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Written by Super User

11 February 2020

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This week Swiftpage will be announcing the sunsetting of their Act! eMarketing service effective December 31st, 2020. “AEM”, as it’s known, was the successor to their flagship Swiftpage eMarketing service, but quickly became redundant with the acquisition of Inbox Guru, which later came to be known as Act! marketing Automation. Swiftpage has made no secret of the fact that Act! Marketing...

Read more: Act! eMarketing (AEM) to be sunset at end of 2020

Written by Super User

10 February 2020

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In case you missed it, Swiftpage launched a new version of Act! Growth Suite in November, and last week they spruced it up with the release of a major update. To watch a Swiftpage video tour of the new features introduced with Act! v22, click the play button below.  Or click HERE to watch Keystroke's feature overview video. Act! Growth Suite is an all-in-one sales and marketing platform that...

Read more: Have you looked at the new Act! Growth Suite (v22)?

Written by Super User

10 February 2020

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Prior to May 2015, Swiftpage (and Sage before them) sold Act! as a perpetual license, which is to say customers paid one price and then often drove it into the ground, or until compatibility issues or the allure of new features compelled them to upgrade. Once subscription was introduced, Act! became less expensive to get into, with recurring expenses many found easier to budget for. As much as...

Read more: Perpetual Act! licenses are unpopular for a reason

Written by Super User

06 August 2019

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Are you ready? In July of 2014, the Canadian government introduced the Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation, commonly known as CASL, which was far and away the most aggressive legislative move to combat spam in the world. CASL shifted the burden of including an “opt out” mechanism with all marketing emails (CANSPAM ACT 2013), to an “Opt in” requirement (CASL 2014), with offenders facing unprecedened...

Read more: Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation enters it’s final stage in 2017

Written by Super User

06 August 2019

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Act! is now supporting Office 2016 on Act! v17, with the currently known issue linked in this article. Development is currently investigating any issues reported specific to Office 2016 and will provide updates when available. Previous versions of Act! may work with Office 2016, but no testing was done. If issues are encountered, no updates will be offered for Act! v16 and earlier versions of...

Read more: Is Act! compatible with Microsoft Office 2016?