Winning in The Platform-as-a-Channel Ecosystem

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Commonly known as “marketplaces” or e-commerce sites, increasingly these online buying sites are looking more like “Platforms-as-a-Channel” to vendors. Both B2C and B2B buyers are rapidly adopting multi-vendor platforms for access to broad offerings, frictionless buying experiences, easy payment/financial options, and personalized product recommendations. In this guide we help senior executives understand and strategize a plan for success around this new marketplace model.

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Designing a Best of Breed Partner Program

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As solution-markets continue to quickly innovate, partners are emerging as the front line against the changing marketplace. With over 25+ years executing best-in-class partner/channel programs, we know a well-designed partner program can set the stage for success…

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Leveraging Channel Partners as Your Frontline to Sales Agility

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As the technology industry landscape continues to shift towards XaaS recurring revenue models, the role of the channel is changing dramatically and forcing a new model for the vendor-partner relationship. While there are clear financial benefits of the recurring revenue transition, the underlying driver is the dramatic increase in customer control over the buying process. […]

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Platform-as-a-Channel: A New Model Disrupting the Channel Partner Ecosystem

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Defining the Traditional Channel Partner In 1997, MarketBridge’s CEO Tim Furey published The Channel Advantage. It became a best-selling business book, and a go-to resource for executives looking to navigate a new world in which technology was lowering the cost-per-touch every year. Smart companies realized that they needed to move away from expensive, one-on-one direct field sales if they wanted to compete […]

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The Retail Revolution: 5 Ways to Adapt, Survive, and Thrive

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With the rise of e-commerce and the decline of the shopping mall, the last two decades have seen massive shifts in the world of retail. Consumers are migrating online and demanding more from their purchases: lower prices, faster shipping, sustainable practices. Amazon looms large and threatens players at every stage of the supply chain as […]

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The Key to Channel Engagement: Help Your Partners Help Themselves

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It’s a new era in channel engagement. If you are a company that relies on a third party to sell and support your products and services, then you have noticed that your world has changed, and…you are not alone! Your partners face the same challenges as you. Your customers are spending more and more – […]

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