ACT 2011 Road Show
It was a dark and rainy night – literally – in August of 2002.
Let me digress. I was one of the 12 consultants nationwide that had been chosen to run an ACT 6 launch event. I was given 6 weeks to secure a location, make audio/visual arrangements and run a trade show of ACT addon vendors. Attendees were invited based on a circle of Fort Lauderdale; the “powers that be”...
Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
Gary and I attended the Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert Rally on Saturday. Frankly, we were motivated more by the incentive of a $19 airfare than any political leanings. Gary jumped on the cheap fare the night the Rally was announced; we really didn’t know what we were getting into. In fact, it wasn’t until we were actually at the Rally that we fully understood the meaning of the Rally. Being...
Top 10 Reasons to Upgrade to ACT 2011
I know what you’re thinking. Another year, another upgrade. And with new versions of ACT rolling out on a yearly basis you might not feel the need to upgrade. After all as the saying goes, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
If you’ve been sitting in the Stone Age and are still clinging to your tried and true version of ACT 6, you might want to take a look at the features that you missed...
Upgrading to ACT 2011 Will Actually Save You Money
I had a prospective client call me recently. He made it clear from the start that he had absolutely no desire to upgrade to the newest version of ACT. Not a problem as we support any and all versions of ACT. He then proceeded to send me his wish list for ACT which included finding updated information for his 4500 contacts, integrating with Outlook 2007 and bulk e-mailing. He was using ACT 5/2000,...
Good Marketing is Nothing More Than a Marathon Match
If you’re any kind of sports fan then you heard about the marathon John Isner/Nicolas Mahut match at Wimbledon this year. The match broke many records including longest match (11 hours, 5 minutes), longest set (8 hours, 11 minutes) and number of games (183). As a tennis player that groans just thinking about a third set, I can’t even imagine the mind-set and determination that both the...
Help! Someone Hacked My Yahoo Account
I received a rather bizarre e-mail last Saturday night just as I was getting ready to enjoy a lovely evening at a Marlins game. It came in to my business account from my Yahoo account and was asking me to send money to myself. According to the e-mail I was attending a seminar in England and needed some extra cash. This was all news to me as I was sitting in my Boca Raton home.
About that time...
ACT Training Courses on lynda.com
As many of you know I spent two lovely weeks in Central California last May recording training videos on Outlook 2010. I want to let you know that they are now available on the lynda.com website– and that you can watch yours truly on You Tube talking about the courses.
For those of you who might not be familiar with lynda.com I’d describe it as an online software school. You can take out...
Closing Up Those Database Cracks
I see it all the time. The typical CRM user fires up his software and is greeted by numerous alarms. At that point he deftly hits the “Select All” and “Snooze” button. Drip. Drip. I can almost hear important information dripping through the cracks of the database!
Oh, alarms – how do I hate thee? Let me count the ways. First of all, too many of you routinely snooze your alarms. ...
E-Faxing and ACT
Sometimes the things that seem so obvious to me aren’t quite as obvious to the typical ACT user. A case in point is sending a fax directly from within ACT.
Ten years ago one of the first things I showed new ACT users was how to modify the existing ACT fax coversheet. Back then most of my clients were using WinFax to link ACT to their fax machine, or printing out a coversheet and feeding it into...
4 Free Ways to Connect With Your Customers NOW
Today’s post is by guest blogger, Deborah Shane of Train with Shane. Deborah is an empowerment expert who specializes in career transitioning for women and provides sales, marketing and branding consulting. She can be heard on her weekly on Blog Talk Radio. Take it away, Deborah!
It’s amazing what you can do online, for free, in terms of connecting with your potential and existing customers...
