Communication Solutions

The CRM Alliance has announced its ACT! Software Sweepstakes with a prize for one sales organization of a $6,325 ACT! Software database system installed with training.

 

"Sales managers and their sales teams are being asked to produce more sales results in less time than ever before," said John Kaufman, president of The CRM Alliance. "We created a fun way to reward them."

 

"Every business has a customer list. The key is to code your customers and prospects so you can keep in touch with your current clients and show them you appreciate their business," Kaufman said. "But you must also have an easy way to follow up with prospects over time -- even when they're not ready to buy from you." This, he said, requires "customer relationship management software."

 

The ACT! Software sweepstakes has five prize levels. The grand prize is a "fully loaded" ACT! Software System installed with training valued at $6,325. Second prize is a five-user ACT! 2008 Premium EX Corporate License valued at $1,750. Third prize is $975 worth of ACT! add-on software, including CompanionLink PDA Synchronization software; Durkin Computing's Contact List Plus, Opportunity List Plus and Calendar List Plus; Patricia Egen Consulting's CompanyMaker; and Mondo Media's ACT! 2008 Unlimited User Single-Site Training CD.

 

The sweepstakes ends April 30, 2008, and is open to business owners, sales managers and sales representatives in United States who are 21 years of age or older.

 

Late last year Sage announced the new ACT! by Sage for Real Estate 2008 (10.0) and ACT! by Sage Premium for Real Estate 2008 (10.0) contact and customer management products during its Sage Summit customer conference in Chicago.

 

ACT! for Real Estate products are billed as helping residential real estate agents and brokers "organize their buyer, seller, and property information in one place, communicate through custom flyers and letter templates, and manage property showing, closing, and reporting activities."

 

The National Association of Realtors' 2007 Realtor Technology Survey found that 80 percent of sales agents and associate brokers rated the value of technology supplied by their broker as being "extremely valuable" or "somewhat valuable," and 65 percent responded "yes" when asked if they wanted their broker to expand the amount of technology offered.

 

The new product centralizes an agent's, broker's, or team's information, and users access contact information using an interface designed specifically for real estate, keep detailed notes and information on listed properties, track appointments and to-dos, and can attach critical documents like inspection reports, house photos, and MLS listings.