Archive for January, 2013
The changing world of Sales and Marketing
A few months ago I had a great lunch with a friend here in town who owns a marketing firm that has a particular emphasis on social media. One of the things we discussed is the changing face of marketing. What is also changing is the role of sales and salespeople. My company is really starting to […]
Adding double quotes to text in Excel
If you have ever worked with drop down lists in Sage ACT, you know that you can import items to populate the list. The list has to be a text file with the items one per line, enclosed in double quotes. I like to use Excel to key in the data, sort it, remove duplicates, […]
Sage ACT! 2013 Service Pack 1 now available
Service Pack 1 for Sage ACT! (Pro and Premium) was released yesterday (January 8, 2013). This release addresses issues that users have requested in Sage ACT! and focuses on staying current with technology trends. The most significant changes to this release are compatibility updates to fully support the following new platforms: Microsoft Windows 8 Windows […]
Viewing custom dashboards on the Web
I just learned something and thought I’d pass it along to people who are interested in Sage ACT dashboards and viewing them on the web. Behind the scenes, there is an XML file located in the Tools folder under Program Files that controls what templates are available for building dashboards in Sage ACT. You can […]
Staying nimble when business changes
Back in 2009 I wrote a blog article about staying nimble in a bleak economy. It is sad to note that we are still in that environment. That made me think it was time to revisit this post and see what had changed. Interestingly, not much. I’ve added a few new items, but here is […]