12. A system comprising: a non-transitory machine readable medium; and instructions carried by the machine-readable medium and operable to cause a programmable processor to perform: configuring a word processing application with an add-in comprising instructions for linking said word processing application with a business management application that runs on a platform of a structured database management system and stores datum in said structured database management system; configuring said add-in with one or more tools that, when executed, accesses utilities of said business management application via said document creation application without leaving an interface of said document creation application, wherein said one or more tools at least comprise data linking tools comprising an executable data-pull utility that pulls datum from the structured database management system and inserts said datum into a structured field in a document in said document creation application; and configuring said add-in with a social network integration tool for integrating one or more social media interfaces of one or more social networks into a task pane of the word processing application, wherein said integrated one or more social media interfaces comprises media feeds including a first media feed comprising information relating to a selected portion of text in a document open in said document creation application.
12. A system comprising: a non-transitory machine readable medium; and instructions carried by the machine-readable medium and operable to cause a programmable processor to perform: configuring a word processing application with an add-in comprising instructions for linking said word processing application with a business management application that runs on a platform of a structured database management system and stores datum in said structured database management system; configuring said add-in with one or more tools that, when executed, accesses utilities of said business management application via said document creation application without leaving an interface of said document creation application, wherein said one or more tools at least comprise data linking tools comprising an executable data-pull utility that pulls datum from the structured database management system and inserts said datum into a structured field in a document in said document creation application; and configuring said add-in with a social network integration tool for integrating one or more social media interfaces of one or more social networks into a task pane of the word processing application, wherein said integrated one or more social media interfaces comprises media feeds including a first media feed comprising information relating to a selected portion of text in a document open in said document creation application. 13. The system of claim 12 , wherein said business management application comprises one of: a business lifecycle management application configured for creating a quote for a plurality of customers, engaging and negotiating an agreement, managing customer orders, and invoicing customers; a contract creation and contract lifecycle management application; and a business management suite comprising a business lifecycle management application configured for creating a quote for a plurality of customers, engaging and negotiating an agreement, managing customer orders, and invoicing customers and a contract creation and contract lifecycle management application.