In the world of Business Networking, there is one clear leader. With over 30+ million subscribers, Linkedin is to Business Networking what Google is to search. While Linkedin and their competitors do not have everyone in the business world, in the hands of a skilled recruiter or sales professional, they have more than enough. If the business networks don’t have the exact person you are looking for, they will have people that will lead you to key contributors or purchasing managers.
The one pitfall to most business networks is that they are not a CRM or ATS systems and they offer no functionality for transferring contacts into CRM or ATS databases. A good recruiter or sales professional calls 30 to 50 people PER DAY. For even the fastest typists, this would take at least an hour per day and, let’s face it, recruiters and sales professionals aren’t known for their typing skills!
CRM and ATS best practices require tracking of all contacts. In the case of hiring, it is the law. Data entry of any and all contacts should be a part of every recruiter and sales professional’s day, but it doesn’t have to be painful or take up any more time than the time it takes to find them. Network Grabber is the tool that will take the pain out of copying contacts from your business networks and eliminate the time it takes to enter those names into your ATS or CRM.
Network Grabber works with all of the most popular Business Networks and we are rapidly working to add more and more functionality to Network Grabber so that you can acquire contacts from any place you can find a name.
Be sure to read your user agreements before using tools like Network Grabber. While there is no way to detect whether or not you are using Network Grabber, it is extremely addicting. Like all good things, Network Grabber should be used in moderation.