I've got some new job duties coming in January.

I will be in charge of print advertising for the entire USA. With that, i want to stay organized and know everything about each publication we are spending money with.

I'd like to have some sort of organizer that lets me plot regions that certain magazines cover for each publication (i'd like something visual).
I'd like to have a good contact database, so i track my contacts at each company.
I'd like to have a good spot to put notes with certain people/publications so I know when they call what to say and how much money we are spending with them.
I'd like it to have a calendar/events schedule so i can keep up with my contract periods with different publications and to know when ads are due

I use outlook now, while it does a lot, i see myself using excel/outlook/some geo program and going back forth all day.

anything out there I can use to compile all my information in one single program?

12/14/2009 3:16:47 PM

Are you looking for something web based or a stand alone app?

Web Based maybe some combo like HighRise and BackPack?

[Edited on December 14, 2009 at 3:20 PM. Reason : .]

12/14/2009 3:19:48 PM

either or.

12/14/2009 3:20:19 PM

This sounds like a great excuse to mash together some google APIs.

12/14/2009 3:39:20 PM

Outlook w/ Business Contact Manager + MapPoint 2009 Sales Management.

http://www.microsoft.com/mappoint/en-us/Sales.aspx

12/14/2009 5:03:00 PM

^^
Although ideal, likely this needs to be available offline as well as online.

^
I can vouch for MapPoint. I used an old version, circa 2004, to help visually display some geographical data for my data mining course.

12/15/2009 8:04:41 PM