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		<title>Winning Bids in the Hyper-Competitive Sales Quoting Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the past few months I&#8217;ve looked in every nook and cranny of my business for ways to cut costs, especially the &#8220;hidden&#8221; costs that you don&#8217;t realize are adding up. Like inefficient use of time. Turns out one of our big time sucks is sales quoting. Some of our services are straightforward and easy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rethinking Getting Things Done with ACT!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, it&#8217;s that time of year. My desk is pleading for a desktop clearance intervention and, at my gym, the increased number of cars in the parking lot confirms that it&#8217;s do-over season again. The good news is that every end of the year brings each of us a fresh chance to rethink how to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thedatabasediva.com/rethinking-getting-things-done-with-act</link>
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		<title>Be a Q4 Sales Ninja with a Sales Follow-Up Drip Marketing Campaign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever since the very first recorded sales call, sales reps, sales managers, business owners and sales trainers have tried to perfect the sales process. The sales call is the championship arena, when honing the sales process and all that sales training really pays off. Sales people shine when they&#8217;re in full salesmanship glory in front [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thedatabasediva.com/drip-marketing-sales-follow-up</link>
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		<title>Two Obscure Tweaks and One Caveat for Sage ACT! Software</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of obscure questions came up this week about using Sage ACT! Software and also one that many people think is a &#8220;gotcha.&#8221; Q &#8211; When using Swiftpage for a newsletter, it will not recognize my secondary contacts. How do I include them in my email blast? A &#8211; Sage ACT! only recognizes primary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4.5 Ways To Set up a Google Calendar Sync with a Sage ACT! Database</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sage ACT! 2012 is on deck as a new version release in September, and one new feature is a direct-from-ACT! Google calendar sync. To use the Google sync, you’ll need a Gmail or Google Apps account. A Gmail account is YourName@Gmail.com. Any email ending in gmail.com is a Gmail account. A Google Apps account is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Personal Settings for your Sage ACT! Software</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just like apps for smart phones or iPads, ACT! Software lets you set a “profile” of personal preferences so you have a better user experience. Some preferences are for your computer or laptop. Some are global database settings and will change the preferences for every user on your shared contact management system. Here are 5 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stockpile Time with Sage ACT! Menu Shortcuts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As everyone’s attention span dwindles, now’s a good time to re-visit the keyboard and mouse shortcuts on the Sage ACT! menu. Hey, a fraction of a second saved is several hours earned over a year, right? A couple of things that I really like with the newer version versions (Sage ACT! versions 2007 – 2012) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thedatabasediva.com/sage-act-menu-shortcuts</link>
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		<title>Blend 1 Part Swiftpage Email Marketing with 1 Part Cinco de Mayo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last year on Cinco de Mayo I published my secret recipe for frozen margaritas. This year I decided to go more historical with a great Swiftpage E-Marketing case study. Every Cinco de Mayo, history buff, Sage ACT! Software User and Texan Les McGee gets one more holiday to showcase his email marketing creativity. Les sells [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thedatabasediva.com/e-marketing</link>
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		<title>The Real Purpose of a B2B Website Is Lead Generation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a common question I hear from my clients: I know there are companies who do lead qualification for a fee (I personally don&#8217;t know any) but I think they&#8217;re too expensive for our small business. When we hire our new sales rep, I&#8217;d like to find a good person to qualify prospects for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thedatabasediva.com/b2b-website-lead-generation</link>
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		<title>Formula for More Sales: A Website, a Marketing Database and a Story To Tell</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Times may be tough right now, but if you have a website, a database and a story to tell, I bet there are at least 5 database marketing strategies you&#8217;re overlooking that if executed would fill the gaps where you&#8217;re leaving money on the table. Since the beginning of the year, I have worked on [...]]]></description>
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