Five most read blog posts of 2011

Last year was a busy one for me.  That means I didn’t get to write as much as I wanted too. That being said, this site received close to 5,000 visitors this site and more than 10,000 pageviews. I’m really excited about these numbers given how little I wrote last year. The vast majority of [...]

CiviCRM v Hosted CRMs: Why hosted CRMs are better suited for campaigns

A few weeks ago, Riche Zamor, Principal of SocialContxt, penned two guest posts (here and here) offering CiviCRM as an alternative to hosted CRMs. In his posts Riche sets realistic expectations for organizations and campaigns seriously considering using CiviCRM. For the most part, I agree with Riche. My only point of contention is that campaigns, especially local and small campaigns, should [...]

Why You Should (and Should not) Use CiviCRM for Your Organization or Campaign

Following up on his post earlier this week presenting CiviCRM as an alternative to hosted CRMs, Riche Zamor, Principal at Social Contxt, writes a post detailing many of the advantages of CiviCRM as well some its weaknesses. In my last post I wrote up a introduction post about CiviCRM, presenting as a alternative to proprietary [...]

CiviCRM – An alternative in CRM for organization and campaigns

Today’s guest post is written by Riche Zamor.  Riche is the founder Social Contxt, a Boston-based new media firm dedicated to helping nonprofits and political campaigns make sense of the social web. Prior to Social Contxt, Riche served as New Media Director for Congressman Mike Capuano’s 2009 U.S. Senate campaign in Massachusetts and Deputy Internet [...]