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ZINFI Modifies Channel Platform to Address GDPR; Offers Solution Sets for Emerging and Mature Channel Companies
ZINFI Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of unified channel management (UCM) solutions, has completed a series of modifications to its channel management software platform to ensure compliance with the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The GDPR, a digital privacy regulation that takes affect May 25, 2018, standardizes a diverse range of privacy rules across the […]
ChannelChat: To Win Marketing Support from Harried Partners, Pulse Secure Prioritizes Fewer Campaigns
To compel partners to participate more in channel marketing programs, asking them to do less might be the right way to go. That’s just part of the successful strategy behind the CRN-rated Five-Star Partner Program offered by Pulse Secure, a leading provider of secure access solutions. During a recent conversation with CMR, Pulse Secure’s chief […]
Long-Tail Partners: Why Channel Executives Are Learning to Love Them Just the Way They Are
Barely a month into 2018, Jay McBain, Forresters’ Principal Analyst, Global Channels, predicted that vendors would rethink their long-tail partner strategies this year and become more comfortable with the casual but generally profitable relationships they have with them. Rather than try to encourage less-engaged partners to rise up in their ranking or take the more […]
Preparing for GDPR: What Channels Need to Know to Be Ready
Every channel organization is a dynamic and complex machine that is driven by interactions with their prospects, partners, their partners’ contacts, as well as technology to enable these communications. The regulations for these interactions have become more complex with the European Union General Protection Regulation (GDPR). After reading this eBook, you will have a better […]
Partner Survey Says Vendor-Created Content, Marketing Support Needs Work
Partner organizations gave vendors a less than enthusiastic endorsement of the content they provide to support marketing programs. Less than half of the respondents to the 2018 State of Partner Marketing survey by A Fluent Vision (AFV), a sales and marketing consultancy, described the content created by vendors as very or extremely useful. Partners complained […]
Points-Based Channel Rewards: What Are The Latest Best Practices?
Points-based incentive programs are one of the most effective ways to drive partner engagement and behavioral change at organizational, team, and/or individual levels. But as vendors recognize the importance of engaging customers at every stage of the sales cycle, best practice organizations are moving away from transaction-based incentives only. To make that transition successfully, it’s […]
ChannelChat: Partner Feedback Drives Enhancements to Gemalto Channel Program
With the strongest growth at Gemalto, a digital security firm, coming in regions where the company had a channel-centric philosophy, its already robust Cipher Partner Program was clearly instrumental in the success of its partners. But as the digital security market has become increasingly more technical and crowded with more and more competitors, Gemalto recognized […]
How Predictive Channel Management Solutions Support Smarter Decisions
By Dave Geoghegan, Chief Technical Officer, ChannelEyes The management of your indirect sales partners presents unique challenges. Motivating and incenting them to achieve your goals is difficult when they have their own set of priorities and objectives. And as channel spaces becomes increasingly crowded and complicated, making smart management decisions about partners is even more crucial. […]
PRM, By Any Name, Could Benefit From More Integration with CRM
By Robert DeSisto, Chief Value Officer at Salesforce Partner Relationship Management (PRM) applications have been around for 18 years, yet have struggled to take hold in the market. Over the same period, CRM spend has seen explosive growth across every industry in companies small to large. So with one third of the world’s business generated […]
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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