What do you need to be more successful with your Microsoft Volume Licensing sales?
For those of you who were at or viewed the SMB Nation Keynote presentation last year, you may recall that I told you that helping you be successful in your Microsoft Volume Licensing sales was something we were going to focus on very heavily last year (July 2007 – June 2008). After all, it is only when our Partners are successful that we are successful, so you have no idea how motivated we are to see you be VERY successful! Looking at the SBSC sales results for the year, your numbers show that success continued! Some of the items we have offered to help drive your success are:
- Open Value VAR Rebate
- Big Easy Partner Subsidy Program
- Open Value Subscription
- Open Value Subscription Sales Spiff
- Open Value Subscription training webcasts
- Open Value Subscription Partner University courses
- Open Value Subscription Sales Resources
- “The 30 in 30”
- All of the licensing and sales posts to this Blog
Partnercasts showcasing your peers and how they are having success with Volume Licensing
- Hear how Open Value Subscription is helping close deals and win business for one of your SBSC peers: Jason Comstock, President of Clarity Technology Solutions
- How Microsoft Licensing creates Partner Services Opportunities – Hear from your peers
- John Endter shares how MS Financing is driving success for E Squared C
- Bob Burns shares how MS Financing is driving success for Osmosis Development
- Hear how the Small Business Desktop Advantage is helping drive success for one of your SBSC peers, Vince Tinnirello of Anchor Network Solutions
All of these designed to help you be more successful in driving your Volume Licensing sales growth and helping you provide more value to your clients through the benefits of Volume Licensing and Software Assurance. Now, it is time to do it again this year.
So here is my ask of you… When you think of the most common objections you hear or the most common questions you are asked or the most frequent, “If I only had ‘X’” where ‘X’ is a sales resource or one-pager or some form of sales aid that would help you close or win a Volume Licensing sale, what are those things? I really want to know!
Am I promising we’ll be able to get you everything you ask for or submit? Obviously we can’t promise everything (and I’m sure we’ll get some unreasonable requests as well); however, just like in past years where I’ve made this request of you, getting your input and feedback on what would help make you most successful is very important to me and will help us evaluate what would be best to work towards providing you, our valued Partners.
You may recall when I made this request after the launch of the Small Business Desktop Advantage and we created the “Small Business Desktop Advantage Sales Kit” which provided one-pagers, positioning, FAQs, etc. based on the feedback and input you provided. Then, you said that having more audio files, web files, etc. would be helpful in your success, so we launched the V2 of the Sales Kit, which contained over 8 ½ hours of multimedia content including: webcast recordings, audio files, videos, the customizable “Less Than Coffee” and “Less Than Fries” websites with Less Than Coffee and Less Than Fries customizable handouts and email/letter templates, and much more. Again, based on your input and feedback.
So now is your chance to give that input again. What is that one piece of the puzzle you are missing to reach success? What do you need to be successful in growing your Open Value Subscription, Open Value, and Open License sales this fiscal year (July 2008 – June 2009)? What are the top questions you have? What are the top objections you run into? What are the top questions you get asked? What one-pagers and sales aids do you need? Etc.
As they say, “Silence is acceptance,” so if you don’t give me your input and feedback now, don’t go saying we don’t listen or support you. Take a few minutes and share your thoughts. Don’t put it off. Don’t think, “I’ll get to it later.” Do it now while you are thinking of it. You can always come back and provide more later, but send off your thoughts right now. Just CLICK HERE, enter your input and feedback and press send. That’s it!
Here’s looking to another great year of joint success between us in growing your Volume Licensing businesses with your clients throughout the year to provide the best experience and richest set of benefits to them and the most sales and services business opportunities for you. After all, the happier your clients are with the technology solutions you provide them with, the stronger long-term relationships and opportunities you will have.
Thank you and have a wonderful day,
Eric Ligman
Microsoft Senior Manager, Community Engagement
US Partner Strategy, Marketing and Programs
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