To help you get payments quicker, there’s a new ‘pay now’ button that you can add to PDF documents if you are a Sage Pay user. For example, if you send invoices by email you can now embed a ‘pay now’ button in your invoice. This lets your customers make immediate card payments online via the Sage Pay website – which provides more flexibility of payment as well as the benefit of you improving your cash flow.

Usability improvements

Legislation updates
If you trade in the EC, you’ll find Sage 50 Accounts 2010 keeps you on the right side of the law come January 2010. Changes to the way VAT returns are made for trade in the EC means submissions will have to be split by Goods and Services. So you’ll be prepared. And you’ll also continue to find the online VAT submissions process as easy to use as ever in preparation for mandatory online submissions in 2010.

Barcode
You can now create barcodes within the products area – a great way to track and trace products and documents or speed up stock takes and pick lists. If you currently use barcode software, this will be a real time saver for both Sage 50 Accounts users and your customers. This new feature also works alongside the sophisticated stock and purchase order management tools available in Sage 50 Accounts 2010 Plus and Professional.

Cash register
If you currently have a retail or trade outlet, the new cash register in Sage 50 Accounts 2010 is a dedicated tool that will help you account for and bank takings, track discrepancies and manage your float.

Data Import Wizard
The new wizard helps you get information into Sage 50 Accounts 2010 even quicker than ever from sources including Microsoft Excel. The simple 5 step process lets you map fields in your import file directly to fields in Sage 50 Accounts. You can save even more time by saving the procedures for files that you import regularly. You’ll also find that the report explorer screen has been updated in line with all Sage 50 products so it’s even easier to find and run reports.

Contact us at rob@harleygrove.co.uk to request a FREE online demonstration NOW !!!

Enjoy the newly designed look of ACT! with proven easier to learn and use navigation, instant access to search, related tasks, big “easy” buttons, and the new Welcome page.

You’ve got to see the new look! Not only will you get streamlined layouts, you’ll also have instant access to search from any view—no longer going through the lookup dialog; related tasks that provide you with more options for working with contacts, groups, opportunities, and more; consolidated menus with relevant feature options; big “easy” buttons for tasks you complete most often; and a new button that lets you create anything new, from contacts, to activities, and more.

Take advantage of leading-edge Web 2.0 technology that automatically integrates LinkedIn®, Facebook, Google Maps™ and more with ACT!:

Tap into the endless possibilities of social networking and online resources for instant knowledge about your customers. See your customers on Twitter, LinkedIn®, Facebook, Plaxo, and ZoomInfo, or other sites you choose, to quickly understand more about their interests, their past work history, and their connections. Sites included with ACT! are:

• Twitter (added manually) • LinkedIn® • Facebook • Plaxo • ZoomInfo Contact • Contact’s Web site • Google™ • Google Maps ™ • Google News™ • Weather • Yahoo! Local Info • Yahoo! Person • Google Driving Directions

Generate actionable demand with end-to-end e-marketing that intelligently and automatically reaches out to your ACT! contacts, runs e-mail marketing campaigns in minutes, and delivers results right to the ACT! Contact Record, saving you money by helping you focus on the right customers.

• E-mail Marketing which allows you to create striking e-mail templates with a simple online editor; send e-mails to contacts, lookups, groups, and companies with a single click directly from ACT!; and track contacts who opened and clicked e-mails.

• Drip Marketing which allows you to create a series of e-mails that are delivered to ACT! contacts over a period of time—automatically. Not only does it save you time, it automatically drives sales processes by delivering Call Lists of contacts that should be called first.

• Survey and Web Forms which enable you to gather valuable feedback from existing contacts so you can build and grow your ACT! database. Survey results are mapped to ACT! fields to ensure the freshest data is available for marketing and selling purposes.  

 

Tailor opportunities to fit your selling model:   

Sales tracking functionality in ACT! has been completely redesigned to maximize the way you manage leads. Sales opportunities now behave and appear like contacts, groups, and companies, making them more flexible than ever, so you can:

• Add new fields and tabs.
• Customize the product/services grid to include the fields you need to track your information.
• Personalize the layout with the colors and graphics that best represent the look of your business.
• Track activities, history, documents, notes, and more—all tied to the sales opportunity.
• Set security options.

Track customers, sales, and users with new dashboards:

New dashboards have been added to ACT!, giving you at-a-glance snapshots of your customers, your sales opportunities, and even your users. New dashboard charts include:

• Recently Created Contacts
• Recently Edited Contact
• Contact History Count by History Type
• Contacts by Country
• Contacts by Department
• Opportunities Open by Product
• Opportunities with Contact Info
• Opportunities by Products
• Opportunity Weighted Total by Sage
• Remote Database Information by User
• Remote Database Sync Status by User
• User Status

Send calendar invitations from ACT! to leading e-mail solutions, like Gmail™, Apple® iCal®, Windows Live™, Microsoft® Outlook®—or any iCalendar connected calendars:

Not all your customers use ACT!. We know that, which is why you can send ACT! calendar invites to customers who use iCalendar connected calendars, like Gmail, and the invitations you send will appear on their calendar. These include:

GmailApple iCalWindows LiveFacebookGroupWise®OutlookLotus Notes®

Contact us at rob@harleygrove.co.uk to request a FREE online demonstration of ACT! by Sage 2010.