Oprius: Organize and Build Your Business

Oprius is a new web-based CRM (customer relationship manager) for network marketers and direct sellers. It’s like Act, but better suited to it’s niche, and like 37Signal’s Highrise but more practical.

Oprius will be launching to the public at 5PM on August 17th. MLM Business Opportunities Weblog readers can access it early and get a jump on their competition by using the early access code: 85821.

Not only does Oprius include standard CRM things like the ability to manage address information, take and review notes, and the scheduling of activities, calls and emails, but it also allows you to easily build automated processes so that you can be assured that each of your contacts will go through all of the steps in your sales system.

One feature that I especially liked was that it is possible to schedule telephone calls and emails not only for specific times or dates, but for a more fluid “before something else”. I need this feature every day

Other things I like:

• You don’t have to manually enter all of your contacts. Oprius can import Contacts from most sources. Outlook, Mail, and other software, as well as free internet mail services such as Yahoo! Mail or Gmail allow you to export your contact data in vCard or CSV formats (comma-separated values). You can then automatically import these files to Oprius, using our simple import features.
• You don’t have to worry about spamming your own contacts. Oprius offers a easy-to-use Permission Manager to keep track of which Contacts have given their permission to receive group mailings. It is important to ensure that your Contacts want to receive the Emails you are sending to them. Mailing them a Permission Request through Oprius will reassure them that their privacy is respected.
• You can schedule emails, like newsletters right from within Oprius. You can easily store any Email you would like to re-use in the future, and retrieve it from a convenient drop-down menu, whenever you need to send it.
• Because Oprius is web-based, you can use it from anywhere. All you need is an internet connection and one of the following web browsers: Internet Explorer 6 and up, Safari 2 and up, Firefox 1.5 and up.

Subscriptions are $15 per month. Oprius will be launching at 5PM August 17th. Business Opportunities Weblog readers can access it early and get a jump on their competition by using the early access code: 85821.

Disclaimer: I’m on Oprius’s Product Advisory Board, so I’ve had some input on this version of the software, but I don’t profit from it.