December 2006 Newsletter
December Promotion Start private labeling your Hosted Exchange offering today!Â
The key aspect of a true private labeled solution is that your customers only see your URLs - everywhere. Now, instead of using a generic domain, you can use your own URL for all the Exchange functions that your customers access. We provide a SSL certificate for your custom URL which is then used for SSL-enabled OWA, ActiveSync, OMA, and RPC/HTTPS.
Along with not having any setup or monthly minimums for mailboxes, we’re waiving the SSL setup fees for the month of December.Â
Marketing Tip Pre-Launch MarketingÂ
When you decide the time is right to offer more hosted services, like SharePoint or CRM, be sure to generate some buzz about it with your customers. 1- 3 months Prior to launch, be sure and start getting your marketing collateral in place. Email your customers and begin educating them on your new service so when the time comes for you to begin offering it, your customers will already know the features and benefits the new service can bring them.Â
Dynamics CRMÂ Hosted Customer Relationship ManagementÂ
groupSPARK is now offering Hosted Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0. Dynamics CRM is a premiere Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software available in the marketplace today with an easy to use web-based interface and full Outlook integration.Cost and complexity of building and maintaining a Hosted Microsoft CRM solution have prevented deployment by service providers across the world. As the first Private Label Hosted Microsoft CRM solution in the marketplace, groupSPARK empowers you to instantly add Hosted Microsoft CRM to your suite of services.Â
New Control Panel Same functionality - New lookÂ
We have been working very hard these last few months to make improvements to our control panel. Based on feedback from you, we have made significant changes that will improve usability and the overall look of the tool.Â
As with our previous control panel, this one is fully private labeled, but we’re included much more flexibility in changing the appearance of elements like fonts, colors and styles.Â
SharePoint 2007Â
groupSPARK will be one of the first private label providers to offer SharePoint 2007. This is a another great opportunity for you to be the first providers in the nation to offer SharePoint 2007.
New functionality in 2007 includes the ability to implement team-based blogs and wikis, enhanced integration with Outlook 2007, and the ability to easily create new application templates (you will find that the 60+ templates we already provide will satisfy even your most demanding customers).
SharePoint is being used by more and more SMBs every day. If you don’t already offer it, now is the time to. You will be able to take advantage of all the additional marketing and PR coming out of Microsoft.Â
ISPCon Santa Clara Good to see everyoneÂ
For those of you that attended this year’s Fall ISPCon in Santa Clara, CA, we wanted to thank you for stopping by our booth. Events like ISPCon are great opportunities for us to not only meet prospective new clients but also speak to existing ones and hear their success stories.Â
