October 16, 2019

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OCTOBER 16, 2019 ISSUE

WHAT'S HAPPENING

New live Acrobat DC webinar on October 29

Invite your customers to attend the third Acrobat DC webinar in our series “Boost your IT efficiencies and workforce productivity." This webinar will include a live demo of the Adobe Admin Console and will highlight how easy it is assign, reassign, remove, and track Acrobat licenses; deploy software and updates with pre-created packages; integrate with your existing corporate user identity systems (SSO); and more.

The following resources are available in the Acrobat IT Webinar series promo kit:

Campaign execution guide—Provides an overview of the program
Partner promo resources—Includes email templates, website banners, and social assets (see Deploy webinar folder)

Introducing Photoshop Elements 2020 & Premiere Elements 2020

It’s never been easier to make your photos and videos look amazing and turn them into treasured keepsakes. A new version of the Elements family of products is here.

Read the full announcement >

Check out the Elements 2020 family >

C&B Connection available in multiple languages

Did you know that Consumer & Business Connection is available in 10 languages? Simply click the region selector at the bottom left corner of any C&B Connection page to select a different language version of the site, complete with localized content and assets.

You can also search for assets in more than 20 languages from any language version of C&B Connection. Simply click the magnifying glass icon at the top right corner of any C&B Connection page and type a word or term into the search bar. The search results will default to the language version you are currently using. Simply click the Language filter to select other languages to filter your search.

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SALES SHOUT OUT

Adobe ANZ welcomes Santos to the VIP family

Reported by Brent Irwin, director of partner sales and SMB, ANZ

Sandra DiCamillo has done it again. It’s my great pleasure to welcome Santos to the rapidly growing VIP family after having placed an order for 700 Acrobat DC for enterprise seats this week.

Santos has a very interesting history when it comes to their past licencsing arrangement with Adobe. A number of years ago, they were on an ETLA. However due to the significant impact the mining downfall had, the business ultimately was forced to cut costs and anull the ETLA, only to reinstall all their old perpetual licences.

In June 2019, we re-engaged via our partner, Data#3 in Adelaide, and proposed going back to VIP with an option for 500, 700, or 1,000 Acrobat seats. The great news is that last year Sandra was also engaged with another mining company, Quadrant Energy, proposing a perpetual migration. During the course of our discussions with Santos, an acquisition was taking place for Quadrant, which added fuel to the fire resulting in a purchase of 700 Acrobat for enterprise licenses with room to grow in the future.

Sandra and team want to highly commend Sean Sounes from our reseller partner Data#3 in Adelaide for his knowledge on Adobe licensing and utmost professionalism while we were working collaboratively on this particular opportunity. Sandra and Sean have an excellent and trusting rapport, so much so that they are already working on the next giant deal.

Customer: Santos

Partner: Data#3 and Sean Sounes

Support team: Fruen Purnell, Reymond Chapman, and Stephanie Baartz-Bowman

COLLEAGUE CONNECTIONS

Meet Donghun Choi

Role: Distributor Account Manager

Office location: Seoul

Time at Adobe: 2 years

Biggest achievement at Adobe: Renewal rate improved from 72% to 82% in a year

Who’s your partner in crime: Jee yeon Kim (Renewal Specialist)

Advice you’d give to a new employee: Your brand matters

How about hobbies: Golf (not that I am good at it)

What are you most proud of (work or personal life): I recently bought my first house (only paid 20% though)

Favorite quote: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” — Albert Einstein

Who/What inspires you: Bad people inspire me to do good.

RECENT EVENTS

Acrobat DC October release enablement

Join us to learn about the new features in Acrobat DC in the October 15 release, as well as current migration offers.

Watch APAC session >

Watch NA | EMEA session >

Acrobat DC September enablement

September's enablement session covered TLP sub-100 seat offers for Acrobat DC and the education price changes for Acrobat DC as well as new offers.

Watch the NA & EMEA session >

Watch the JAPAC session >

SALES TOOL SPOTLIGHT

Why switch to Adobe Stock for teams

A two-page battlecard of Adobe Stock value propositions and competitor comparison.

Admin Console Sandbox for Value Incentive Plan (VIP)

The Admin Console is a single interface that gives admins one place to log in and manage their users and licenses. Use this sandbox to see what VIP admins will have access to, but keep in mind that demo accounts can have some limitations because engineering priority is placed on the production version. This specific sandbox has a mix of team and enterprise offerings, so you can see the different features (like provisioning by user group) side by side. If you wish to share this sandbox with a customer, please do so by sharing your screen and guiding them. But please don't share this link for independent use.

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