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Channel Marketing

New Research Shows Increased Focus On Local Marketing In 2013

National brands rely on affiliates to deliver hyper-local marketing messages and campaigns relevant to specific geographic areas. To ensure more successful initiatives, 91% of national brands expect to spend more or the same on local marketing in 2013 as they did in 2012, according to new research from Balihoo. Findings for the study, titled: National […]

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SAP Partner Closes $80,000 Deal With Co-Marketing Campaign

Communication and collaboration are key to optimal channel marketing and sales results. SAP partner Advanced Business Solutions (ABS) recognizes the true value of this consistent engagement throughout the marketing planning and execution process. After working with SAP and TSL Marketing, a channel-focused lead generation and marketing consultancy, the company was able to close a $80,000 […]

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Balihoo Brings Localization To The Forefront

The Problem: Manufacturers and vendors rely on partners to help them achieve national and global sales goals by increasing brand awareness on a more local level. Because buyers today are seeking more relevant content and solutions based on their unique wants and needs, it is imperative that vendors provide the best resources to partners relevant […]

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Helping Partners Optimize Social Media With ‘The 3 Es’

Channel marketers are beginning to recognize that old school marketing tactics, such as cold calling and telemarketing don’t have as much power or value. Today’s buyers are seeking optimal solutions that are relevant to their unique pain points, and are taking to search engines and social networks to find the answer to their problems. In […]

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Think Twice Before Emailing To Your CRM Database

By Rich Harrison, CEO, SMTP.com SMTP.com is regularly approached by well-intentioned marketing directors with a “great idea”: Why not capitalize on the countless email addresses sitting in our CRM application via an email marketing campaign?  It doesn’t matter if they are large Fortune 1000 companies or small businesses; to them, this is great idea.  From […]

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Understanding And Addressing Partners’ Marketing Strengths And Weaknesses

Countless research studies have honed in on the gap between vendors’ expectations of sales and marketing success, and partners’ overall capabilities to meet and exceed these expectations. To ensure successful channel marketing initiatives, organizations must “look at what partners have and what else they’re going to need to be successful,” said Heather K. Margolis, Founder […]

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Desktone Unveils New Partner Program To Accelerate Desktops as a Service Deployments

The consumerization of IT is changing the way people buy and manage desktops. As a result, SMBs and large-enterprise service providers are considering the benefits of Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) models. As a provider of DaaS offerings and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solutions, Desktone has announced its new partner program: The Desktone Powered Program. Developed to provide […]

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Channel Trenches: If You Build It, Will They Come? The Trials Of Building An Indirect Sales Channel

By Tony Serino, Founder, Serino Channel Services An ISV focused on product development solutions (Computer Aided Engineering (CAE)/Lifecycle Management) needed to drive top-line sales with and through its channel of technical resellers and IT service companies to meet its dramatically increased sales budget. The organization had a small window of opportunity to motivate, mobilize and […]

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SAP Executive Reveals Shift To Customer-Centric Marketing

Growth and innovation were key themes and objectives for the more than 1,000 sales and marketing executives attending this year’s SiriusDecisions Summit, which took place May 22 -24, 2012 in Scottsdale Ariz. A theme that was even more prominent, however, was the continued integration of B2B and B2C marketing strategies. During his keynote speech on […]

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