Tuesday, August 31, 2010

How Partner Channels were used in Marketing

Marketing knowledge, information technology and communication are the main point in setting a company on the right track. The standard rule of a dog-eat-dog world are still the same but the methods employed by each and every company in the same filed become more cleverer and faster as the modernity takes its role into the hears of the competitors. Technology is not the sole key but it is undeniably the strongest source of growth and development for all marketers and businessmen.



For marketing agencies, this whole scenario is nothing but a true check on the competition scene and examining partner profiles are just part of the gig. Ever since the deployment of partner portals, it was in the highest interest of any marketing team that they take certain attention in order to boost their sales and productivity. The acquisition of partner profiles was even more convenient for them especially that they are able to comprehend better the resources, power, and sales force they had at their hands. However, this didn’t come cheap.

In my opinion, the reason why everybody wildly wanted a piece of the accessible online application back then was that the management always had a problem of checking both their productivity rate and as well as those with their partners. So when it came down to actual selling, the channel partners made it easier for them to profit now that they have all the information they needed. The channel partners had the information it required to properly sell the products of the parent company. A complicated network was the next problem to solve but this did not last long as upgrades of the software they used proved to be efficient.

The local scene was a good enough field of battle for small companies however having a strong sales force through the partner channels and a small area of sales work, the local scene became smaller and smaller. This was good news of course for the companies since it was a clear sign that it was time to branch out and expand to other places. This was how some partner channels generally helped many American companies grow their sales.

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