Introduction 



Is your business looking for a great way to manage your sales and contact information? Are you a little perplexed as to which software is best for your businesses needs? Have you looked at, or even used ACT software and don’t think its what you need? Look no further then Prophet by Avidian, which gives you all the pluses of a program like ACT software but with so many more benefits.



Overview of sales and contact management programs.



Sales and contact management programs such as ACT software and Prophet are designed to make your customer data collection, follow up, and reporting a snap. They are intended to help people gather data ranging from basic contact information to contact tracking. Once the data is collected, sales and contact management programs can help you schedule follow up, share contact data with other employees, and produce reports. All of these features combine with the intent to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of your business and give top-notch customer service. ACT software and Prophet, by Avidian, are two examples of software that help your business automate this process in order to increase the effectiveness of your customer contacts.



Comparing Prophet integration to ACT software standalone.



One of the main reasons Prophet stands out dramatically from ACT software is its design. ACT software is designed to be a standalone program while Prophet is a plug-in to Outlook. This is an enormous time saving step. When you need to update your email, contacts, calendars, appointments, and task management with your ACT software it is a manual process. Group email through ACT software must be done with the ACT software email. Prophet is done right though Outlook. When you want to share data with ACT software, you have to give access to a user through the ACT software. Prophet allows for you to use peer to peer or server sharing.



Why integration is better then ACT software’s standalone setup.



Prophet is integrated right into Outlook so there is no extra step in order to keep your data current and fully synched. ACT software includes extra steps that Prophet does not require. Outlook is one of the most commonly used software programs throughout businesses. This means that a user commonly has Outlook open whenever they are at their computer. ACT software is set in a way that a user must open the ACT software every time they need to use it. Each time they need to enter a contact, they must open ACT software. Each time they want to share data they have to open ACT software. Prophet allows you to do all of these functions plus more quickly and simply through Outlook. Eliminating these steps helps ensure your employees will be more likely to use Prophet then ACT software, ensuring your investment is used to help benefit your business.