Zentact – Network Better

I signed up for Zentact some months ago, along with some other cool apps.  When I get the email saying “congratulations, you get the opportunity to try us out,” I kinda forgot why I signed up for this thing.  I was in the middle of doing a few things and could not focus on Zentact.  However, it did seem simple to import my contact list, so I did that right away.  One of the main things I was working on was sending out a press release for a theater client.  I had been checking websites to make sure that I would be sending the release to the appropriate folks.  All of a sudden, a Zentact window popped up with the names of some editors and writers that were affiliated with the website I was visiting.  It also had names of folks that I forgot about…but folks that should definitely receive the release.

Read those last two sentences again.  Zentact gets two thumbs up for that.

Zentact at that moment, was like the Pandora of my press list.  And you know what I mean.  You set up a radio station on Pandora, and the fifth song played is one that you hadn’t heard in 7 years.  One of your favorite joints of all time.   My press list is pretty substantial, and because I’m multi-genre,  I can sometimes lose track of media people in music, especially if I have been working in non-profit for a stretch.  Zentact reminds you of everyone in your list in a very breezy way.  You visit a site and if a contact’s name is on the site, their name pops up in a window. Or if a tag pertaining to them is related to the site…there goes that window again.  It happened to me on Linked In, the New York Times, Facebook, and FriendFeed, just to name a few.  And with one click of the mouse, you can send an email to that person.  Losing touch is now a distant memory.

And then I was posting some pictures on FriendFeed…from a party with some friends.  When I put one of my friend’s name in the caption, Zentact popped up and gave me the option to tweet him with the link.  Wow.  Zentact knew his Twitter info, so no need for me to search for it.

We’re talking staying in contact with people with hardly any effort at all.

Work, family, sports, the economy, and keeping up with social media has all of our brains working overtime.  Anything that takes some tasks off your hands is a must have app.  Zentact is indeed that.

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