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