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About Alicia Fiorletta

Alicia Fiorletta is Senior Editor for Channel Marketer Report. Working closely with industry analysts and experts, Alicia reports on the latest news, technologies, case studies and trends coming to forefront in the channel marketing world. With a focus on emerging marketing strategies, including social, mobile and content for demand, Alicia hones in on new ways for organizations to market to and through their partner networks. Through her work with G3 Communications, Alicia also acts as Associate Editor for Retail TouchPoints, a digital publishing network focused on the customer-facing area of the retail industry.

Salesforce.com Announces New Integration Between Sales Cloud And Work.com

Prioritizing opportunities, sharing feedback and discussing corporate goals are constant challenges for all sales teams because organizations oftentimes are faced with disparate communication and inefficient annual reviews. However, this lack of process and progress is even more evident for vendors striving to navigate and receive updates from hundreds — and even thousands — of partners […]

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Channel Thought Leaders Share Predictions For 2013

The channel universe is evolving at a rapid pace. In an effort to hone in on key trends and expectations for 2013, we decided to ask some key executives from leading agencies, consultancies, and even solution provider companies to share their insights on channel sales and marketing trends. Each executive has a breadth of experience working […]

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Alvarion Releases New Partner Loyalty Programs And Portal To Improve Channel Collaboration

Alvarion, a provider of wireless broadband solutions, has announced major enhancements to its Partner Program and Portal. Among the changes are new partnership options, online certifications, incentives and deployment modulation tools. These additions were designed to create business opportunities and resources to encourage partner sales and marketing success.  “Alvarion recognizes the vital role that partners play […]

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Dell Unveils Aggressive Goals For 2013 At Annual Conference

More than 5,000 Dell customers and partners gathered at the second annual Dell World, which was held at the Austin Convention Center, to get insight scoop on the company’s go-forward plans for 2013 and beyond. Specifically, the Cloud and social media have come into focus for Dell’s forward-looking plans. The company also is setting its […]

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Channel Marketer Report Reveals Top 12 Articles Of 2012

With its first official year coming to a close, Channel Marketer Report (CMR) has covered a variety of topics that impact vendors/OEMs, VARs, distributors, ISVs and system integrators every day. Honing in on sales and marketing best practices, the top 12 articles of 2012 discuss everything from MDF and incentives, to social media, PRM and […]

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Auslogics Upgrades Status In Microsoft Partner Program

Auslogics Software Pty. Ltd., a provider of PC optimization and maintenance utilities, has announced its status upgrade in the Microsoft Partner Program. Auslogics is now Gold Application Development Competency, improved from Gold Independent Software Vendor.

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Marketing Operations Executive Summit Spotlights Best-In-Class Content Marketing And Reporting

Personalized content, closed loop reporting, process automation and other topics surrounding marketing operations will come into focus during the inaugural Marketing Operations Executive Summit. The two-day event was developed by MarcomCentral, a marketing asset management and distributed marketing solution by PTI Marketing Technologies Inc. Featuring a speaker line-up of marketing experts from Adobe, Eloqua, Forrester, […]

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Wedge Networks Develops U.S. Reseller Channel

Wedge Networks, a provider of real-time content security and intelligence for high-performance networks, today has unveiled a reseller channel program for the U.S. The new program was designed to help the company develop new revenue opportunities for partners selling into the corporate enterprise, government organization and service provider markets.

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The Keys To Creating An Optimal Partner Training Plan

A key hurdle for vendors striving to better enable partners to improve sales and marketing efforts is determining where to spend resources and which partners to target first, according to Heather K. Margolis, President of Channel Maven Consulting. “The more strategic organizations are in determining which partners to target and where to spend resources, the […]

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Partner Enablement Comes Into Focus

An underlying predicament for the majority of vendors and manufacturers today is the 80/20 rule: 20% of a typical partner base generates 80% of total indirect channel revenue. Furthermore, findings from Channel Enablers have reaffirmed that while approximately half of partners produce about 20% of revenue, the rest of an average organization’s partner base doesn’t […]

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