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The Multi-Location Executive Report

The Multi-Location Executive Report is a powerful roll-up of metrics across any number of business locations. With a custom date selector and filtering, it’s easy to slice the data to see trends in marketing performance across a Multi-Location Group. Available in Multi-Location Business App and fully white-labeled, this report allows for powerful needs analysis and proof-of-performance reporting. Use it to prospect Multi-Location Executive Report shows the marketing data that’s been collected for all your business accounts. This means that you can run Snapshot Reports for a group of locations, and then view that data inside Multi-Location Business App to help users see opportunities for improvement.  Use it for proof-of-performance reporting Trend lines and delta-change numbers are a key feature of Executive Reporting, allowing you to show short or large-scale change across many accounts, and prove the impact your work has been having. Key Features Fast data – Slice-and-dice large data sets quickly. Short-term changes and long-term trends – Compare metrics period-over-period with a custom date selection. White-labeled – The report is your own, complete with your logo and branding. Filtering – Filter by geography, business category, region, groups of locations, or listing/review sources. What data is currently available? Currently, the report includes the following: Google Business Profile Advertising Intelligence Google Analytics Reputation Top Review Sources Recent Reviews Review Rating Review Volume Average Time to Response Listings data Social media (powered by Social Marketing) Afterward, we'll expand it to include more Marketplace products and third-party metric sources.
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Create account in Partner Center

Customer account management is one of the core pieces of managing your system. You can create individual accounts or import multiple accounts from a CSV file. Individual accounts Multiple accounts Create Individual Accounts To add an individual customer account to the Platform: Go to Partner Center > Accounts > Manage Accounts.  Click Create Account in the upper right corner of the screen. Search for the business you want to add. In the Specific search bar, enter the name and location of a specific business. For example, to create an account for Starbucks on Broadway, you could search for: Starbucks, Broadway, New York, NY, USA.  If you do not see the business you're looking for, click Go to Account Creation. Note: When using the Specific search bar, you'll also see an automatically-generated list of competitors for that business. This allows you to select up to three and have them automatically added to the Snapshot Report. To learn more visit our support article about competitor stats. Search for the business you'd like to add. Fill in the form that appears. As the information here comprises the "Business Profile" used for many different products and services, it is important to fill this out as thoroughly as possible. The following fields are required: Market (if applicable). Business Name. Categories. If you are unable to locate a suitable business category, select Other. Please be aware that certain product features may be unavailable. Country/Region. Street Address. If the account does not have a physical address, select Service Area Business below the ZIP/Postal Code field. City. State/Province. ZIP/Postal Code. Business Phone Number. Click Create Account.   Create Account What is the purpose of the Customer Identifier field in the account creation process? To clarify, the "Customer Identifier" is an optional field when creating an account and serves as a reference or serial number for the account. Although it is not required, you may choose to include one and it can also be used for searching the account in Partner Center. Create Multiple Accounts This feature may only be available on certain subscriptions.  To add multiple customer accounts to the Platform:  Go to Partner Center > Accounts > Manage Accounts. Click on the Menu icon  in the upper right corner of the screen. Click Import Accounts (CSV Upload). If you have a CSV file containing your customer data, click Select file... to upload the file, then continue to Step 4. If you don't have a CSV file, follow the steps below: Click Download CSV Template. Open the template in your program of choice. You can use Google Sheets if you don't have a separate program. Fill out the template with your customer information. Make sure to delete the second row with sample data (this row begins with [Sample-->]). Note: CompanyName and Zip are required fields. We recommend limiting the number of rows per upload to 500. Save the file. In Partner Center, click Select file... to upload the file. Map the columns in your file to the corresponding fields in Partner Center. The Header Row column represents the columns in your CSV file.The First Row column displays the first row of data for each column.The Map To column links the data in your CSV file to a corresponding field in Partner Center. For each Header Row, use the dropdown menu under the Map To column to indicate where the data should be stored in Partner Center. For example, a "Street Name" column in a CSV file would correspond to the Address field in Partner Center. You can also select Do not import if the data in a column does not apply to Partner Center. Click Next. Set User Permissions and Notifications. Select the options you would like to enable for new users in your CSV file. If you unselect each of these options, the users can still receive marketing campaign emails. Click Next. Choose a Market and List. If you have an Enterprise subscription, select the Market associated with these accounts. Select one of the following: Select an Existing List—Adds all accounts in the CSV to an existing account list. If you have a pre-existing list you want to add these accounts to, select this option. For example, you provide business to doctors', lawyers', and dentists' offices. Your CSV file contains a list of new law offices that you want to add to an account list titled "Law Offices." Create a New List—Creates a new account list. This is useful if you don't want to group the accounts you are importing with existing accounts in the system. Select the existing list you want to add the accounts to, or enter a new list name. Click Next. Confirm that the details are accurate, then click Finish. If you select Attempt to fill in empty cells, we will attempt to infer missing information using Google data. Importing these accounts will take several minutes, depending on the number of accounts you are importing. You will be taken to a screen that shows you the progress of the import. You are free to leave this page as the upload will continue in the background. Once the import is complete, the accounts will appear in Partner Center > Accounts > Manage Accounts, and Partner Center > Accounts > Lists.   Import Accounts  
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Give your customers access to Business App

To allow your customers to log in and experience their new products in Business App, you’ll need to get them set up with login credentials.  When is the right time to give them access? As soon as possible! Business App is built to support businesses out of the box, meaning they'll have access to reporting, your product catalog, and in-depth guides as soon as they've logged in. Create a User on an Account Navigate to Partner Center > Accounts > Manage Accounts > Select the account you would like to add the user to. Scroll down to the Users section and select Add Users. From here, select Create User. Complete the form with the user's information: First name Last name Email Phone Welcome message Select whether you want the platform to send a welcome message to your customer. If Send Welcome Message is selected, the platform will send a welcome email to the user. This email contains a link to log in to Business App. Upon clicking this link, the user can set their password. Enter a custom message for the top of the welcome email (optional). Click Create User. The user will now exist in association with this account.  OR Create user credentials To create user credentials: Go to Partner Center > Accounts > Manage Users.   Click Create User in the upper right of the screen.  Complete the form with the user's information: First name Last name Email Phone Welcome message Select whether you want the platform to send a welcome message to your customer. If Send Welcome Message is selected, the platform will send a welcome email to the user. This email contains a link to log in to Business App. Upon clicking this link, the user can set their password. Enter a custom message for the top of the welcome email (optional). Click Create User. Please note that this workflow does not associate the user with an account.  After creating the user, you will land on the User Permissions page for the user you've created. From here, you can add any business accounts that the user needs access to: Click Add Account Select the account(s) that your customer needs access to in Business App Click Add Accounts Your customer can now set their password and log in to Business App through the link in the welcome email. You can find your Business App URL below the title on the Businesses > Manage Users page in Partner Center. Custom domains are only available with certain subscription tiers. Speak to your account manager for more information. Learn more Create a user Resend a welcome email Your customers may already have access to Business App—they can gain access when they click on a call-to-action in the Snapshot Report. If this is the case, you have the option to resend the welcome email. This allows your customers to reset their passwords and then log in to Business App. To resend a welcome email: Go to Partner Center > Accounts > Manage Users. Find the user that should receive the welcome email. Click on the Menu icon to the right of the user. Click Resend Welcome Email. Click Send.  Resend Welcome Email
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Getting Started with Vendasta (Start Here)

Welcome! This end-to-end guide takes you through many of the core actions that will help you to grow your revenue with Vendasta. Looking to complete a full platform setup under your brand? Read our guide on how to set up and white label the platform.  To learn more about specific workflows in greater depth, check out some of our other Getting Started Guides.  Note: Some of these steps may include features that are only available on specific subscription tiers. To see an updated list of which features are available on each tier, refer to our pricing page: vendasta.com/pricing  Checklist Start selling Ready-made packages Marketplace products Prospecting Find and add accounts Create Snapshot Reports Send Snapshots with AI Analysis Activate your customers Invite users Order products and get paid Business App connections Start selling With Vendasta, you're set up to start selling right away with a collection of ready-made packages and products ready to go. If you want to take full control and customize your store, check out the Store Build Guide. To dive in quickly, take a look at some of the basics. Ready-made packages Your store is automatically populated with a number of packages that include some of the most important solutions for small businesses. You can change the existing packages if you wish.  Go to Marketplace > Packages. To edit an existing package, click the vertical ellipsis ⋮ and click Edit. Click Unpublish and Archive  if you wish to remove a package. Here you can click + Add item to add products, click the X next to an item to remove it, adjust retail price and marketing copy. To view and add our latest recommendations, follow these steps: Click the Recommended Packages tab. Click any package to view its contents. Click Add to Store to include this package amongst your offerings. Choose Save and publish to add it immediately or Save as draft to edit it before setting it live. Each of our 2024 Digital Success packages include all of the powerful features of Business App Pro, allowing you to bundle services on top of a core set of features that help your customers manage their daily work. Back to top. Marketplace products Find everything you need about a product including sales assets, pricing information, and support contacts by viewing the product page. To access a product page go to Marketplace > Discover Products and click on any product. At the top, you'll find sales and marketing assets under Screenshots & Files. Down the right you'll find pricing, contact information, and add-ons. At the bottom, you'll find FAQs.  If you wish to order a product from the Marketplace for one of your customers, you need to make sure that you have selected Start selling on that product.  Note that access to some products in the marketplace may be limited based on your current Vendasta plan. Go to Marketplace > Discover Products. Click a product you're interested in. Click the Start selling button. Click the checkbox if you wish to add it your Store page. Click Done or Add to store. Back to top. Prospecting Here are some of the core steps you can take to kick off your prospecting efforts. This video showcases all of the steps for adding accounts, creating Snapshot Reports, and sending them all at once. Find and add accounts Accounts can be added in groups and individually. This workflow showcases how to add many accounts at once into a list. To learn more about adding individual accounts or importing them via a csv file, go here.  Go to Partner Center > Accounts > Manage Accounts Click Find accounts. Search for businesses by type or location. (For example, you could search for “Dentists near me”). Click the checkboxes next to any of the businesses that you want to prospect. Click Continue. Click Create accounts. Wait a few moments for the accounts to be added as part of a list. The system will grab information about these businesses right from their Google profile and add that information right into the platform for you. Some information is not readily available from a Google Business Profile, so you will still want to look for additional information about the business such as email addresses or contact names. Back to top. Create Snapshot Reports Snapshot Report is a needs assessment tool that will let you know about the gaps in the business’s online presence. Because your prospects were added as a part of a list, you can create Snapshot Reports as part of a quick bulk action. Go to Partner Center > Accounts > Lists Click on the ⋮ vertical ellipsis menu next to the list you created. Click on Create/Refresh Snapshot Reports Note that additional charges may apply Wait for information to start populating. It can take up to 24 hours for the information to be fully populated and up to date. The Snapshot Report will continue to refresh with information for 7 days from its creation. Snapshot Reports can be refreshed after the 7 days–additional charges apply. To create a Snapshot Report for one account, go to Partner Center > Accounts > Manage Accounts click on the + report icon next to the account name. Tip: While waiting for information to populate, it’s a great time to make some quick edits to the Snapshot Report. If you’ve added a number of prospects that are part of the same business category, you can flag them as competitors. Check out our Snapshot Guide for more. Back to top. Send Snapshot Reports with AI Analysis Prerequisite: Before sending out any emails through the platform, make sure you have configured your email settings to assure maximum deliverability. These steps are showcased in detail here. A personal touch can go a long way and leveraging artificial intelligence gives you the chance to personalize your outreach while being efficient with your time. Go to Partner Center > Accounts > Manage Accounts Click on the Snapshot Report icon next to the account Click Edit report. Click the “paper airplane” Share icon. Add sender name and email (your information). Add the contact email. Click Suggest content. Clicking the down arrow next to Suggest content gives you additional options. Suggest general content will craft an email based on the overall information in the Snapshot Report. Suggest section-specific content will allow you to choose sections of the Snapshot Report and craft a more targeted email. Review and update the email content that has been generated. Click Send. Activate your customers Invite users Adding a customer as a user to an account will give them access to Business App and allow you to bill them.  Go to Partner Center > Accounts > Manage Accounts. Find the account you want to add the user to. If there are no users assigned to the account, you can click the Add User icon  next to the account name. You can also click on the account name, scroll to the Users section, then click Add Users. Add an existing user from the list or click Create New User and add their information When creating a new user, you can choose to Send welcome email to send an invite into Business App. Once you have all of their information added, click Create User.  Learn more. Back to top. Order products and get paid Prerequisite: You can automatically request payment while ordering a product through Vendasta. To do so, you will first need to set up Vendasta payments. This video showcases the workflow to order products whether you are collecting payment before activation or not. Go to Partner Center > Accounts > Manage Accounts.  Click the account that you want to place an order for. Click Order products. Select the products and/or packages that you want to order. Complete any order information required. If you are using Vendasta Payments and collecting payment, then you can bill your customer at this time. Update the retail prices as needed. Under Collect payment, choose to "Send order for customer review & collect payment online." Select a user to bill Add an expiry date of terms, if necessary Select a product activation date. Note that if using the payment collection methods in Step 6, then the products will only activate on/after that date if the payment has been collected. Check and update the wholesale billing info if necessary (this is your payment to Vendasta). Click Send Order. The Vendasta platform allows you additional flexibility for full order management of your sales team; to learn more about that type of workflow, check out Getting Started: Onboard your customers. Learn more about ordering products. If you are ordering fulfilled services, like those from our Marketing Services team, after the order is complete, you will be presented with a fulfillment form, an easy way to capture information with the help of your customer. Learn more about fulfillment forms. Back to top. Business App Connections   Setting up connections for your customer in Business App is crucial for retention. Something as simple as connecting their Google Business Profile helps them to see value and increase functionality across many products and features. To access the Business App Connections for your customer, follow these steps: Go to Partner Center > Accounts > Manage Accounts Click on the ⋮ vertical ellipsis menu on the far right of the account in the table. Click Open Business App. Click Settings. Click Connections. Click + next to the app or external account you wish to connect. From here, there may be some different steps depending on the connection you wish to make, but in general you or your customer will need their login credentials and will need to give permission for information to be shared with Business App (often shown as an unbranded app called Social Reputation). Learn more about connecting accounts to Business App here: Connecting social media accounts Connecting Google Analytics Account in Business App Connect QuickBooks in Business App Troubleshooting Facebook and Instagram connection errors Back to top. Need help? Support On-Demand can answer your questions or put you in touch with those who can. You can us at support@vendasta.com. Learn more.
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Platform overview

What if you had your own branded end-to-end commerce platform that empowered you to scale sales, marketing, fulfillment, and operations better than you could ever imagine? As you watch the video below, ask yourself: how could these features accelerate my business? The platform has 3 environments One for you, and your salespeople, one for your customers, and one for fulfillment. Together, they empower you to provide products and services to local businesses. Some features listed below are not available with the Free and Startup plans. Learn more Partner Center is for your business In Partner Center, you can: Customize your branding and settings Manage your prospects and customers Set up your products and services Build your online store Publish and track marketing campaigns Manage your salespeople Manage your billing Manage your customers' products, services, and credentials All admins can access Partner Center via partners.vendasta.com. Partner Center isn't white-labeled, and the URL isn't customizable. Business App is for your customers In Business App, your prospects and customers can: Receive updates about key businesses metrics Access the products they’ve purchased Browse products and services in your online store View proof-of-performance reports Your customers can access Business App from a URL that’s unique to your agency. You can find your URL below the title on the Accounts > Manage Users tab in Partner Center. The Growth and Scale plans include the ability to customize this domain. To give your customers access to Business App, you’ll need to create user credentials for them. Alternatively, prospects can access Business App for free from a Snapshot Report. Task Manager is for fulfillment In Task Manager, you and your fulfillment team can: Update listings Respond to reviews Respond to mentions Create social posts Engage with leads Onboard new customers Complete custom tasks Your fulfillment team can access Task Manager from https://task-manager.biz/login/ To give your team access to Task Manager, you’ll need to create user credentials for them.    View Getting Started Guide
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Create an Acquisition Widget

To create an Acquisition Widget: Go to Partner Center > Marketing > Acquisition Widgets. Click Create Widget in the upper right corner of the screen. From this point, creating a widget involves 3 steps: Configure, Design, and Embed. Configure Fill in the form: Widget Name Market Assigned salespeople The campaign that will be sent to new leads Confirmation Landing Page URL Set any tags to be applied to the new accounts Select whether the widget should create a Snapshot Report for new leads (toggle this option on/off). Select whether the widget should be enabled (toggle this option on/off). You can also enable/disable the widget at a later time. Select any products that should be activated automatically for new leads. Click Save and continue. Design Tailor the widget to the design of your website. Once it appears how you'd like, click Save and continue. Embed Copy your widget embed code, then click Finish. Paste the embed code into your website's HTML to embed the widget on relevant pages throughout your website. Tip: Create dedicated landing pages for the Acquisition Widget and link to it from advertising campaigns, social posts, blog posts, and email signatures. When a lead submits their information through the widget, the widget will notify the assigned salespeople so they can get in touch with the lead ASAP. Simultaneously, a new Snapshot Report will be created, the lead will be added to the customer acquisition campaign of your choice, and/or products will be activated, depending on your configuration.   Create a widget
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Account Creation - Why is the business not appearing in the search bar?

When one of your customers creates an account from your Store, we leverage Google Search to quickly and easily gather their business information. If the 'Create Account' search bar is not finding the business you are searching for, it's most likely because it's a "Service Area Business (SAB)". Service area businesses do not show up on the account creation page due to a limitation with the Google API that powers our listing search. To have the Google listing pulled into the Snapshot Report, please connect it directly in Reputation Management.  You can add the business manually by clicking 'Skip to Account Creation'.
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Partner Center Overview

Partner Center is your gateway to Vendasta's powerful platform. From the home page in Partner Center: Select the “Get Started” button to find a checklist for some of the first, important actions that should be taken upon starting with the platform.  Scroll through the carousel to watch the “What’s New” video, and see other important notices from Vendasta. See important updates like new accounts added, and Snapshot Reports created right from the home page. In Partner Center, you can… Manage your client accounts Manage users Start selling and activating products Set up your store Manage other admins Configure multi-location groups* Publish and track marketing campaigns* Create Acquisition Widgets* Manage orders* Manage salespeople and sales teams* Manage fulfillment services for multiple clients with Task Manager* Customize your branding* * Certain features may only be available on select subscription levels. All admins can access Partner Center via partners.vendasta.com.  If you're new to the platform, we highly recommend following our Getting Started Guides and taking courses in the Vendasta Academy. 
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Markets Overview

Please note that Markets are only available on certain subscription tiers. Using Markets allows you to segment your company and its clients (i.e. by brand, region, industry, etc). This helps keep numerous accounts organized. Once Markets have been added to your platform: Each new account created must be assigned to a Market. A dropdown will appear in the Account Create form in Partner Center where you can choose a Market for each new account. A single market will represent your company as a whole, while any additional Markets requested can be used for any purpose. You will be able to create an Acquisition Widget per Market. If you would like to activate Markets for your platform or want to add additional Markets, contact your Account representative or Support On Demand. Branding Each Market's branding can be customized, including logo, colors, product names, and more. Branding that was created before activating Markets will remain as the default option for every new market added. To customize branding, open Partner Center > Administration > Partner branding:   Here, you can choose the drop-down in the top right-hand corner to customize by All Markets or individual markets: Portal Logins The URL for each product and login area per Market is consistent with your URL that was set during the setup process. Custom domains per market are currently unavailable. Branding on Login Portals themselves (before login) will be set to your white-label branding. Business App users are assigned permissions to Accounts, rather than Markets. In turn, Accounts are assigned to Markets. When viewing an active product on an account, that Market's branding will be displayed. If a user has access to multiple accounts in different markets, the user will see the branding for the first Account in their list on login. Once they select an account, the branding specific to that account's market will be displayed. A Salesperson will only see Market-specific branding once they have logged into their account. Any Snapshot Report they create will display their branding and any account created will automatically be created under the same Market. Note: If you created a Salesperson before Markets were activated for your white label, you will have to assign them to a Market the next time you edit their details. See: User Types Settings The Beta Program can be enabled or disabled per Market. This setting can be selected in the Market Level Customize area within Partner Center and is independent of what is selected at the Partner level.
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Week 1: Bulletproof your Agency, with Janice Christopher

WEEK 1: Establish your Presence as a Trusted Local Expert - How to set yourself up for success with a new prospect’s first meeting - Research and be prepared to tell the story of their needs - Educate the prospect on what you see with data from the Snapshot Report
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Workshop #6 - Sales and Success Center Walk-through

This is a walk-through of the CRM dashboard, Sales and Success Center. In this workshop, we will go through crucial actions like: Adding accounts and client users How to customize a snapshot report before sending it to the customer Creating a pipeline to review potential revenue and manage sales opportunities Create and send out proposals using our new feature, Proposal Builder. Learn how to leverage this important part of the platform to sell more effectively!
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Workshop #1 - Breaking the Ice: How to communicate instant value to your prospects

The internet has changed how we do business. At Vendasta Technologies, we have codified the customer journey to help IT, Marketers, Value-Added Resellers, and Managed Service Providers. In this workshop, we will discuss the importance of the customer journey and why winning at each stage is essential. We also cover the importance of consultative selling with the Vendasta’s award-winning tool, the Snapshot report.
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My Billing

Each of the following options can be accessed from Partner Center > Administration > My Billing. Billing Contact The Billing Contact button allows you to set your company’s information as it will appear on invoices. This includes company name, business address, and contact. Payment Method The Payment Method Edit button will allow you to change your payment method. You can add additional payment methods as well as remove any that are currently saved. We currently accept Visa, Mastercard, and Amex. Billing Metrics On the Metrics tab, you can view a breakdown of how the markets and products you're selling are performing for the month. This is useful for analyzing which products are your best performers, allowing you to ramp up attention to those that are doing best, or to focus on improving products that aren't performing as well as expected. This screen is broken down as follows: Market - The market the product is assigned to. This is only available when the Group by market option is selected. Product - The product the row pertains to. Churn - The percentage of accounts that have had the product deactivated that month. Retention - The percentage of accounts that have retained their subscription to that product since the previous month. Starting Balance - The number of accounts that had the product active at the start of the month Activations - The number of new activations of the product since the start of the month. Total Billable - The sum of the starting balance and activations that month. Deactivations - The number of subscriptions for the product that have expired or been canceled. Estimated Usage The Estimated Usage tab breaks down how much you’ll pay at the end of the month based on the products currently active. Keep in mind that this estimate does not include any charges that pertain to managed services. Can I export the estimated usage?  Yes, you can! In Partner Center, navigate to Administration > My Billing, click on the Estimated Usage tab, then click on the current month highlighted in blue to download a CSV of product usage in the current month. This only shows active products and costs, not estimated usage within products. Estimated usage view and estimated usage CSV downloads are different in values. Estimated usage view in Partner Center displays the monthly estimated cost for the partner whereas the CSV download only counts up to the current date (download date) consumption. Active Subscriptions The Active Subscriptions tab is designed to show you which products are part of the current billing cycle. It allows you to easily see which products were active on an account during the month, as well as when those products will expire (if they are set to). By Account Under the heading 'By Account' you can see the number of currently activated paid or free products under each Account as well as the monthly renewal total for that account. Clicking on an account will allow you to see the breakdown by product and which day of the month any given product is set to renew. By Purchase When you activate a product for an account (except for “one-time” products), that product will be scheduled to renew automatically based on its billing frequency (i.e., monthly or yearly). If you cancel a product before its renewal date, that product will continue to remain active until that date, at which time it will deactivate automatically. At the beginning of each calendar month, we’ll invoice you for all of the products that were activated or had automatically renewed in the previous calendar month. Example If you activate Reputation Management for an account on June 24th, it will be scheduled to renew on July 24th, and we’ll invoice you for that one month of access (i.e., June 24th to July 23rd) at the beginning of July. If you cancel Reputation Management before its renewal date of July 24th, it will remain active until July 24th, but we won’t invoice you at the beginning of August. If you don’t cancel Reputation Management before its renewal date of July 24th, it will automatically renew, it will be scheduled to renew again automatically on August 24th, and we’ll invoice you for that one month of access (i.e., July 24th to August 23rd) at the beginning of August. FAQs Q: What payment methods are accepted? A credit card is required on file for all partners. We currently accept Visa, Mastercard, and Amex. For further concerns, feel free to direct them to billingsupport@vendasta.com.  Q: How will I be invoiced? Billing reports for the previous month are generated on the 1st of the month. Invoices are then sent to you by the 10th of the month. The monthly invoice contains the following: One-time Snapshot Reports at $2 each. Software and service fees for activated products (monthly, yearly, and one-time). Monthly and one-time Digital Ad campaign fees, if applicable. Digital Advertising fees are pre-charged prior to any work beginning. To get a mid-month estimate on your upcoming invoice, check Partner Center > Administration > Billing > Estimated Usage. Need to double-check your cost of goods and services? Swing over to Pricing on the Administration page. Pro Tip: Digital Agency is billed on a single line item and all markets are invoiced together by default. If you require a deeper accounting breakdown, please contact your Account Representative to discuss your options further. Please note that when activating products billed monthly, you will receive a full month of service even if you cancel. Because of this, we do not prorate pricing. Q: Will I be automatically charged? Yes. Each month, we will send your agency invoice(s) that include your subscription and any active products and services. We will then charge the credit card on file.  If you have a dispute with your current invoice, please contact billingsupport@vendasta.com prior to the Due Date in the top-right corner. Q: What currency do you bill in? Our prices reflect USD. If you’re an agency outside of the U.S. and have questions about our pricing, please contact us. Q: Are there any separate email-sending fees? Not at all! With Vendasta, you can send an unlimited amount of emails on campaigns at no charge. However, you can supercharge your prospecting efforts with Snapshot Report, which costs $2/account. Q: How will my first invoice be processed? Your onboarding fee, if applicable, will be charged immediately. Monthly invoices will be emailed around the 1st of the month: Subscription is billed for the current month (For Invoiced partners, software fees are charged for the previous month) Important: Your first invoice will also have a prorated subscription fee for your signing month plus a full subscription for the following month. Q: Is the wholesale cost of products charged on a per-client basis? Our products are charged on a per-account basis, not per user. For example, you can activate Reputation Management once for the business Joe’s Flowers, but grant unlimited access to everyone who works for Joe. Q: What if my product activation fails, will I still be charged? The wholesale billing for instant billed partners happens when the product activation is initiated. In the event that your product activation fails, either due to an activation error or a billing error, the system will automatically trigger a refund for the product activation in question.   For monthly billed, or invoiced partners, the failed product activation will not be calculated on your monthly invoice.
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Automations: Logic Steps

What are logic steps? Logic steps give you options to delay or branch a workflow. For example, waiting 10 days between steps. Delays Delay until an event happens Conditions If/else branch Rate filter Workflow A/B branch End this automation Jump to step Delays Delay -  Allows a workflow to pause for a specified amount of time. After the time has elapsed, the automation will continue to the next step in the workflow. This is useful when actions that caused a trigger take time to fully complete, for instance, populating a Snapshot Report. The time can be specified in minutes, hours, or days. Example When an account is created, wait 30 days, then start an email campaign to ask for a review. How to set up a delay until an event happens step Specify the amount of time and units you want the automation to delay before moving on to the next step. Delay until an event happens Allows a workflow to pause and wait for an additional event to happen for a specified amount of time. A time limit can be specified in minutes, hours, or days. If the event happens, the automation will continue down the ‘event happened’ branch. If the event doesn’t happen within this time limit, the automation will proceed down the ‘event didn’t happen' branch. Example Automation Workflow When an account is added, wait for seven days for a product to be activated. If a product is activated, mark it as a hot lead. If a product was not activated, send an email campaign. How to set up a delay until an event happens step Choose an event to wait for and specify the time limit. If the event doesn’t happen within this time limit, the automation will proceed to the next step. For a more in-depth example of a delay until step that uses data passing, view the Data Passing Article. Conditions If/Else filter The if/else filters add a decision point, allowing the workflow to split into multiple branches. Specify one or more branches with conditions that need to be met before proceeding down that branch. In top-down order, as soon as a condition has been met, the workflow will continue onto that branch. If no conditions are met, the workflow will proceed in the ‘No conditions met’ branch. The workflow may “merge” back together after the branches are 2complete. Example If an account location is Canada, add the account to the Canada list. If the account location is the United States, add the account to the USA list. If the account location is in neither, then notify the assigned salesperson. How to set up an if/else filter Specify one or more branches with conditions that need to be met before proceeding down that branch. (click ‘+Add another branch’ to add more branches). Once you save the if/else branch options, use the ⊕ icons in the workflow to add steps within each branch. Rate filter Split the workflow into separate paths depending on the number of times that step has been reached. If you turn off the automation, the rate counts will be reset. Example Trigger automation every time an order is created. If an account has submitted more than 50 orders in the past 5 minutes, notify a salesperson of potential fraud. How to set up a rate filter Choose an entity that the rate filter will be checking on. ‘Any account' means as soon as this automation has reached this step X times, the requirements are fulfilled. ‘A specific account’ means that each account will be counted separately. The other entities work the same way, choosing ‘any order’ means as soon as this automation has reached this step X times, the requirements are fulfilled. While ‘a specific order' will count each order separately. Then specify the number of times the entity can reach this step and the duration of time that we will be checking. Workflow A/B Branch Split the workflow traffic into separate paths. Example When a new account is created, send 70% of new accounts the ‘tried and true’ email campaign. Send the other 30% of the ‘new experimental’ email campaign to see how it compares in effectiveness. How to set up an A/B branch  Use the sliders to specify what percentage will go down branch A and what percentage will go down branch B. End this automation This step will end the automation. It will immediately jump to the “End” step. Example Within an If/Else: if an account location is Canada, add the account to the Canada list. If the account location is the United States, add the account to the USA list. After the branches merge back together, start a campaign for the account and create and activate freemium products. If the account location is in neither Canada nor the US, then notify the assigned salesperson and immediately end the automation (so that no products are activated). How to set up an End-step Simply add the end step to the workflow using the ⊕ icon. Optionally add a reason for ending the automation run. Jump to step Redirect to another workflow step in the automation up to a maximum number of times. The automation will end if the maximum is reached. There can only be a maximum of 10 jump steps in automation. Example When a product has been activated, delay up to 10 days until payment has been made. If no payment has been made, notify an admin, send a reminder email, and jump back to the delay step up to 3 times. How to set up a jump step. Simply add the end step to the workflow using the ⊕ icon. Choose a named step in the workflow to jump to and specify the maximum number of jumps made.
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Edit Salesperson contact information

When a customer has questions, it's important that they know whom to contact. For this reason, they can find a Salesperson's contact information in each of the following locations: The Snapshot Report sidebar The Snapshot Report printout In Business App In any campaign emails configured to include this information Update Salesperson contact information You can update a Salesperson's contact information from Partner Center. From Partner Center > Administration > My Team > 3 dots > Edit Salespeople. Each field on the screen can be updated. Once you are satisfied that the information is correct, click Save.
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Find Accounts & Leads

Streamline Local Lead Generation: Leverage the Enhanced "Find Accounts" Feature Identifying and qualifying potential clients within your local market is crucial for any salesperson focused on local businesses. Previously, creating accounts offered a limited view of prospects. The “Find Accounts” experience will allow users to look for the digital performance of local businesses, including their Google Business Profile claimed status, Google reviews, website, and will allow users to create local businesses in bulk. How to use the "Find Accounts" feature Step 1: Go to CRM > Companies, and then click Find Accounts. Step 2: Type in a type of business, with a location. Any companies that already exist in your CRM will be indicated. To add the new companies, click the box at the top of the screen to select all. Only new companies will be added and no duplication will occur.  Step 3: Select the local businesses that you want to work with and click Create companies. Step 4: Continue to look for other businesses, or click View companies to go to the company table and start working on the businesses that you just created. Coming soon: Bulk automation action in the company table which will allow users to conduct different actions in bulk, including creating Snapshot Reports and Tasks in bulk. FAQs Q: Can the table list more than 20 results? A: No - Unfortunately, this is a limitation of the Google API that is used.
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Which products are APIs available for?

We have APIs for the following products: Brand Analytics Business App  Partner Center  Local SEO Reputation Management Social Marketing Note: the API does not support all features available in-product for Social Marketing. Read this FAQ for more information.  We do not currently have APIs for the following products/services: Snapshot Report Task Manager Billing reports
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How listings are matched for a Service Area Business

Please note: If a business is listed as a service area business on the Google Business Profile directly, it will not be found by Reputation Management, and therefore will not pull into the Snapshot Report. This is due to a limitation with the Google API that powers our listing search. To have the Google listing pulled into the Snapshot Report, please connect it directly in Reputation Management.  If you have checked Service Area Business in the address section of a client's Business Profile, our system will continue to attempt to make a match to your business listing and pull them into our platform. If the address on an external listing source accurately matches the information you have listed in the Business Profile it will be pulled into our platform and marked as an accurate listing.   If the address does not match what is on the listing source, the listing will be marked as a 'listing found with possible errors' and will need to be edited on the external source.
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Trial Limitations

What is a trial? A trial is a state that an account can be placed in that allows access to certain features of a higher subscription tier for a limited time. How to initiate a trial From Partner Center (by clicking an in-platform call-to-action and starting a trial with no credit card necessary) This starts a Premium trial for 14 days (for most partners) or 30 days (if referred by an affiliate) By a Vendasta representative Contact a Vendasta representative for assistance setting up a trial What features are limited while on Trial? Some features, even while on a trial, may be limited or unavailable. Typically, these limitations are in place to protect against fraudulent activity.  Feature How is it limited? Vendasta payments Unavailable for Free partners on a trial. Only available on paid subscription tiers.  Start selling 3rd party products in the Marketplace Unavailable for Free or Starter partners on a trial. Publishing email campaigns and sending test emails Unavailable for Free partners on a trial. Only available for paid subscription tiers. Acquisition Widgets Unavailable for Free partners on a trial. Premium Reports Unavailable for Free or Starter partners on a trial. Additional seats Unavailable on a trial. Only the seats available at the subscription tier. Snapshot Reports and Standard Product allotment Only the amount for the current subscription is available (1 for each on Free).
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CRM in Partner Center Overview

The Contacts and Companies Pages To access the new CRM, navigate to Partner Center and click on CRM. Here, you will find two options: "Contacts", and "Companies" Contacts are the individual people you work with, while companies are the organizations that those people are associated with. Setting up your view of the CRM You are now on the company page. The very first thing you want to do is to ask yourself what information matters to you. There is tons of information, and you will want to consider what data matters to you. You can set up your view by enabling, displaying, and reordering the columns. Say, the website is not important to you, while the address is. Check off the boxes according to your preferences. You may also want to see whether or not a company has claimed its Google Business Profile, which will be available if you have created a Snapshot Report.  Searching, filtering, and sorting You can find the company that is assigned to you by clicking on the "Add filter" button, and then searching for "Salesperson." You can then find yourself using your name or email. If you know the name of the company, you can find it by searching in the search bar on the table where you can also search for a company by phone number, Partner ID, Account Group ID, and more. You can also find when you last touched base with your current customers by looking at the last activity date. You can sort, and see if there are any customers you have missed catching up with so you can keep conversations fresh! Creating a contact Now you know how to find the companies and contacts but you may also want to find new contacts through your own research.  To add a new contact to your CRM, go to the top right-hand corner and click the "Create contact" button. From here, you can start by filling in the name, email, or phone number. If possible make sure to include an email address!  Duplicate detection -The CRM will check to make sure the email doesn't already exist. If it does, the CRM will surface that record, and prevent you from creating the contact so you can go to the existing record instead of creating an accidental duplicate. The CRM will also check for phone numbers and will surface a warning if an identical phone number is found, however, it will not block you from creating a contact with the same phone number. Sending campaigns to contacts You can add contacts to the marketing campaign by going to the Contact table, bulk-selecting the contacts, clicking actions, and selecting “Send Campaign.” You will see when the campaigns are sent, received, opened, and clicked through on the activity timeline. The profile page This is where you can interact with your customers - send emails, make phone calls, create tasks, and more. You can find the general information in the left column, the engagement history in the middle, and all the associations on the right, such as Opportunities, Snapshot Reports, and more.
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