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NEW! Adobe Sign eLearning for Adobe internal and resellers

We know that selling Adobe Sign is very different from selling other Adobe products, such as Adobe Creative Cloud. To help you in your current and future customer interactions, we’re happy to announce a new Adobe Sign eLearning module for Adobe internal and resellers.

This 90-minute interactive eLearning is aligned to the Adobe Sign sales playbook and sales methodology and will provide you with the baseline knowledge of how to sell Adobe Sign through a sales conversation.

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FAQ

How is this different from the Adobe Sign sales playbook?

This eLearning provides resellers with the baseline they need to get ready to sell Adobe Sign. It pulls in activities and content from the Adobe Sign sales playbook to reinforce the value proposition.

Is our sales methodology (BCJ/ECJ) included?

The Enterprise Customer Journey (ECJ) follows seven stages within SFDC.

The primary audience for this eLearning is partners, and they do not use Salesforce in the same way. We have used the sales skills methodology they are familiar with and aligned to the wording used in the ECJ. For example, Solution Definition and Value is captured within our Recommend module, and Customer Commit is within the Commit module. There is more to come on this later in Q3.

Does my partner need to take this eLearning to achieve their Adobe Sign sales accreditation?

Yes, this is one part of the Sign eales enablement accreditation. They must also attend the Adobe Sign sales playbook enablement.

What can I do today to get my partners involved?

Partners that have access to Consumer & Business Connection are auto-enrolled in the Adobe Sign sales eLearning. Point them to the eLearning section in The Academy on C&B Connection to get them started. Contact your regional enablement program manager to share eLearning reports on in-progress and completed modules. (Note: This data is not automated and is available weekly.)

LAUNCHED! Adobe Substance 3D—A collection of apps for 3D content creation

The Adobe Substance 3D Collection is now available, giving businesses a powerful and connected toolset for creating 3D content with uncompromised detail and realism, from asset creation to scene design and rendering.

The Adobe Substance 3D Collection includes the following:

• Substance 3D Stager—An intuitive rendering and layout tool that enables users to create both stylized and photorealistic renders by compositing assets into a 3D scene for creative professionals.
• Substance 3D Painter—Painter has all the tools you need to seamlessly texture your 3D assets, from advanced brushes to Smart Materials that automatically adapt to your model. Painter is the best-in-class authoring app that enables creative pros to paint 3D textures on models and meshes in real time.
• Substance 3D Sampler (previously Substance Alchemist)—An intuitive authoring tool to create materials for 3D, by leveraging real life images.
• Substance 3D Designer—The industry-standard parametric authoring tool gives users unparalleled artistic control over the creation of materials, image filters, and dynamic geometry.
• 3D assets—Download thousands of high-quality, fully customizable 3D assets for your diverse project needs. Explore and use models, lights, and materials created by specialists and world-class guest artists. Use the assets inside your major digital content creation apps, in both real-time and offline renderers.

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We’ve also developed these training tools for you to promote this new product offering:

• Adobe Substance launch overview deck
• Virtual photography sales playbook (sign-in required)
• SMB persona types for 3DI
• Adobe Substance 3D datasheet
• FAQ

You can also download and share these presentations with customers who are interested in learning more about 3D:

• Substance 4-pager—This overview provides the elevator pitch and plans and highlights the ROI.
• Moving to virtual photography for content production—This presentation explains why virtual photography is the way forward to speed up content production, increase sales volume, and reduce cost.
  
• Building a 3D initiative—This presentation outlines the steps of building a 3D team at a company and explains its high return on investment.
• Standard workflow by industry—This presentation shows the various Adobe tools to use throughout your 3D workflow for retail and e-commerce; product, apparel, and footwear design; and more.

Extended! Premium onboarding migration offer for Acrobat DC

To assist customers in migrating from perpetual to Acrobat DC for enterprise in VIP, the premium onboarding migration offer has been extended through September 3, 2021. Premium onboarding includes Admin Console set up, Single Sign-On (SSO) configuration and domain claims, directory integration services configuration, and more.

Who’s eligible?

This offer is available to commercial, education, and government CLP and TLP customers who migrate 200+ perpetual licenses (Americas) or 100+ perpetual licenses (EMEA, APAC, and education) to Acrobat DC for enterprise. This offer may be combined with other offers.

How do I get started?

1. Download the flyer for your region, and share it with your customers:
   • Premium onboarding migration offer flyer for Americas
   • Premium onboarding migration offer flyer for EMEA, APAC, and education
2. If a customer wants to take advantage of this migration offer, download the onboarding request form for your region. (Note: Partners have been asked to work with their Adobe CAM in the Americas and APAC and their Adobe Business Manager in EMEA to start the onboarding process.)
   • Premium onboarding migration request form for Americas
   • Premium onboarding migration request form for EMEA, APAC, and education

Where do I find more information?

The May 2021 partner enablement eSeminar provided detailed information about the premium onboarding migration offer.

Watch the recording >

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Reminder: Spark and Premiere Rush Single Apps end of sale for new teams and enterprise customers

Adobe will no longer be selling Spark or Premiere Rush Single App plans to new teams or enterprise customers starting June 14, 2021. Please renew existing Spark customers to the Premiere Rush Single App plan, which includes access to Spark, at no additional cost. 

Download a short guide to assist your contract admins with next steps (sign-in required).

What do I need to know? 

• Spark, Rush, and Rush Pro Edition Single App plans for teams and enterprise will no longer be available from the published price lists after June 14, 2021.
• Spark and Rush will become a bundle of apps with more functionality that will be included in All Apps and most other Single App plans—with no price increase. Stay tuned for more details.
• InCopy and Substance will have Spark removed at existing customers’ next renewal. 

What can I sell to renewing customers?

• If customers who had previously purchased the Spark Single App plan want to place add-on or renewal orders, you can sell them the Premiere Rush Single App plan for the most equivalent value (for the same price as the Spark Single App plan). Get instructions on how to place the order for Premiere Rush via the unpublished pricelist.
• If customers who had previously purchased the Premiere Rush Single App or Premiere Rush Pro Edition plan wish to continue, they will be able to do so. Get instructions on how to place the order for Premiere Rush via the unpublished pricelist.

What do I sell if a new customer wants Spark as a new contract on or after June 14?

• A new customer is defined here as any customer who did not previously purchase the Spark Single App plan.
• Customers can purchase any Creative Cloud Single App (except for InCopy and Substance) or Creative Cloud All Apps to get the full Spark value, at no additional cost.

What changes have been made to the VIP price lists?

• Spark Single App for teams and enterprise plans will be removed from the price lists—meaning no customers will be able to renew or buy net new Spark Single App licenses. 
• Premiere Rush and Premiere Rush Pro Edition Single App plans for teams and enterprise have been moved to the 3YC and unpublished price lists—meaning you can sell these unpublished SKUs only to customers who had previously purchased these plans and need an add-on or renewal order.

What would happen to the end user’s product experience once the contract is renewed from Spark Single App to Rush Single App?

• If end users are on Spark today, their experiences won’t be impacted if the contract is changed from the Spark Single App plan to Premiere Rush Single App plan (or another Creative Cloud Single App or All Apps plan with Spark entitlements).
• End users will still be able to access their projects in Spark. The product experience will remain the same. 

Will Spark be removed from other plans?

• The Spark entitlement will be removed from InCopy Single App for teams and enterprise plans that renew on or after June 15, 2021.
• The Spark entitlement will be removed from Substance enterprise plans that renew on or after June 23, 2021. 

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Join the CC SMB contract switching second session to learn about upcoming CC for teams and enterprise value (company control of assets), implications on the contract switching process, and a review of switching contract scenarios, changes in process, and asks for resellers and Adobe SMB sellers.

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Substance 3D launch

Join us to learn more about the launch of Substance 3D. We’ll be introducing the scope of this initiative, which includes key milestones and value proposition, migration experience updates, and details of the launch.

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Acrobat and Adobe Sign monthly enablement eSeminar—April 2021

Join Lisa Niday and team for this Acrobat and Adobe Sign monthly enablement eSeminar where we cover sales training, new product releases and updates, latest assets, and other important information.

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Acrobat and Adobe Sign monthly enablement eSeminar—March 2021

Join Lisa Niday and team for this Acrobat and Adobe Sign monthly enablement eSeminar where we cover sales training, new product releases and updates, the latest assets, and other important information.

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Enablement briefing: Creative Cloud for teams Pro Edition launch

Attend this session to learn more about CC for teams Pro Edition, including the First Year Free offer and pricing. migrating users from CC for teams to CC for teams Pro Edition, outbound marketing activities, and sales enablement materials.

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Acrobat and Adobe Sign monthly enablement eSeminar—February 2021

Join Lisa Niday and team for this Acrobat and Adobe Sign monthly enablement eSeminar where we cover sales training, new product releases and updates, the latest assets, and other important information.

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