Where should notes and follow-ups live in a small team?

Notes live in Trello, Google Drive, spreadsheets and people's heads. Follow-ups slip because nobody sees them all.

The short answer

Pick one home, give every open item a next step and a date, and review the list once a week. The tool matters less than the habit.

Do it yourself

  1. Pick one home

    Choose one place and say so. Everything else becomes read-only.

  2. Move only open items

    Bring over what still needs action. Leave the archive where it is.

  3. Next step and date

    Every person or deal has one next step and when it's due.

  4. Review weekly

    Fifteen minutes a week to close, move or reassign each item.

Tools people use

  • HubSpot A CRM with a free version that does not expire.
  • Pipedrive A sales pipeline CRM built around activities that move deals forward.
  • Airtable Databases you set up yourself to fit your team's work.
  • Streak A CRM built directly into Gmail.

Or have it run for you

Runway becomes the one page where follow-ups wait, built from your inbox, calendar, files and meeting notes.

Follow-ups found for you

Runway reads your connected inbox, calendar, Drive and meeting notes for what's owed.

One page of questions

Each follow-up arrives with the reply or next step ready.

Kept current

Answered items leave the page, and the list of finished work grows.

Trello is not a connection on The Block today. Move its open items once, or keep it as an archive.

Questions

Our notes and follow-ups are spread across Trello, Drive and spreadsheets. What should we use?

Pick one home, give every open item a next step and a date, and review the list once a week. The tool matters less than the habit.

Do I need a CRM?

If follow-ups slip, you need one home for them. That can be a CRM, a shared sheet or Runway's page.

Can meeting notes create follow-ups?

Yes. With meeting notes connected, Runway turns what was promised on a call into follow-ups for your yes.

Sources

  1. HubSpot: CRM
  2. Pipedrive: Activities and goals
  3. Airtable: Create your database
  4. Streak: Home page

Public pages read on October 14, 2026. Prices and features change; check each site before you choose.

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