act crm 16 software new features
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I am really excited about all the great new features coming to ACT CRM Version 16.TRANSCRIPT
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Welcome!
Karen Fredricks, President, Tech Benders
The CRM Guru
Tech BendersBending technology to meet the needs of your business!
Tech Benders will make your business more efficient, effective and therefore more profitable. We don’t just know ACT!, we’ve written 13 books on ACT! and other
CRM solutions! We specialize in:• Sales process engineering & e-marketing• Custom reporting• Custom table development• Database repairs and conversions• Discounted ACT! software & add-on products
Whether you have one sales professional or 500, Tech Benders will help you design a process that builds and
strengthens profitable relationships with your customers and prospects.
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ACT! Has a New Owner - Swiftpage
• Over 65 Million emails sent per month• 85% satisfied/very satisfied with support• They are moving to an 18 month release cycle• 11 years in the industry• They LOVE ACT! • They have 3 Products
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New Features in Act!
• Mobile Features for tablets & phones– Mobile Groups/Companies– Mobile Email– Tablet Custom Views
• Desktop Features– Calculated Fields– Company Management– History List– Act! Scheduler automated email notifications– Reschedule multiple Activities– Create Lookup from Universal Search
• Web Features– Web Manage fields/Design– Chrome Support
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New Mobile Groups & Company Features
• Add Groups/Companies to mobile to include all major entities. • Write Email - Sends an email to each contact in the group. • Create Groups – All groups/companies will work, but you can only
add new simple criteria. Only simple criteria can be created ID/Status = single value for groups. Karen says it’s probably better to create Groups & Companies in main database.
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Mobile – Groups & Companies
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Mobile – Groups List
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Mobile – Group Detail
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Mobile – Group Membership
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Mobile - Companies
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Mobile – Company Detail & Membership
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New Mobile – Email Preferences Features
• Purpose: Simple way to avoid double message entry on sending out emails from device.
• Disabled by default to use existing manual email • Uses same preferences as APFW• Records history if enabled.
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Mobile – Email Preferences
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Mobile – Email Preferences
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New Mobile Tablet Views
• Adds additional list views on the side of all detail views.• More search criteria
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Mobile – Tablet View
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Mobile – Tablet View
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New Calculated Fields Feature
• Purpose: Allow simple calculations to complicated calculations on a single record.
• Works on Contact and Opportunity Views• Currency, Decimal, Number and Date Calculations• Commission, age, days to contract renewal • Processed at the database level; same for Web/Mobile/Sync/Import• Calculated on Save • Karen says: Cannot edit calculations! Must delete and recreate.
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Calculated Fields – New Field Type
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Calculated Fields – Add to your Layout
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Calculated Fields
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New Company Features
• Purpose: To provide best practice on basic CRM account management.
• Once threshold is met, company is created with just company name. Linked all contacts.
• If company already exists, linked to that company. • Multiple companies exist, links to one (but always the same one) • Processed at the database level; same for
Web/Mobile/Sync/Import….• Setup in the Preferences area
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Company Management
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Company Management
NO!!
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Company Management
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New History View List
• Another way to provide reporting.– Filterable, exportable, easy to generate quick excel reports or find data.
• See all your histories in one location• A great way to clean up your histories selectively • Karen says this feature could cost me money!
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History View Button
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History View List
3. Delete or Export
1. Filter 2.
Customize
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History View List – Export to Excel
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History View List – Export to Excel
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Act! Scheduler – Admin Email Notification Facts
• Purpose: Assurance that database tasks are being completed or alerts that they are not.
• Can be configured to send to multiple recipients• Karen says, Are you sure your database is being backed
up????
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Act! Scheduler – Admin Email Notifications
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Act! Scheduler – Admin Email Notifications
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Task List - Reschedule Multiple Activities
• Purpose: Efficiency in scheduling • Keeps all values except date/time• Changes time to timeless
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Task List – Reschedule Multiple Activities
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Task List – Reschedule Multiple Activities
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Task List – Reschedule Multiple Activities
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Universal Search – Create Lookup Facts
• Create Lookup from Contacts• Create Lookup from Companies • Filter for specific types of items• Filter by date• Karen says, “we’re getting warmer…..”
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Universal Search – Create Lookup
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Universal Search – Create Lookup Contacts
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Act! for Web – Customize Fields/Layouts Facts
• Not meant to be a full replacement for the desktop product. • There are still limitations
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Act! for Web – Customize Fields/Layouts
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Act! for Web – Customize Fields
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Act! for Web – Customize Layouts
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Act! for Web – Chrome Browser Support
• 70 Defects addressed in Chrome Browser
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Office, Mobile, Table – Act! Everywhere
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• ACT! Hosting – Sync & Web $35/user/month1
• ACT! for Web – no software $50/user/month2
• Virtual Server & Desktops - share all your data $75/user/month3
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A Little ACT! Speak
• Business Care gives you 1 year of support & ACT! Connect• Business Care gives you the next release if it is within 1 year of
purchase• Business Care gives you a full year of “feature” enhancements• ACT! comes with 30 days of tech support starting with the first
phone call or the moment you register• Flavors of ACT!:
– Pro: Smaller Companies without remote or security issues– Premium: Need mobility and extra security
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For questions on the new product or to place orders:
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