{"id":5529,"date":"2008-11-12T12:01:20","date_gmt":"2008-11-12T19:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=5529"},"modified":"2008-11-11T20:47:56","modified_gmt":"2008-11-12T03:47:56","slug":"using-google-docs-to-tracking-your-goals-for-2008-part-1-of-3-maybe-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/5529\/using-google-docs-to-tracking-your-goals-for-2008-part-1-of-3-maybe-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Google Docs to Track Your Goals for 2008: Part 1 of 3, Maybe 4."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greg and I have talked from time to time about CRMS.\u00a0\u00a0 We both like them in concept, but have a hard time using them.\u00a0\u00a0 He doesn&#8217;t use REST, and I don&#8217;t use HEAP.\u00a0\u00a0 I have been using my blackberry to track stuff, aweber, and that&#8217;s it.\u00a0\u00a0 But I needed a way to track GOALS.  Pure numbers, how many\/how much.  I didn&#8217;t want a new account, and I wanted to be able to draw my own conclusions from the data, not have some goofy stats telling me I was on pace for 1291% of my goal.   <\/p>\n<p>Enter google forms.   Not specifically designed for this purpose, but still a sweet way to easily input stuff.  You can be set up in an hour, and that&#8217;s if you&#8217;re new to Gdocs.   <\/p>\n<p>I made a 3 part video on Google Docs.\u00a0\u00a0 Many of you will get the gist, take it &amp; run after one part.\u00a0 To you: Kudos.\u00a0\u00a0 Don&#8217;t wait for part&#8217;s 2 and 3.\u00a0 You can refine your system after, but don&#8217;t wait.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For those of you who DON&#8217;T get it, just stick around, you&#8217;l get all the ratios you could ever want.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d start by tracking:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>contacts made<\/li>\n<li>leads generated<\/li>\n<li>lead followup calls made<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Those things you can sort of control.\u00a0\u00a0 Calls made, quotes\/listing packages\/GFEs sent, etc.<\/p>\n<p>But it starts with a lightweight way to collect your numbers.\u00a0 Made a 5 minute video to start this off.\u00a0 You might get better results by going through to viddler, but i think you&#8217;ll be able to see everything here:<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" width=\"437\" height=\"370\" id=\"viddler_e849f5a7\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.viddler.com\/player\/e849f5a7\/\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greg and I have talked from time to time about CRMS.\u00a0\u00a0 We both like them in concept, but have a hard time using them.\u00a0\u00a0 He doesn&#8217;t use REST, and I don&#8217;t use HEAP.\u00a0\u00a0 I have been using my blackberry to track stuff, aweber, and that&#8217;s it.\u00a0\u00a0 But I needed a way to track GOALS. 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