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Channel Marketing

UK Event Crosses Pond to Bring Global Insight to US Channel Marketers

North American channel marketers will have a unique opportunity to learn how they can better engage global partners, especially those in the United Kingdom and other off-shore markets this month. The Channel Meet Up, a successful series of professional events for channel marketers, is bringing its format to Menlo Park, CA. After holding three events […]

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Five Questions Vendors Should Ask Partners About Their Channel Program

By Heather K. Margolis, founder, Channel Maven Consulting Thanks to the Internet, cloud adoption, and changes in buyer behavior, the Channel has slowly but steadily shifted towards selling outcomes versus products. With this comes a monumental shift in vendor-partner relationships whereby partners are self-selecting relationships with anywhere from 5 to 25 vendors at any given […]

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Start-Up Companies See Straighter Path to Market with Channel Partners

Start-up companies participating in the 2017 MIT Sloan CIO Symposium’s Innovation Showcase said channel partners will play a key role in the sales and marketing of their products. While most new companies rely on direct sales teams out of the gate, more start-up firms are considering indirect channels much earlier in their development, according to […]

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Salesforce Introduces Sales Cloud Partner Relationship Management App

Salesforce, a global leader in CRM, has introduced a new partner relationship management (PRM) app. Sales Cloud Partner Relationship Management, an amalgamation of new and existing Salesforce technologies, is designed to allow companies to build modern, branded partner communities, the company said. A new guided setup wizard will enable channel managers to easily configure, customize and […]

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Aprimo Announces New Cloud-Based Campaign Management Solution

Aprimo, a global leader in marketing operations solutions, announced the launch of its next-generation campaign management solution, Aprimo Campaign. The cloud-hosted solution allows mid to large-sized organizations, marketing service providers, and agencies to efficiently connect to and manage their customer and prospect databases. The enhanced capability to extract key customer insights supports smarter marketing, Aprimo […]

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Zyme Powers Up CDM Platform; Boosts Data Accuracy, Accelerates Processing, Strengthens Analytics

Zyme has announced major enhancements to its channel data management (CDM) platform, zyme cloud platform 3.0. The new features and enhancements provide greater channel data accuracy and processing speeds, more powerful analytics capabilities and additional tools to enable enterprises to optimize and grow partner networks. Even though trillions of dollars of revenue flow through global indirect […]

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Webinfinity Enhances Core Features of PRM Platform

Webinfinity has enhanced the core features of its PRM platform to empower companies to deliver a personalized partner experience that drives revenue, increases engagement and builds loyalty. The platform offers partners a personalized digital experience based on the unique profile, history and needs of each user to deliver a targeted, contextually relevant selection of content, […]

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Zift Solutions Offers Channel-as-a-Service to Simplify App Integration

Zift Solutions, a leading provider of channel marketing and management solutions, has launched a fully integrated software platform that automates the spectrum of activities required for sales, marketing, and operational processes. Zift Channel as a Service (CHaaS) integrates all of the multiple and traditionally disparate applications modern channel organizations require. As a result, suppliers can […]

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CA Technologies Announces New Advantage Partner Program

CA Technologies announced its new CA Advantage Partner Program last month. Reflecting partners’ desires for simplicity, profitability, protection and competitive differentiation, the program evolution is driven by CA’s strategic aim to accelerate growth through focused route-to-market strategies, while delivering exceptional experiences for CA Partners. The new program introduces two new partner levels, Focus and Global, […]

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Aprimo Acquires ADAM Software

Aprimo, marketing operations pioneer and category leader, announced in March its acquisition of ADAM Software, a leading global provider of enterprise-class Digital Asset Management (DAM) software solutions. ADAM will integrate directly into Aprimo’s platform, bringing customers a marketing operations solution capable of handling both the production and publication of content. By combining Aprimo with ADAM’s […]

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