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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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ChannelEyes Offers New Ways For Vendors, Partners And ISVs To Connect

The Problem: More channel players are turning to social media to build relationships with partners and end-users. While sites such as LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook provide an open forum for vendors to share information, announcements and resources with partners, these sites may not be the most efficient way to get heard.   The Solution: ChannelEyes was […]

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Asigra Enhances Partner Program To Optimize Marketing And Sales Efforts

More buyers are utilizing search engines, social media and other research strategies to learn about solutions. Due to these behaviors, manufacturers must work harder to ensure their partners have the most effective collateral and marketing resources to go to market. Asigra, a provider of enterprise cloud backup, recovery and restore software, recently unveiled multiple enhancements […]

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Act-On Software Launches Online and Social Media Tracking Tool

The Problem: The continued proliferation of end-user data across digital and physical channels has led to a new level of complexity for channel marketers. Online marketing strategies, such as search engine marketing and optimization, social media, and digital content present opportunities for organizations to optimize lead and demand gen efforts. However, poor reporting and visibility […]

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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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Things Are Looking Up For SMBs [Infographic]

Small- and medium-sized businesses face multiple challenges when trying to grow their organizations, including: budgeting, limited financial and marketing resources, and smaller staffs. However, mobile technology and social networking sites have offered a sunny outlook for SMBs. In fact, 76% of SMBs are optimistic about their company’s growth in 2012. This infographic from Campaigner and […]

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ChannelViews: Social Media Strategy Helps VAR Gain Traction in Web 2.0 World

By John Pruban, President, tekservePOS BtoB companies are researching and evaluating prospective solution providers in a whole new way due to the collaborative environment fostered by Web 2.0 technologies. Although sophisticated social media strategies are typically reserved for larger businesses looking to increase mindshare among consumers, the need for consistent social media content and expertise […]

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ChannelViews: Social Media Goes Mainstream for Channel Marketers

By Lindsay Taitel, Marketing Communications Program Manager, eCoast For even the largest global corporations, social media is now an essential part of brand recognition, customer relationship building, employee relations, sophisticated marketing campaigns, and buzz building. Today, social media is being used to sell enterprise IT products and services just as effectively as it is being […]

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