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1. I am a Judgment Broker who writes about many topics. In
my job, I communicate with many people around the
country. Like any business, not everyone that contacts me
is "ready to buy", because the world has many window
shoppers and tire kickers.

2. Because my business involves private data, I need total
security, and rock solid backup and data recovery, so I do
not use Windows very often, and only use Macintoshes for
judgment-related data, behind a firewall.

3. I have been using Provue's Panorama database on my
Macintosh for about 28 years for all my hobbies and
businesses. Panorama is a big and powerful database that
can do absolutely amazing things at incredible speeds.

4. However, I found over the last few years, that I had been
filling up my Panorama judgment database file with
thousands of old "dead" leads. Another problem is that
when I research and document the 100 important things
needed to validate, classify, and characterize each
judgment in my main database, I do not like to interrupt
what I am doing just to document a new incoming lead.

5. I realized that I needed another simple and free (or low-
cost) database to store leads, in case some of the leads
stops shopping, and decides to benefit by selecting my
company. I tried the database included in OpenOffice, and
found it too complex for my needs. I did a web search for
simple and free Mac databases, and found EagleData.

6. EagleData is a simple and free, yet very flexible database
that Mr. Bernd Frohlich (who lives in Germany) wrote
many years ago for the Atari ST computer. Bernd later
ported his database to the Macintosh. Bernd's hobby is
writing programs, and EagleData is one of them.

7. The EagleData database is designed for simple uses, for
example storing addresses, music or CD or hobby
collections, lead tracking, or any other organizational tasks
that do not require a complex database.

8. EagleData fits my needs perfectly because it is fast, easy to
figure out, simple, and useful. In just seconds, I defined my
fields. For my needs, I chose
priority, name, email, phone, who referred the lead, and a
large notes field.

9. Now, when someone emails or calls me with an inquiry
(however not yet an order) I just click "add record", fill in a
few fields, and quit EagleData, and save my work.

10. The data file EagleData saves is very compact, not much
bigger than the text you entered into it. You can back up
your database file by dragging it to a USB stick, or with any
other backup method.

11. When a lead turns into an order, I export that one
database record to a text file, and then delete that one
record because it has become an actual order. I use the
exported text file to copy and paste the data into my main
Panorama database.

12. EagleData rocks because it is so simple to use and is free. If
you use a Macintosh, visit
http://www.eaglesoft.de/eagle/eagledata.html

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