An easy way to integrate a Daylite Project and Dropbox together is by using file references that point to a project files folder stored on your Dropbox.

Optionally, this folder can be shared with other team members too*. With file references, you can point to either a local file, or a website URL. We’ll use a URL in this case, so that no matter which team member clicks on the file reference, it will take them to the correct folder. This same technique will work with other cloud storage providers such as box, that can give you a web URL. In addition, there is a custom box HUD that goes a little bit further as shown by Marni at macangel.com.

We’ve made a 60 second video that shows how this works:

* Check out the Dropbox help site for more info on how to share a project.

If you use the Projects feature in Daylite and are interested in learning more about how to use Dropbox within your current workflow or have any questions on this topic, we are hosting a Webinar on February 7th at 4 PM EST that will be focussed on how to become more efficient in tracking projects using Daylite. Register here to save your spot.

Update:

Due to demand, we’ve added a second session and have made it earlier in the day to accommodate our European friends. Please Register Here to save your spot.

This is Daylite Touch’s second major award, the first being Macworld’s 2009 Best of Show winner.

Billings Touch also received an honourable mention under the Business category, something we’re also quite proud of

The PDF document helps explain how iPad can be used successfully to manage businesses relationships:

iPad is an incredible mobile sales tool to help you manage your customer relationships. With Wi-Fi + 3G connectivity and an amazing 10-hour battery life, iPad keeps you connected throughout the day to command the facts you need, so you’re always prepared for all your client meetings. The instant-on capability of iPad gives you immediate access to your company’s customer relationship management (CRM) data—whether you’re onsite at a customer meeting, in the office, or on the road.

Daylite is highlighted as one of iPad’s most useful apps for managing customer relationships. When you’re looking up customer information on the go, you don’t just see their personal information. You see the appointments you have with them, the tasks to do for them, and the notes and email correspondence you’ve had with them. You also see what companies they’re with and their roles at those companies. Everything you need to know about your customer is available, right at your fingertips.

We believe CRM is just a part of growing a business – not the whole picture. Daylite is a business productivity manager, offering tools to help you keep track of your schedule, the projects you’re working on, and the team you work with, and more. And it doesn’t stop there of course, as Daylite’s also available for your Mac and iPhone.

Apple’s iPad in Business site also features some great stories of cool companies using iPad in business – they’re definitely worth checking out.

Daylite is also being showcased on iPads in Apple’s Retail stores, which is pretty neat! It’s great to see that Apple (and the rest of the world) see iPad as a serious business tool.

In the interview Jim discusses his transition from working as a celebrity hair and makeup artist into building a very successful photography business.

He attributes a good deal of his success to building solid relationships, something Daylite helped him achieve.

I built my professional network through relationships with the talent I worked with, and by using an online database called “Adbase” to find clients. This database helped me identify contacts at the biggest companies and agencies, and then enabled me to make new connections that I wouldn’t have otherwise found. I organized these contacts in my personal database that I customized using “Daylite” by Marketcircle.

Jim’s also featured in a Daylite photography case study on our website, where he goes more in depth about his Daylite usage.

Once again we were speculating about exhibiting at Macworld, but after some thought we decided we just can’t give up the face-to-face opportunity with all the people we meet with – the customers, prospects, and other software developers.

This year, we’ll be showcasing our latest product, Billings Pro with Marketcircle Cloud, as well as our award-winning Daylite and Billings products.

So please come support the show and stop by our booth to say hello. We’ll be in the Mac OS X Zone, at booth #228.

The show is taking place from January 26th – 28th, 2012, and is located at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Visit the Macworld Expo website for show hours and specific location.

Oh, and if you’d like a free pass, visit this Macworld Expo link and fill in your details. We only have a hundred free passes, so grab them quickly!

^ all the passes have been given away

So, from the crew here at Marketcircle, I’d like to say a big Thank-You and extend a hardy, relaxing Happy Holidays and Prosperous New Year!

Until next time…
AJ & The Marketcircle Team

Willie uses both Daylite and Billings Pro to help manage his company’s busy schedule and invoicing processes.

Because of Daylite:

“The technicians can complete more bee removal jobs in a day because of the better organization and planning”

And with Billings Pro, Willie said:

“I receive payments faster, and address customer satisfaction issues quicker because I have more time to spend with clients”

Also, a big thanks to Tito at MacWorks for helping WIllie and his team get setup.

The winner of our giveaway is Sean Brady of Eltham, London!

As a reminder, we offer a plugin that integrates Daylite with Fujitsu ScanSnap scanners.

Scanned documents can be stored as chronological history under the relevant object in Daylite, making it fast and easy to access them when needed. ScanSnap integration allows you to quickly scan documents and bring them into your Mac, letting you easily link them to projects, contacts, sales opportunities, and more.

Congrats again Sean, and thanks to everyone who came by our booth!

Marketcircle sponsored the MacUser Awards Show which took place last Thursday, and were proud to have been nominated for Business Software of the Year. Although we didn’t win, we still ended up as a 2011 MacUser Awards Finalist.

Here are a few pics from the event:

Us after finding out we didn’t win

For the following 3 days we had a booth at the London International Technology Show – a show featuring exhibitors in several different industries, with Mac being one of them.

Since the show was a mix of Mac and PC vendors, we were able to talk to quite a few people that were considering switching their PC-based businesses over to Mac. The iPhone and iPad were often mentioned as the precursors that sparked their interest.

The show also featured a “Mac Museum”, showcasing some of Apple’s iconic hardware achievements during the past 35 years. It was interesting but at the same time bittersweet, with the recent passing of Steve Jobs.

We had some help at the booth from local partners, including Bill Verkaik from JG Consulting, and Amal Douglas from DMC Consultancy. Just want to take a second to extend our thanks once again – thank you!

To end this off I’ll share a few photos from the show floor:

They say the brain is most receptive when we’re children…

Amin on-stage taking about what we do:

And finally, an offtopic photo – a Veyron in the London Bugatti Dealership (I’m a car nut).

…luckily there was a racing simulator at the show to keep me at bay

We’re asking that you hold off on migrating from MobileMe to iCloud (which we know is very tempting) until we have a workaround to prevent these duplicates.

We have a hunch on how we can prevent this, but we haven’t been able to test it as Apple’s servers are currently overloaded.

We didn’t have access to this feature during the developer betas.

We’ll update you on this situation by end of day Friday.