Added functionality for Linkedin Plugin
Couple of additional features which would be incredibly helpful when adding new client contacts using the new plugin:
The plugin to recognise and auto-populate the current employer details - it's a standard field on someone's Linkedin page, so should be simple to add. Of course, with the ability to manually over-ride if it's not correct. Or with the ability to select from a dropdown function which scrapes their last 2 or 3 employers, just in case they're showing multiple 'current' employers.
The ability to create a new company record, should no company of that name already exist. Rather than having to break away from what you were doing on Linkedin into the Firefish platform to create it to ensure the contact goes on correctly.
Using web-scraped info, or data already on the database around email address format - new company contacts added to the database to have a suggested work email address provided. Could connect this with third party email checking websites which check whether the email address works too - e.g. email-checker.net or neverbounce.com.
The ability to add tags on that page too for new contacts - rather than having to go to the newly created client record. That way they can be immediately tagged up and ready for segmentation for business development mailshots too.
Colin
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Hi Colin
Thanks for your ideas!
We have lots of ideas for how we could improve the Extension in future versions - some more easily achieved than others, but it would be great to hear the communities thoughts on what we could do.
As such, We'll use this thread as a placeholder, open it for voting and incorporate similar threads into this one so that everyone can keep track of what's going on.
Thanks
Drew
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Gary Jones
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Run phone number validation on mobile numbers
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Maria
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I so want this, I need this.
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Richard Mackertich
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Excellent idea that we have used on other CRMs - clicking the Linkedin button in FF would search for that person on Linkedin
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Adam Jennings
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This is an excellent idea and would be a really good addition to Firefish for anyone who wants to find someone on Linkedin without leaving the CRM. Genius
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Beckie Reynolds
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Instead of leaving the Firefish system to find a contact (or candidate) on linkedin - Have an option that 'finds' the person on linkedin from within Firefish. For instance if the record isn't already linked to LinkedIn profile, clicking the greyed out LinkedIn button calls a script that searches Linkedin for the forename surname and offers suggested LinkedIn records - This search url=https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/people/?keywords=",_forename_surname works
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Josh
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It would be great to be able to pull client details over like you can for candidates and contacts.
Quickfire way to build BD lists.
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Carl Watson
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I like Colin’s suggestions and also Drew what you have suggested would be a great addition.
Creating a new company and importing candidate background would be great. -
- Create Companies from LinkedIn Page
- Add Hiring Preferences (contacts/companies)
- Detect/Import Candidate Summary
- Detect/Import Candidate Employment History
- Detect/Import Candidate Skills
- Offer 'site agnostic' mode, create right click highlights and drops
- Make Candidates become Contacts and vice-versa
- Add notes directly to records