When: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 1:30 PM EST

Duration: 45 minutes

Sage has offered a fantastic deal for current ACT! users. If you’re running ACT! 2009 or older, you can upgrade to the new ACT! 2012 version and save 20% per license! This offer ends May 31st. BrainSell has followed that offer with one of their own. If you upgrade your ACT! (2009 or older) through BrainSell before May 31st, you’ll also receive a free kindle (5+ users only)!

That’s right! Save 20% per license, get all the new features of ACT! 2012, and receive a free Amazon kindle? How can you go wrong?

Check out our offer here!

We’ll briefly discuss these discounts in our upcoming webinar. We’ll also be discussing the new features presented in ACT! 2012.

• The new “scratchpad” feature
• Universal search
• Google integration
• Cloud Access
• Mobile Access

And more! Thinking about upgrading your ACT! license? Already upgraded but want to learn how to use the new features? Join this webinar and get all this great information!

Don’t forget to check out our other webinars while you’re at it. Sign up early and guarantee yourself a spot in these training webinars, spots fill up quick! And don’t miss us on twitter either! 

ACT! first hit the market in 1987, and Goldmine quickly behind it in 1989. Due to their low cost and ease of use, they’ve been CRM stalwarts for decades. Of course, as times change so does the CRM industry. ACT! and Goldmine, at one time the standards for CRM software, have slowly fallen to the wayside. People looking for cheaper options can find them. Businesses looking for a more full CRM-suite experience have found other options. These two veteran CRM solutions are stuck playing catch up with the new CRM products on the market.

Still, both ACT! and Goldmine have a dedicated following. People that have used the products for years swear allegiance to these products. At the end of the day, they can get the job done. So here we are. One last battle between two aging CRM veterans. ACT! vs Goldmine. Download this comparison chart to compare the differences in…

• Price
• Storage
• Integration Features
• Mobile Access
• Workflow management

And dozens of other key features. Download this whitepaper now to check it out yourself!

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10 CRM Questions To Ask Yourself Before You Buy

When talking with prospective CRM users, we hear the same issue time and again. “We know we need a CRM product, we just don’t know where to start.” Oftentimes, this is the most frustrating part of your CRM search. My response (which I stole from colleague Kevin Cook) is, “I understand. You don’t know what you don’t know.”

Well…it’s time for you to “get in the know.” That is why we created “10 Questions to Ask Before Choosing Your CRM Software”. In order to find out what the best CRM solution is for your business, you need to know the specifics about your business needs. This whitepaper will help you delve deeper into your CRM needs so you’ll have a full checklist of requirements before you buy. This will help you pinpoint which CRM solution is perfect for you and which ones won’t be a fit.

If you’re researching a new CRM solution, this whitepaper was made with you in mind. Don’t miss out, download it now!

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How To Make Money with Inbound Marketing: Four Part Series

Inbound marketing has revolutionized the way SMB (Small Medium Businesses) approach marketing, and BrainSell is here to show you how. The days off minimized results by reaching out to a vague and general audience are over. Find your target audience, get their attention, and turn them into your customers. Join this four part webinar series and learn…

• What inbound marketing is
• Where to start your inbound marketing campaigns
• How to create qualified leads with inbound marketing
• How to properly leverage social media to your advantage
• How to get found on Google
• How to turn qualified leads into opportunities and customers

Signup for this inbound marketing workshop to see the following webinars.

Part 1 of 4: What Is Inbound Marketing?  (Wednesday, May 9th, 1:30PM EST)

Part 2 of 4: Creating Leads with Inbound Marketing  (Wednesday, May 16th, 1:30PM EST)

Part 3 of 4: Leveraging Social Media with Inbound Marketing  (Wednesday, June 6th, 1:30PM EST)

Part 4 of 4: Converting Leads  (Wednesday, June 13th, 1:30PM EST)

Don’t forget to check out our other webinars while you’re at it. Sign up early and guarantee yourself a spot in these training webinars, spots fill up quick! And don’t miss us on twitter either! 

Pardot & Hubspot Price and Feature Checklist

Pardot and Hubspot are two of the best selling marketing automation products in the world for good reason. They offer features that other marketing automation solutions don’t, they’ve established proven track records, and new users are quick to learn the software.

As the public grows increasingly aware of the benefits behind marketing automation, the demand for information about the software is rising. That’s why BrainSell has created a “Price and Feature Checklist” between these two powerhouse solutions.

• Price
• Mobile access
• Integration features
• File hosting
• Software limitation
• Support and training

Are all addressed in this price & feature checklist. If you’re trying to efficiently create more leads and a better ROI, then marketing automation is an extremely viable option. If you want to know more about two of the best marketing automation products on the market, then download this checklist now!

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When: May 2nd, 1:30-2:15 PM EST

Didn’t get a chance to make SugarCon 2012? Well, BrainSell did! Join this webinar and find out all the great news and information that you missed at this wonderful convention out in sunny San Francisco!

• Upcoming SugarCRM news
• Case studies, user tips, and sneak peeks at upcoming releases!
• Extending your Sugar solution (integrations for marketing automation, data cleansing, social media, etc.)

If you missed SugarCon–or attended and want to share some things that you learned–this is a must catch webinar. Sign up now!

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SugarCRM has become the third most used CRM software in the world. Of course, every great start has a humble beginning. SugarCRM’s humble beginning came from Sugar Community Edition.

Many people who were nervous to commit to a CRM product opted for the SugarCRM Community Edition because it was free. Sugar CE allowed users to try Sugar for free, enabling them to build a loyal following of people who realized that SugarCRM was worth the investment.

Of course, SugarCRM wasn’t going to give away their product for free. There are several differences between SugarCE and Sugar Pro. First, SugarCE is not hosted by Sugar. It’s a download version that lives on your server (IE, not on the cloud.) SugarCE is limited in functionality compared to Sugar Professional and Enterprise.

If your unsure about the benefits of a CRM software, Sugar CE can be a very useful tool. Still, we would be remiss not to mention that Sugar CE is missing features that the Pro version has, such as…

• Sales forecasting
• contracts
• quotes
• marketing reports/custom reports
• customizable dashboard/numerous plugins (Word, excel, outlook, etc.)
• support and a knowledge base
• work flow automation rules
• reminders and alerts
• mobile editions

SugarCE is a great way to get into a CRM product, but beware, there can be a lot of IT work to get it up and running. Community Edition can also be easily converted to Sugar Pro or Enterprise. There is a wizard to convert the data that works well.

For a full comparison of the 3 sugar editions, (Community, Professional and Enterprise) download the comparison sheet now!

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As CRM users may (or may not) know, SugarCRM and ACT! are two very different products. Still, they are often competing for the same business because of their reasonable cost. Sensible pricing aside, these two products differ on many fronts. SugarCRM is a cloud based solution known for it’s ability to integrate marketing, sales, and customer service into one tight little package. ACT! is a primarily on premise solution known more for it’s heavy focus on contact management.

This whitepaper will delve deep into features such as:

• Price
• Storage
• Integration features
• Deployment method
• Mobile Access

And dozens of other key features.  Download this white paper now to check it all out for yourself!

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When: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 1:30 PM EST

Duration: 45 min.

Microsoft Word is an essential tool in every companies arsenal. That’s why it’s only fitting that SugarCRM–another integral tool for businesses–has created a plugin that integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Word.

Some of the things you’ll learn include…

• How to install the plugin
• How to successfully integrate the mail merge from SugarCRM into Microsoft Word
• How to create accurate mail merge templates

And much more! Don’t miss this informative tutorial on the primary functions of this SugarCRM plugin. Go sign up now!

Don’t forget to check out our other webinars while you’re at it. Sign up early and guarantee yourself a spot in these training webinars, spots fill up quick! And don’t miss us on twitter either! 

Goldmine and SugarCRM are two very different CRM products. SugarCRM is focused primarily on cloud service and is considered to be the up and coming CRM software on the market today. Goldmine is an on-premise only solution that has been around for nearly twenty years. We took three SugarCRM editions and contrasted them directly with three of Goldmine’s primary editions to see how they compared.

Interestingly, we ended up finding some “hidden costs” associated with one of these products. We also delved deep into each product to bring you information on…

• Price
• Storage
• Integration features
• Mobile Access
• Dozens of key features

This whitepaper really highlights the differences between two very opposite platforms. Check it all out for yourself and download it now!

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