Impartner, a pure-play partner relationship management (PRM) and channel management platform provider, will acquire the through-channel marketing automation (TCMA) business from partner automation solutions provider TIE Kinetix. With this acquisition, which includes TIE Kinetix’s full suite of contemporary brand control and demand generation technologies, Impartner will provide a more holistic channel management platform to help companies […]
ZINFI Technologies, a unified channel management (UCM) solutions provider, has launched the newest version of its next-generation adaptive SaaS (aSaaS) platform, version 11. The new platform includes an advanced set of applications for its through-channel marketing automation (TCMA) solutions. Campaign canvass—an advanced multi-touch, drag-and-drop campaign creation tool — allows organizations selling through the channel to […]
SalesHood, a provider of a sales enablement platform and community, is now offering an onboarding, training, coaching and content tool for partners. The new solution, PartnerHood, allows channel managers to implement a partner enablement strategy that promotes community and supports competition. “With SalesHood, we built a set of enablement automation processes that help companies perform […]
Impact, a partnership automation technology provider, is offering a new solution enabling organizations to identify effective influencers, mobile app partners, content creators, premium publishers, and more. The solution allows users to browse and query by key characteristics like channel, geography, and audience demographics to ultimately choose best-fit partners that align with business and campaign goals. […]
B2B buyers are paying more attention to what other people think about the products and services they’re considering. According to the 2019 Content Preferences Survey conducted by Channel Marketer Report’s sister publication, Demand Gen Report, buyers say they are placing higher emphasis on comments from colleagues and peers,user reviews and third party/analyst reports. The survey’s respondents, 200 senior-level B2B […]
Moderating a panel of channel-fluent marketing agency executives at the B2B Marketing Exchange conference in Scottsdale last month, Jay McBain, Forrester’s principal analyst – channels, partnerships and alliances, cited a single stat that clearly demonstrates the important role agencies play in channel programs. According to McBain, Forrester is predicting a 25% CAGR for channel marketing […]
The impact that AI is having on channel programs will be clearly explained at the B2B Marketing Exchange (B2BMX) conference in Scottsdale, AZ next week. Returning to the B2BMX podium, Laz Gonzalez, channel expert and chief strategy officer at Zift Solutions, will explore how AI, machine learning and propensity modeling can intersect with channel programs […]
At its inaugural Americas Partners Summit last Fall, Infoblox reviewed how the company had expanded its BuildingBLOX partner program to include additional investment in accreditation, deal registration enhancements, new partner tools, and rebate rewards. During the past year, Infoblox had expanded its partner alliance ecosystem with the addition of 100 new partners, boosting channel revenue […]
Channel marketing will be well-represented at the B2B Marketing Exchange (B2BMX) as the conference moves to a new venue, the Hyatt Regency Scottsdale, February 25 – 27. The channel marketing track, which was added to the conference last year, has been expanded to include eight sessions and a workshop. Laz Gonzalez, chief strategy officer, Zift Solutions, returns to […]
Compelling partners to lend a hand with many of the marketing chores necessary to generate leads and drive revenue remains a significant challenge, channel marketers complain. But increasingly, channel partner participation in social media amplification is on the rise. For example, when Xerox announced that it was undertaking a massive effort to make it easier for partners to do […]