Written by Ken Quigley

March 24 2022

In the first week of March, we introduced Link2quotes, the final product in our Linktivity Suite. At the time of launch, Link2quotes was a terrific program that instantly converted existing opportunities into quotes. Since the launch date, though, we realized that for this program to be widely adopted, users needed to be able to do everything...

Written by Ken Quigley

March 24 2022

A recent update to Act! Marketing Automation has added a "Powered by Act!" branding to the bottom of templates and landing pages. similar to the sample below. It should also be noted that the setting for templates also turned this footer feature "on" by default. This type of Email Service Provider (ESP) branding is not uncommon, so this recent...

Written by Ken Quigley

March 16 2022

After we released Qsales 13 last fall, many customers asked us why they still needed QuickBooks? The question was reasonable considering Qsales users could now create almost any kind of transaction inside of Act!, including invoices, sales receipts, estimates, and even receive payments. The truth is that if all a person cared about is...

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March 11 2022

Act! CRM is available in two versions: Pro and Premium. When deciding which version of Act! is best suited to your business, there are a few main factors to consider; the size of your team, how they need to access the data, the level of security and administration control, and ongoing compatibility requirements. Size MattersIf you are a...

Written by Ken Quigley

March 10 2022

Some questions are easier to answer than others, but sometimes the trick is in asking. If you want to understand what your customers need or want, ask them, but this is often easier said than done. For instance, do many business people have time to call all their customers, arrange a meeting time, and then extract from them what they want or need...

Written by Ken Quigley

March 09 2022

If you’ve been ready to make the plunge into greater CRM efficiency in 2022, there’s never been a better time to Act! than now. As part of Keystroke’s exclusive March Mobile Madness campaign, we’re offering FREE HANDHELD CONTACT SUBSCRIPTIONS ($84 value) to all customers purchasing new Act! Premium or Act! Pro v24 licenses for the rest of March...

Written by Ken Quigley

March 08 2022

Recently Act! posted a blog with the title "How CRM integrations help grow your business", wherein it described the benefits of 3rd party CRM integrations, along with a number of suggestions for which you would help you get the most from a CRM. While we won't repost their blog content in detail, but the high-level reasons they listed for how CRM...

Written by Ken Quigley

March 07 2022

Everyone likes a deal, and the more you spend, the more you should save. This premise was the inspiration behind our new Linktivity Bundle which includes all our products for only $300. If purchased individually, these combined programs would cost $588/year, so this bundle represents 50% off the normal list price. But more than just savings...

Written by Ken Quigley

February 27 2022

On March 3rd Keystroke will host our first webinar on Link2quotes to introduce this new online quoting system to the Act! market. Link2quotes is unlike any other quoting solution for Act! in that it integrates with all subscription versions of Act! through the WebAPI. Why is this important? The WebAPI allows for instant data exchange between the...

Written by Ken Quigley

February 22 2022

For the month of March, all new and renewing Keystroke subscriber customers have something new to look forward to, and that is a 3-month trial of almost all our Linktivity products. During February and into early March we've been hosting weekly deep-dive webinars on each of the products in the Linktivity Suite, and now that Link2quotes is about to...