Contactivation

We were pleasantly surprised by the media (a tough critic/crowd) after the release that they really like ACT!2011. Stay tuned to get a more in-depth review from our staff.

In the meantime, check out ACT on our website and view the demo: http://www.contactivation.com/Contact-Management

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Media Coverage (PC Mag): Sage ACT! 2011 -- 4.5 out of 5

Congratulations Sage ACT! Team! PC Magazine's review of Sage ACT! 2011 Premium posted today earning a 4.5 out of 5 rating from reviewer Samara Lynn. Our product has also received an Editor's Choice award - a distinction only 1 in 10 products reviewed receives according to PC Mag. Outlook synch proved to be a big winner with Samara who calls Sage ACT! 2011 "the ultimate contact management tool."

Big thanks to Larry for previewing ACT! for Samara, our marketing/web colleagues for developing content used in this process, the dev/quality teams for doing their thing, Amanda Jones for responding to technical questions, and I'm sure many others I haven't mentioned here.

Sage ACT! 2011 Premium
PC Magazine, Samara Lynn, Sept 20th 2010
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2369360,00.aspsummary

Excerpts:

"Improved Outlook integration, excellent SMB services, and general improvements throughout make the latest ACT! the ultimate contact management tool."

"To call the new sync convenient would be an understatement, given the new ability to have your contacts and especially your calendar update seamlessly between the two applications."

"The attractive interface, the abundance of help within the UI, and new features like full synchronization with Outlook makes ACT! 2011 a hearty customer management application and a tool that any business person ought to consider."

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Team, "it keeps getting better" and "[connected services] are incredibly smart" according to analyst Paul Greenberg as cited in CRM Magazine's Sage ACT! 2011 article. Larry is also quoted regarding new Smart Tasks and Hoover's list functionality.

Sage Beefs Up Services In ACT! 2011
CRM Magazine, Lauren McKay, Sept 13th 2010
http://www.destinationcrm.com/articles/CRM-News/Daily-News/Sage-Beefs-Up-Services-in-Act!-2011-69373.aspx
Lauren McKay covers Sage ACT! 2011 through the quotes of analyst and author Paul Greenberg. Does ACT! provide value to small businesses? "Oh God, yeah" says Paul.

(note: editor appears to have mixed a couple 2010 and 2011 product references in this piece)

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Ramon Ray of Small Business Technology published a Sage ACT! 2011 piece this morning and included Napkin Mike video.

Automation and Qualified Leads from ACT! 2011
Small Business Technology, Ramon Ray, Sept 8th 2010
http://smallbiztechnology.com/archive/2010/09/contact-and-customer-managemen.html
Ramon Ray provides his Sage ACT! 2011 observations citing new smart task features and all three available connected services as highlights. Ramon also embeds the Napkin Mike video from our social media press release in his post.

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Team, fyi, initial Sage ACT! 2011 coverage...

Sage ACT! Enables SMBs To Work Smarter, Not Harder
Customer Interaction Solutions, Brendan Read, Sept 1st 2010
http://callcenterinfo.tmcnet.com/Analysis/articles/98913-sage-act-2011-enables-smbs-work-smarter-not.htm
Brendan Read selects Sage ACT! 2011 as the Contact Center Solutions feature article for Sept 1st

Sage ACT! Makes New Smart Tasks & List Building Services Available For SMBs
TMCnet.com Sept 1st 2010
http://callcenterinfo.tmcnet.com/Analysis/articles/98913-sage-act-2011-enables-smbs-work-smarter-not.htm
TMC's CRM news portal pickup of press release

Sage ACT! 2011 Makes New Smart Tasks & List Building Services Available For SMBs
CustomerThink.com Sept 1st 2010
http://www.customerthink.com/news/sage_act_2011_contact_customer_manager_makes_new_smart_tasks_and_list_building_services_availab
Sales, marketing and CRM industry community lead by analyst Bob Thompson picks up Sage ACT! 2011 press release

Sage ACT! 2011 Coming In September
Accounting Today, Seth Fineberg Aug 6th 2010
http://www.webcpa.com/news/Sage-Act-2011-Coming-in-September-55197-1.html
Fineberg quotes Larry Ritter on the value incorporating ideas from ACT! customer community into the product, and references new smart task functionality

News portal pickups include:

San Francisco Chronicle http://finance.sfgate.com/hearst.sfgate/news/read?GUID=14531517
San Jose Mercury News http://markets.financialcontent.com/mng-ba.mercurynews/news/read?GUID=14531517
Yahoo Biz News http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Sage-ACT-2011-Contact-iw-373273953.html?x=0
MSNBC.com http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38951395

A social media (and tweetable) version of our press release is available at http://pitch.pe/84947