Cool Resource: Gist

We wouldn’t normally put a resource in this section that you can’t get off the shelf today, but Gist is one of those tools that I think you’ll want to be on the leading edge with and sign up for their Beta program. They’re going to open up to the public soon, but in the mean time, here’s why we’re recommending this tool.

Gist is a great helper for executives, marketers and salespeople to keep up to speed on their most important contacts. Basically, Gist takes in your contacts from the various places you keep them, such as Outlook, LinkedIn and what have you, and sorts them by importance (your rank them) and gives you updates on information they find about them by scouring the web. It allows you to say “hey, Bill, I see your company just got an award, great job!”

Gist, in a word, gives you the gist of what’s going on with your mot important contacts at a glance. It also catalogs the emails & interaction you have with them (through the Gist plugin on your desktop) so that you can log in to Gist and see EVERYTHING that’s going on with that one contact. Brilliant!

Sign up early and get in on the Gist BETA »

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