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Thanks for checking out this blog! Do More With ACT! is designed for ACT! fanatics by an ACT! fanatic.
My name is Jim Fry from ActSource and I have made a living as an ACT! Certified Consultant for over ten years. That’s ten years helping companies Do More With ACT!. It my goal with this blog to provide valuable information for ACT! users with Tips & Tricks; Tech Bulletins; and reviews of new features, ACT! AddOn products and updates.
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Printing Mailing Labels
One of the questions that I get I ask a lot is “how do I print mailing labels?” In Sage ACT! you can print mailing labels, envelopes, and calendar pages from the File Menu. First determine who you wish to send to. You can print labels for the entire database, a group, or the current ...Read more.
Sage announces price increases
Sage announced today that prices for their ACT! product line will go up across the board effective January 1, 2012. If you have been thinking about upgrading it will be cheaper to purchase the software before year end. We can help you with the upgrade anytime it is convenient for you. For more info about upgrading ...Read more.
EMarketing
Over the last several years email marketing has become a very important part of the marketing mix due to the fact that it is very inexpensive compared to direct mail, telemarketing, print, or broadcast. Email marketing has the advantage of being track-able. If done right you can know who opens your message and who is interested ...Read more.
ACT! Dashboards
Since Version 2008 Sage has included Customizable Dashboards in ACT!. ACT! offers many ways to look at your data. There are Detail Views that display data for a single record and List Views that show all the Contacts, Companies, or Opportunities that meet the current lookup criteria (see my 9/12/2011 post on using the Contact List). Dashboards ...Read more.
Service Pack 1 For Sage ACT! 2012 Released
Sage has announce that Service Pack 1 for Sage ACT! 2012 is now available for download. This Service Pack addresses several reported issues found in Sage ACT! 2012. For information and download instructions for Service Pack 1, please see the following Knowledge Base article: How to Download and Apply Service Pack 1 for Sage ACT! 2012 As with ...Read more.
Managing Activities
One of the most important functions of the ACT! Program is the ability to schedule and manage future activities with your ACT! contacts. In ACT! These future plans are called Activities. Since 1987 ACT! Has offered users the ability to schedule upcoming Meetings, scheduled phone Calls, and other tasks referred to as To-dos. Starting with ...Read more.
Hot Fix 2 for ACT! 2012 Available
Sage has announce that Hot Fix 2 for Sage ACT! 2012 is now available for download. This hot fix addresses several reported issues found in Sage ACT! 2012. For information and download instructions for Hot Fix 2, please see the following Knowledge Base article: How to Download and Apply Sage ACT! 2012 Hot Fix 2 ...Read more.
Hot Fix 5 for ACT! 2011 SP1 Available
Sage has announce that Hot Fix 5 for Sage ACT! 2011 SP1 is now available for download. This hot fix addresses several reported issues found in Sage ACT! 2011 SP1. For information and download instructions for Hot Fix 5, please see the following Knowledgebase article: How to Download and Apply Sage ACT! 2011 SP1 Hot ...Read more.
Custom Activties
In ACT! any action that you plan to take in the future is called an Activity. When ACT! was first introduced in 1987 there were three Activity Types, Scheduled Calls, Scheduled Meetings, and Everything Else represented by ToDos (your To-Do-List). That worked so well that when Sage introduced Custom Activities in version 2005 few ACT! ...Read more.
