Please join us as we draw the final winners for the Sage Super-Stars Contest!
We hope you've enjoyed the Sage Super-Stars contest and seeing the excitement and sales momentum build over the last few months as the monthly winners of the Apple Watches were announced. It's finally time for the big raffle drawing for the rest of the exciting prize giveaways. Join us for a live webcast on October 15 when the winners will be announced—and find out if you have earned one of the top prizes, including $10,000 American Express travel vouchers and much more!
Thursday, October 15, at 9 a.m. PT/12 p.m. ET
U.S./Canada toll free: 800-243-6403 | Int'l: 719-325-2128 | Passcode: 429778
Remember all partner sales reps that have submitted qualifying sales will be included in the drawing, even if they have won any of the monthly prizes that have been awarded.
Follow up from October 8 webcast: The updated Sage North America partner program
Thank you to those of you who were able to join the partner webcast on October 8, where we shared the details of the updated partner program for Sage North America. If you were unable to join the session, please make sure to review the webcast recording that is posted on Sage Sell to learn more about the updated partner program, which is now in effect.
We understand the importance of delivering a partner program that nurtures and develops a healthy, vibrant partner community that is aligned and focused on winning together with Sage.
Essential to our success, we are committed to investing in our partners and working collaboratively to offer a world-class partner program that will enable you to be wildly successful, profitable, and equipped to provide your customers with extraordinary experiences. To win together, our updated Sage North America partner program has five key strategic objectives:
- Market share growth
- Revenue growth
- Customers for life
- Transition to subscription
- Partner value creation
Key elements that are changing
- Core subscription margins will be increased for renewals and add-on purchases after the first year for Premier partners (Diamond, Platinum, Gold, and Silver tier levels).
- New customers are defined as brand-new customers or existing customers who have not been on an active plan or made any purchases from Sage within the last five years.
- Partners can increase their margin levels above the base margin by meeting or exceeding set total product revenue growth objectives—and can earn even higher margins by achieving both the growth objectives and hitting new customer revenue goals.
- Partners can move up real-time for growth and new customer margins and move down quarterly.
- Growth and new customer margins will be measured on a 12-month rolling schedule.
- Installed base (IB) and new license revenue (NL) are now paid the same margins. This not only simplifies the program, but may increase the margin payout for partners.
- There is a threshold level increase for the mid-market solutions (MMS) Silver threshold level.
What elements of the program are not changing?
- Sage Business Care margins remain the same.
- Sage Business Care margins continue to be based upon the tier level achieved by your product sales.
- First-year new customer core subscription margins are the same as perpetual license margins.
- Diamond, Platinum, and Gold tier thresholds remain the same for MMS.
- All Sage product revenue applies toward tier attainment.
- Connected services margins remain the same.
- Tier multipliers for Sage HRMS, Sage Fixed Assets, Sage BusinessVision Accounting, and Sage BusinessWorks Accounting remain in place.
How do I get more information regarding these changes?
Please review the updated partner program guide and the FAQ, which include the updated program details, tier schedule, and outline the changes to the program. These documents, as well as a copy of the presentation from the webcast, can be found on Sage Sell.
| The current self-service dashboard for tier will continue to be available, but will only show data through September 30, 2015. However, effective October 19, 2015, the new dashboard will be live and represent the new structure, along with the updated data. |
New marketing rewards programs!
Acquiring new customers and growth are fundamental to the success of our mutual businesses. As a part of the updated North America partner program, we are launching an enhanced marketing program for all Sage partners, as well as a marketing rewards program for partners who achieve a minimum of $50,000 in total product revenue—all designed to empower our partners with significantly more marketing assets and created to help generate more pipeline opportunities. Stay tuned for more details!
We encourage you to contact your regional sales representative or [email protected] if you have questions or would like to collaborate with Sage to grow your business.
Last fiscal year, we broke ground and laid the foundation to build a customer-focused and partnercentric ecosystem. This is the year that we take Sage to new heights!
October 20 webcasts: Preview the 2016 releases of Sage 100 and 300
We are very happy to announce that Sage will be launching the 2016 releases of Sage 100 and Sage 300 to the market the week of November 2, 2015. The customer-driven enhancements included in these new releases are especially exciting, and we are confident the increased value proposition will resonate with new and existing customers.
In addition to the improvements to our existing Sage 100 and 300 products, we will be simultaneously launching Sage 100c and Sage 300c. As announced at Sage Summit, the launch of Sage 100c and Sage 300c marks the beginning of our journey toward modernizing our product portfolio in North America—providing new and existing customers with the deep product capabilities they expect from Sage, with the added benefits of improvements, such as: improved user interface, cloud-enabled UI, and so forth.
Please join us for an informational webcast to learn more about the new enhancements that we have made in the 2016 releases, as well as what we will be offering in Sage 100c and Sage 300c. On the call, we will also share more on the newly enhanced Sage Business Care plans that will be available with these solutions to provide customers with even more value.
Sage 100 2016
Tuesday, October 20, 9 a.m. PT/12 p.m. ET (90 min.)
Sage 300 2016
Tuesday, October 20, 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET (90 min.)
All sessions will be recorded and available for playback on Sage Sell, and we will also post additional information about the releases there.
New certified ISV solutions for Sage X3
We are continually expanding our Sage X3 certified ISV ecosystem to give our customers added functionality that helps their businesses thrive. This month, we are happy to announce three new certified solutions for e-commerce, transportation management, and warehouse automation.
Don’t miss this chance to gain visibility and target the right market with these newly certified solutions. Join us for a series of webcasts, as we give you an overview and demo on each certified solution. Click the links below for more detailed information and register today.
Invite your customers to a product BI webcast
Invite your customers to a hands-on webcast to learn more about either Sage Enterprise Intelligence or Sage Intelligence. Our product specialists Mark Eddy and Michael Nardini will do the heavy lifting for you to close business, working with you as an extended part of your team:
Get more out of Excel and more insights into your business with Sage Intelligence Reporting
Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET (45 min.)
Learn how the power of Excel can give you new powerful reports and insights across your business--all when you add Sage Intelligence that directly connects to your Sage 100 or 300, or Sage 500 ERP data. Watch a live product demonstration to see how Intelligence Reporting can make your reporting easier, faster, and richer—getting you up to speed quickly through built-in reporting templates and many on-line resources.
Sage Enterprise Intelligence—business insight on the move
Thursday, Nov. 5, at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET (45 min.)
Learn how to do more with through data visualization, drill down, and through creating the business reports you need—all through a browser-based view that securely accesses your Sage 300 or Sage 500 ERP data. Watch a live product demonstration to see how easy it can be to use the key metrics you care about to align your organization and track each activity you manage to improve business performance.
If you as a business partner want to know how to best sell and position Sage Intelligence versus Sage Enterprise Intelligence, please refer to the business intelligence playbook on Sage Sell.
Interactive Sage Intelligence Reporting webcasts
Sage Intelligence webcasts offer you are quick and topic-specific learning experience dependant on your skill set.
- Oct. 21: Sage Intelligence—beyond financials
- Nov. 4: Tips and tricks for Sage Intelligence and Microsoft Excel
Find out more about these and other webcasts suitable to the Business Management Solutions you support.
Learn how to make the most of Sage 50 Intelligence Reporting in our complimentary webcasts.
Intelligence Reporting makes your information readily available in ready-to-use Microsoft Excel reports at the click of a button. Using trusted and up-to-date information from Sage 50, Intelligence Reporting helps you get a bigger picture of your business, empowering you to make the right decisions to run it like a pro and fuel its growth.
Sage 50 Intelligence Reporting in real life:
- Oct. 15: Deconstructing the Income Statement to make it more dynamic
- Oct. 22: Inventory
- Oct. 29: Purchases
- Nov. 5: Sales
- Nov. 12: Merging data from two companies
View details about all webcasts
Sage Thought Leadership podcast
The Sage Thought Leadership podcast exists to provide partners, customers, and colleagues rich stories about how they help create greater freedom to succeed.
At over 17,000 downloads since inception in October 2013, the podcast highlights the innovative solutions that Sage partners have assisted customers in creating. In addition, partners, customers, and thought leaders talk about what they have done inside their organizations to make them more successful. Check out the last three interviews on the podcast:
You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, as well as listen directly on the web.
If you or someone you know would like to be a guest on the podcast, please contact [email protected] to get an interview scheduled. |
