I find it amusing that the word “rolodex” is still in the lexicon. I don’t know of any professional salesperson that I work with that still uses one of these devices. Yet, they still sell these things! Who is buying them? Are there salespeople who store their most valuable information source on handwritten cards on their desk?
With Outlook, salesforce.com, pipelinedeals, highrise, or any of the other fantastic digital products that exist in managing and keeping on top of contacts, would anybody really still use a physical rolodex? Rolodex has never released, to my knowledge, a successful digital product.
This morning I had a sales meeting, and before I went I sent out a tweet that said “business casual sales meetings means I get to wear my really cool Christmas ties almost never… I think I’m going to wear them anyway…”
