CRM 3.0- Partner Engagement Program - Let the Fun Begin!
It's Official! CRM v3.0 is available as of December 1st and we're not wasting any time to get the word out. Microsoft launched the CRM Partner Engagement Program (PEP) to help Partners deliver the local marketing messages to their prospective customers and existing customers.
I've posted some of the details of the program below. If you'd like to enroll or go straight to the nitty gritty of the program, click this following link (click here).
What you Give and What you Get with Microsoft Business Solutions Partner Engagement Programs
Partner Engagement Programs Gives and Gets (varies by GTM)
What you give - (Most of you have gone through this with the SBS and other PEP offers)..
- Register on Web site
- Attend Readiness Web Training
- Submit a marketing plan
- Enter a deployment story
- Participate in periodic surveys
What you get
- Gain entry into Partner Engagement Program
- Receive Welcome Kit
- Critical sales, marketing and learning resources
- Managed Event Services
- Potential for co-funded or free turnkey or custom collateral campaigns
- Potential for additional marketing funds
- Ready Set Go Points
- Potential for formal case study
- Potential for deployment awards
Please note! You must be signed up for the Microsoft Partner Program (MSPP) to have access to a Partner Engagement Program. In addition to signing the SPA, there is a step that you must take to be a member of MSPP. When you sign up for the PEP, it will redirect you to the MSPP signup page if you are not already a member.