Act v18 Web API webinar

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Click Here to Register for the next meeting of the Virtual Act Users Group We will be holding the next meeting of the Virtual Act! Users Group on Tuesday, September 20, 2016, from 12:00 PM. to 1:00 PM. EST. The event, sponsored by Tech Benders, will feature a presentation demonstrating the usage of the new Web API feature found in Act! v18.  The webinar will be conducted by Karen Fredricks, the Act!...

Act Database Tech Support Webinar

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Act Ides of March Seminar Register Now for the Act Tech Support Webinar You probably love a good mystery – but not when it comes to your Act database!  If you’re like most Act users you rely on Act to run your business and when your Act starts “acting up” panic sets in. I receive dozens of calls and emails a week from Act Users who are in need of Act tech support.  Ironically,...

Use ACT Emarketing to Update Your Database

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Free Webinar – Sign Up Now! You’re Probably Already Using ACT E-Marketing Act E-marketing gives you the tools to create beautiful email templates, and send them directly from your ACT database to your contacts, lookups, groups and companies. In addition to a number of reports the actual campaign results (opt-outs, bounces, number of clicks, erroneous addresses) are written back into ACT...

Who Says You Can’t Take Your Act! With You?

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Feeling confused about moving your business to the clouds? Everyone wants their Act! data “in the clouds” but not everyone knows what that means – or costs.  Maybe you’re thinking of buying a new phone or tablet – or you already have one – but have no idea how to get your Act! data to magically appear there.  Perhaps you work in one office and a co-worker works...

BYOL ACT E-Marketing Workshop

ACT Emarketing Workshop
Do you use ACT?  Do want to E-Market?   Wouldn’t it be nice learn how to make it happen?? I’ll be running a free, hands-on seminar on ACT E-Marketing as part of the ITPalooza on Wednesday, December 12, 2012 from 4-5 PM at Nova Southeastern University. This is a free seminar but prior registration is required.  Space is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis so sign...

Sage ACT! 2013 ROADSHOW COMING TO SOUTH FLORIDA

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I am excited to be hosting the Fort Lauderdale ACT 2013 Road Show at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, August 22nd from 8 – 10 AM.  The event is free and open to the public but prior registration is required. The event kicks off at 8 AM in the auditorium of the Carl DeSantis Building with a complimentary continental breakfast. My presentation will start with a demo...

ACT! 2012 ROAD SHOW COMING TO SOUTH FLORIDA

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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....

Top 10 Reasons to Upgrade to ACT 2011

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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

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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,...

Synching ACT to Your Smart Phone

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I ran a webinar this week on synching smart phones to your ACT database.  Presenting with me was my old friend Rushang Shah of Companion Link software.  Rushang looks like the guy selling replica watches out of the trunk of his car; the last time I saw him he must have had a dozen different cell phones in his brief case.  Although I’ve used Palm, Blackberry and Windows Mobile devices in the past,...