The ROI of Intelligent Network Automation

whitePaper | February 23, 2021

Successful channel leaders have always understood that maintaining channel loyalty depends on the value they help their partners capture. As the measurement of “value” for many partners shifts from quarterly revenue results to longer-lasting and more profitable client relationships, channel programs need to identify, communicate, enable and incentivize activities that help partners win business and extend customer lifecycles. This challenge to participate is compounded by the rapidly changing B2B buyer’s journey. It’s increasingly important for vendors to adapt and evolve while helping partner teams do the same.

whitePaper | January 13, 2022

In the wake of a historic 2020, 2021 signaled that transformation will not be limited to a single year. The 2020’s will be a transformative decade. 2021 itself was a year of stark contrasts. It began with a wave of optimism and ended with a wave of omicron -- extending the pandemic period and expanding our knowledge of the Greek alphabet.

whitePaper | January 12, 2022

This whitepaper is the third in a series devoted to the topic: “How to Engage the Channel for Successful SaaS Renewal Sales”. In our first paper, Sales Renewals: A Primer, we introduced the importance of both change and risk management when it comes to renewals. In addition, we identified proven management tactics to address the inherent challenges to the renewals business. Above all, our intent being to help companies ensure they have the right partners for the right offers. In the second paper, Best Practices for Leveraging the Channel, we dug deeper inside the vendor organization to examine best practices for engaging and enabling partners, in order to minimize preventable churn and eliminate “organizational dissonance”.

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.

whitePaper | November 15, 2022

Partner marketing has gone from a benefit enjoyed by only the largest firms to an essential component of a modern sales and marketing ecosystem. Foundry’s 2022 Partner Marketing research helps define the value of partner marketing along with the benefits and challenges that marketers experience. It also addresses what’s needed in order for partner marketers to recognize success. The good news – 88% of marketers view partner marketing as a necessary marketing tactic that provides great/some value and 56% of partner marketing programs have yielded success over the past 12 months.

whitePaper | July 29, 2020

Digital Marketing is an ever-evolving bundle of marketing strategies that help businesses reach their audience in this wide vast digital space. While the marketing trends around the industries keep changing, it’s very important for every business to also go with the flow, try and test different strategies and stick to what works well for their niche.