Spitz Consulting Systems - ACT! Certified Consultants

Specializing in Consulting and Training

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Winter 2003

Welcome to the electronic edition of Inside Info. The e-newslettter that gives you "All the news thats Spitz to print." In this edition we cover the ACT 6.03 upgrade and the upcoming ACT! for the Palm OS. Both products show that ACT! is very alive and kicking. Just to give you some background on the corporate ownership tale of ACT; Symantec sold the ACT! product line in December 1999 to Interact Commerce Corp. (makers of SalesLogix), Interact Commerce was purchased by the Sage Group in May 2001, a large UK based software company that owns Peachtree, MAS90 and BusinessWorks. In 2002, Sage changed the name of their of their US operations to Best Software. All of the related Contact management/sales automation products which include ACT! are now part of Best Software/CRM division. So just keep calling it ACT!. The name survives even if the ownership changes. Thats brand strength!.

		While many of you have heard ACT! 6.0 has been released, there have been a few issues with email. ACT! 6.01 came out a few months ago, but there are still a few kinks to be worked out. The 6.03 release promises to fix these. All of the issues are in databases that have more than one user at a time, so single users are OK with 6.01.

There's plenty thats new in ACT! 6. (See the side bar) But one of the most important things is that they've required it for ACT! for the Palm OS. So if you like what you see about ACT! for the Palm, then get ready for ACT! 6

The cost to upgrade is $89 per user for the download and $99 per user with the manual. You can now easily upgrade from our website. Just click here.

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		Want to save even more? Have a friend or business associate contact Spitz Consulting Systems at 1-800-788-8335. If they book an appointment, then you will get either one copy of ACT! 6 upgrade or ACT! for the Palm OS for free. This offer is for new customers only.

Completely new ACT! e-mail client
Create, send, and receive graphical HTML e-mail from ACT!. We even give you templates and wizards.
Enhanced Outlook integration
Microsoft Outlook and ACT! are now more closely integrated than ever!
Active libraries
Attach, view, and edit documents, graphics, and spreadsheets from any contact record.
Contact activity lookup
Discover the untapped potential of inactive prospects while easily retrieving your best clients.
Calendar pop-ups
Just mouse over ANY calendar item to see the event details INSTANTLY.
Advanced alarms
Monitor alarms in multiple ACT! databases — even when ACT! isn't running!
Annual event tracking
Track every contact's (or groups of contacts) birthday, anniversary, expiration date, policy renewals, or virtually ANY annual event.

Click through the features tour for more information about the new features in ACT! 6.0.

Get you@yourname.com

If creating a corporate business identity is has any appeal to you, then contact us to help you set up your own domain name and email accounts. Within a few days we can set up any domain name that's available, get you any 5 emails you want and put up a simple one page web site. You can now choose from .com, .net, .org, .biz, and .us. We can even allow you to check your email from anywhere outside your office. So if your tired of tired7839@aol.com and want to get me@mycompany.com then give us a call at 914-654-8717.
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Want to get your business cards into ACT!

If you have lots of business cards that you want to get into ACT! the quick and easy way, have we got a deal for you! The CardScan 500 which regularly sells for $199, we are now selling for $149. This allows you to scan a business card and drop into your ACT! database in a few seconds. Call us to order one while we still have some.

Exciting News for Palm Users!

ACT! for the Palm OS or AFP is brand new application that replaces the ancient Palm Address Book and calendar and syncs significantly better with your ACT! desktop. For those of you who have used the current ACT! Link with your Palm, you may have noticed the following limitations.

Only 17 fields can be synched
Only 4 user fields show up on your Palm
When entering calendar events on your Palm, they aren't linked to any contact just yours. As Ben Blumberg of SalesWorks will tell you this a major pain.
Any calendar activity shows up in your My Record

But have no fear, now you can get a new start with AFP. Its completed redesigned database has contact information, notes, history, activities, sales opportunities all in a format that will immediately seem comfortable to you. As marketing literature says. "Now you can have your ACT! with you everywhere-- whether your in the office or on-the-go. AFP will run on most Palm platforms including Sony Clie, Handspring Visors and other Palm devices. ACT! for Palm will be priced at $79.95 and is available now. Make sure and check the system requirements before purchasing this product.

Click here to go online and see the full list of features and benefits or a screen shot tour or see a Webex demo of AFP.

For more information call (914) 949-4354
or send e-mail to: ACTMEN@SPITZCONSULTING.COM
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