Written by Ken Quigley

July 04 2022

In May of 2021 when we acquired Qsales from Effective Solutions, we knew we had some work ahead of us. As powerful as this accounting integration was, it was a 32-bit add-on linking two other 32-bit applications, namely Act! and QuickBooks. The trouble was we already knew that Act! was scheduled to release the first 64-bit version of its' desktop...

Written by Ken Quigley

June 22 2022

Sometimes a small change can make a big difference. Link2forms has been a powerful online forms and survey tool for Act! users for a couple of years now, but until recently the form responses and automated follow-ups could only work with the Link2forms account holder. On our website, this meant all lead inquiries, Act! trials, service and demo...

Written by Ken Quigley

June 06 2022

Software add-ons that are made to work with all CRM’s will always be a little weaker than those designed to work with one. The simple truth is each CRM works a little differently, they use different API technology, and have different methods, so it’s naturally harder to make an add-on where one size fits all. That was our thinking when we...

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 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 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 08 2022

Recently Act! posted a blog with the title "How CRM integrations help grow your business", wherein it described the benefits of 3rd party CRM integrations, along with a number of suggestions for which you would help you get the most from a CRM. While we won't repost their blog content in detail, but the high-level reasons they listed for how CRM...