Marketing and sales fusion

Marketing as a discipline has its roots in sales. Over time, due to the ambitions of the news science of marketing, the two became separate and in many cases, estranged. This White Paper explains why, in our centenary year, we believe it’s time for The Chartered Institute of Marketing to say mea culpa and to try and make amends: after all, it has been argued by some that we effectively turned our backs on the sales profession with our change of name back in 1963 when The Institute of marketing and Sales Management transformed itself into The Institute of marketing.

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Partner marketing goes mainstream and budget dollars follow

whitePaper | November 1, 2022

This includes traditional tactics as well as new approaches such as account-based marketing, behavioral analytics, and mobile and omnichannel marketing. Even as the landscape has shifted, however, the value partnerships offer has remained steadfast. Foundry’s third Partner Marketing Study (previously conducted in 2014 and 2019) set out to document the perceived value of partner marketing programs as well as how companies are implementing them. The survey of 379 professionals who give and/or receive partner marketing funds found that the value of such programs has grown over time and an uncertain economy has not influenced investment plans.

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Engaging Partners in Customer Success

whitePaper | October 5, 2022

Customer satisfaction is the degree to which a customer is happy with your product or service. Solution providers have always cared about creating satisfied customers; they are their customers too (and those customers may be even more valuable to their business than to yours). Solution providers typically sell a bevy of products and services to the same customer. The partner often carries several vendor product lines – possibly hundreds – which they leverage to put together a solution for a customer business need or opportunity. They want the products or, more importantly, the solution to satisfy customer expectations so they can continue to sell them more stuff.

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Building highimpact partnerecosystems

whitePaper | October 3, 2022

We are all in uncharted waters today: a pandemic and economic upheaval, coupled with rapid technology change, rising customer expectations and more. The impact of these developments has rippled throughout the world of commerce, including business relationships.

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The Definitive Guide to Building and Growing Profitable Sales Channels using Automation

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.

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Through-Channel Demand Gen Has Shifted. Are You Ready?

whitePaper | February 10, 2022

Channel Marketing and the IT Channel ecosystem in general are constantly evolving. The biggest challenge is the multiple changing factors, including the Channel model itself, overarching demand generation strategies, and buyers’ behaviors. In this eBook you’ll uncover how channel demand generation has changed, how to better educate and empower Partners, and what types of content you need to develop to drive demand the RIGHT WAY!

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Using AI to Maximize Marketing ROI: 6 Use Cases

whitePaper | June 2, 2022

AI is rapidly changing the world we live in, and the field of marketing is no exception. Businesses implement artificial intelligence in various ways to increase efficiency, maximize their returns, and produce the best possible experience for their customers. Yet some marketers still prefer more traditional methods and are wary of AI practices. However, they likely don’t realize all the ways they’re already using AI. Autocorrect, GPS, voice-controlled home assistants, Netflix suggestions, recommended purchases on ecommerce sites, and search engines are all examples of AI we use everyday without even realizing it. AI software isn’t just for large, established companies anymore. Startups and businesses of any size can greatly benefit from implementing various AI programs too

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