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ACT 2006 functions inside Outlook
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Manage all your contacts and sales in one program,
Outlook
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- Organize and manage contact and company information
- Create sales opportunities right inside Outlook
- Track all information related to customers and opportunities
- No synchronization or switching between programs
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ACT! 2006
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ACT! 2006 is the most recent evolution of the ACT! Software for
managing business contacts. ACT! was originally released over 18 years ago as a
basic contact and customer
management program. Over the years it has evolved to include more sales
management functions. The current developers of ACT! 2006 have taken advantage of
some newer technologies, but some changes will not be welcome by existing ACT! users
that are looking for more in the new version and instead find less.
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ACT! 2006 has my data
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The newest evolution of ACT! Software is utilizing a SQL d
atabase for information storage. While this brings ACT! 2006 into the new millennium,
it comes at a cost. Users of older versions of ACT! Software are used to being able
to export their data in several formats. You used to be able to export your ACT!
data as comma separated values or even Excel. With ACT! 2006 you can export your
data only as Text delimited, and only for the basic ACT! information. If you have
created custom fields in ACT! 2006, you may not be able to export that data for
use in other programs such as Excel.
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ACT! 2006 has a bad Outlook
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Many users of ACT! Software are also using Microsoft Outlook
for email and appointments. Although ACT! 2006 has its own email system and calendar,
many users find it to be inadequate compared to Outlook's best of breed functions.
This means many people are maintaining customer information in both ACT! and Outlook.
If you are sending or reviewing emails in Outlook you have to switch to a different
program, ACT! 2006, to see your sales data. ACT! 2006 does have a synchronization
module that will allow you to synch your Outlook information with your ACT! data,
but you still have the information in two places. This can create a serious disconnect
and can leave you wondering where the correct information is.
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ACT! 2006 features inside Outlook
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The newest version of ACT! Software does not bridge the gap between
working within Outlook and having efficient contact and sales management. Prophet
CRM solves this problem. It gives you advanced
Contact Management like ACT! 2006 right inside your Outlook. Prophet CRM
provides sales management and reporting like ACT! 2006 inside of Outlook. You no
longer have to leave Outlook to look up your sales opportunities. With Prophet CRM
you can create a sales opportunity from within an Outlook contact or email. Any
email, appointment or task created in Prophet CRM goes through your Outlook and
is saved there. You can review your emails, appointments and tasks from either Prophet
CRM or Outlook, it's the same information. No required synchronization as with ACT!
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Prophet CRM solves the ACT! 2006 problems
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Although the newest version of ACT! Software, ACT! 2006, endeavors
to improve by using newer technologies it falls a bit short. Current users of ACT!
will be a bit disappointed to find they cannot export information as easily as they
used to. Integration with Outlook, which many businesses use for email and calendaring,
has not really improved either. Prophet CRM provides an easy way to solve these
issues by giving you advanced Contact Management and Sales Management right within
your Outlook interface. Prophet CRM truly is Sales Software for Outlook.
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For more information call us at 800.860.5534 or
send us an email.
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