Sage ACT! 2012 Pro

Sage ACT! 2012

By using ACT!, individuals and teams can centralise contact data, transform productivity, stay on top of sales opportunities and achieve a better insight into their customer relationships.

Sage ACT! is your business command centre that serves up complete relationship detail and provides full-featured desktop and web productivity tools.

With dedicated contact and sales management tools you can finally rid yourself of managing contact lists in spreadsheets and relying on hand-written reminders.

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Sage ACT! 2012 Key Benefits

Manage & share relationship information

Access relationship detail for everyone you work with.
Use complete relationship information to better co-ordinate efforts when speaking to customers.
Intuitive interface makes ACT! quickly accessible to new users.
Change your ACT! database with field, branding & layout changes.
View all communications in one place including emails, meeting notes, phone conversations & outstanding activities so you're always prepared.
Find any detail in seconds with ACT! look-ups including universal searches that find matching terms in attached documents.
Link contacts to companies for company centred management.
Organise ACT! contacts in groups for relevant segmentation and targeted mailing lists.
Get calendar & contact access wherever you work by subscribing to Sage ACT! Connect. Access ACT! data from smartphones, iPad & other tablets
Link ACT! with Sage 50 Accounts to see contact and financial information in a single interface.

ACT! Brochure & Demonstrations
Learn more about Sage ACT! by watching our demonstration video, trial ACT! free for 30 days & download our brochure

Free up your time

Schedule calls, meetings & other activities for yourself and other ACT! users.
Set activity priority levels and alarms to make sure nothing get missed.
Use dashboards, ACT! calendars and task lists to instantly show where you stand at any time.
Attach received Outlook messages to ACT! contacts in a single click.
Create contacts & calendar entries in ACT! & Outlook or Google Apps to keep both systems in sync.
Scratchpad virtual notebook captures impromptu notes & personal reminders.
Smart Tasks create activity alerts to prompt proactive communications.

Market like a professional

Send letters and other documents personalised with ACT! data.
Send emails to attract new customers & create new business from existing relationships.
ACT! e-Marketing (Swiftpage) sends HTML emails & email surveys. Campaign automation & reporting reveal the hottest prospects in ACT! with a ranked call list (requires additional subscription).

SAGE ACT! 2012
AT A GLANCE

▸ #1 selling contact management software since 1987
▸ Intuitive, easy to use
▸ Calendar & task management
▸ Sales opportunity tracking
▸ Integrates with MS Outlook & Google
▸ Intuitive, easy to use
▸ Includes offline access with data sync
▸ From £190+VAT including annual ACT! support
▸ Test Drive and online video available
▸ Pro edition supports up to 10 users
▸ Premium edition supports 10+ users & web access
▸ Case Study: Port of London
▸ Case Study: Vacherin

Integrate your sales activity

Track prospects & manage sales opportunities through your selling stages.
In-built sales, forecast & dashboard tools will help you keep on top of your opportunities.
View, filter & sort active opportunities in a single list view.
Link each sales opportunity with individual or multiple contacts.
Track communications, activities & documents with each ACT! opportunity.
ACT! Premium includes sales team dashboards.
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Gain business insight

40+ reports including 20 sales reports for instant performance assessment.
Customise & create new reports or dashboards.
Export data into Microsoft Excel for further analysis & pivot table reporting.
Discover more contact information with links from ACT! contacts to social networking sites including LinkedIn & Facebook.

Protect critical contact data

Import data from MS Outlook, Sage 50 Accounts, MS Excel & other sources.
Control individual user access rights by applying one of five security levels from read only permission to full administrator rights.
Protect data by scheduling automated database maintenance and back-up processes.
Make individual contact records private to protect confidential information.
ACT! Premium provides extended user access controls including field level security and team based management.

Mobile access to contact data

Work remotely & automatically synchronises updates.
Access in real-time or sync across a Virtual Private Network.
Send activity notifications in iCalendar format to access them by Blackberry, iPhone & more.
ACT! Premium includes web access capability.

'We have worked with Preact for several years and have always found them to be very proactive and most helpful in dealing with our ACT! installation and day to day support needs.

All the team are highly professional and well trained in their roles.'

Conference Centres of Excellence

'The knowledge and support of your ACT! team is excellent. Calm patient staff who listen to your needs and work with you to ensure the database works to meet your needs both on a daily basis and reporting.'

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ACT! Software from Preact

As the UK's leading ACT! business partner we've been helping businesses achieve success with ACT! since 1993 through our award winning implementation, training and support services.

Our projects have included John Lewis Plc, Encyclopaedia Britannica, University of Liverpool, West Notts College and Europe's largest ACT! implementation for Oxford Instruments Plc.

Please refer to ACT! Premium 2012 page if you want ACT! web access, extended team functions, advanced user security or to share ACT! with more than 10 users.

	Find Out More To find out how ACT! or another of our CRM solutions could improve your business please call 0800 381 1000 to discuss your requirements

	Order ACT! 2012 Order Sage ACT! 2012 from Preact for £190+VAT including unlimited usage annual support including remote dial-in help. Buy online at www.preactshop.com or call 0800 381 1000.
	ACT! Software Brochure Read more about ACT! by downloading our brochure. Read ACT! case studies, planning guides & more information in our CRM Advice Page
	ACT! Demonstration Video Watch our Sage ACT! demonstration video for a walk-through tour explaining the benefits of using ACT! or test drive ACT! online
	ACT! and Microsoft Dynamics CRM compared Download our ACT! and Microsoft Dynamics CRM comparison guide