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Channel Technology

Partner Ecosystem Expansion – The Answer To A Shaky Sales Forecast

By Gary Sabin, Vice President of Product Management, Impartner We live in an era of partnerships, and the term “partner ecosystem” is becoming increasingly popular. With a cloud and consumption economy in the limelight to facilitate buying journeys, ecosystems are crossing industries, and companies are catching on to the fact that they need to center […]

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Zift Solutions Introduces Package To Support Collaboration By Channel Ecosystem Partners

Zift Solutions, a provider of partner relationship management (PRM) and through-channel marketing automation (TCMA) software, has introduced a package to support channel partner program ecosystems. ZiftONE for Ecosystems includes all of the existing features of the company’s ZiftONE solution, including its through-partner marketing automation suite. The new offering enables partners to effectively interact with a supplier’s […]

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Investments In Channel Marketing Programs To Climb As Satisfaction In Their Performance Rises

A third study by Foundry, an IDG company, has determined that channel leaders are increasingly satisfied with the performance of their partner marketing program. Since its last Partner Marketing Study in 2019, Foundry noted that the number of respondents who said their partner marketing program provides great or some value has climbed from 83% to […]

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Private Equity Firms Continue To Bet On Growth Of Partner Ecosystem Management Solutions

Private equity firms continue to make significant investments ecosystem management solutions providers. Early this month, Channext, a Software-as-a-Service platform that supports online connections between vendors and business partners, announced that it has raised €4.5M ($4.42M) in a Series A round of funding led by Holland Capital, who invested together with the Graduate Entrepreneur Fund and current investors. WorkSpan, […]

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ContentMX Adds Lead Distribution, Co-Selling Capabilities To PartnerOn Platform

ContentMX, a company that serves ecosystems of partners and vendors by providing a regular weekly flow of lead generating content and training materials, has added lead distribution and co-selling to PartnerOn, its integrated partner marketing and engagement ecosystem. Qualified partner companies receive PartnerOn services for no cost, including a wide range of new content sponsored […]

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Plannuh, A Marketing Management Solution Provider, Acquired By Financial Performance Software Maker

Plannuh, a cloud platform for marketing performance management, has been acquired by Planful. A financial performance management cloud software provider, Planful now enables seamless collaboration between finance and marketing teams, and other business users. With their expanded platform, Planful and Plannuh enable CFOs and CMO’s to drive more opportunities for business growth across the organization. […]

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ZINFI Updates Channel Management Platform With Affiliate Marketing Management Solutions

ZINFI Technologies, a through-channel marketing automation and partner relationship management solutions provider, has launched a set of affiliate marketing management (AMM) solutions as a part of its unified channel management platform. The newly released AMM capabilities will allow companies to promote their brands and drive referral and lead generation for their products and services via […]

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To Build Brand Awareness Through Influencers, Allow Them To Be Authentic To Earn Buyers’ Trust

A research report on the rapidly evolving brand-influencer dynamic shows the disparity and alignment of perceptions of marketers and influencers. The report, Aligning Marketers and Influencers: Shifting Perspectives on Influencer Marketing Across the Funnel, found that 75% of marketers leverage influencers for brand awareness and 73% for brand engagement. Influencers, almost 60% of them, said […]

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Larry Walsh At B2BSMX: The Channel Is A Recession Insulator, An Inoculator

If indeed the economy is in a recession or slipping into one, companies would be well-advised to lean into their channel partner programs. At the B2B Sales & Marketing Exchange held in Boston earlier this month, Larry Walsh, CEO and Chief Analyst at Channelnomics, a business strategy firm, told a packed room that “the thing […]

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Expanding Channels Ecosystem Landscape Generates $3.9 Billion In Sales

The number of companies offering solutions that enable brands to more effectively manage their channel ecosystems continues to grow. In its first Channels Ecosystem Landscape report, Canalys, an independent analyst company, lists 223 different companies with combined annual sales of $3.9 billion. The market for channel ecosystem enabling products is expected to continue to rise, […]

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