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Channel Marketing

ConnectWise Taps Amy Lucia As Chief Marketing Officer

ConnectWise, a leading provider of software for technology solution providers (TSPs), has appointed Amy Lucia as Chief Marketing Officer. Lucia brings over two decades of marketing leadership delivering exceptional outcomes in the Fortune 100 enterprise and SMB spaces. Prior to ConnectWise, Lucia served as vice president of corporate marketing at Blackbaud during a season when […]

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Luxy Thuraisingam, Cisco’s New Head Of Global Partner Marketing, Readies Nimble Team For What’s Next

This past Spring, Cisco Systems named Luxy Thuraisingam as its new Head of Global Partner Marketing. Thuraisingam, who joined Cisco in 2019 as Vice President, Americas Industry & Canada Growth Marketing, brings nearly two decades of marketing experience to her new role. Partners “are being challenged to engage with new and existing customers in new […]

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Plannuh, A Marketing Optimization Platform, Launches Partner Community To Engage Broad Client Base

Plannuh, a provider of an application for proving and improving the business value of marketing, has launched the Plannuh Market Partner Community to bring together the knowledge and technology that help marketers reach strategic and operational marketing excellence. “We have channel in our DNA,” Peter Mahoney, founder and chief executive officer of Plannuh, told CMR. […]

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SAP Rolls Out New Partner Finder To Enable Easier Discovery Of Appropriate Partners

SAP has rolled out its new Partner Finder to provide greater exposure for partners. The new tool features a simple, intuitive, and visual search function for customers to identify the right partner for a specific business or industry without needing an in-depth knowledge of SAP technology or the ecosystem. Customers enjoy a more seamless experience […]

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Market Development Funds: How MSPs And Vendors Can Reach New Customers – Together

By Nate Freedman, CEO, Tech Pro Marketing As someone who provides marketing services for Managed IT Services Providers (MSPs) across North America, I love the concept of market development funds. Top-of-the-line marketing services don’t come cheap. Even if a company has a sizable marketing budget, hiring an agency requires a great deal of financial investment, […]

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SproutLoud Awarded Second Patent Protecting Its Co-Op Marketing Model

Marketing technology company SproutLoud has been awarded a second patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) protecting its distributed marketing ecosystems. This new patent specifically covers SproutLoud’s Co-Op Marketing model, which supports change management by helping clients move from reimbursement systems to co-pay. SproutLoud’s distributed marketing platform allows brands to make both claims and reimbursement […]

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Channel Vanity Metrics: What You See Isn’t Always What You Get

By Kelsey Worsham, Content Marketing Manager, Zift Solutions Let me paint a picture for you: you think your company is pushing campaigns and through-channel activities that are resulting in engagement and ROI. Your performance reporting should be supporting this. But, month after month, you’re coming up short on results – and ending up seriously frustrated. […]

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Gorilla Corp. Enhances Partner Pulse Platform With Partner Scorecarding Module

Gorilla Corporation, a channel and partnership strategy and execution service provider, has launched a new module for its Partner Pulse solution that profiles, tracks, and scores channel partners’ capabilities, activities and results. The new Scorecarding module enables channel leaders to customize activities to focus on active partners for ranking and tiering and defining next steps. […]

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At HPE, Data Helps Find Sharpest Needles In Partner Haystack

Channel marketers are becoming increasingly selective in choosing partners to participate in specific marketing campaigns. Employing new technologies to discover which partners are more capable of supporting modern marketing initiatives or have demonstrated support of their brands, channel leaders are boosting the effectiveness of their through-channel marketing programs. Laura Seymour, Senior Director, Global Partner Marketing […]

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Partner Program Leaders To Reconvene For In-Person Sharing At #B2BSMX In Boston, August 9-11

B2B Sales & Marketing Exchange (B2BSMX) is returning to its live and in-person format at the Encore Resort & Casino in Boston, August 9-11. Hosted virtually last October, the educational and networking event offers partner program leaders a robust agenda of presentations addressing emerging opportunities and challenges in business ecosystem optimization. Larry Walsh, CEO and […]

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