You have a great opportunity for co-marketing within your sales channel. Your channel partners are marketing your product successfully, and you can push the relationship further by exploring a co-marketing scenario. But the tricky part comes into how to make sure that...
The Subscription Economy: Why Channel Sales Is Essential for SaaS
In the midst of the most recent software-as-a-service (SaaS) boom, there’s been a popular myth that SaaS has eliminated the need for channel partners and channel partner programs. This misunderstanding is perhaps derived from an outdated report that relayed that only...
Creating a Sales Compensation Plan That Motivates Your Channel
If you want to set your channel partners up for success, you'll want to compensate those sales reps for a job well done. Of course, you want your channel partners’ sales reps to go beyond the call of duty. You want your indirect team to be the ideal brand evangelists...
The Allbound Podcast: Building a Channel is a Marathon
Greg Goldstein, Senior Director of Global Channel Sales and Development for ON24, joins me, Jen Spencer, to discuss mid-market and enterprise consulting partners, business planning for channel managers, partner exit interviews, and more on this episode of The Allbound...
How to Use Buyer Personas to Grow Your Channel Sales
If you’ve been involved in marketing or branding at some point in your career, you’ve most likely encountered the concept of buyer personas. If you haven’t, there’s no reason to fret. We’re here for you. We’re also here to say that buyer personas aren’t just for...
5 Ways to Ensure Effective Channel Management vs. Micromanaging
Anyone who has ever worked, well, pretty much ever, has probably experienced micromanagement. And as many can attest, the feeling is unpleasant at best—and suffocating at worst. Being closely monitored and controlled by your boss can take a toll on not only your...
How to Manage a Channel Sales Team While Balancing Your Direct Reps
When your direct sales reps take pride in your product and feel personally attached to your brand, it means you’re doing something right. Dedicated reps will put unparalleled energy into selling a product they believe in. Adding a channel relationship to the mix can...
The Allbound Podcast: Train for Channel Success
Train for Channel Success with Joseph UlrichJoseph Ulrich, Team Leader for US Channels at Hyland Software, joins me on The Allbound Podcast to discuss channel engagement, training partners, and what may or may not be the reason why 80-90% of Hyland’s customers...
How to Motivate Channel Sales Partners? 5 Surprising Tactics
A motivated seller will try harder and work longer, knowing that the reward is not just in the results, but in the work itself. A channel partner sales team full of driven individuals will direct more sales your way. That’s a time tested fact. But how to get the sales...