> Thank you - that is helpful. Guests and prospective guests would be Business
> Contacts since they are all individuals.
>
> Do you have any suggestions on how I can setup my properties? I have created
> a custom field and labeled them 1, 2, 3, 4, which is helpful since I can
> import all of my exisiting inquiries and rentals from my current management
> program, and they are already classified this way. But I am wondering if
> there is something better since ultimately I want to link them to a specific
> property in the Accounting program.
>
> Also - any suggestions on how to handle inquiries - am I thinking on the
> right track if I label them as Opportunities?
>
> Finally, I would like to be able to track my advertising dollars, so I am
> looking for a way to create a report showing how many inquiries came from a
> particular website, and how many turned into bookings. Would I use the
> Source field? If I do, will I be able to link it to Source in an accounting
> field? Otherwise, perhaps I could use the Accounts records for all of my
> advertising sites, and then I could use the Initiated field to select the
> advertiser.
>
> Any comments or ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> Carole
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> Greek Vacation Rentals, Inc
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>
>
> "mrtimpeterson via OfficeKB.com" wrote:
>

>> Carole,
>>
>> The design intent of BCM is that a Business Contact Record is for the
>> "PEOPLE" that you relate to in your business interaction and that an Account
>> Record is for the "ORGANIZATION" of the peope that you relate to. (Business
>> names, etc.) Your rental inquiries are from individual people because I
>> don't believe that you actually rent space to an organization comprised of
>> many people. Therefore it would make sense to employ the BCM Business
>> Contact Record items to track info about your prospective rental inquiries.
>>
>> Another way to think of it is like this. Determine if your business activity
>> involves transactional sales that are directly between your business and
>> people in nature (B-to-P Direct Sales) vs. Business-to-Business. If you
>> selling your products and/or services to other business, then the BCM Account
>> Record item is utilized and accordingly linked to the new business sales
>> opportunity record.
>>
>> Try to free yourself from what a BCM record item is called and think more
>> about the function that is involved in its use. Hope that helps.
>>
>> -THP
>>
>> Carole Kezios wrote:

>>>I am brand new to BCM. I would like to use it to manage my vacation rental
>>>properties. I am alittle lost on how to set this up. I have 4 rentals for
>>>which I get inquiries, some of whom turn into renters. I am confused as to
>>>whether my inquiries (prospects?) should be entered as Business Contacts or
>>>Accounts.
>>>Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>>>Carole

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