Converting, Syncing, Sharing & Managing Contacts

The purpose of this blog is to provide a central point of reference for sales professionals seeking advice on how to organize, convert, sync, share and manage contacts among various websites and contact databases such as Outlook, Gmail, iPhone, Palm, Blackberry, Salesforce.com, Jigsaw.com, Plaxo.com, Zoominfo.com & Linkedin.com.

Update on using imac as bluetooth for cell phone

I posted a few days ago about my attempts to use my imac as a handsfree bluetooth devices for my cellphone.  I decided to go with Skype instead.  It's costing me $5/month to make unlimited USA calls.  But it also syncs with my imac address book which i have set up to sync with plaxo.  And of course, plaxo syncs with my outlook and outlook syncs with my blackberry. 

Im starting to arrive at a generic strategy to keep everything sync'ed. Will post more thoughts later. 

Syncing Plaxo with Skype

I dropped Vonage recently due to some inflexibility on their part and instead picked up Skype.  Since I just bought a new imac, I'm going through alot of syncing issues. Notably, I installed plaxo for mac. It synced plaxo with my mac address book but now I cant figure out how to get these contacts into skype so i dont have to do alot of copy/paste when i want to call someone up.

by the way, ive got a bluetooth headset that syncs directly with my mac.  so when i make a call using skype, i can hear it in my headset. it's nifty.  there's even some programs out there that let you record your conversations...for training purposes of course. 

in any case, looking for some insights on how to get this syncing taken care of.  i checked plaxo's forums and found this thread.

UPDATE TO THIS POST:  See Skype 2.7 beta for better address integration on mac.

BluePhoneElite 2

Here's the list of capabilities for the BluePhoneElite 2, your mobile phone on your mac.