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Nextiva CoNEXtion Partner Demand Suite Strives To Raise The Bar On Channel Marketing Support

MeiLee Langley, the Director/Head of Channel Marketing at Nextiva, doesn’t pull her punches when commenting on the demand gen programs that vendors provide to their partners. In a press release announcing the launch of Nextiva’s CoNEXtion program, she said “Most providers miss the mark when it comes to channel marketing because they fail to arm […]

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EnGenius Expands Channel Account Manager Team To Optimize Partner Success

Behind every successful partner is a dedicated channel account manager. While that may not be the most common coffee cup slogan, you might see it on desks at EnGenius, a voice and data solution provider. Focused primarily on the small and midsize market, EnGenius is striving to boost its business by providing clients with affordable […]

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Dig Deeper Into Channel Data To Boost Market Development Fund ROI

The hazy view that many channel managers have into their market development fund (MDF) programs has clearly impaired the ability of companies to optimize their investments in them. Channel managers struggle to report on the ROI their MDF programs generate. Learning opportunities to support continuous improvement are missed. And because partners pass on the opportunity […]

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At Poly, The New Portal Is Critical To Optimizing Partner Experience For Merged Channel Ecosystems

The partner portal at Poly, a video and voice solutions company, has been very busy lately. Since the company launched its Poly Partner Program and the portal earlier this year, the website is averaging 20,000 unique user visits weekly, each of them logging on an average of nine times. Just about any partner program would […]

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Tanium Announces Go-Live Of Partner Advantage Program

Tanium, a unified endpoint management and security platform provider, has launched its Tanium Partner Advantage program. First announced at the company’s inaugural Global Partner Summer at Tanium’s Converge conference in November, the new program reflects a partner-first mindset that extends to joint planning and market execution, and in-field business development and technical engagement. Tanium Partner […]

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Impartner Forms Advisory Board To Share Insights On Channel Program Best Practices

Impartner, a leading partner relationship management (PRM) and channel management platform provider has created the Channel Chief Advisory Board (CCAB), a group of top channel strategists focused on sharing best channel practices worldwide. The global group includes a ‘who’s who’ of channel thought-leaders including consultants, digital marketers, and channel services providers “Like CRM, PRM and […]

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How Channel Marketers Must Navigate Today’s New Normal

By Meaghan Sullivan, Head of General Business and Global Partner Marketing, SAP While it might be a stretch to say we’ve “settled” into a new normal, many U.S. businesses have adapted over the past few months to acclimate to the challenges posed by today’s environment. As marketers, we’ve adjusted our strategy to connect with clients […]

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With Some Channel Resellers Dormant, OEMs Turn to Training and Education Incentives

By Tom Silk, Chief Executive Officer, WorkStride FACT 1 — All channel marketing champions know the importance of incorporating learning and education into at least part of their overall channel partner strategy. FACT 2 — It’s super hard to get the folks in the field to pay attention to optional training. I remember a conversation early on in […]

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ZINFI Launches Its Unified Channel Management Platform on Microsoft Azure

ZINFI Technologies,  a provider of unified channel management (UCM) solutions and through-channel marketing automation and partner relationship management (PRM) technology,  has launched a version of its UCM platform on Microsoft Azure. The move to Microsoft Azure allows ZINFI to address multiple enterprise requirements related to platform DevOps, performance, security, availability, disaster recovery and compliance, and […]

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Improved Channel Visibility, Accelerated Processes Could Minimize Revenue Leakage

C-suite executives struggle to achieve effective revenue management, losing billions of dollars through revenue leakage, according to a survey by Model N, a provider of cloud revenue management solutions. Some 75% of the respondents believe they “leave money on the table” and must do better. According to Model N’s 2020 State of Revenue report, 82% […]

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