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Channel Relationships

ChannelWeek On-Demand: Choose, Engage And Enable Partners With More Precision

A more selective approach to recruiting and engaging channel partners was a key message shared by presenters during ChannelWeek, an online event hosted before the Labor Day holiday by Channel Marketer Report and its sister publication, Demand Gen Report. To more effectively address increasingly demanding B2B buyers, especially those in business units, vendors should be […]

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Ingenico Group Debuts Channel Marketing Platform To Drive Partner Growth

Ingenico Group, a payment solution vendor, has launched its new partner marketing platform, Marketing EDGE. Designed to provide access to a suite of marketing tools and collateral, Marketing EDGE helps Ingenico’s partners gain marketplace visibility and drive business growth. “Ingenico values the success of our partners and understands the importance of providing the tools necessary to […]

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ChannelWeek Webinars To Offer Expert Insights On Helping Partners Engage Modern B2B Buyers

Channel Marketer Report (CMR) and Demand Gen Report (DGR) are hosting their second annual ChannelWeek, a digital event addressing the opportunities companies have to better align their channel programs with partners and customers too. The webinar series, Powered-Up Partners: Tactics & Tech To Supercharge Your Channel Network, will provide experienced channel marketers and demand gen professionals still honing their channel […]

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ASG Technologies Seeks Channel Input With New Partner Advisory Council

ASG Technologies, a provider of integrated and flexible end-to-end solutions for the information powered enterprise, has created its first partner advisory council. While ASG welcomes input from each of its partners, the council presents a formal program to get hands-on experience in guiding the company’s product roadmap, upcoming programs, and policies. The strategic insights gathered […]

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Forrester Taps Partner-Based Marketing As New Strategy To Serve Business-Unit Buyers

To ensure that increasingly demanding business-unit buyers are being serviced by partners that truly understand their needs, channel leaders should apply significantly more discipline to their partner recruitment and selection practices. In a new report, Partner-Based Marketing Accelerates Elusive Shadow Channel Engagement. Forrester’s Steven Casey, Principal Analyst, and Jay McBain, Principal Analyst – Channels, Partnerships […]

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Impact, Partner And Influencer Marketing Technology Supplier, Fueling Growth With $75 Million Investment

Impact, a partnership automation solution provider, announced a $75 million investment led by Providence Strategic Growth (PSG), the growth equity affiliate of Providence Equity Partners. The new funding will accelerate platform development, further go-to-market and regional expansion, and fuel both organic and inorganic growth. Impact accelerates enterprise growth by scaling discovery, recruitment, onboarding, engagement and […]

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Zift Creates Strategic Partner Program To Offer Ecosystem Of Agencies, Applications, Services Providers

Zift Solutions, an enterprise channel management provider, has launched a new strategic partner program to connect its customers to an ecosystem of agencies, applications, and service providers. Current and new Zift Solutions customers will be able to choose from a menu of agency, technology, and service providers, such as AchieveUnite, Bombora, and Televerde, to enhance their channel programs […]

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Read All About It: Best-Practices For Publishing Engaging, Email-Minimizing Newsletters

To minimize the number of emails crowding their partners’ inbox, channel marketers should consider packaging multiple messages into newsletters. That was one of the important take-aways from a recent presentation on optimizing partner communications by Heather Margolis, CEO and founder of Channel Maven Consulting. When you add up the different messages vendors send to their […]

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5 Reasons Why Partner Rep Surveys Should Be A Key Part Of Your Channel Communication Program

By Brooke Friendly, Director of Marketing, ChannelAssist What if you could see into the minds of individual channel reps, establish direct communication with them and build unprecedented engagement that can’t help but drive revenue? Well, it’s possible. And we’re not talking about reaching just top performers – the 5% that already love selling your products. […]

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Infoblox Aligns Channel Program With Partners’ Path To Market

At its inaugural Americas Partners Summit last Fall, Infoblox reviewed how the company had expanded its BuildingBLOX partner program to include additional investment in accreditation, deal registration enhancements, new partner tools, and rebate rewards. During the past year, Infoblox had expanded its partner alliance ecosystem with the addition of 100 new partners, boosting channel revenue […]

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