The Best Digital Marketing Tools 2018 edition

whitePaper | October 17, 2022

There’s no doubt that a well-designed channel incentivization strategy – and the incentive programs that flow from such – pays big benefits(i). It doesn’t take long for that success to manifest as program expansion, involving hundreds or thousands of partners, and dozens of programs. But (and this is the industry’ dirty little secret (well, maybe not so secret)) the vast majority of channel incentive-fueled revenue operations (incentive program management) is run on the backs of spreadsheets. Why? The answer is twofold:

whitePaper | September 15, 2022

What works and what doesn’t across sales has shifted dramatically over the last two years. But one thing is clear, if you’re only focused on direct sales, you’re missing huge opportunities to drive revenue and future-proof your sales funnel. It’s no secret that direct sales are limiting. After all, you’re leaving an entire indirect sales channel on the sideline. Direct sales typically reach only the prospects that are directly looking for your solutions or offerings. And if you have a data-driven sales organization, it’s likely your team prioritizes leads that fit certain criteria (such as industry, company size, revenue, etc.). This leaves countless deals on the bench – and those deals can make or break revenue targets

whitePaper | May 16, 2022

With the development of technology, the ways of doing business are changing, and digital transformations are taking place in the activities of businesses. At this point, digital transformation is reflected in the service businesses in two ways. The first of these is the digital transformation in the operational activities of business management, while the second is in the form of technological innovations offered to guests.

whitePaper | March 22, 2023

Solution provider partners have a lot of power in the vendor/ customer/partner relationship. They are trusted advisors and put together the full solution to address a customer’s business need. On average, five partners touch a customer through their buying journey and can influence, consult, sell, build extensions, provision, integrate, manage and/or drive change within the customer.

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”.