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6 Disciplines of Successful Channel Management

PLM Alliances

As more companies today leverage partners as a vital component of a go-to-market strategy, having world-class channel management is more critical than ever. Your channel efforts need to focus on how you will win with partners in a competitive context. The six disciplines of channel management.

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Why have VPs of Channel Sales Forgotten Best Practices Validated Over 160 Years Ago

Successful Channels

The highly successful Singer Sewing Machine channel strategy taught us that a commitment to partner life-stage activation, management and measurement will yield much greater partner satisfaction and commitment levels. Here are a range of tools that are inspired by the Singer Sewing Company channel strategy.

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Less is More when it Comes to Partner Business Planning and QBRs

Successful Channels

Number ten on the list above, joint annual go-to-market planning , is an excellent way to organize the partner engagement and commitment development. The problem is that most partner business planning processes are too time consuming, not integrated with data, and not very satisfactory for either partners or channel managers.