Written by Ken Quigley

October 20 2018

All of us have passwords for computers, devices, online services, banking, etc, but few of us use a strategy for managing their passwords. I personally use Dashlane as a password manager, and encourage others to do so, as well, but there are several things consumers can do to improve their password hygiene: Use a unique password for every...

Written by Ken Quigley

October 14 2018

Shared with gratitude from Mallory Bowers of Swiftpage     Has your business tapped into the power of email marketing? There's no need to be intimidated by the idea of email marketing. In fact, there are some tips and tricks that will make this powerful form of promoting your business second nature.  1. Be consistent. Many businesses start...

Written by Ken Quigley

October 10 2018

It's been a long 9-month process to modernize the Webplanner platform to contemporary HTML5 format, but that stage is finally complete. On Wednesday, October 3rd we announced the launch of this updated service, and the response has been great, but it should be understood that this is only the first stage of a two step process. Webplanner was...

Written by Ken Quigley

October 03 2018

Supercharge your marketing automation with AMA   Swiftpage will be launching a plugin version of their new Act! Marketing Automation service late summer, with plans to incorporate AMA into the core product with Act! Premium v21- expected later this month. Many may recall the Swiftpage eMarketing was initially introduced the same way...

Written by Ken Quigley

October 02 2018

  It’s taken most of the year, but we’re happy to announce the release of the new Webplanner.com, the award winning online project management tool for anyone who plans projects. Now available in HTML5, Webplanner.com works on most platforms, including PC and MAC, as well as Android and IOS mobile devices. The implications of this change for...

Written by Ken Quigley

October 02 2018

As we release the long awaited upgrade to Project KickStart 5, we need to plan the path forward for Project KickStart 6 and future versions, and spell out the implications of some of the decisions we’ve made. Keystroke acquired Webplanner.com in late 2016 and Project KickStart in late 2017 from Experience in Software. It was our intention to...

Written by Ken Quigley

September 30 2018

Act! Premium Plus was introduced in March of 2018 as part of the 20.1 update, and it ushered in a new era for the product line. For the first time in the history of Act!, the core product now included the powerful "custom table" technology, enabling users of all industries to capture "transactional" data in their database, and track them at the...

Written by Ken Quigley

September 12 2018

We are very excited to announce the release of HHC 8.2, the latest IOS build for Handheld Contact.  Added ability to trigger "Resend All Data" from device Included visibility to all device sync history, allowing users to see what data was included in the last sync, as well as the last 24 and 48 hours Notes & Histories data technology was...

Written by Ken Quigley

September 10 2018

Act! v21 expected in late October   When subscription was introduced to Act! back in May 2015, it signaled the end of traditional annual upgrade cycles, as subscription promised year round product improvements. We saw this trend continue in the spring of 2018, when v20.1 introduced us to a whole new Outlook integration technology and a new...

Written by Ken Quigley

September 10 2018

For the month of September, we're offering our biggest discount ever on Act! Subscription membership. That's right, all past Act! customers are now eligible to receive 33% discount (see the chart below) off their first year of Act! subscription - which is like getting twelve months for the cost of eight. It’s our way of saying thank you for being...