Channel sales today requires a “consultative approach,” and vendors must supply their partners with the support they need to provide answers to their customers’ challenges, according to Eric Harvey, the recently appointed Senior Director of Strategic Channels at telecommunications services and solutions provider MetTel.
This is the year when technology and digital channels are going to enhance the way vendors communicate with their partners — and vice versa. According to our panel of channel marketing thought leaders, the digital landscape will impact how vendors are segmenting leads for partners and ensure that messaging to buyers is relevant and contextual. […]
Channel marketing has made the shift from print to digital, meaning that tomorrow’s Mad Men have to evolve their marketing skills to be successful. This infographic from Marketo highlights the roles, skills and opportunities digital marketers have in today’s marketing landscape that yesterday’s Mad Men couldn’t imagine. [Click To Expand] Source: Marketo
ContentMX is a content marketing platform designed to enable marketing departments to drive more conversations and increase traffic by automating the process of sharing relevant content.
Oracle has released a new Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Cloud Program designed to provide technical and go-to-market support for its partners.
QikServe, provider of mobile order, payment and loyalty solutions for the hospitality sector, has achieved Gold Partner status in Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN). Gold partner status positions QikServe to fully integrate with the Oracle Hospitality POS platform to help customers utilize a fully branded mobile order and payment service for their customers.
Samsung Electronics America announced it has launched new enhancements to its Samsung Team of Empowered Partners (STEP) program, which it said are designed to help partners position themselves for success with their marketing campaigns.
By Dan Hawtof, Blackhawk Engagement Solutions Channel marketers offer a constant variety of incentive programs to motivate behaviors across the board, from headquarter principals and sales reps to sales engineers, distributors and anyone else they can reach. They do it with SPIFs, deal registration programs, seed-unit discounts and more, all designed to reward for specific […]
An Interview With Jon Whitlock, Kaspersky Lab North America The evolving channels that buyers use to research purchase decisions have left many marketers struggling to keep up. Social media, in particular, has grown into more than just an outlet for outbound initiatives, but an effective demand generation tool vendors and channel partners can use to […]
The Problem: Email is still an important channel for marketers to engage with prospects. However, vendors and partners struggle to fully gauge whether their emails are resonating. This can be caused by the inability to track prospect engagement via email throughout their purchase decision.