The Brave New World of Digital Marketing

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 | October 17, 2022

One unifying statement can be made about 2022 – inflation was terrible. As Figure 1 highlights, the consumer price index increased by more than 7 percent each month this year – and that’s on top of 5%+ growth for most months in 2021.

whitePaper | October 3, 2022

International expansion is the right path for any business seeking to grow exponentially and a proven way to do this, for technology vendors in particular, is to use Distributors. A recent report published by the Global Technology Distribution Council (GTDC) finds that almost two-thirds of vendors surveyed said they would increase investments in indirect Channel Programs managed in collaboration with Distributors in 2019.

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.

whitePaper | August 16, 2020

This Tech Brief shows how to apply search engine optimization (SEO) to enterprise websites by employing best practices together with the built-in tools in Magnolia CMS. We take the key SEO factors identified by the Moz.org consulting group, and pair them with various Magnolia features. Our intended audience is online marketers, people employing web communications, and anyone interested in increasing their site rank.

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.