Free ACT! Training

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ACT! by Sage is a Contact Manager that helps individuals and businesses manage their contacts, clients, meetings, calendar and their and sales and marketing efforts.  It is a great tool.  Listed first are my Free ACT! webinars and below that you'll find more than 6-hours of free ACT! training videos available 24/7/365

Free ACT Training Videos and Tutorials

ACT! 1: Introduction to ACT! by Sage (111 Minutes)

Our Approach: Introduction and Overview (26:00)
Creating a New Database (6:00)
The My Record (4:00)
Entering Your First Contact Into ACT! (10:00)
ID Status: The Most Important Field in ACT! (6:00)
Lookup a Contact in ACT!  (9:00)
Modifying a Lookup: Narrowing and Adding (4:00)
Getting Around the ACT! Screen (14:00)
A Quick Review and Next Steps (6:00)
Scheduling Calls Meetings & To-Dos (16:00)
ACT vs. Outlook (6:00)

Scheduling Issue: The ACT! 150 Problem (4:00)

ACT! 2: It's About the Contacts (71 Minutes)

Introduction: What to Expect (21:00)
Getting to Know Your Database: Auditing, Planning and Scheduling (31:00)
Getting to Know Your Database: Review & Key Points (6:00)
Monday Morning Rehearsal: Before You Make Your First Call (10:00)
Customizing the Task List (3:00)

ACT! 3: Selling With ACT! (106 Minutes)

Monday Morning: Get My ACT Together (23:00)
MSGTag: Did they get my email? (7:00)
Word:2003 AutoText & AutoCorrect (7:00)
Word 2007: Quick Parts (3:00)
Sales Opportunities (12:00)
Options: Sales Opportunities (2:00)
Managing Sales Opportunities (5:00)
Simplifying Follow-up with an Activity Series (being rerecorded)
Working with ACT! Reports (17:00)
Research Assistant (13:00)
Importing Data Into ACT Part 1 (12:00)
SwiftPage in ACT (2:00)
Social Networking in ACT (4:00)

ACT! 4: Preferences & Customization (54 Minutes)

Customizing the ACT! Layout: Simple (12:00)
Customizing the ACT! Layout: Complex (9:00)
ACT Preferences: General Tab
(5:00)
ACT Preferences: Colors Fonts (3:00)
ACT Preferences: Scheduling Calendar (12:00)
ACT Preferences: Email (7:00)
ACT Preferences: Communication (4:00)
ACT Preferences: Startup (3:00)

ACT! 5: Exploring ACT!'s Menu Items & Tools (42 Minutes)

Menus
File (3:00)
Edit
(3:00)
View
(1:00)
Lookup
(3:00)
Lookup Contact Activity
(1:00)
Contacts
(3:00)
Groups & Companies
(2:00)
Schedule
(3:00)
Write
(3:00)
Reports
(4:00)

ACT Tools
Define Field
(4:00)
Layout Design
(3:00)
Users, Teams & Passwords
(2:00)
Maintenance, Convert & Duplicates
(3:00)
Salutation, Copy, Timer & Sync
(3:00)
Help
(1:00)

ACT! 6: Things I don't really use in ACT!

Dashboard  (3:00)
Companies
(4:00)
ACT! 2011 Smart Tasks Part 1 (3:00)
ACT! 2011 Smart Tasks Part 2 (3:00)
ACT Outlook Sync Part 1 (3:00)
ACT Outlook Sync Part 2 (3:00)

ACT! 7: Comments and Thoughts About ACT!

Types of ACT Users
The Individual
(6:00)
The Sales Manager or Business Owner
(6:00)

My Suggestions for ACT
Part 1
(3:00)
Part 2 (5:00)

ACT & Social Networking
Great tool or a great waste of time?
(12:00)

 


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