Canada Digital Future in Focus

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 | 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 | 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 | 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.

whitePaper | September 1, 2022

Partner incentives form a central pillar in all good channel programs. For example in today’s channel, they serve a dual benefit. That of rewarding partners based on performance and increasing partner loyalty and satisfaction. As modern partner ecosystems continuously evolve in both complexity and scale, it is critical that vendors offer incentive programs that are meaningful to the different types of partners they work with. However, not all incentive programs in 2022 are successful when it comes to attracting, motivating and retaining partners.

whitePaper | December 1, 2021

No one fully understands the long-term effect COVID-19 will have on societies or regional economies. But the impact it’s having on brands is becoming clearer by the day. Customer loyalty to brands is low – and the cost of acquiring new customers is high. Marketers need to focus on creating and sustaining engagement with each and every customer. For their new e-book, “Deliver a Modern Digital CX: A Guide for Marketing Innovators,” Acquia worked with Vanson Bourne to collect the views of 8,000 consumers and 800 marketers across Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Japan, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States. Customer behaviors have shifted during the crisis and may not revert to pre-pandemic norms. The survey explores shifts in marketing and consumer expectations about CX and privacy. Download this Research Report to learn how marketers can transform their CX in fundamental, business-impacting ways.