Our ACT Classes are Customized to Accomplish YOUR Goals

Getting Started with ACT

Designed for new users of ACT or users upgrading from ACT 6 and prior

  • Navigating through the screens and icons
  • Looking up contacts – basic lookups, keyword lookups, previous
  • Customizing the contact list
  • Sorting your contacts
  • Creating groups to find contacts easily
  • Scheduling activities
  • Using the documents tab
  • Recording phone calls and meetings into ACT!
  • Managing your calendar and task list
  • Writing letters
  • Sending emails

ACT Training for Sales Representatives

Jump start your Sales Reps to be productive immediately

  • Managing your day with ACT!
  • Recording phone calls and meetings into ACT!
  • Creating and maintaining Sales Opportunities
  • Using activities to follow up on all prospects and customers
  • Synchronizing data to your laptop
  • How to find those contacts you just entered
  • Using the documents tabs

ACT Training for Sales Managers

Designed for the Manager to manage the records and report on sales activity

  • Find out what your sales team is doing every day
  • Find out which contacts have been ignored and not contacted
  • Find out what happened to those trade show leads
  • Configuring the Topline dashboard for reporting by user
  • Using the Sales Opportunities to plan your pipeline production
  • Importing leads from Excel and assigning to your sales reps
  • Mass scheduling of activities
  • Limiting Access to records so your reps only see what you want them to
  • Understanding the ACT system fields and how to create lookups

Power User Training

Designed for the user already familiar with ACT and needing more POWER

  • Keyboard shortcuts for a faster experience
  • Creating dynamic groups and companies
  • Using advanced queries to find your contacts
  • Creating letter templates and email templates
  • Customizing Reports in ACT
  • Customizing the Database – adding new fields
  • Customizing the Screen Layouts
  • Adding new Activity Types – using and filtering
  • Creating Activity Series to automate your tasks
  • Customizing the menus and toolbars
  • Using Annual Events
  • Exporting data to Excel
  • Importing data into the ACT! database
  • Setting up Companies and linking to Contacts

Administrator Training

Designed for the in-house IT manager

  • Properly installing ACT on the server and workstation
  • Running ACT! updates
  • Outlook integration
  • Installing and integrating add-on applications
  • Setting up Handheld (Blackberry, Palm and Pocket PC) integration
  • Setting up users and their access rights
  • Creating teams (ACT! Premium only)
  • Setting up users preferences
  • Limiting Access to Records (ACT! Premium only)
  • Field Security (ACT! Premium only)
  • Customizing the database: Adding fields, drop down lists, securing fields
  • Customizing the screen layouts
  • Configuring the ACT! Scheduler for backups and maintenance
  • Adding sub-tables (ACT 2008 and higher)
  • Backing up ACT properly
  • Using the ACT! Diagnostics program
  • Synchronization – setup and monitoring
     

We provide a training handout titled, “How to be Productive using ACT!”.  This guide allows you to focus on the training session as all of your instructions are already written down for you.

Questions? Call Us At:

1-626-358-1112

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Kathleen Fernan
ACT! Certified Advisor
QuickBooks Adv Certified
Monrovia Office
(626) 358-1112
kathleen@knkbs.com

Kerry Whitmire
QuickBooks Adv Certified
Simi Valley Office
(805) 279-0978
kerry@knkbs.com

Arlene Karma
QuickBooks Certified
San Diego Office
(619) 938-0381
arlene@knkbs.com

Jeri Egigian
QuickBooks Advisor
Huntington Beach Office
(714) 300-3316
jeri@knkbs.com