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Tips & Tricks

A guide to using advanced LobbyTools features to gain an edge. Save valuable time and make your staff more efficient as you put the power of LobbyTools to work for you.
Tips & Tricks: Track Bills & Amendments Every 15 Minutes
LobbyTools Staff
12/15/11

The results of our most recent customer survey were loud and clear: you wanted a 15 minute alert, and we were happy to build it.  Don't miss a beat. Sign up for the new Bill Action Alert already!

Use LobbyTools' Vote and Issue Worksheets to Keep Track
LobbyTools Staff
12/15/11

When you're tracking hundreds of bills for dozens of issues or clients, keeping track of who is with you and who is not can be tough.  Don't worry.  We've created convenient Vote and Issue worksheets to keep it all straight.  We've included each committee member's contact information, a place to record staff assignments and more.  So, when you're wondering who you need to pop in to see next in the capitol - use the vote and issue worksheets - and keep it all straight.

A Better Way to Manage New Text Filed
Lobbytools Staff

Our users are always coming up with new and innovative ways to use the LobbyTools service, and many have been kind enough to share their "secrets" with us! Find out how to lose those detailed spreadsheets of new bill text, thanks to the automatic features of LobbyTools!

Use Committees of Reference Search to ‘Know the Competition’
Lobbytools Staff

You push hard all session long to make sure that your bills make it through committee and see the light of day. But do you know who else is pushing for (or against) your same agenda item? Utilize Committees of Reference and find out instantly, all throughout session!

LobbyTools Mobile Site
Lobbytools Staff

Are you always on the go, but need a quick and easy way to access your Lobbytools calendar events, get legislator phone numbers and get the basic information about any bill? Then the LobbyTools mobile site is the go to tool for your mobile needs!

Finding Amendments in the Final Days of Session
Lobbytools Staff

As session starts to wind down, keeping track of all of the amendments filed and added to your bills can be a nightmare. But harnessing the power of Lobbytools, you can make sense of what is going on at the Capitol and ensure that no amendment slips through the cracks.

Tips & Tricks: Statute Tracking
LobbyTools Staff

Most people rely on keyword searches to find bills of interest.  But what you must know is - bills don't always include the keywords you expect.  What bills do include however are statute references.  So, while a bill may use the word instruction instead of education - it can't exclude the specific statute the bill proposes to change.  And that is just one reason statute tracking is so powerful.