Scott Hurff, founder of Fuego ("a newsletter for classy, trendy guys"), recently upgraded from a free to a Solo Highrise account, the first time he's ever shelled out cash for a web app.
Highrise rocks because it’s the perfect place for me to keep all the notes I used to keep on people locked away in Word notebooks. Now they’re attached directly to the person and searchable.
We followed up with Scott to learn more about how he uses Highrise and to see his account in action.
How do you use Highrise and why do you like it?
I use Highrise to de-clutter my inbox, as well as to centralize tasking and notes on both projects and contacts. While I'm an avid Treo customer, I found that using my phone to work just got too cumbersome — and since I live and task mostly through email, it became a natural catalyst to my workflow.
Additionally, I keep loads of notes on projects, contacts, advice people give me, etc. — and it gets too hard to sort, search and mobilize the information if it's buried in Word notebooks.
Which features in Highrise do you use most?
My dropbox: archiving emails
Tasks: making the content in emails come alive and actionable
Cases & notes: creating "notebooks" of data
Tell us a story about a project or situation where Highrise helped you out.
I'm a design/UI consultant for a project taking place in LA — and I live in Raleigh, NC. There are two other people with whom I'm working and Highrise brought together all the hard & soft stuff: emails, meeting notes, comps, server information, tasks and goals.
Any tips or tricks for other Highrise customers?
Adding your notes on calls, work sessions (meetings, projects), advice, etc. becomes invaluable when you combine it with tasks, cases and contacts. It's the best way to make sure you're in the know and on the ball with a situation I've seen to date.
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