How Channel Managers and Distributors See Distributor Management Systems Different and Can the Gap Be Bridged?

As the business world faces the brunt of several economic disruptions, channel managers and distributors are finding it difficult to attain transparent visibility into operations, reduce waste, optimise spending, and drive…

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Why Adopting Data Analytics Is Harder for Organisations Selling Through Indirect Sales Channels

In 2020, MicroStrategy's Global State of Enterprise Analytics report outlined how 57% of organisations were leveraging data analytics to drive change and critical strategies. In fact, about 60% of companies were reported…

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The Role of The Indirect Channel in Elevating Customer Engagement and Loyalty

Today, over 88% of business leaders believe that customer engagement significantly influences their organisation's bottom line. With the shifting focus from selling products to experiences, customer engagement has become extremely important. But…

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Short-Term Sales Success or Long-Term Brand Value – What’s The Yardstick to Measure Marketing Effectiveness?

Today, businesses are aware that they need to evolve how they conduct and measure the success of their marketing strategy. However, the ground reality of making that happen is a…

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The Challenges in Measuring the Effectiveness of the Marketing Function in Distributor – Led Sales

Sales and marketing leaders often get torn between the merits of measuring marketing success over an extended period of time or quantifying it based on short-term results. These are certainly…

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