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VIPorbit Joins the Fight Against Pancreatic Cancer

by Kari Gates on 08/25/2011 Add comment

VIPorbit wants to express appreciation to actor Michael Muhney of the CBS daytime drama “The Young and the Restless” and his Twitter followers for their recent support of VIPorbit CEO Mike Muhney in the Small Business Influencer competition.

VIPorbit launches its VIPcause campaign, “Download to Donate” by donating one dollar for each paid download of the full version of the iPhone contact manager application. They will also donate $100 for every 1,000 downloads of the free version of the app.

Spurred by a sense of competition and camaraderie, actor Michael Muhney appealed to his Twitter followers asking them to vote for his dad, Mike in the Small Business Influencer competition. In a matter of days, Muhney’s votes soared beyond expectation, and he eventually garnered the second highest number of votes in the Leader category and received honorable mention recognition.

In response to this honor, Mike Muhney and the rest of the management team at VIPorbit Software International wish to express their appreciation to Michael Muhney and his Twitter followers in a meaningful way by joining the actor in the fight against pancreatic cancer.

The cause has both personal and professional significance to the daytime drama actor. Like his character Adam Newman, whose mother Hope died of pancreatic cancer, Muhney lost his favorite uncle to the disease.

Muhney said, “Since my uncle’s passing, we’ve made progress in research, but we still have more to accomplish before a cure is found. I am determined to assist in any way I can to further research and eventually find a cure.”

This October Michael Muhney will once again host the annual LA Cancer Challenge, benefitting the Hirshberg Foundation. In preparation for the event, VIPorbit hopes to raise awareness and donations with every download. VIPorbit® is available for USD 9.99. VIPorbit® Lite, a version limited to 100 contacts, is free. Both products can be downloaded from the App Store.

Visit www.viporbit.com/vipcause to learn more.
The Power of One

by MikeMuhney on 08/18/2011 Add comment

Poet John Greenleaf Whittier once wrote, “For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, 'it might have been.'”

Who of us at one point or other in our lives hasn’t felt that way about something? If we had only done that one more thing. Can you relate to any of the following?

    I’m missing only one piece of the puzzle…
    One more minute would’ve made the difference…
    If only I’d had that one extra piece of information…
    One more inch and we would have come in first place…
    I lost the golf tournament and a $xxx purse by one stroke…

Whether in sports, in school, or in business, no doubt, we can all relate. Not only does the power of that one detail make all the difference in terms of results, but it's YOU who can make that difference with an understanding of what it takes to capture its power. If it's your goal to be the very best, most successful version of yourself, then the power of one is the distinguishing factor between second best and very best.

The power of one has an even greater application for the personal interactions of professionals in relationship-centric industries. When it comes to dealing with other people, they can accept or dismiss you based on that power of one. The power of one can be the difference between success and failure, between yes and no, between moving forward or not moving at all.

At the temperature of 211o water is extremely hot, but at 212o it boils. That one-degree difference produces steam that can be captured as energy. That energy can be used to power machinery, even huge locomotives. But reduce the water temperature by one degree and you won’t move that train an inch.

The same holds true for the powers of persuasion, inspiration, and motivation. If you remove that power of one from the equation, what might have been an otherwise compelling interaction fails to move hearts or open minds.

In each of us is the potential to produce that difference of one. And that one thing can make all the difference. That extra gesture of kindness, that extra effort, that extra perk you weren’t contractually obligated to provide, that extra minute when a customer shows up at closing time, that extra phone call answered after hours. The list is endless. But the difference is infinite.

A single idea can launch an entire company, some of which can pioneer entire industries, technologies, resulting in benefits for us all. The power of imagination may be that one thing that leads to your discovering a new solution that makes the difference between survival of your company and overwhelming success.

Finding your power of one as it relates to each and every one of your personal interactions will provide favor and opportunity previously unattainable. As I like to always say, there is no traffic jam on that one extra mile.

Raising the bar of your own standards, even those proven successful in the past, is the only way to continue surpassing your competition. Don’t settle for beating your competitors. Strive to be better than the best you’ve ever been. The only competition worthy of a wise man is himself. And the source for constant improvement comes from the power of one.

Without seeking to accomplish that one degree of difference, you’ll likely find yourself wondering, “What might have been….”

There is infinite value in the power of your relationships. And that one thing more can make all the difference.
Are You Addicted to Your iPhone?

by Kari Gates on 08/16/2011 Add comment
According to a recent UK telecommunications study, 37 percent of adults admit they are highly addicted to their smartphones. This comes as no surprise to us.

From checking email in the bathroom stall to playing Angry Birds at the dinner table, it seems that smartphone obsessions only seem to be growing more and more prevalent. Just show up at one of our staff meetings, and you'll see iPhones and iPads strewn in every direction. Although we might be a little more likely to reach for our iPhones than the average person, we're certainly not alone.

CNN Health featured an article outlining three signs that you might be addicted to your smartphone:
1. You check your e-mail more than you need to.
2. You're annoying other people.
3. The thought of not checking makes you break out in a cold sweat.
Regardless of how addicted you may or may not be, one thing is certain: Smartphone usage is ingrained in our lifestyles.

Our smartphones are always with us. They've become our alarm clocks, our cameras, our music players…and certainly our address books. While we depend on them to do so many things, we still have to make decisions about the apps that make the most sense to accomplish what we need them to do.

It's up to you to make the most of your smartphone time. Don't just mindlessly check your email, calendar, and contact list. Use a contact manager app, like VIPorbit, to manage the contacts and activities essential to your business success.

Turn that smartphone addiction into business success by managing relationships more effectively than ever, with VIPorbit.
Is Your Contact Management App Wi-Fi Dependent?

by Kari Gates on 08/09/2011 Add comment

Internet outage.

The two words that can strike fear into the hearts of mobile professionals who use internet-dependent contact managers. Last Tuesday, the Associated Press reported that the Internet line was broken about a mile from the John F. Kennedy International Airport, resulting in delayed flights. No one knew how it happened, but it was back up in a matter of hours.

No harm, no foul. Right? Right.

Unless you're one of countless mobile professionals who use a contact management system that requires an internet connection to access data.

Imagine yourself sitting among the disgruntled travelers, waiting on a delayed flight. Perhaps you're going to miss a crucial meeting. Your contact data is stored on the cloud...somewhere. But you can't access it. Maybe you can reach someone back at the office to retrieve it for you and save the day. Do you really want to be in that position?

Manage your contacts and calendar with an app like VIPorbit to avoid headaches (and perhaps panic attacks) caused by using a contact manager that is dependent upon Internet access.

Remember: If it can happen at New York's Kennedy airport, it can happen anywhere.... If it happens where you are, will you have access to your vital contact data?
Whatever You Do, You're in Sales

by MikeMuhney on 08/04/2011 Add comment

Any successful salesperson will tell you that sales is all about relationships. And more often than not, the better your relationships, the better your sales. But what about the success of professionals without the word "sales" in their job title?

Whether you're sharing a product, a service, or an idea to upper management, chances are, you're selling something.

Einstein Was a Salesman; His Market Was Physics

I know, I know—It may seem strange to think of Albert Einstein as a sales guy. Sales isn't the first thing that comes to mind at the mention of his name. But consider how many fellow physicists he had to present his theories to. How many discussions, even heated ones, he engaged in before his theories and evidence were accepted. How much effort he put into applying for grants among the competitive field of educational research.

Most people will never know the extent of effort exerted by Einstein in his quest to realize E=mc2. It's not difficult to imagine his dedication to the "selling" of his ideas went hand-in-hand with the study of physics. The study led to discoveries, which led to theories, which led to sharing those theories. Selling those theories was part of doing what he loved. The sharing of his findings was no less important to him than the discovery.

I'm No Einstein, But I Know I'm in Sales

We tend to categorize people and professions, in general. If you divided everyone in business into only two categories, you might put sales people in one category and everyone else in the other. However, a better distinction would be to recognize that professionals in every field are also, in some respects, also in sales.

To make the most of your reach within your market, you need to understand and apply the principles of contact management as they allow you to better sell whatever it is you have to offer…product, service, or idea.

Peter Drucker, the renowned grandfather of the study of business, stated there is only one reason to be in business—to create a customer. So, why don't more owners, executives, and managers apply this principle to their business interactions? I can tell you why. They don't understand the value of selling. Big mistake!

Everybody Sells—And That Means You

You and everyone else in your organization need to realize that selling is an integral part of what you do. It may only represent a small percentage of your time, but that doesn't make it any less important. In today's market, customer attentiveness is more crucial than ever.

Turn contacts into customers by adopting the attitude that regardless of what you do, selling is a fundamental business act.

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