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Good Telephone Tool
The purpose of purchasing Select Phone was to have a source for multiple listings in specific regions. Select Phone delivered. It is easy to use and the geographic target and neighbor search features made it a bargain. Theonly draw back is the limit of 2500 records for the software whenexporting. Additional records must be purchased thru customer service atInfoUSA at 8¢ each.

The older version had more features, unlimited access
I purchased this program first in 1998. It was outstanding as a sales lead tool. You could input the SIC (Standard Industrial Code)and retrieve listings of business leads. You could then import them into Streets Plusseamlessly, and it would generate a map with how ever many businesses yousaved in your worksheet. This produced a "connect the dots"travel route on one page, and made it unbelievably easy to plan a sales dayfilled with 10 - 12 calls, with the most efficient route. "Windsheildtime" was cut down by about 70%. Unfortunately, they dropped themapping feature on this latest version, and they also now limit the amountof leads you can actually access to about 3,000 which is a hummingbird eggcompared to the old ostrich egg. The remaining names have to be purchasedthrough a download at an unreasonable price in my opinion. What a shame. Iam now in search of another program.

Select Phone is decent but lacking punch
Select Phone is a good product but make sure you know what you are getting.If you are planning on doing a lot of labels or lists, you can't extract all the names you need.It is a good program though that hasplenty of names from all across the country. ... Read more

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A good product gone terribly wrong
In my past life, I used the phone disc power finder in my research efforts back in 1997-1998 and found them to be the best business productivity tools on the market.The "superman" of market research products.Upon using the latest versions of the phone disc, I find myself in some "bizarro" world and left utterly speechless.In a span of 2 years, they have destroyed what was once an essential business tool.While, the basic setup is essentially the same, they now limit mass exports to other software programs forcing you to buy more export privilege.I for one am outraged not necessarily at the fact that I have to pay more to export listings, but that infousa can get away with this bs.Anyone know of any alternative vendors..give me a ring..please.

Useless
It willonly let you export 1000 names for printing purposes then they want you to pay annualy for limited information. Do not buy this product. ...

Do not ignore the negative rewiews as I did
Do not buy this it is not what it used to be. dont waste your money!!!!!

Unhappy with Select Phone 2001
I have Pro-cd select phone 1997, I thought I would like to have a later edition, so I purchased Pro-cd select phone 2001. What a let down, nothing like the earlier edition, this one must have been written by someone who wrote programs for free, well Pro-cd sure got their moneys worth. Save your money get all phone books from all the states takes more time to look up but at least it would be hassel free.I would advise everyone to by pass this program.

What has happened to phone CD's!?
The quality of this publishers product line has declined dramatically. The Pro CD andInfo USAline used to beinvaluable to our firm and the previously easy to use database marketing tools now have limits and features rendering themessentially useless. Info USA's 2001 YellowPages main menu is now a clunking wanna-be web browser designed to push users to their web site rather than aid consumers in using the data contained on the CD; the one purchased! Anyone with info on another publishers product please let me know asap c/o ExAir@GTE.net ... Read more

Amazon.com Product Description

This program is designed to help you locate new customers, develop targeted direct-mail campaigns, and conduct marketing research in Canada. It allows you to create your own mini-databases and export the information to your Palm organizer or your favorite contact management program. With Select Phone Canadian Edition you can print prospect information onto labels, data sheets, and envelopes. Print or export a maximum of 1,000 records. Search for and locate customers using several different methods including: full address, street name, city, province, postal code, area code, and business or individual name. ... Read more

Reviews (5)

Telephone catalogs
I think the product is excellent for the price I originally paid. I found a couple of outdated numbers, normally that's not a bad average but I only look up a few numbers a month.You can't export enough numbers either but then of course I'm not using it for mailing lists. It outdates itself in a year, but at that price that's not so bad, you can afford to renew. But at the price they try to sell it for directly is not very reasonable, unless you are using it to extract high volume mailing lists. All in all it's a nice product.

A Great product if used properly for the price.
This product is a Great product when it is used properly.Users who expect to do mass mailings with an under $99 product are not being realistic about the product. I use this product EXTENSIVELY for findingdetailed information about potential target clients, as a Super effectivereverse directory and when you begin to understand the SIC coding it isespecially effective.You MUST do specific refined seraches.It will nothelp you do MASS mailings and attempting to use it for this purpose isfrustrating, since the product was not intended for that.Also it ispurposefully impared from operating on a network, since the company offersa network enabled version for a more realistic price.I feel they are veryreasonable in this regard. Tech support and attempting to get informationfrom InfoUSA is a different story.Complete chaos and inconsistancy intheir support people would be giving them a kind rating.They DO NOT evenadmit this product exists in most cases, since they want you to buy themuch more expensive commercial version.This is what your other reviewersreally require, not this product.I have used this product for 3 years anddon't know how my business could function without it.I leave the CD in mydrive because I use it EVERYDAY !

Select Phone Deluxe 2000 is company's worst version yet
For residential use as a national directory, this software may be helpful, but I would never, ever recommend it to a small business.It's not network compatible and the ability to export or print only a limited number ofnames makes it useless.The company's rate of 8 cents per additional nameis outrageous.

Selct Phone - Read the fine print
You are limited to printing 5000 records and then they charge you an additional 8 cents per record.You also can not eliminate duplicate records.So printing a lable for a household with three residents costsyou 24 cents.When I called the company to get additional records, I wasquoted widely varying prices for the additional records.It apeared thatthey were charging what ever they could get.

Select Phone 2000 - Very poor
Select Phone 2000 was grossly misrepresented by InfoUSA.Using the internal "Workbook" to store data for the purpose of printing labels doesn't provide the ability to print more than 3000 records,contrary to what InfoUSA stated.Their surcharge for more records isoutrageous. ... Read more

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Select Phone 2001 edition
I have this and was checking it out only to find it not up to date.I was checking addresses and I am not even listed in it. I have kived at this address for 2 years and not listed.But yet it is the 2001 version.I planned on using it to notify people and businesses of a new ceiling service I now provide but how many notices will I get back because either the people have moved or the businesses have closed within the past couple years. ... Read more

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With facts, figures, and data itemized and organized in a user-friendly format to provide helpful and essential information while on the road. ... Read more

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Unknown UK area code? Locate it easily with just a couple of taps on your handheld. ... Read more

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Unknown UK area code? Locate it easily with just a couple of taps on your handheld. ... Read more

Amazon.com Product Description

Just like a regular phone book--for the whole world. Update mailing lists, find whatever you're looking for--all with the click of a button. You may never need to call information again with this handy resource. ... Read more

Amazon.com Product Description

Yellow Pages USA is like a regular phone book--but for the entire United States. Update mailing lists and find what you're looking for with the click of a button. You may never need to call information again. ... Read more

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Product Doesn't Match Editorial Review!
Amazon's Editorial Review indicates that you can update mailing lists with this product "with the click of a button".While the productdoes contain the listings, updating your mailing list will require theclicking of a multitude of buttons, after you print out or write down allof the information.The product has no ability to create or modify a mailmerge list.The Yellow Pages USA Deluxe edition apparently has the abilityto create a mail merge list for use with a word processor, but perINFOUSA's sales staff this can only be done for a single heading/zip codecombination at a time.The Deluxe version is not available at this timethrough Amazon, and is quite a bit more expensive ($150). ... Read more

Amazon.com Product Description

Yellow Pages USA is designed to help users locate hard-to-find suppliers and vendors, develop sales leads, and create lists for direct-mail and telemarketing campaigns. This software contains more than 14 million listings, which are organized by more than 12,000 yellow pages categories. It is an easy and accurate way to find virtually any business address and phone number in the U.S. Search by several different methods, including business name, full address, neighbors, city, and more. Prints up to 20 records at a time. ... Read more

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Not what you are lead to believe.
If you are planning to use this for mass marketing, be aware that you are limited in the number of contacts that you can export.After that, you must pay the company again.

For mass marketers, this is a very useful tool.However, the methods this company uses to promote itself and it's products are surprisingly shady.

Not what you are lead to believe.
This company borders on deceptive practices when describing their software products.If you are wanting to use this product for mailing lists, be aware that you are limited in the number of listings you can export, then you must purchase more.

I'd say the service that this company provides is invaluable to mass marketer's, but the way they promote themselves and their software products is surprisingly shady.

Product can't be used to create databases
I bought this product with the intent of analyzing certain industry sectors.Unfortunately, information from the CD cannot be downloaded into a database for cross-referencing.The first response to my call to the manufacturer was "Where did you get this number?" I was later told that I needed to buy the Deluxe version. ... Read more