South Central Area Community Blog : Announcements

Announcing Microsoft Total Tech Makeover!

SCAPC — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 16:00:00 GMT

We’re granting three Microsoft partners the chance to make a customer’s dream come true. Nominate small business clients for a Total Tech Makeover, and if they win, you’ll realize these benefits:

Earn up to $30,000 to deploy and implement the winning solution
Have the opportunity for local and national press coverage
Be highlighted in a Microsoft and HP case study

Working with experts from Microsoft and HP to make the winner’s tech processes more efficient and effective than ever, you’ll deploy solutions using:

Microsoft® Small Business Server
Microsoft® Office
Microsoft® Windows® XP
The Microsoft® Dynamics suite of products
HP ProLiant Server
HP desktops and/or notebooks and printers

When your customer’s productivity and profits reach new heights, you’ll be the one to thank.

Help realize a client’s dream and get paid up to $30,000? Now that’s a great gig. Winners will be selected in February, March and April of 2006. You’ll be the first we notify if your customers a winner. We’re also giving away 25 runner-up prizes to help jump start what could be the beginning of great solution for a special client.

Nominate as many small business customers as you like. With your first nomination you’ll receive a copy of Making It Big In Small Business — Top 15 SMB Consultants Share Strategies And Lessons Learned – A $39.95 Value!

Virtual Partner Briefing: CRM 3.0 - An Analysis of the Partner's Value Proposition

SCAPC — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 20:18:00 GMT

TS2 - Central Region Virtual Partner Briefing: CRM 3.0 - An Analysis of the Partner's Value Proposition

Event Date: 12/7/2005

Presenter: Stephen Deming

Event Time: 6pm Central

Duration: 90 minutes

Description:

Are you ready to take a serious look at CRM 3.0? Come to this event to find the real value that CRM 3.0 will be delivering to your customers and how you can drive services revenue with this new release. Our focus will be on partner opportunities around the Configuring and Customizing of the CRM platform. We will showcase the improvements made to CRM’s Workflow as well as the brand new Marketing Automation functionality. At the conclusion your regional coordinator will discuss licensing options like partner hosted CRM solutions (via the SPLA Service Providers License Agreement) and special pricing promotions for CRM with Small Business Server. We will also provide links to CRM ‘How Tos’ and Technical Training at the conclusion of the event for your technical staff.

Two FREE Plane Tickets and MORE (worth up to $780!) when you buy a PC with Genuine Microsoft OEM Windows XP software from a local PC builder!

SCAPC — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 19:50:00 GMT

Microsoft is proud to announce the NEW Buy Local Bonus Packs offering for customers who purchase a PC with genuine Windows XP operating systems from a local PC builder!

In our continuing efforts to ensure that consumers who purchase genuine Microsoft Windows XP operating systems get the most from their investments, now comes the latest offerings: a collection of 3 Bonus Packs that you can claim with your new PC from a local PC builder that comes with genuine Microsoft Windows XP operating systems. So, what's in these Bonus Packs you ask? Take a look:

Purchase a PC with genuine Windows XP Professional and qualify for: Bonus Pack #1 - Up to $780 Value!
- Complimentary Roundtrip Airfare for 2 (with purchase of lodging)
- ContentProtect Internet Filtering software for business
- Do-It-Yourself Legal Tools from Nolo
- PLUS: Network Magic Network Management software

Purchase a PC with genuine Windows XP Media Center Edition and qualify for: Bonus Pack #2 - Up to $690 Value!
- Complimentary Roundtrip Airfare for 2 (with purchase of lodging)
- ContentProtect Internet Filtering software for business
- Do-It-Yourself Legal Tools from Nolo
- PLUS: CinemaNow High-Definition Movies

Purchase a PC with genuine Windows XP Home Edition and qualify for: Bonus Pack #3 - Up to $615 Value!
- Complimentary Roundtrip Airfare for 2 (with purchase of lodging)
- ContentProtect Internet Filtering software for business
- Do-It-Yourself Legal Tools from Nolo

Find out about this new offering and these Bonus Packs at: http://www.LocalPCbuilder.com today!

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Microsoft Opens up Online Solution Sales Training to Registered Partners!

SCAPC — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 19:49:00 GMT

We are proud to announce that Solutions Selling for Partners Online training is now available for Registered Partners in addition to the Certified and Gold Certified Partners. In addition, the pricing (as low as $60 per person or $500 per reseller with up to 40 salespeople), will allow the broad spectrum of Small and Mid-sized partners to gain access to this high demand training series.

Solution Selling is a high-performance sales execution process used widely around the world. Sales Performance International (SPI), in cooperation with Microsoft, is excited to offer Solution Selling Online for Microsoft Partners worldwide. As a Microsoft Partner, you can now access this incredible resource here.

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Special offer: Buy now and get full rights to Microsoft CRM 3.0!

SCAPC — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 16:01:00 GMT

Purchase any module of Microsoft CRM 1.2 Professional and get full suite rights to Microsoft CRM 3.0 (Expires December 1, 2005)

Microsoft CRM 3.0 brings a powerful new suite of sales, services, and marketing capabilities to customers around the world. And today, any customer who acquires any module of Microsoft CRM 1.2 Professional—Sales Professional, Customer Service Professional, or Professional Suite—gets full suite rights to all modules released with Microsoft CRM 3.0.

Review these frequently asked questions to learn more about this special offer: http://www.microsoft.com/businesssolutions/crm/product/fullsuitefaq.mspx

Partner Townhall Meeting in Baton Rouge

SCAPC — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 22:04:00 GMT

On Thursday, Oct 13th, more than 50 Louisiana Partners met at a Townhall Meeting with the local Microsoft team in Baton Rouge to discuss Hurricane Katrina's impact to business and customers in LA.

The discussion also included ideas on what to do to help customers bring back their operations as well as ways to increase the speed of business recovery in the partner community.