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Key ACT! Capabilities and Benefits

  • Keep all your important relationship details in one place for quick, organized access to the information
    you need.
  • Get up-to-speed quickly and remain productive because ACT! provides you with an intuitive interface, making it easy to learn and use.
  • Find the exact relationship details you need instantly using powerful search capabilities in an
    easy-to-use format.
  • Manage your daily responsibilities by scheduling and tracking activities within ACT! so important calls, meetings, and to-dos are not overlooked.
  • Communicate consistently and successfully so you are always top of mind with your prospects
    and customers.
  • Monitor your leads from first interaction through close and ensure no lead is dropped.
  • Gain instant insight into the performance of your business using dashboards and reports for more informed decision making.
  • Easily customize ACT! to fit your unique business requirements and ensure you are capturing the exact data you require.
  • Remotely access relationship details, along with your schedule, for the information you need, when and where you need it.
  • Integrate ACT! with the applications you use every day, including Microsoft Office and popular accounting solutions, to work the way in which you are accustomed.
 

Centralize critical contact and customer information – and stay organized

  • Populate 60+ pre-defined fields including Name, Company, Phone, Address, Web site, E-mail, Last Meeting Date, ID Status, or add your own.
  • Create Company Records and view a roll up of all Notes, History and Opportunities associated with Contacts at those companies.
  • Link Contacts to a Company, so when Company information is updated, it is automatically updated in each Contact record as well.
  • Enter virtually unlimited date- and time-stamped Notes and History on each contact record.
  • Create Notes, History, Activity and Opportunity details using Rich Text Formatting that supports colors, bullets, graphics, and URLs.
  • Track collections of related contacts using the Groups or Company Record features for an at-a-glance view.
  • Create up to 15 levels of Subgroups for managing information.
  • Customize layouts including changing colors, adding logos and moving relevant filed displays so ACT! is unique to your business.
 

Manage and grow business relationships through top-notch communications

  • Track prospect and customer correspondence on the relevant contact record for a history of all communications with that contact and organization.
  • Writer letters in ACT! using Microsoft® Word¹ or the ACT! built-in Word Processor which supports tables, graphics, HTML and spell checking.
  • Select a group of contacts and perform a mail merge to a letter or e-mail. A history is automatically generated on each contact record.
  • Create, send and track e-mail to contacts using the ACT! E-mail Client
  • Send E-mail through Outlook®, Outlook Express or Lotus Notes® E-mail².
  • Utilize Rich Text Formatting, spell check, signatures and adding multiple attachments when E-mailing customers and prospects.

¹ Requires Microsoft Word 2000, 2002 or 2003.
² Requires Microsoft Outlook 2000, 2002 or 2003. Requires Outlook Express 5.5 or 6.0. Requires Lotus Notes 6.5.

 

Prioritize your work to stay on top of appointments and tasks

  • Schedule calls, meetings and to-dos quickly and easily.
  • Filter calls, meetings and to-do items by priority, date range or user, even displaying totals for each activity type for a complete view of your day.
  • Access daily, Weekly and Monthly calendar views.
  • Utilize calendar pop-ups for an at-a-glance view of each activity.
  • Use Activity Alarms to stay on top of deliverables.
  • Synchronize your ACT! and Outlook® calendars to facilitate appointment scheduling with company employees not using ACT!.
 

Forecast and track sales opportunities for an improved bottom line

  • Utilize the built-in Sales Process or customize it to suit your specific business needs.
  • View all sales opportunities at once or filter by Users, Estimated Close Date, Status, Sales Stage, Amount or Probability of Close.
  • Utilize the Product List feature to easily enter repeated products or services and automatically fill in information such as name, item number, cost and price.
  • View graphical Sales Pipeline and graphs for insight into sales trends.
  • Generate instant quotes¹ for any opportunity without having to re-key information.
  • Choose from one of the 20+ pre-formatted Sales Reports or export to Excel² with one click for further analysis.

¹ Requires Microsoft Excel and Word 2000, 2002 or 2003
² Requires Microsoft Excel 2000, 2002 or 2003

 

Access and report on information quickly for a complete view of customer interactions

  • Perform a lookup on most fields or use Keyword Search.
  • Perform numeric lookups such as greater than or less than queries.
  • Access 40 standard reports including Phone Lists, Activity Reports, Relationship History, Sales Summaries and more!
  • Utilize the Report Designer to create your own custom reports and send most reports to Excel, HTML, PDF or e-mail.
  • Customize priority, activity and history types for better tracking and analysis.
 

Stay productive by taking critical information on the go!

  • Synchronize your ACT! Calendar, Contact and To-Do information, Notes, and History items to Palm OS® or Pocket PC devices.
  • When accessing a networked database, synchronize the database to your laptop for complete offline access when out of the office. Or, access critical contact and customer details using Citrix® or Terminal Services¹.
  • Print to over 20 popular paper organizers so you always have your schedule with you.
  • Print from any ACT! calendar template and the contact hone number for any scheduled call is automatically printed on the calendar.

¹ Citrix and Terminal Services require specific configurations. Citrix supported using Presentation Server v3.0 and v4.0.

 
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