A massively fragmented Benefits Administration (BenAdmin), HR, Payroll, Carrier, and PEO drives more frustration than a utility for many. Carriers and brokers will have to start thinking and acting much more like technology marketers and systems integrators moving forward in the benefits admin platform-as-a-channel inevitable future.
A successful Cloud/XaaS offering requires a robust channel strategy and an engaged partner audience. Get 4 critical priorities for tech leaders as they drive XaaS channel transformation, along with pressing challenges and go-forward actions.
Measuring marketing’s effectiveness in 2021 remains a top priority for CMOs as return on marketing remains frustratingly squishy.
Creating highly systematic and repeatable growth pathways to new revenue is difficult. Download our framework for a 3-step approach to successfully paving new growth pathways and get a checklist of 5 to-do’s.
In 2019, Forrester stated that the indirect channel was transformed more in the previous 18 months than the almost 40 years preceding – combined. And according to a recent Accenture survey of channel professionals, 76% think the channel will be unrecognizable in the next 5 years. We have identified 5 key actions channel leaders must consider now to ensure the health and success of their partner ecosystems in the coming years…
Commonly known as “marketplaces” or e-commerce sites, increasingly these online buying sites are looking more like “Platforms-as-a-Channel” to vendors. Both B2C and B2B buyers are rapidly adopting multi-vendor platforms for access to broad offerings, frictionless buying experiences, easy payment/financial options, and personalized product recommendations. In this guide we help senior executives understand and strategize a plan for success around this new marketplace model.
With over 25+ years executing best-in-class partner programs, we know a well-designed partner program can set the stage for success. Download the framework for a comprehensive look at all components and three “Quick Start” areas for partner success.
As the technology industry landscape continues to shift towards XaaS recurring revenue models, the role of the channel is changing dramatically and forcing a new model for the vendor-partner relationship. While there are clear financial benefits of the recurring revenue transition, the underlying driver is the dramatic increase in customer control over the buying process. […]
The partner channel model hadn’t changed much until a few years ago. Most groceries and consumer goods traveled through supermarkets; most cars were sold through dealers, and most manufacturing items were sold through distributors. These traditional channel models have some combination of nine traits in common, depending on the industry. Typically, for a partner to meet the definition of a “traditional”…
With the rise of e-commerce and the decline of the shopping mall, the last two decades have seen massive shifts in the world of retail. Consumers are migrating online and demanding more from their purchases: lower prices, faster shipping, sustainable practices. Amazon looms large and threatens players at every stage of the supply chain as […]
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