--- title: Our ROI Calculator for PRM Tools to Boost Your Partner Program description: Use our ROI calculator to uncover your cost savings & growth predictions with investments in PRM solutions. Boost your partner program with new tools & systems. --- [![PartnerPath-logo-white.png](https://www.partner-path.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PartnerPath-logo-white.png?width=318&height=90&name=PartnerPath-logo-white.png "PartnerPath-logo-white.png")](https://www.partner-path.com/) [![Talk to Us](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/361854/f5a1fedf-6e75-4dfe-8fe9-d16ec439ea67.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/361854/f5a1fedf-6e75-4dfe-8fe9-d16ec439ea67) # ROI Calculator for PRM ## Automating your partner relationships is an investment. What will be your savings and return? Whether you're looking to increase partner engagement, grow your partner ecosystem, create self-sufficient partners, drive additional revenue or save money (or all of the above!), you need to know how much to invest and what to expect as the return. ### Knowing the ROI will help you:![ROI-calculations.jpg](https://www.partner-path.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ROI%20Calculator%202016/ROI-calculations.jpg?width=300&name=ROI-calculations.jpg "ROI-calculations.jpg") - Align expectations with your actual budget - Create a detailed growth plan - Pitch the right systems & tools to your executives Use our handy calculator below to determine the ROI on individually automated systems or automate everything and watch your cost savings and revenue growth increase! --- ## Program Data #### Key Metrics Total number of partners under management Total number of quota-carrying Channel Sales Managers % of revenue driven by partner ecosystem Total company revenues (estimate) #### Guesstimates Average annual fully-burdened cost of a Channel Sales Manager Average annual fully-burdened cost of a Channel Operations staff Average annual fully-burdened cost of an IT resource Average sale price of a partner-led channel deal ($) Next » ### Enrollment Time required to qualify new partner applications (hours/week): Time required to look up contract terms (hours/week): Time required to process contract renewals (hours/week): Cost Savings: Partners engaged per month (#): Average revenue contribution per partner in year 1: Revenue Gains: ### Portal Time required to send documents to partners (hours/week): Time required to send documents not found on the portal (hours/week): Time required to update the content on the current portal (hours/week): Time required to assign and reset portal passwords (hours/week): Time required to deactivate partners (hours/week): Cost Savings: - Increase engagement and sales through easy access to fresh and relevant content - Turn Channel Sales Managers into key champions within your partners - Improve efficiency through understanding the most downloaded and relevant content pieces Revenue Gains: ### Deal Registration Time processing deal registration submissions (hours/week): Time managing deal progressions / pipeline management: Time spent in existing tools / technology to manage deal registration program: Time updating / tracking down additional info (hours/week): Time creating reports and dashboards (hours/week): Cost Savings: Revenue Gains: ### Training Paths Time communicating training requirements and options (hours/week): Existing tools / technology to manage sales and technical training: Time of staff to conduct sales (4-legged sales call) training (hours/week): Time of staff to conduct technical (over the shoulder) training (hours/week): Time tracking training certifications (hours/week): Time creating reports and dashboards (hours/week): Cost Savings: - Increase repeat business through increased customer satisfaction - Increase cloud business with better understanding of your value proposition Revenue Gains: ### Business Planning # of partner plans Time creating partner plans (hours/week): Time reviewing partner plans (hours/week): Cost Savings: % of partner audience completed plans: Revenue Gains: ### MDF Time launching / updating programs per geography (hours/week): Time creating marketing fund requests (hours/week): Time reviewing / approving fund requests (hours/week): Time processing marketing claims (hours/week): Time tracking and reporting marketing spend Developing spreadsheets, communicating with finance (hours/week): Cost Savings: - Increase marketing activities and awareness of solutions - Track the ROI of marketing activities and discover where to invest additional resources - Determine successful partners and subsequently focus more resources to those partners Revenue Gains: ### Lead Distribution Time qualifying leads (hours/week): Time distributing leads to partners (hours/week): Time updating / tracking down additional info (hours/week): Time creating reports and dashboards (hours/week): Cost Savings: Increase in closed business from effective lead distribution: ### Directory Time spent updating partner profiles / directory information (hours/week): Time updating / tracking down additional information (hours/week): Time fostering partner-to-partner connections (hours/week): Time connecting customers to partners (hours/week): Cost Savings: - Increase sales by connecting customers easily and quickly with partners - Sort partners by solutions designed increasing customer engagement - Improve partner satisfaction with self-service and customer connection - Increase partner visibility and number of partners participating Revenue Gains: TOTAL COST SAVINGS TOTAL REVENUE GAINS [![The Cost of Salesforce PRM Understand the benefits, costs and challenges of Salesforce Partner Relationship Management (PRM). 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