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ACT! 2008 and
ACT! Premium 2008
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ACT! by Sage has been the #1 selling contact customer manager for 20 years with more than 2.7 million individual users and 41,000 corporate accounts in 25 countries. ACT! leads the industry in helping its customers connect and succeed. ACT! aids individuals and teams who are involved in selling or other contact-driven roles in organization of contact information, management of daily responsibilities, and communication with customers. Since ACT! is easy to learn and use, customizable, and affordable, small businesses and individuals can focus on building stronger customer relationships.
ACT! 2008 works for a single user or a network environment of up to 10 users. ACT! Premium 2008 was created for larger workgroups or teams. It delivers all the features and functionality of ACT! while providing bonus features to accommodate the different needs of a large group such as centralized administration, advanced user, contact, field level security, and deployment options.
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ACT! is easy to learn and use. ACT! is designed to work like salespeople with complete information on one screen, tabbed interfaces, and a wide-range of look-up capabilities. ACT! Premium has an extra look-up capability, Look-up by Access. With ACT! and its intuitive layouts and workflows, less time is spent training, allowing the group or business to be more productive and focus on their main task. ACT! Premium makes ACT! even easier to install for larger groups because it eliminates the need to install on each individual machine with its Silent Install which deploys ACT! to the users in a network.
ACT! by Sage centralizes and secures contact data. It provides a single, central repository for all critical contact information which reduces redundancy and errors in data. This also improves data control, security, and maintenance. ACT! also allows access to relationship history and opportunity information for better knowledge of the relationship with prospects and costumers. ACT! Premium solution keeps information more secure with its advanced features in synchronization, backup, and maintenance. ACT! Premium has five security levels, custom user permissions, viewable team memberships, and automatic database functions to fulfill the security needs of larger teams.
ACT! helps manage daily functions by streamlining daily functions which reduces administrative tasks and improves productivity toward the goal. ACT! helps access information quickly with its look-ups, stay on top of deliverables with its task list and activity alarms, generate quotes from an opportunity, and communicate and track more effectively by grouping related contacts. ACT! Premium offers group scheduling and can help manage resources such as conference rooms and equipment.
ACT! improves a businesses sales predictability and results. ACT! gives businesses a view of their pipeline to help forecast and track sales opportunities. ACT! Premium offers the ability to customize opportunity field names and types with drop-down lists. ACT! also eases the process of reporting on progress with its more than 40 standard reports in which 20 are focused on sales activities. Reports can also be customized to better fit the goals and tasks of the business. ACT! Premium allows reports to be made on activities by user rather than just on activities of the whole team.
ACT! increases efficiency with its interactive Dashboards. ACT! provides six customizable Dashboard components that provide performance snapshots through graphical representations of key information. Dashboard also helps users evaluate their day and identify what tasks need to be completed and in what order. ACT! Premium allows the interactive Dashboard components to be shared across the network. This allows for team members to view the activities and schedules of other members.
ACT! can be use right out-of-the-box or can be highly customized to fit individuals' needs. The look of the layout can be changed, fields and tabs can be added , and custom priority, activity, and history types can be added to track unique items important to the business.
ACT! easily integrates with existing applications and accounting solutions. ACT! integrates with existing applications such as Microsoft Office and Lotus Notes. ACT! and ACT! Premium both synchronize with Palm OS, Pocket PC, and many other mobile devises. ACT! Premium automatically synchronizes to Microsoft Outlook calendar.
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