ContactHero Product Blog

• We just pushed a major update to the user interface and design of the entire site both the web and iPhone versions.
• This new design is also more touch friendly so it can be used on devices like the iPad.
• The calendar has been totally redone and now has several new modes.

All the videos and screen shots on the site will be updating in the coming weeks.

Here is a 1and 1/2 minute video walk through of the dashboard. The dashboard is were you can see at a glance how you are doing in keeping in touch with your contacts. If your business depends on following up with leads and prospects you'll want to pay close attention to this screen cast.

Slides for an upcoming presentation on ContactHero developed by me and my friend John Waller. Summarizes some of the top features and benefits.

Now you can see the calls you schedule in ContactHero in Microsoft Outlook, iCal, Google Calendar and other Applications that support the iCalendar standard sometimes referred to as "iCal". I've created a short series of how-to videos showing how to set this up for these clients. These videos are in QuickTime format.

Microsoft Outlook 2007

Google Calendar

Apple iCal on Macintosh

Here is a quick list of some of the new features added in November which do not yet appear in the latest videos.

• Dashboard. Now you can see and track your progress from one screen. Review your recent contacts, and upcoming calls. See graphs of what you have accomplished which you can compare to your personal goals.
• Completed Calls List
• Improved Calls List
• Better printing
• Customize your outgoing email signature on messages
• Added Tags to Add Quick Contact
• Send an SMS from the iPhone

Contact Hero continues to improve based on your feedback. Here are some of the new things added this week which do no appear in the latest videos.

• Added mobile phone and home phone to Add Quick Contact
• Added complete and schedule follow up to phone calls on iPhone
• You can now tag all contacts when you import them
• You can specify custom field labels for fields User 1 - 4
• Added ability to delete all contacts and start over
• Fixes to calls calendar, notes, and CSV importer

The ContactHero video tour of the web version has been updated. It has been expanded to 6 minutes and now includes a soundtrack. You can watch it here:
Contact Hero, Video Tour from Vidal Graupera on Vimeo.

Here is a 4 and 1/2 minute video walk through of Contact Hero on Blackberry. This video goes through contact basics, the contact list, managing your list of calls to make, and creating new contacts and calls on the Blackberry.

Here is a 2 and 1/2 minute video walk through of using Contact Hero on iPhone. This video goes through contact basics, the contact list, managing your list of calls to make, and creating new contacts and calls on the iPhone.