Advantage Conference

The Advantage Conference starts Sunday, October 19^th.  We’re looking forward to seeing you there.  If you haven’t already done so, get the Conference Mobile App at this link:  

http://www.tascusersgroup.com/conferencemobileapp/Advantage%20Conference%20Mobile%20Event%20Application.htm.

If you can’t make it to the conference and are a member of the Users Group, we’ll contact you after the conference with news and updates!

The Advantage Conference - Bring Back Something for Everyone!

 Be the first to see the new Webvantage user interface in action and learn how this could be the one take-away that changes how your entire agency works.

·         Webvantage is evolving to change the way you work and help you gain agency-wide acceptance!  

·         Our new Simple Workspace simplifies and streamlines everything you do while continuing to provide robust functionality, multi-tasking capabilities and shortcuts to full modules.

·         You still have access to everything you need using the new pull-out menus, unity menu and bookmarks.

·         Get a more visual look at communications and conversations happening on the tasks and assignments you're working on.

·         And then there's Mobile - Important information is delivered directly to your smartphone.  You can also enter your time, work from your task list, and more.

·         See all this and more at this year's conference and be one of the first to bring the benefits of these new and exciting tools back to the office!

Advantage Continues to Evolve!

Have you heard the latest?  New features are coming to solve problems and simplify work for every role:

For Media Management Roles - Media Planning & Digital Results Tracking – Automate the digital results reporting process and integrate results with plans, orders, and billing!

For Accounting Roles – Consolidated and streamlined modules for Client Invoices, Accounts Payable, and Media Reconciliations including new summary reconciliation for broadcast and new ‘roll forward’ reconciliation for digital.  These new features mean huge time-savings in processing invoice packages, processing accounts payable, and reconciling media.

For Project Management and Creative Roles – New Look and Feel plus all new Native Mobile Applications.

To see a preview of what’s coming, attend this year’s Advantage Conference!  Visit the Users Portal to download the brochure and register. www.gotoadvantage.com/portal

Advantage Conference

Don't forget to sign up for the Advantage Conference by Friday to save big! 

 

This year's conference focuses heavily on teaching you the simple yet robust features in Sapphire and how they can help you solve problems now.

 

With more than 30 different sessions, you'll find something of value for every role:

·         Project and Production Managers

·         Media Planners and Buyers

·         Accountants and Financial Managers

·         Agency Leaders and Account Service Staff

·         Technical Staff

In addition to attending the sessions, you can network with your peers, hear from industry leaders, play a role in the system's future development, and be the first to see AQUA and the new native mobile apps!

 

Click here to view the brochure. http://register.tascusersgroup.com/Content/files/AdvantageConf_Insight2014.pdf

Click here to register now!   http://register.tascusersgroup.com/

Are you paperless yet?

Are you paperless yet?

 

You should be!  And, you should be experiencing the benefits of electronic data storage and having key documents at your fingertips.   Advantage Agency Management Software allows you to eliminate paper while you become more organized and efficient by placing documents in electronic folders where they can be easily found.  For more information, contact us at www.gotoadvantage.com

Are you manually automated (aka Excel)?

 

How many staff hours are spent entering data and generating reports using Excel?  Using Advantage, data entry and processing is simplified based on the way you work.  Information is retrieved and displayed in the formats you require including reports, charts, graphs, and online dashboards that you define!  For more information, contact us at www.gotoadvantage.com.

Advantage Conference

Registration is now open for the Advantage Conference – Insight 2014. This year’s conference is from October 19th-22nd at the Red Rock Resort and Spa in Las Vegas, Nevada. Conference agenda will focus on the modules and features currently available with Sapphire and how you can make the most of them. Please visit the User’s Portal or www.gotoadvantage.com for more information.

How are you managing media?

Are you able to efficiently execute and analyze activity for all types of media including digital from the plan to reconciliation? Advantage includes a robust user-definable media planning module that’s integrated with ordering, billing, reconciliation and management reporting.  Even if you use another system for broadcast buying, Advantage brings it all together so you can better manage media for your clients and understand the results related to your business. For more information, contact us at www.gotoadvantage.com.

Do you know if you really need that freelancer?

Using Advantage agency management software for project management means instant access to information related to tasks, deadlines, risks, revenue, resources, and capacity.  Get up-to-the-minute statistics on employee availability and allocation that you can use to make quick decisions on staffing, and more!  For more information, contact us at www.gotoadvantage.com.

Advantage Alerts and Assignments

Is your agency in-sync and in-harmony at all times?  If not, you might want to take a look at using Advantage Alerts and Assignments as part of your overall agency management plan.  If half of your ‘to do’ list is in your Email Inbox,  if you are losing communications, missing deadlines, and would like to see exactly where every assignment stands, you will benefit from implementing this simple and effective feature.  Alerts and Assignments automate, centralize, and completely organize everything you do, in every department. Contact us at www.gotoadvanage.com for more information.

Project Management

Is your Project Management Software solving problems for you?

 

Advantage’s project management methodology is based on simplifying the process while maintaining a high level of control and automating every step possible.  Traditional software programs rely heavily on the project’s schedule that must be created and maintained with great accuracy in order to be helpful.  Some programs are no more helpful than a spreadsheet.  But  Advantage’s unique workflow systems allow you to create and maintain accurate timelines, assign staff, generate workload and resource data, communicate across teams, route, and also manage individual tasks much more efficiently.  Advantage is fast becoming a leader in project management software for advertising agencies by developing innovative tools that truly solve common problems.   To learn more, contact us at www.gotoadvantage.com.

Accounts Payable

Have you heard about the exciting new Accounts Payable module in Sapphire? Anyone reading this outside of the accounting department is thinking, “How is Accounts Payable exciting?” For those in accounting, this is a huge and very positive change for everyone who has made the switch to Advantage’s Sapphire. No doubt you accounting types understand because…. well it’s new, different, has lots of time-saving features, and is an application that you use every day!

Here are just a few of the latest features:

1)      The user interface has a completely new look that matches the look and feel of other new blue and Sapphire modules.

2)      This module combines AP search, entry, recurring payables, and even vendor maintenance all in one application.

3)      You can search for invoices by job, media order, and many other levels.

4)      You can upload documents and a copy of the invoice directly from this module.

5)      You can submit payables for approval using alerts or alert assignments.

As always, Advantage modules, including Accounts Payable, are designed to fit the needs of the advertising agency industry!  For more information on how to get Advantage “Sapphire”, contact us at www.gotoadvantage.com

Help in Advantage and Webvantage

Advantage and Webvantage Program Help is your online library—chock full of references, guides and other tools. If you’ve never checked out the built-in program help in Advantage and Webvantage, you should! It has menu-driven help for your issue at hand along with a built-in library of User Guides, Special Procedures and other resources. User Guides are also available on the Users Portal.

 

In Advantage, help is accessed through Help/Customer Service on the main menu. Highlights include:

·         Menu-driven Help – Laid out to mirror the Advantage menu

·         Release Notices - under Welcome to Advantage/Advantage Updates

·         Using global features – under Working in Advantage

·         Setup/config info – under Working in Advantage/Set Up

·         Info on Standalone Apps, Advantage Services and User Guides – the last three listings in  Advantage Help

In Webvantage, help is access through the blue menu option, top left, then Help/Customer Service. Highlights include:

·         Menu-driven Help – Laid out to mirror the Webvantage menu

·         Release Notices - under Welcome to Webvantaage, Webvantage Updates

·         Using global features – under Working in Webvantage

·         Info on Advantage Services, User Guides and Workspaces– the last three listings in   Webvantage Help

March Free Webinars

Check out the March Free Webinars for Sapphire Overviews and more!  Don’t forget that Sapphire includes complete online documentation and new Users Guides that help you learn how to use all the new features.   Visit the Users Portal for Webinar dates at www.gotoadvantage.com.

Advantage Conference October 19th-22nd

SAVE THE DATE!

The Advantage Conference

October 19 – 22, 2014

Red Rock Resort, Las Vegas

This year’s conference will focus on the current releases of Advantage blue and blue Sapphire along with brand new developments in mobile access!

We want your input on this year’s conference!  Please email us with thoughts on what you’d like to see related to the broad topics mentioned above at usersgroup@gotoadvantage.com.

We hope to see you there!

Looking for work or a career change?  Advantage Software is looking for new talent to join our team in temperate Mooresville, NC.   Open positions include Media Systems Product Manager and Software Support Representative.  Contact us at www.gotoadvantage.com to apply.

The latest version of Sapphire includes some great new features for project managers.  You can now better manage SOW’s using new features in Estimating.  You can also create project schedule templates directly from the Project Schedule window. And, we have added more information to job detail datasets so you can create even more reports yourself.  Check out Sapphire by accessing our Users Portal or contact us at www.gotoadvantage.com.

Advantage provides FREE webinars focused on Advantage blue Sapphire – all new for 2014!

January starts the new webinar schedule that walks you through the latest project management, media, and accounting tools available!  The webinars will familiarize you with the tools needed for a very productive and successful 2014!

Project Management webinars start with Resource Management.  Subsequent webinars will focus on the most important features and benefits in the software.

Accounting webinars systematically cover many of the new Sapphire enhancements including The Payment Manager.  It streamlines and simplifies the vendor payment process with new vendor payment options!

Media webinars start with the features and benefits of the Media Planning module.  You will also see other media-related features available now and in the near future!

If you are an Advantage client and would like to attend a webinar, contact our support department for more information or visit the Users Portal at www.gotoadvantage.com for the schedule and registration links.

If you are not a client but would like to learn how you can gain all the benefits the Advantage system and services have to offer, contact us at www.gotoadvantage.com!