Sage ACT! Pro 2011 Multi-Pack

Sage ACT! 2011 makes it easy for you to have meaningful conversations with customers by giving you an organized view of the people you do business with.

Like the millions of individuals in small businesses and sales teams who use Sage ACT!, you'll always be prepared with recent emails, meeting notes, task reminders, and social media profiles, because all of these details live in one place.You can even use Sage ACT! like a sales and marketing assistant to get the right leads, send striking marketing campaigns, and track your overall performance. The bottom line, Sage ACT! takes care of the administrative stuff so you can focus on building long-lasting, profitable business relationships.

FEATURES AND BENEFITS

Organize the details

Get organized with Sage ACT! so you can zoom in on the details of your customer relationships whenever you need to. When a customer calls unexpectedly, you're instantly prepared with the email they sent you last week, notes from your last phone call, and their Facebook profile to see what they've been up to--all at your fingertips.

Market like a pro

Attract new customers and get more from existing relationships using lead/business info1 and e-marketing services2 for Sage ACT!. Get the right leads list and then send striking marketing campaigns that you develop using a simple online editor. Quickly spot your hottest prospects right there in Sage ACT! by viewing the ranked call list that shows you who's most interested.

Control your sales pipeline

Capture prospects and manage them through an out-box-of-the-box Sage ACT! sales process or a process that you personalize to fit your business. Keep detailed progress notes and see the probability of close for each opportunity. This gives you total visibility and control of your sales pipeline so you can stay in contact with those opportunities most likely to close.

Get more done

Let Sage ACT! handle the things you need to get done every day. Think of it like a personal assistant that sends emails for you and puts activities on your calendar so your customers get the service they expect. Watch as your personal productivity soars, without spending extra time in the office.

Stay in Sync

Better coordinate your efforts when speaking to customers, because you and your team have access to all the same relationships details in Sage ACT!. Your team appears completely in sync to any customer they interact with, no matter who they talk to most often. And, you can lock down as many of the details as needed to keep sensitive customer information secure.

WHAT's NEW IN SAGE ACT! 2011

Sage ACT! 2011 helps you get more of what you value most--time and money--by automating key activities, taking customer communications to the next level, and unlocking a rich source of new leads.

Let Sage ACT! Smart Tasks handle the things you need to get done every day. Think of this as a personal assistant that puts activities on your calendar and sends emails for you so your customers get the service they expect.

Once your customers are taken care of, shift your focus to Sage Business Info Services for ACT!** , which pulls highly targeted prospect lists from Hoover's and puts them directly into Sage ACT!.

• Automate Key Activites: Smart Tasks handle your marketing and sales to-dos with automated workflow. Get started with one of many sample Smart Task templates and accompanying email templates for the most common activities.These Smart Task templates will set in motion the most basic or advanced processes, including reminders of your best customer's birthday, customers that haven't heard from you in a while, or welcoming a new customer.And, best of all, you have total control over the timing, contact lists, and opportunities for each and every Smart Task.Apply Smart Tasks right out-of-the-box, make changes to fit your specific needs, or create your own.


• Take Smart Tasks to the Next Level: Since Smart Tasks can be fully integrated with Sage E-marketing for ACT!**, you get access to templates that allow you to send cheery birthday greetings and welcome new customers, among others. You can edit those emails to include additional content, graphics, and links.Track the interest level of emails you send that are associated with Smart Tasks, like sales opportunity follow-ups, by viewing which customers are opening what you've sent.Sage E-marketing for ACT! also enables you to request updates or missing contact details from your customers by emailing a link to an online survey. Once the survey is completed, those details are automatically populated back into Sage ACT!.


• Unlock a Rich Source of New Leads: Add fuel to your sales and marketing machine with Sage Business Info Services for ACT!**, which pulls highly targeted prospect lists and business information from Hoover'sTM and puts that data directly into Sage ACT!. It helps you fill in the gaps in your database and gives you access to more than 65 million companies and 85 million executives.Find new leads based on the traits you're looking for and make sure your mailed materials find their target with addresses and phone numbers that are properly formatted when imported. Start with a free version for basic company, financial, and industry info, or sign up for a subscription to get more detailed contact, company, competitor, and lead information.


• Eliminate Double Entry:Sage ACT! manages all the details of your business relationships and Microsoft Outlook manages emails, basic contact details, and meetings across your team. Now you can integrate your Sage ACT! and Outlook contacts, plus keep your calendars in sync. Everything will be kept updated in both places. No worry about duplicates.Keep your busy schedule updated in both Outlook and Sage ACT!, no matter where you add or modify activities and meetings. Sage ACT! will help you cut back on meeting conflicts with rules that handle them automatically. Choose which contacts and activity types in Sage ACT! sync back to Outlook.


• Watch your Productivity Soar:Benefit from additional enhancements made to Sage ACT! 2011, including the option to import data directly from Excel and a re-designed Welcome Page with featured videos that help you get the most out of Sage ACT!.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

2 GB available hard disk space (4 GB if product is downloaded)
DVD drive
SVGA (800x600) or higher resolution monitor, recommended resolution is 1024x768
1 GB system memory
Windows Installer Service 4.5 .NET 3.5 Service Pack 1
Processor speed for Windows XP
1.0 GHz Pentium IV processor (or equivalent)
Processor speed for Windows Vista
1.8 GHz Pentium IV processor (or equivalent)
Processor speed for Windows 7
1.8 GHz Pentium IV processor (or equivalent)

WORKS WITH

Microsoft Office 2003, 2007, and 2010 (32bit version only) (SP3 recommended for Office 2003 and SP2 recommended for Office 2007)
Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 SP21
Lotus Notes® 6.5, 7.0.2, and 8.0
Eudora® 5.2
Internet Mail SMTP/POP3
Microsoft Internet Explorer® 7.02 and 8.0
Adobe® Reader® 6.0 and 7.0
VMware® Workstation 5.x and 6.x; VMware Fusion, VMware Server 1.x, 2.x
Citrix® software using Citrix Presentation Server™ 3.0, 4.0, or 4.5
Parallels Desktop for Macintosh® 4.0; and Parallels Workstation 2.2 for Windows
Sun Virtual Box 2.x

Operating System Compatibility Matrix

Windows® XP SP33 (32bit only)
Windows Server® 2003 SP2 (32bit and 64bit)
Windows Vista®4 SP1 (32bit and 64bit)
Windows Server 20085 SP2 (32bit and 64bit)
Windows 7 (32bit and 64bit)

Product information, specifications, and compatibility are for advisory purposes only, and is the buyers full responsibility to verify with the manufacturer prior to ordering.