2016 State of Marketing

whitePaper | August 31, 2022

The goal of partner planning in a technology company is to ensure the right products are available to customers at the right time, all while managing cost. Sounds easy, right? As any channel leader knows, partner planning is a complex process that requires careful alignment with overall business goals. Through years of experience, our team of channel experts at Spur Reply have identified the essential elements of partner planning and are ready to share with you.

whitePaper | January 20, 2022

Today's solution provider expects more from the vendor engagement process than ever before. It's no longer enough to simply get a welcome email from a channel manager and login credentials to the partner portal.

whitePaper | November 1, 2022

For many industries that rely on indirect sales channels, managing their partners effectively is a frustrating challenge. Most of these organizations develop partner programs to structure policies and procedures that enable them to scale revenues through these partners more rapidly and cost effectively than building a direct sales operation. Technology solutions for PRM are rapidly solving the problems associated with scaling partner programs.

whitePaper | February 3, 2021

The important thing to remember is that every written element of a campaign can count and help advance the consumer on the customer journey, whether it’s for business-to-business (B2B) interaction, or business-to-customer (B2C) lead conversion. Statistics from Review42 demonstrate how an impressive 92% of companies have found value in focusing their marketing efforts on content for online channels. This guide focuses on the key features of content marketing and search engine optimization (SEO) so you can begin to piece together your own content marketing strategy for a better return on investment (ROI) in the 2021 market.

whitePaper | November 3, 2021

Effective partner relationship management (PRM) — always a challenge for even the most skilled channel leaders — is becoming increasingly critical to the success of well-established firms and start-up companies especially. Seismic shifts in the typical B2B buyer’s journey are demanding deeper and more timely data-informed evaluations of every vendor’s partner ecosystem.

whitePaper | February 15, 2020

Respondents spent 47% of their influencer budget on micro-influencers (compared to just 23% for celebrity influencers). One of the problems the influencer marketing industry has had has been convincing people that celebrity does not equate with influence. The reality is that people trust micro-influencers far more than they do stars, and are far more likely to take notice of a micro-influencer's recommendation than one made by a celebrity. Therefore it should come as no surprise that brands are moving their influencer marketing towards micro-influencers as education about the industry improves.