rebecca on March 30th, 2009

My new evangelism is data.  Long-time readers know that I bang on about databases quite a lot.  And of course, the information stored in the database is where the value lies. Gaining customer insight from research and activity observations is one of the finesses that I enjoy in direct marketing.  As a marketer I often [...]

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rebecca on December 4th, 2008

Image via Wikipedia Having been spitting mad last week.  I am now calmer, but nonetheless mildly frustrated. The post got some big profile and a direct comment from Melanie Vala, an Intuit employee. I still feel bad that when trolling you get the fiery responses! She wrote  We really appreciate all the comments, feedback and [...]

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rebecca on November 25th, 2008

I use Intuit Quickbooks accounts system.  And I called today to ask about the new VAT rates and how to manage the switch over. They refuse to support my 2005 version of the software because it comes under their "Sunset" Policy. [i.e. phasing out each year's version and forcing upgrades onto customer] But advised that [...]

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