Blog - Channel Management
Our articles in the channel management category cover best practices, how-to guides, and expert advice on how to manage a successful channel. Whether you’re just starting out in partnerships or are a long-time channel veteran, we’re sure you’ll find helpful information to further your career.
Make sure to also check out our standalone guide on channel management software.
Which Comes First – Lead Generation or Partner Recruitment?
“I want to be working with a channel, but which should I be doing first?” This question comes up regularly on LinkedIn groups. It may sound like a chicken and egg question: How do you service leads without partners, and how do you engage your partners without leads? The fact is you need to be […]
Are You Ready to Dive Into the Channel?
Using the channel model as part of an overall sales and growth strategy is a hot topic—unfortunately in a lot of cases for the wrong reasons. I’d like to clear up a few misconceptions: It’s Not a Field of Dreams In case you don’t remember the Kevin Costner movie, my point is that if you […]
Can you give me an ROI on a PRM System?
This is a question I get from about 1 in every 10 prospects. Its usually coming from their upper management (who I like to call: the economic buyer). The prospect is the person in charge of launching the channel program or has been recently hired to improve an existing channel program. I actually thought questioning […]
The Number One Reason Channel Partners Will Sell Your Product
When sales management is easier for the channel, it’s easier for you too. Creating and implementing an effective, streamlined process for leveraging your channel partners is the best way to let them make your company successful.
Is Your Channel Too Much to Handle?
With the growth of the channel in the upcoming years, businesses need to build up their channel programs and establish partnerships to drive indirect sales. The challenge that most vendors face is how to accommodate and maintain the larger networks of partnerships and communication across the expanding channel. Many successful businesses have implemented a Partner Relationship Management (PRM) system to manage their complex ecosystem of partnerships and continue the flow of communication. As the channel grows, businesses will need to develop a strong channel presence to be successful.
Top 3 Channel Mistakes and how to avoid them
If you are a channel professional trying to make a difference in your organization, and finding it hard to get support at the executive level, Check out the blog post on OpenView Partners. Then send it to your CEO. http://labs.openviewpartners.com/3-things-to-avoid-killing-your-channel-program/
Channeltivity Partners with Relayware to Drive Channel Best Practices
Building a successful reseller channel and continuing to grow it and dial up its performance requires planning, disciplined execution and constant analysis. One of the greatest thinkers of our time Buckminster Fuller, once said, “If you want to change people’s behaviors, don’t bother teaching them. Provide them the tools, the use of which will cause […]
WebCruiter: Thanks for the Customer Success Story
Many, many thanks to Kristian Vanberg of WebCruiter for the truly amazing things he said about Channeltivity in our latest customer success story. It feels great to hear that our PRM solution is helping his channel organizations in a meaningful way. Even with the right tools, running a channel partner program is a challenging task. […]