical research to marketing information, I am finding I keep going back to the Core Curriculum for Legal Nurse Consulting® textbook. It is a treasure trove for the new entrepreneur. Again, thank you Vickie.

Saving money now until the revenues allow is helping me get to 2 goals: to attend next year’s conference, and to upgrade to the VIP CLNC® Business System!

]]> By: Diana Schmitt, RN, BSN, CLNC http://www.legalnurse.com/vickiesblog/2009/02/ask-vickie-personal-information-management/comment-page-1/#comment-374 Diana Schmitt, RN, BSN, CLNC Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:27:14 +0000 http://legalnurse.com/vickiesblog/?p=989#comment-374 I installed Act after Christmas. I communicate with over a hundred attorneys and it came to the point where I needed better organization. I keep track of my marketing campaigns and the kind of responses I get from attorneys. Also, I offer CLE's to attorneys and needed a system to follow up. Along with the ACT program, I ordered ACT for Dummies. It has made running the program very easy. I ordered both off of Amazon.com very inexpensively. Tom's <em>NACLNC</em><sup>®</sup> Conference audio on PIM's lead me in this direction. So far, it is working very well for me. I also keep track of office contractors and subcontractors. It is great to pull up reports on the various groups in the PIM. I know several legal nurse consultants from other programs and they do not get what we get technologically as CLNC<sup>®</sup> consultants from Vickie Milazzo Institute’s Certification Program. I get the word out to them and other nurses that Vickie's CLNC<sup>®</sup> Certification Program is the best. I installed Act after Christmas. I communicate with over a hundred attorneys and it came to the point where I needed better organization. I keep track of my marketing campaigns and the kind of responses I get from attorneys.

Also, I offer CLE’s to attorneys and needed a system to follow up. Along with the ACT program, I ordered ACT for Dummies. It has made running the program very easy. I ordered both off of Amazon.com very inexpensively. Tom’s NACLNC® Conference audio on PIM’s lead me in this direction. So far, it is working very well for me.

I also keep track of office contractors and subcontractors. It is great to pull up reports on the various groups in the PIM. I know several legal nurse consultants from other programs and they do not get what we get technologically as CLNC® consultants from Vickie Milazzo Institute’s Certification Program. I get the word out to them and other nurses that Vickie’s CLNC® Certification Program is the best.

]]> By: Vary Fischer http://www.legalnurse.com/vickiesblog/2009/02/ask-vickie-personal-information-management/comment-page-1/#comment-373 Vary Fischer Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:10:09 +0000 http://legalnurse.com/vickiesblog/?p=989#comment-373 This info is very timely: I have ACT, which I used as a nursing home administrator, and loved its abilities. In fact, I don't really use it to keep track of my active attorney-clients, though I could. I use it for all those I meet that don't give me business yet, but I want to be able to contact later. However, Vickie's article touched on something I didn't realize, and am grateful to know. It has become slower to use, even though I don't have the newest version – mine's about two years old. I didn't plan to update just because I don't need the programs it has...but the little I do with ACT, I'm pleased with. Vickie, it's always fun to read your posts...you do great at alerting us and keeping us up to date on things! And greetings to you, Mr. Tom – don't let that woman discourage your techo-side...we love it! This info is very timely: I have ACT, which I used as a nursing home administrator, and loved its abilities. In fact, I don’t really use it to keep track of my active attorney-clients, though I could. I use it for all those I meet that don’t give me business yet, but I want to be able to contact later. However, Vickie’s article touched on something I didn’t realize, and am grateful to know. It has become slower to use, even though I don’t have the newest version – mine’s about two years old. I didn’t plan to update just because I don’t need the programs it has…but the little I do with ACT, I’m pleased with. Vickie, it’s always fun to read your posts…you do great at alerting us and keeping us up to date on things! And greetings to you, Mr. Tom – don’t let that woman discourage your techo-side…we love it!

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