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Improving Partner Portal Engagement: Addressing 4 Complaints (& Solutions)

Magnetrix

Is it really a lack of partner engagement in your portal? Or is it a case of unengaged vendors who don’t set up the partner for success in the portal, combined with poor portal functionality ? TL;DR: Partner portals are not dead. But why are partners not using your portal or logging in? Because partner engagement with your portal starts with the partner experience (PX) you give them.

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A Guide to Building a Winning Partner Sales Enablement Strategy

PLM Alliances

Technology firms must establish strong partnerships to drive growth and expand their market presence in today's competitive landscape. An effective partner sales enablement strategy fosters these partnerships and ensures mutual success. In this article, we will explore the key elements of a successful partner sales enablement strategy in depth, including the importance of content, the power of systems, keeping the barrier low for partner entry, understanding points of differentiation, addressing

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Making Strategic Decisions Together: Do We All Need to Agree?

INSEAD Knowledge

Top management teams often find it difficult to agree on a course of action for their firm. Whenever we participate in firm strategy retreats, we see managers grappling with collective decisions. After weeding out inferior strategic alternatives, they are left with a set of promising but mutually exclusive options, and often struggle to make a call.

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Partner Marketing KPIs that your partner marketing software should track

Mindmatrix

Measuring the performance of your partner marketing initiatives helps you understand where the gaps lie in your partner marketing process so you can fix them. For example, learning that a particular joint-marketing webinar didn’t meet the targeted number of sign-ups or a certain email marketing campaign didn’t get the desired open rates, could mean that there’s a problem with the content or the lead list used in the campaign.

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AI Strategies for Sales Managers: How to Cut Down on Tedious Admin Work

What if you could help your sellers stop wasting 72% of their day on non-selling activities and focus on bringing in revenue? Incorporating AI in your enablement workflows can help you cut down on busy work, get projects done faster, and let your team (and you!) focus on making a bigger impact. We put together this guide to show you how to use AI to cut time and costs for projects, including collateral creation, development of training videos, and automating tedious processes.

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Got Contract Renewals? Three Crucial Tips for Top-Notch Contract Management

Chameleon Sales

When considering business growth strategies, the first question many ask is, How can we get new clients? But have you calculated your company’s cost of new client acquisition versus client retention? Research has found that: Acquiring a new customer can cost 6 to 7x more than retaining a current one. ( Zippia ) A 5% increase in customer retention can boost profits by more than 25%!

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Should Food Packaging Manufacturers Leverage AI to Optimise Operations?

TRG Blog

Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionising the manufacturing industry. From predictive maintenance to quality control, supply chain optimisation, and autonomous robots, AI is being used in a variety of applications to improve the manufacturing process.

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AT&T Applauded by Frost & Sullivan for Its Leading Position in Network Services attributed to its Market Leadership in Managed SD-WAN, Ethernet Services, and Dedicated Internet Access

Frost & Sullivan

SAN ANTONIO, TX. – April 5, 2023 – Frost & Sullivan ’s recent assessment of the managed SD-WAN services, ethernet services, and overall network services landscape in the US led to it granting AT&T the 2022 North American Market Leadership Award in the managed SD-WAN industry, the 2022 US Market Leadership Award in the wholesale carrier ethernet services industry, and the 2022 US Company of the Year Award in the network services industry.

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What the Masters app can teach us about large language models

IBM Business Partners

For years IBM has been using cutting-edge AI to improve the digital experiences found in the Masters app. We taught an AI model to analyze Masters video and produce highlight reels for every player, minutes after their round is complete. We built models that generate scoring predictions for every player on every hole. But I believe the “AI Commentary” solution we built this year is the most consequential work we’ve done in the history of our 25-year partnership with the Masters

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Customers’ Expectations of MSPs Have Changed in the 2020s

Channel Insider

What users once expected of MSPs was relatively simple. Offerings were typically managed backup or desktop management. On the backup side, the MSP would provide software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings to their clientele. The MSP would ensure backups were successfully completed; recovery could take place efficiently; and deal with all of the underlying plumbing, software updates, and management.

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How to Build Competitive Channel Programs: Advice from 7 Channel Experts

The tech world is crowded. And that means the stakes for channel management have never been higher. How do you cut through the noise? Are SPIFFs, business plans, and marketing development funds really worth it? Get real-world, boots-on-the-ground insight into what it takes to build a partner relationship management motion that attracts, trains, retains, and motivates the right partners.

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Responsible Generative AI. Let’s get started …

Partnership on AI

Share Our Blog / Blog Announcements Responsible Generative AI. Let’s get started … PAI Staff April 7, 2023 Content Wrapper Click here to start editing --> Content Row Click here to start editing --> At their best, we can choose to use new technologies to make our lives richer and our communities stronger. We can develop them to enable new avenues for connection, learning, and creativity.

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Tackle Revenue Pulse: Who’s Buying in Marketplace

Tackle.io

Well into my 4th year at Tackle and every day it still feels like we’re just getting started. With more than 550 software companies relying on our platform to help them drive revenue via low-cost, high-value cloud partnerships with the likes of AWS, Microsoft, and Google Cloud, you’d think the message would be loud and clear to the entire software-selling community: Cloud is where the MONEY is at!

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How IBM and Oracle help businesses embrace the future of sustainable supply chains

IBM Business Partners

Sustainability may be an overused and sometimes vague buzzword, but it’s an essential requirement for every part of a business, across customer relations and the regulatory environment, as well as for society. Oracle and IBM are two global leaders in sustainability, helping companies eliminate waste, make their supply chains more efficient and monitor equipment to make sure it’s performing at an optimal level.

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World-Leading AWS MSP Datacom Renews Partnership for Eighth Year

Channel Insider

Achieving AWS MSP status isn’t easy. It requires an ongoing commitment to technical capabilities and an external audit to demonstrate business health. Australian MSP Datacom was one of the first companies globally to be accepted into the program. It has now renewed its status for the eighth time. “The AWS MSP Partner Program recognises and validates AWS partners like Datacom with a proven track record and experience, who provide end-to-end AWS solutions to customers at any stage of the cloud jou

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Intentionality and the Differentiating Competitive Advantage 

Planview Blog

Last month, Planview released the inaugural 2023 Project to Product State of the Industry Report , and it is well worth the read. It examines anonymized data from over 3600 value streams, representing over 38K individuals across the value chain from ideation to value. To my knowledge, we are the only organization with access to such a large and complex value stream data set.

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PAI Is Collaboratively Developing Shared Protocols for Large-Scale AI Model Safety

Partnership on AI

Share Our Blog / Blog PAI Is Collaboratively Developing Shared Protocols for Large-Scale AI Model Safety PAI Staff April 6, 2023 Content Wrapper Click here to start editing --> Content Row Click here to start editing --> Knowing the effects any new technology will have on the world is critical to using it safely. Today, however, our understanding of AI’s impact is being outpaced by the rapid advancement of large-scale models.

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For nearly two decades, IBM Consulting has helped power SingHealth’s digital transformation

IBM Business Partners

The healthcare industry’s heavy reliance on legacy systems, regulatory and security challenges are significant hurdles for its journey toward digital transformation. We saw this during the COVID-19 pandemic as many large healthcare systems scrambled to integrate digital technology at speed. While many healthcare institutions were caught off guard, SingHealth, whose mission is “Defining Tomorrow’s Medicine,” was poised to meet these challenges head on.

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The Truth About AI: Separating Fact from Fiction and Harnessing Its Power

TRG Blog

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a buzzword for several years, and that is without reason. AI has the potential to revolutionise the way businesses operate, making them more efficient, productive, and competitive.

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Maximize Productivity and Simplify IT Management with Conversational AI

ChatGPT has dominated boardroom conversations for months now. From drafting a stock trading program, to creating a SQL query to model data, there are practically no limits to the applications of the AI language model assistant. At ManageEngine, we have been working on our own AI-assistant, Zia. Zia is a fully-trained analytics assistant that can perform a range of functions such as creating and adding reports to dashboards, providing conversational support to data analysis, insight discovery, bu

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Tackle Revenue Pulse: Who’s Buying in Marketplace

Tackle.io

Well into my 4th year at Tackle and every day it still feels like we’re just getting started. With more than 550 software companies relying on our platform to help them drive revenue via low-cost, high-value cloud partnerships with the likes of AWS, Microsoft, and Google Cloud, you’d think the message would be loud and clear to the entire software-selling community: Cloud is where the MONEY is at!

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Borgman Capital Announces Promotion of Brent Adam to Managing Director and Partner, Matthew Pikus to Senior Associate

Borgman Capital

Brent Adam Matthew Pikus MILWAUKEE – (APRIL 4, 2023) – Milwaukee private equity firm Borgman Capital today announced the promotion of Brent Adam to managing director and partner, and Matthew Pikus to senior associate. The promotions were effective January 1, 2023. “Brent and Matthew each bring a unique skillset to the team and are instrumental to our success.

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Why Customer Segmentation Matters for Customer Success

Market Source Inc

No two customers are alike, and no customer journey is linear. Segment your customers to gauge their needs and pain points and deliver relevant, personalized experiences at every touchpoint. The post Why Customer Segmentation Matters for Customer Success appeared first on MarketSource.

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Acquisition of Valvoline by Saudi Aramco: Will it Transform the Lubricants Industry?

Frost & Sullivan

major transformations are occurring in the global lubricants industry In early March 2023, The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) announced the completion of the acquisition of the global products business of Valvoline Inc., for $2.65 billion. Background Dhahran, Saudi Arabia-based Aramco completed the acquisition of Valvoline’s Global Products unit in March 2023.

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How to Prove Marketing Value: Demonstrate Content ROI and Contribution to Sales

Every marketer knows how important it is to prove their efforts drive sales opportunities, but that’s easier said than done. When problems like sales and marketing misalignment, lack of data, and wasted efforts persist, marketers can’t measure, prove, or increase their impact on revenue at a time when demonstrating marketing value is critical. Using analyst and expert data, this guide to marketing impact and content attribution explains: How B2B buyers use content The most common types of conten

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What Does Engagement Mean?

Dinkel Business Development

Today, Jim’s journey begins on a high note. The world is his oyster; You see, he’s a young entrepreneur that’s helping his two new clients with their content marketing strategy (not too shabby.) And with a bachelor's degree and certifications under his belt, he’s confident and hungry to say the least, ready to take on the world. To Jim, engagement is about increasing viewership of an organization's social media posts and their reactions to those posts, while trying to reach the biggest audience

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Boosting commerce content performance with subID tracking [for publishers]

Impact

According to Digiday and impact.com research , 57 percent of commerce content publishers need to do more with what they have this year. Mining your affiliate tracking data for optimization opportunities allows you to expand your program without much additional investment. This data tells you: How your content performs How to optimize your program strategy Most affiliate networks provide insight into sales, commissions, clicks, and order information.

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RevOps: A Game-Changer for Senior Sales and Marketing Leaders

PLM Alliances

In today's rapidly evolving tech industry, sales and marketing teams must be agile, adaptable, and efficient to drive revenue growth. This is where Revenue Operations (RevOps) comes into play – a strategic approach that aligns sales, marketing, customer success, and operations teams to improve go-to-market efficiency and effectiveness. Senior sales and marketing leaders in software and hardware manufacturing companies can leverage RevOps to optimize their processes, minimize friction, and unlock

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A Practical Guide to Taking Your Channel Program to Marketplace in 2023

Tackle.io

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How to Leverage Intent Data for Better Outcomes

Speaker: Susan Spencer, Principal of Spencer Communications

Intent signal data can go a long way toward shortening sales cycles and closing more deals. The challenge is deciding which is the best type of intent data to help your company meet its sales and marketing goals. In this webinar, Susan Spencer, fractional CMO and principal of Spencer Communications, will unpack the differences between contact-level and company-level intent signals.

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NYC puts AI on notice: How a new HR regulation in NYC is impacting global processes

IBM Business Partners

Organizations sourcing, screening, interviewing, hiring or promoting individuals in New York City are required to conduct yearly bias audits on automated employment decision-making tools as per New York City Local Law 144 , which was enacted in December 2021. This new regulation applies to any “automated employment tool;” so, any computational process derived from machine learning, statistical modeling, data analytics, or artificial intelligence, including homegrown and third-party p

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Why content creators are taking the centre stage in influencer marketing

Impact

The post Why content creators are taking the centre stage in influencer marketing appeared first on impact.com.

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Les Cas d’Or du Performance Marketing Awards

Impact

The post Les Cas d’Or du Performance Marketing Awards appeared first on impact.com.

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