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Maintaining Successful Partner Relationships in a Virtual World

Channel Incentive Best Practices

The IT channel is a people business. The relationship between vendors, partners and customers is at the heart of this very successful business agreement. Face to face meetings, conferences, networking and social events have traditionally played a significant part in building and maintaining these relationships. However, COVID-19 has changed all that.

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Understand the Cultural Differences

Peter Simoons

Tip 8: Understand the Cultural Differences. When two people begin occupying the same space – as roommates or dorm-mates, as co-workers using the same office, as a couple living together – one of the many possible sources of conflict that can spring between them is the way they do things. One person may be messy, while the other is fastidious to a fault.

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Messing With Their Heads - Using Behavioural Science to Win Partnerships

Stellar Partnerships

Have you ever tried to train a puppy? It’s a constant challenge to lure them away from chewing your furniture and digging up the garden. My border collie was a four- legged weapon of mass destruction, with boundless curiosity about everything on the forbidden list.

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10 Questions To Ask in the Co-Selling World

CoSell

When it comes to collaborative selling, many people find it is easier to start from a blueprint template instead of starting from a blank slate. I’m sure you’re seeing this in other parts of your work. Instead of starting with a blank page for designing a website, you begin with a blueprint. Instead of beginning a project on a blank whiteboard, you use a project management template.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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3 Easy Steps to Attracting and Retaining Channel Partners

Magnetrix

Running a business can be quite the challenge, especially when your business depends on channel partners to drive revenue. It can also be difficult to find channel partners who commit to your business and bring ROI. However, it is even more trying when it comes time to enable and encourage channel partners to sell your products. In order for your channel partners and channel sales strategy to be successful , you need to ensure that your business is set up to enable the success you are looking fo

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Chorus.ai’s Leading Conversation Intelligence Technology Receives the North American Conversation Intelligence Customer Value Leadership Award

Frost & Sullivan

No one is listening—at least, that is how it feels when a client is bounced between various representatives. The culprit is usually an outdated customer relationship management (CRM) system that fails both sales teams and clients. These legacy CRM systems lack actionable insights and consistency and require manual data entry. In the digital age, clients and sales teams need and expect more, which is where Chorus.ai enters with its keen technology.

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7 Tips To Gain Competitive Advantage With Collaborative Partnerships

CoSell

Today’s digital world is moving at light-speed. I bet you’ve been feeling the effects on your job, business, and organization. It turns out that much like early explorers, we are on the lookout for new partners, new continents, and new ways to boost business. Here are 7 tips for boosting your competitive advantage with collaborative partnerships. 1.

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Complimentary access! SiriusDecisions Channel Marketing Strategies Research Brief: Partner Relationship Management Technology

Mindmatrix

Partner relationship management (PRM) systems are purpose-built to. support the complex processes and procedures inherent in supplier and. channel partner relationships. By helping suppliers to more effectively and efficiently deliver the tools and resources that drive partner performance and satisfaction, PRM systems have become one of the primary tools in the channel management toolkit.

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When Nepotism Pads CEO Pay: Evidence From Indian Family Firms

INSEAD Knowledge

Poor corporate governance in emerging economies allows some publicly listed family firms to use CEO pay to exploit corporate resources at the expense of minority shareholders.

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Maximize Productivity and Simplify IT Management with Conversational AI

ChatGPT has dominated boardroom conversations for months now. From drafting a stock trading program, to creating a SQL query to model data, there are practically no limits to the applications of the AI language model assistant. At ManageEngine, we have been working on our own AI-assistant, Zia. Zia is a fully-trained analytics assistant that can perform a range of functions such as creating and adding reports to dashboards, providing conversational support to data analysis, insight discovery, bu

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Smart Cities to Fuel Growth of Asia-Pacific’s Internet of Things Market by 2026, Finds Frost & Sullivan

Frost & Sullivan

APAC IoT market is expected to reach $436.77 billion in revenue by 2026; spending on smart cities accounts for almost one-third of the market. Santa Clara, Calif. – April 22, 2021 – Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis finds that Asia-Pacific’s Internet of Things (IoT) market is rapidly being transformed by Mega Trends, including the integration of edge-computing networks into IoT systems and new narrow-band (NB) IoT deployments.

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Make Partner Marketing FREE

Impartner

Making partner marketing FREE might not be the first thing that pops into your head when you think of ways to improve your messaging and communications, but it might be the best idea for your improving business.

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Ep. 157 – Tiltify VP of Strategic Partnerships, Larissa Rydin

COO Alliance

Our guest today is Tiltify’s VP of Strategic Partnerships, Larissa Rydin. Larissa brings over 20 years of experience in marketing, corporate development, and nonprofit leadership. . After quickly moving up the ranks at the American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, she held the position of Mid-Atlantic Regional Director, overseeing two offices and an annual budget of $13.5M.

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Four Ways Today’s Teams Are Making Us Lonely

INSEAD Knowledge

They say it’s lonely at the top. But in the workplace, even team members are feeling lonely.

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How to Leverage Intent Data for Better Outcomes

Speaker: Susan Spencer, Principal of Spencer Communications

Intent signal data can go a long way toward shortening sales cycles and closing more deals. The challenge is deciding which is the best type of intent data to help your company meet its sales and marketing goals. In this webinar, Susan Spencer, fractional CMO and principal of Spencer Communications, will unpack the differences between contact-level and company-level intent signals.

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7 Reasons Why PPD’s Acquisition will Help TMO Gain a Top Spot in the CRO Market

Frost & Sullivan

Frost & Sullivan predicts the acquisition of PPD by Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) will boost TMO’s position to the top 3 in the C ontract Development and Manufacturing Organization ( CDMO) market. Here are 7 reasons why: 1 – While the earlier deals to acquire Patheon for $7.2 Bn and Brammer Bio for $1.7 Bn were focused on enhancing the manufacturing capabilities, PPD’s acquisition gives TMO an opportunity to tap in the preclinical discovery and clinical research outsourcing mark

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More Than a Buzzword, “Partnercentricity” Is Back in Atop Corporate Agendas

Impartner

If you are not familiar with the concept, “partnercentricity” is a business concept that took hold among tech vendors several years ago. It’s the idea that everything a company does must have a partner-centric component baked in from the start.

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Fatigue, Exhaustion, Disengagement in A World of Working From Anywhere

TRG Blog

For many, the "Can we maintain the same quality of work and productivity without any supervision, colleagues, and while working from home?" used to be the biggest concern pre-pandemic. Today, after an extended period of experimenting, we have finally found the answer to the question above: "Of course we can." And for many, remote work is the norm due to its flexibility and agility.

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What Is a Partner Portal?

Magnetrix

A partner portal is a web-based application that gives channel partners access to a number of different exclusive tools and resources. For numerous companies today, it can be difficult to create and maintain strong relationships with channel partners. Without a well-developed connection, channel partners will be less motivated to sell for your business.

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The Essential Guide to the Buying Experience of the Future

Your buyers’ lives, preferences, and expectations have changed. Over two-thirds of buyers prefer remote or digital interactions — and they expect those interactions to be substantive and valuable. They hold sellers to a high standard, and that means the buying experiences of the past — in-person meetings, transactional conversations, and linear sales funnels — no longer deliver.

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Frost & Sullivan Analyzes the Accelerated Adoption of Smart Solutions in the Global Industrial Equipment Market

Frost & Sullivan

The water and wastewater sector is expected to top investments in digital solutions with $2.2 billion by 2027. Santa Clara, Calif. – April 22, 2021 – Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis of the adoption of digital technologies and smart devices in the global industrial equipment market finds that the convergence of information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) is rapidly transforming the industry landscape and providing actionable intelligence to decision-makers.

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Break Room Management – How Much Coffee Should You Buy?

CenterPoint Group

Coffee is arguably one of the most coveted office staples. On a sliding scale of daily desirability, coffee probably falls somewhere between a fresh ream of copy paper and your coworker's brand-new gel pen. But how much coffee should you buy, and what type of coffee suits the office environment the best?

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You Should be Account Mapping at Every Stage of the Customer Life Cycle

Crossbeam Blog

Remember the day you shed tears of joy because you no longer had to account map with spreadsheets ? It was like getting past a challenge that never should have stolen hours from your workday in the first place.

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4 Ways to Increase your Channel Sales and Optimize Sales Channel Strategy using a PRM Portal

Magnetrix

We’ve all heard the phrase, there’s always room for improvement. This phrase couldn’t be truer in relation to business strategy, or more specifically, the channel sales and sales channel strategy. With business and sales trends constantly changing, it is beneficial for your business to have a flexible business strategy that can easily be adapted to trends as they change.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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Cobots Lead the Future of the Global Industrial Robots Market, Finds Frost & Sullivan

Frost & Sullivan

Asia-Pacific to remain the epicenter of growth opportunities for robot manufacturers, with market revenues estimated to top $25.08 billion by 2024. Santa Clara, Calif. – April 21, 2021 – Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis finds that the global industrial robotics market will reach revenues of $38.3 billion in 2024 from $22.2 billion in 2020 at a CAGR of 12.2%.

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The Remote Desktop Software Market

Channel Insider

Many technologies have contributed to the growth of the Remote Desktop Software market. Explore today's remote access software trends & forecasts.

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The Seven Myths of Being a Channel Chief

Impartner

If you’re new to channel sales or management, or even a seasoned veteran of partnering, you likely have many questions on key aspects of your job. You may even wonder how other channel chiefs at companies like yours operate. Impartner Channel Chief Advisory Board (CCAB) member Theresa Caragol unpacks commonly held misperceptions. And she would know.

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Don’t Succumb to Retail Data Addiction

Market Source Inc

Data is a picture of the past, but used to its full potential, data can help you anticipate what will happen, giving you the ability to impact the future. The post Don’t Succumb to Retail Data Addiction appeared first on MarketSource.

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How to Measure the ROI of IT Operations

IT is viewed as a cost center by organizations. In troubling economic times, this puts intense pressure on IT to demonstrate value for IT investments. Register for this webinar to learn how to quantify the intrinsic benefits of IT using analytics.

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Innovative and Eco-friendly Masks to Provide Silver Lining for Declining Consumer Face Mask Market

Frost & Sullivan

For face mask businesses to thrive in the post-COVID-19 era, manufacturers must develop masks with distinct product features, says Frost & Sullivan. Santa Clara, Calif. –April 21, 2021–Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis on the global consumer face mask market finds that the mature market is likely to drop significantly as countries worldwide are gradually lifting face mask mandates with the availability of the COVID-19 vaccine.

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The Basics Of A Good Local Government Dashboard (With Examples)

ClearPoint Strategy

To start, let’s clarify what a dashboard is, and what it isn’t. A citizen-facing, government dashboard is a way to showcase performance and tell a story about your data, but is not a data dump. Dashboards should summarize the most important measures and goals for your organization, providing context and analysis, without overwhelming the reader with information.

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Zoom’s ISV Investment Aims at Growth Amplification

The 2112 Group

The $100 million fund is more about research and development as the collaboration platform face slowing growth, increased competition. By Larry Walsh. The pandemic shift has benefited Zoom, which saw its subscribers, revenue, and profits climb faster to stratospheric heights than an Elon Musk rocket. But Zoom has a problem that could cause it to crash: slowing growth and declining relevancy.