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Choosing Outlook vs. Act
Act! By Sage Software is a contact and customer relationship management application. Prophet 5 Outlook vs. Act is an add-on to Microsoft Outlook that allows seamless contact and customer relationship management within the Microsoft Outlook application. No more fussing with two programs!
What Are The Advantages Of Using Prophet 5 Outlook vs. Act?
When you choose to use Prophet 5 Outlook vs. Act you will be opting to use an application that has been built on top of Microsoft Outlook using Microsoft’s .net technology. Outlook vs. Act will allow you to directly manage your contacts, email, and calendar without the bother of having to synchronize the two programs. You will be able to seamlessly and quickly work with real time information instead of waiting for your programs to update themselves. When using Act vs. Outlook you will be required to manually synchronize the Act database with Microsoft Office products to take advantage of additional features within the program. This can be a burden if the synchronizing does not go smoothly and you will spend valuable time waiting for the data transfer to finish.
As most users are already familiar with Microsoft Outlook, when you chose to use Prophet 5 Outlook vs. Act you will spend less time training employees how to use the software as it is similar to what they have already been using. Act vs. Outlook has features that may not be as intuitive for users to understand and figure out which as a result will require more extensive training to ramp employees up.
One benefit of using Prophet 5 Outlook vs. Act is the easy configuration for sharing the sales opportunity data. With Prophet 5 Outlook CRM you will be able to take advantage of peer to peer technology or utilize centralized server sharing. With Act you will be required to grant each user that needs the sales opportunity data permission to enter the Act database.
Because Prophet Outlook CRM is an add-on to the Microsoft Outlook application you will only need to manage one program. Using Prophet 5 Outlook vs. Act will prevent you from having to spend extra money managing two programs. You will also need to spend less time and use fewer resources by only having to configure one application when you choose Prophet 5 Outlook CRM vs. Act.
If you already use Microsoft Outlook to track email, contacts, and calendar events you are already one step ahead of the learning curve. Prophet 5 Outlook CRM vs. Act utilizes the same instruction to accomplish tasks within the application. Once you install Prophet 5 Outlook CRM you will notice a new toolbar that will present you with the new CRM functionality that you have just integrated within Microsoft Outlook.
With Prophet 5 Outlook CRM vs. Act you can take advantage of the search functions already built into Microsoft Outlook. You can easily find emails, contacts, calendar events and accounts by taking advantage of powerful search features.
When needing to send group emails you can count on Microsoft Outlooks extremely proficient and intuitive system. Prophet 5 Outlook CRM vs. Act will allow you to count on the flexibility of distribution lists to make sure all contacts make it on to the correct list and receive the important email you need to send them. With Act vs. Outlook you will rely on their software to organize your client lists and help prepare group emails for distribution.
With Prophet 5 Outlook CRM vs. Act you will be able to take advantage of a flexible report manager integrated directly into Microsoft Outlook. One more great feature to add to its list.
System Requirements For Prophet 5 Outlook CRM vs. Act
Prophet 5 Outlook CRM vs. Act can be installed on Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Vista and can be used with Microsoft Outlook 2000 to 2007. |