Hardcode Your Network

Face it, computers occasionally poop out.  As such, we must protect our modern day electronic rolodexes (CRM, OUTLOOK address books, etc) from the wraths of evil Error Shut-Down Boxes (PCs) and Sad Mac Icons (Macs) harbingering forthcoming lost files. Solution? Hardcopies.

It is a painful process, but hardcopies are the only full-proof way to preserve an electronic network. If you are not disciplined enough to print out an updated version of your electronic contact files AT LEAST once a month, the RSP suggests storing your records in the following tools from the get go (simultaneously as you update your electronic databases of contacts):