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The Have’s And Have Not’s: Best Practice CRM Use In IT Channels
By Ian Moyse, Sales Director, Workbooks.com For any organization that resells products or services, it’s important to maximize your gross margins and ensure cash flow is healthy. At the same time, you want to deliver the highest quality service possible to your customers at the lowest cost to your business, while differentiating your company in a […]
The atEvent Check-In App Turns Attendees To Opportunities
The Problem: Traditionally, leads generated at events have been unqualified and lack context. As a result, vendors and partners struggle to understand which prospects are ready to have detailed sales conversations, and which are simply looking for more content and information. The Solution: The atEvent Check-In app solves these problems by allowing event staff to include event […]
BigContacts Introduces Reseller Program
BigContacts, a web based CRM software provider, recently implemented a partner program that provides clients with the option to resell BigContacts software under their own brand. Through the reseller program, which was unveiled in August 2013, partners receive turnkey customer support, in addition to personalized branding options such as usage of the client company logo, […]
Channeltivity Helps Vendors Stay Top-Of-Mind Among Partners
The Problem: A partner program requires an online partner portal whereby partners may obtain information from the vendor to properly position and sell the vendor’s solution to their prospects. However, to properly work with those partners, vendors must also have the tools they need to manage, enable and engage with them…and in one place. The […]
Salesforce To Buy ExactTarget For $2.5 Billion
Salesforce.com — long thought to be in the market to acquire a marketing automation vendor since Oracle bought Eloqua — announced plans to purchase ExactTarget for about $2.5 billion. The move comes as a bit of a surprise to industry observers, who noted that Marketo’s recent successful IPO positioned the company as an appealing acquisition target for Salesforce.com. The transaction, which […]
Microsoft Exec Unveils New Solutions, Acquisitions At Convergence 2013
More than 11,500 Microsoft Dynamics customers and channel partners gathered at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans to get the latest scoop on new enhancements within the Microsoft CRM/ERP business solutions portfolio during the annual Convergence Conference. The keynote presentation, which featured Kirill Tatarinov, President of Microsoft Business Solutions, and Wayne Morris, […]
Introducing Portal 2.0
More advanced vendors and manufacturers are achieving improved partner communication and sales and marketing reporting by implementing Portal 2.0, according to SiriusDecisions. The brief, titled: The Evolution to Partner Portal 2.0, revealed that these technologies “offer a mutual benefit to both vendors and partners” in the following key areas: 1. Creating demand: Tools to select […]
Lenskold Group/Pedowitz Group Study Reveals Benefits Of Integrated Marketing Automation
Organizations that integrate their marketing automation with CRM systems can reap a number of benefits, including an improvement lead generation strategies, campaign ROI and overall sales results. A recent study from Lenskold Group and The Pedowitz Group, reaffirmed that companies using integrated marketing automation are more likely to outgrow their competitors. Furthermore, 66% of respondents […]
Badgeville For Salesforce.com Unveiled During #DF12
CRM solutions offer organizations robust features to improve lead management and nurturing processes, resulting in improved sales results. However, this can only take place if sales teams make CRM updates and reporting a consistent part of their daily routines. At Dreamforce 2012, Badgeville, a provider of gamifciation solutions and strategies, has unveiled its new offering […]
The Convergence Of CRM, PRM And Marketing Automation Presents New Opportunity For Channel Sales And Marketing Alignment
B2B organizations are furthering sales and marketing success by aligning their CRM databases with marketing automation to ensure more effective lead nurturing and optimal sales results. The promise of these more efficient business processes has caused a surge in marketing automation adoption. Benchmark research from SiriusDecisions indicates that while 18% of B2B organizations utilize a […]
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