Written by Steve Martin, Act! CMO

April 09 2022

Posted on LinkedIn by Steve Martin -CMO of Act! Marketing builds companies, but too many growing companies leave marketing for last.  Perhaps they have a few executives and a small sales team to get started or rely on freelancers to fill the pre-launch marketing gaps. But it’s not long before they realize that it’s not a particularly...

Written by Ken Quigley

April 04 2022

Since we acquired Qsales last May we have completely rewritten the application and added many new features. This drive comes from the fact that we use Qsales internally, and we're always wanting the program to do more. Needless to say, our customers are not much different, which is why we're very excited to announce the release of two major new...

Written by Ken Quigley

April 01 2022

Ever since the introduction of custom tables, Act! users have wanted similar type list functionality with Contacts, Groups, Companies, and Opportunities. And why not, custom tables allow you to easily calibrate your list views like a reporting tool so you can data mine like a champ, with little or no experience.   Well we’re happy to...

Written by Ken Quigley

March 29 2022

The most common reaction we've had from resellers after demonstrating Link2quotes was "wow, all those features at that price, you're giving it away". It's true, Link2quotes is a full-featured quoting solution that costs less than a quarter of comparable quoting products, but we felt pretty good about the pricing. At $10/month/user (billed...

Written by Ken Quigley

March 24 2022

In the first week of March, we introduced Link2quotes, the final product in our Linktivity Suite. At the time of launch, Link2quotes was a terrific program that instantly converted existing opportunities into quotes. Since the launch date, though, we realized that for this program to be widely adopted, users needed to be able to do everything...

Written by Ken Quigley

March 24 2022

A recent update to Act! Marketing Automation has added a "Powered by Act!" branding to the bottom of templates and landing pages. similar to the sample below. It should also be noted that the setting for templates also turned this footer feature "on" by default. This type of Email Service Provider (ESP) branding is not uncommon, so this recent...

Written by Ken Quigley

March 16 2022

After we released Qsales 13 last fall, many customers asked us why they still needed QuickBooks? The question was reasonable considering Qsales users could now create almost any kind of transaction inside of Act!, including invoices, sales receipts, estimates, and even receive payments. The truth is that if all a person cared about is...

Written by Reposted from the Act.com Blog

March 11 2022

Act! CRM is available in two versions: Pro and Premium. When deciding which version of Act! is best suited to your business, there are a few main factors to consider; the size of your team, how they need to access the data, the level of security and administration control, and ongoing compatibility requirements. Size MattersIf you are a...

Written by Ken Quigley

March 10 2022

Some questions are easier to answer than others, but sometimes the trick is in asking. If you want to understand what your customers need or want, ask them, but this is often easier said than done. For instance, do many business people have time to call all their customers, arrange a meeting time, and then extract from them what they want or need...

Written by Ken Quigley

March 09 2022

If you’ve been ready to make the plunge into greater CRM efficiency in 2022, there’s never been a better time to Act! than now. As part of Keystroke’s exclusive March Mobile Madness campaign, we’re offering FREE HANDHELD CONTACT SUBSCRIPTIONS ($84 value) to all customers purchasing new Act! Premium or Act! Pro v24 licenses for the rest of March...