Written by Ken Quigley

June 08 2023

In late May, Act! launched their new add-on marketplace. It was a soft launch with little fanfare because there are only seventy products from two vendors being featured, Keystroke.net and ActToday, but more publisher's products are scheduled to be posted in the coming weeks. As some may recall, Keystroke used to manage the Act! Marketplace at

Written by Ken Quigley

May 31 2023

On May 5th we published a blog announcing the new & improved Tablest4act - the leading custom table solution for Act! users. This blog details all the new features and bug fixes included in this version, along with some commercial updates. Fast forward to today, and we're excited to announce that these new features are scheduled to be...

Written by Ken Quigley

May 18 2023

With the launch of Canadian servers for Act! Premium Cloud, we thought it a great time to get the word out through our customers with a "Refer a Friend" campaign. This promotional concept is not especially new, but we hope the offer is appealing all the same. If you have friends or associates that could benefit from using Act! like you have...

Written by Ken Quigley

April 30 2023

In early April, we announced the Canadian Act! Premium Cloud servers were scheduled to be deployed in early May, and we're delighted to announce that day has arrived. There won't be any special trial links, as the old links will work as they did previously, but users entering a Canadian address during their sign-up will be routed to the...

Written by Ken Quigley

April 06 2023

Change to Obsolescence Date of v24:  The Obsolescence date for Act! v24 (Pro/Premium/Growth Suite) is being extended to 7/31/24. Previously the obsolescence date for this version was 11/30/23.  This change will ensure there is more than one supported version of Act! in market for some time following the Q2 launch of Act! v25.  As a...

Written by Ken Quigley

April 02 2023

Keystroke is excited to announce that Act! LLC is scheduled to launch Canadian-domiciled servers for their Act! Premium Cloud (APC) on May 1st, 2023, with early testing expected mid-April. As the Canadian Master VAR for Act!, we're incredibly excited to announce this development. Currently, Act! has APC servers in the USA, United Kingdom, Europe...

Written by Ken Quigley

March 31 2023

Summit Hosting is a Diamond level Act! partner that acquired Tech Commandos last year, and is one of the top Act! resellers in North America. Their vice president, Brock Ball, is an excellent business executive, and one I got to know better after meeting him at the Act! Conference last fall. So it was no small honour when he approached me recently...

Written by Ken Quigley

March 31 2023

Around mid-March, we published a blog breaking down the differences between the four tiers of Act! Marketing Automation (AMA), concluding that the Basic and Select tiers were more akin to eMarketing than Marketing Automation. We didn't just whine about it, though, we also raised these concerns with the leaders at Act! and made a case for Select to...

Written by Ken Quigley

March 18 2023

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., March 16, 2023 – Act!, announced today the appointment of Bruce Reading as its chief executive officer (CEO). He brings many years of experience leading innovative technology companies and guiding executive teams to achieve their full potential professionally and personally. Bruce joined Act! on Monday, and is...

Written by Ken Quigley

February 24 2023

Keystroke was founded in March 1994 as a computer sales & service company. Over the years, we expanded into Internet services, web development, and finally in the early 2000's we found our groove in the CRM space. The last decade saw us grow from a company of three people to thirty, and along the way establish ourselves as the #1 Act! Reseller...