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Channel Management

100 Day On-Boarding Plan – Do it Effectively or Fail

There are a set of tasks that should be done in a systematic way to achieve the optimal kick-start to your channel sales program.   These ideas come from a great book I just read on employee on-boarding, that I’ve adapted for the channel community. On-Boarding…How to Get Your New Employees Up to Speed in Half... read more

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Channel Marketing

Getting Referrals…..Implementing the 5 T’s of Word of Mouth Marketing in Your Sales Channel

Andy Sernovitz has written a great book – Word of Mouth Marketing …. How Smart Companies Get People Talking. Those of us managing channels struggle every day with how to really leverage the power of our channel partners in terms of referrals – the network effect.  We know that we get sales from our partners. ... read more

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Channel Marketing

Telling a Great Story and Tips on Creating Partner Sales Tools That Matter

Read a tweet today that caused me to research a letter written by Martin Conroy from the Wall Street Journal, first mailed in 1974 and used through the late 1990’s and what many people believe to be the greatest sales letter of all time – generating over $2B in revenue for the Wall Street Journal. ... read more

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Channel Marketing

Channel Marketing -The Top Five Mistakes You Might Be Making When Communicating With Partners

Effective partner communications will drive increased sales. Ineffective partner communication is a waste of time and money.  It’s that simple.  The five top mistakes that I see clients make include: read more

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Channel Management

Channel Management – Making Partners Ready to Sell

Readiness  = training + communication + mindshare + resources = enablement.  Taking years of tribal knowledge, consolidating the most relevant content and read more