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Landing Your First Dollar (and Many More) on Cloud Marketplace 

Tackle.io

It’s usually an alliance manager who knows the most about a given cloud and the incentives. Your sales reps don’t need to be experts, they need partners like Frank to chime in on pitches when cloud comes up.” . We advocate strongly for educating sales leadership on what Marketplace means and where the benefit is.

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Building a Career in Partnerships: Advice From 7 Partner Leaders

Chaneltivity

Colin Harkins , Alliance Manager at Threekit, says, “First and foremost, you have to be a top performer. Do you have the social skills to build and nurture relationships. And if you want to make an internal transition to partnerships, make sure you’re in good standing.