Content Management Systems | Contact Management By Matthew Fouts 15 December, 2011

Software development covers a wide range of business applications. Small businesses need to keep track of information for clients, appointments and referrals; such applications are business management solutions. Business management solutions include contact management systems (CMS) and customer relationship management (CRM). These types of software can increase productivity and reduce long term cost for small businesses. Small businesses can integrate into a pre-build contact management and customer relation management systems like Salesforce (www.salesforce.com) or have a custom built one from a professional software development team at Fouts Ventures (www.foutsventures.com). Salesforce charges businesses per user per contract. Contracts are typically on a year basis then have to be renewed or risk loosing all of your information. Fouts Ventures charges a one time fee then gives all rights and code to the client. The client can host the software on Fouts Ventures servers or another hosting company. This eliminates any long term cost.

The New York Times has website developers, which re-create their custom content management system. Content is ever increasingly difficult to manage as more and more articles are written. Creating seamless integration, consistent navigation and an engaging user experience is what website and software developers do best. Their challenge is to create a functional multipurpose website for administrators that do not know how to program and an appealing website that will continue to capture the audience day in and day out. How do they do it?

A four year college degree, vast amounts of experience and a prestigious job does not mean you are a good programmer. A good programmer can anticipate the clients needs, work with a team, and readily adapt to changes. If you are a small business or a large corporation trying to decide what your next step forward on the internet is; think simple. Whatever contact management system, customer relationship management or content management system you choose or have created, keep it simple. The more complex the less users want to use it, the more it cost and the more it utilizes your precious time. Life is short, keep it simple.

Article was published at 08:47 PM by Fouts Ventures