MARS Features
Complete information about each contact/member
Personalized salutations - distinct informal and formal greetings for each person.
Associates - record relationships between contacts (spouse, children, business associates, organization staff members, etc.)
One click to open a new email, print a complete contact history, or to address an envelope, print a form letter, etc.
Activity entry
MARS records most of a contact's information via 'activity', which can be anything from a payment to getting put on a mailing list to recording personal information. MARS is open-ended, so you can record as little or as much of your own information requirements as you want.
Payments and other activity may be entered singly or in batches for efficiency, balancing and control.
Dates can be whatever you want them to be - payment date, tickler date, college graduation date, etc. You can search by date range to find just the contacts or activity you are looking for.
Need to count something? Every activity has both a 'count' as well as hours, so you can tally just about anything - headcounts, tickets sold, volunteer hours, training hours, etc.
All activity can be 'characterized' for more defined searching and reporting. For example, an event can have 'presenter', 'attendee', 'volunteer', etc.
All activity can be looked up by date, contact, activity codes, and wildcard searching in text fields, singly and in combination.
Visual cues for contact name and activity improve accuracy.
Direct activity entry - no need to 'look up' each contact first.
Lists and mailings
Every activity is automatically a searchable list for reports and mailings.
Compile multiple lists on the fly for a combined, non-duplicated list of names for mailing or emailing.
MARS comes with several mail merge templates for labels, envelopes, and form letters, and you can make up your own templates using Microsoft Word or other word processors for complete customization.
Group lists together to create non-duplicated 'super-lists'. Duplicated addresses can also be eliminated when you want to send just one mailing piece per household.
Email
Send emails to individuals or in bulk - MARS's integrated SMTP client lets you send multiple emails with one click, and each email is individually addressed.
If you use a web-based email service, you can export email addresses for uploading to the service.
List management
Contacts can be dropped off specific or all mailing lists without having to delete information, singly or in bulk.
Export addresses to a file for large mailings when you use a mailing house.
Inactive contacts can be flagged and dropped off lists.
Reports and Searching
MARS includes standard reports for both detailed and summary information. MARS lets you 'tap' your database to discover information in literally thousands of different ways.
Preview all reports before printing.
Print one or more labels starting at any given label number - no more wasted labels!
MARS reports can be exported to PDF format for convenient sharing.
User security
With multiple users you can assign full, limited, and read-only permissions to your database as needed.
Membership
Don't have members? Just leave the membership section blank.
Multiple membership categories as needed.
Generate renewal materials as well as new member and renewed member materials.
MARS can automatically figure and update the new member and renewed member membership dates and status - no need to edit those items manually.
Combine the data management power of MARS with your own word processing templates to produce membership and promotional materials to your exact requirements.
