How to Manually Backup your Act Database
This tutorial will teach you how to manually backup your act database. All act software users should know how to manually backup their act database...
Act Software Error Message: Administrator Level Access is Required to Register this Product
If you are attempting to register your Act software and you receive an error message saying you must be an administrator, it is typically an easy...
The Act Knowledgebase: http://kb.act.com
My experience has been that with computer software you can run into glitches. Maybe that is an understatement. As an act software user there is a...
Sending Text Messages from ACT: ACT Mobile Messenger
ACT Mobile Messenger allows you to send text messages directly from ACT and is a tool that I see has many uses. When I spoke to Duane Smith, owner...
Top 10 Act Tips: Goals
People that use act effectively have specific goals in place for communicating with their contacts. I cannot stress enough how important it is to...
Is Email Marketing Making Us Lazy Salespeople?
I still remember cold calling on businesses in industrial parks. Knocking on doors on cold and rainy days. Part of me misses that time in my life. I...
QSalesData: Combining the Power of Act and QuickBooks
Combining the Power of Act and QuickBooks is easy with QSalesData Many small businesses that use Act also use QuickBooks to keep track of their...
ACT Back Up Part 2: Scheduling an Automatic ACT Back Up
In this tutorial I will show you how to schedule an automatic Back up of your ACT database. As an ACT software user it is imperative that you back...
How to create an Appointment in Act from a Microsoft Outlook email
I am going to show you how to create an appointment in act after you have received a Microsoft Outlook email. Many years ago I heard a speaker say...
Importing an Email Template into Act Email Marketing
https://youtu.be/4BHesHLVvjw If you are transitioning to act email marketing from another provider, you might want to import a template you have...
ACT CRM Secondary Contacts: Don’t Do It
I do not use secondary contacts in Act CRM ACT allows your to create what they call a secondary contact and I never advise my clients to use this...
What is Act Connect?
Act Connect is Act's New API Offering Act by Swiftpage recently released Act version 18.1. If you are an act premium subscriber this update is...
Syncronizing ACT with Your iPhone (Smartphone): Handheld Contact
Handheld Contact is a great tool for syncing your ACT contacts, notes and history, task-list and calendar with an iPhone or other types of smart...
Connecting Act and Microsoft Outlook: Part 2
Connecting ACT and Microsoft Outlook When you combine ACT with Microsoft Outlook, you create a fantastic contact manager and great email program;...
Act Email Marketing: Getting Started with the Fundamentals
https://youtu.be/XOHt9K8pAKc Here is an excellent video produced by Swiftpage that outlines the fundamental parts of working with Act Email...
Should You Purchase Act Pro or Act Premium Cloud this Year (2020)?
Act Pro or Act Premium Cloud? Confused? Call me and I will break it down for you. When you purchase act software by Swiftpage you have two main...
Act Add-on Products Fall into Different Categories
I like tools that help make act more convenient for long time act users and easier to use for new act users. If a tool can simplify the learning...
Adding a Visual Shortcut to the Menu Bar in Act CRM
Adding Shortcuts to the Act Menu Makes Act Easier to Navigate This quick act tip will show you how to add things you use all the time to the toolbar...
Upgrading Your Act Email Marketing Account
https://youtu.be/Sk5P3cycKJ4 My experience has been that act email marketing is only as effective as the amount of time you have to put into your...
How to Quickly Add a Shortcut to Act’s Toolbar
Adding a Shortcut to the Act Menu Bar When you use Act all day long it is nice to be able to simplify a repetitive task. For example, looking up a...
Smart Notes for ACT
Sometimes you need information to hit you in the face when you visit a contact in Act. If the information is buried in a note, or a field it is very...