Emily Sidley — September 18, 2017 Follow @EmilySidleyPR — September 18, 2017 geralt / Pixabay Nearly a third of the world uses social media regularly, and 92 percent of marketers claim it’s important to their business (source: Hubspot), so it’s not surprising that so many companies are ready to invest in social channels as a … Continue reading How to Hire a Social Media Partner: 15 Questions to Ask
Trisha Winter — August 26, 2017 Follow @Trishawinter — August 26, 2017 In the last article in this series, I highlighted the key metrics for running a referral partner program. But if you want to grow your program, the best place to start is to benchmark those metrics. You can compare your results to other … Continue reading Building a Referral Partner Channel: Step 8 – How to Scale Your Referral Partner Program
In part 2 of a series exploring interactive native content, contributor Jane Loring takes a look at how native storytelling can help you target the right audience and promote growth. Jane Loring on May 17, 2017 In the first piece of this series, we examined the different ways interactive content can assist brands in achieving … Continue reading How to market your brand using interactive native content — Part 2
Trisha Winter — August 10, 2017 Follow @Trishawinter — August 10, 2017 Once you’ve onboarded your referral partners, you’ll need to find ways to keep them engaged and referring. As I discussed in Step 3 – How to enable referral partners you’ve got to make it easy for partners to make referrals and give them … Continue reading Building A Referral Partner Channel: Step 6 – How to Engage Referral Partners
Trisha Winter — August 17, 2017 Follow @Trishawinter — August 17, 2017 moritz320 / Pixabay Once you’ve got your referral partner program running, you’ll want to collect data that will help you to optimize and grow the output from your referral partners. To do this I will outline a number of metrics that aren’t merely … Continue reading Building a Referral Partner Channel: Key Metrics For a Referral Partner Program
Jessica Edmondson — August 15, 2017 Follow @ContentMktg2 — August 15, 2017 As a result of the changes taking place in the partner ecosystem, it has become of paramount importance to analyze how partners and their relative programs are performing in order to meet and adjust to mounting growth objectives. With that in mind the … Continue reading 5 Referral Partner Program Benchmarks to Measure Against [Infographic]
Jessica Edmondson — August 14, 2017 Follow @ContentMktg2 — August 14, 2017 Companies who have implemented referral partner software to automate partner referrals and incentives are using it to help meet growth objectives by leveraging smaller partners, qualifying potential resellers and continue to get revenue from resellers who can’t transform to a SaaS delivery model. … Continue reading What Types of Partner Referrals Are Driving New Deals? [Infographic]
Jessica Edmondson — August 2, 2017 Follow @ContentMktg2 — August 2, 2017 The partner landscape has been going through momentous changes due to the onset of the cloud and consequently the change in target buyer. Therefore, it has become a necessity to diversify partner relationships in order to meet growth objectives. One way companies are … Continue reading Data: How Companies Are Driving Deals Through Partner Referral Programs
Trisha Winter — July 19, 2017 Follow @Trishawinter — July 19, 2017 The next step in building your referral partner channel is to ensure that you are enabling referral partners with all of the information and capabilities they need to be successful. Right after registering, the referral partner should be sent to a personal referral … Continue reading Building a Referral Partner Channel: Step 3 – How to Enable Referral Partners
Dan Sincavage — July 13, 2017 Follow @dansincavage — July 13, 2017 geralt / Pixabay As goods move from manufacturer to wholesaler to retailer to consumer, each party has its own interests. For the businesses in that chain, those interests are often centered on core company goals like increased sales or profitability. Channel partner managers … Continue reading Channel Partner Program Management: An Actionable Guide
