ACT! 2012 ROAD SHOW COMING TO SOUTH FLORIDA
Register Now to Attend.
Join Karen Fredricks, owner of Tech Benders and the author of 7 books on ACT and the ACT! lynda.com training videos as she hosts the ACT 2012 Fort Lauderdale Road Show at the Westin Hotel on Thursday, July 28 from 1-5 PM. The Florida ACT! 2012 Road Show is an opportunity to meet with people from Sage Software and to learn to new ways to better implement ACT! in your company....
Automatically Add Contacts from Web Form Leads
A good CRM implementation should be making you more efficient and saving you a lot of time. After all, time is money.
A common question I’m asked is whether there is an easy way to add the incoming leads you receive from a website form directly into an ACT! database. My answer is a resounding YES.
Many ACT! users don’t realize that the ACT! E-Marketing functionality does a whole lot more than...
Creating an ACT Link to a Client Folder
As most of you know, I’m probably one of the biggest ACT! cheerleaders around. However, sometimes I run across an ACT! feature that makes me slap my head and wonder “what were they thinking??” A case in point is the Documents tab. I love the ability to create shortcuts to my documents so that I can easily access them from the contact’s Document tab rather than grappling around searching...
Procrastinators of the World Unite!
I’m fairly good about getting ready for the holiday season. In fact, I have a pretty set schedule: decorations go up the weekend after Thanksgiving and come down the weekend after New Years. Most gifts are purchased via the Internet on Black Friday. I even stock up on little “stocking stuffers” just in case I left someone off my list. But, like everyone else, I find myself at the mall...
Market Unto Others as You Would Have Them Market Unto You
Absolutely the best part of being an ACT! consultant is that I work with a wide variety of industries. “Out of the box” ACT! is suitable for just about any business you can think of; with a bit of customizing you can create your own unique database at a fraction of the cost of buying an industry specific solution. This week alone I worked with the manufacturer of medical supplies, a commercial...
ACT! 2011 COOKBOOKS GO “R.A.W.”
I am thrilled to announce that my two latest books have been selected by Packt Publishing for inclusion in their R.A.W. (Read As We Write) program. The two books, ACT! by Sage 2011 Cookbook and ACT! by Sage Reports and Dashboards Cookbook, are designed to provide step-by-step instructions so that you can master ACT as quickly and efficiently as possible.
The RAW program is an innovative publishing...
I’m Thankful for the New ACT! 2011 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
There’s always something to be thankful for.
In my personal life I’m thankful that I live in Florida, the weather is absolutely perfect, and for the first time in years I’m not responsible for “the” dinner. I’m thankful that my daughter has inherited my “shopping” gene and will actually accompany me to the mall on Friday and that I have lots of great activities planned for the weekend.
In...
Using the Web Info Tab to Link ACT! to Your Social Networking Sites
If you have ACT! 2010 or 2011 and you’re not using the Web Info tab you are missing the banana boat as we say in Florida. And, if you haven’t figured out how to use the Web Info tab in conjunction with your favorite social networking sites, then you’re in for a treat.
You’ll find the Web Info tab in both the Contact and Company Detail views. The Web Info tab is actually a browser that displays...
ACT! Goes R.A.W.
The publishing industry, like so many other industries these days, has undergone radical changes. I’ve written for a traditional publisher since 2002; I recently made the switch to a newer, less traditional one.
In traditional publishing, it takes at least 9 months for a new book to arrive on the shelves of your local book store. The writing process takes less than half the time; editing, typesetting,...
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,...
