-- Grow Business: These programs help business partners develop new
business, and include Fast Track for Growth, the Marketing Alliance
Program, Preferred Vendors and Webcast Lead Builder. Fast Track for Growth
is an intensive, one-year mentoring program for partners who are committed
to growing their businesses by acquiring new customers. Participating
partners receive over $8,000 worth of benefits and are given $1,000 credits
for new license sales that are above and beyond the number of sales they
had one year prior to joining the program. This package includes new
marketing tools for partners to optimize their website for local web
searches and for developing sales referrals. Top graduating Fast Track for
Growth partners now also gain free access to the marketing consulting
services of the Marketing Alliance Program.
-- Hire Talent: These programs and resources help business partners
recruit and retain staff, and include HireAssist Sales (formerly known as
the 100/100 program), and other Recruiting Resources. HireAssist Sales
helps partners recruit, hire, and train full-time field salespeople. It
includes an $8,000 cash grant, personality profile services, additional co-
op allowances for developing new recruits' lead pipelines, and enrollment
in the Sage Sales Academy. This annual program will now be available two
times per year.
-- Build Knowledge: Sage Software University,
www.sagesoftwareuniversity.com, is home to hundreds of business partner
certification and specialization training classes that are designed to
build knowledge and proficiency on Sage products. Training courses are
delivered in various formats, including traditional classroom hands-on
certification, virtual classrooms, instructor-led online classes, and self-
paced anytime learning tracks and subscriptions. Additionally, partner
development courses in the study of sales, consulting, marketing and
leadership are coming to Sage University. These courses will be offered in
new Centers of Excellence training facilities at select Sage Software
campuses.
-- Earn Rewards: These programs provide partners with margin enhancement
opportunity and peer recognition, and include the Sage Select and Sage Co-
op programs, as well as four annual recognition award programs: Business
Partner of the Year, Chairman's Club, President's Circle, and the Million
Dollar Club. Sage Select, for Sage partners who exclusively offer Sage
Software products and services to their clients, is now available to Silver
level partners. In addition, Sage Select now offers availability of co-op
funds for development training, and free access to Sage's 24/7 Anytime
Learning subscriptions on Sage Software University for Gold, Platinum and
Diamond level Sage Select partners.
About Sage Software
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million small and medium-sized business customers in North America through
easy-to-use, scalable and customizable software and services. Our products
support accounting, operations, customer relationship management, human
resources, time tracking, merchant services and the specialized needs of
the construction, distribution, healthcare, manufacturing, nonprofit and
real estate industries. Sage Software is a subsidiary of The Sage Group
plc, a leading global supplier of business management software and services
to small and medium-sized businesses. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on
the London Stock Exchange in 1989. Sage Group now has 5.7 million customers
and employs over 14,800 people worldwide. For more information, please
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