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Channel Partner Marketing

From Gas to Electric: Dealer Assistance Required

While electric vehicles (EVs) represented less than 2% of new car sales in the U.S. in 2020, few will argue that EVs are a passing fad. IHS Markit predicts that EVs will grow to 10% of new car sales by 2025. Many automakers have already rolled out electric vehicles, and many others are planning to […]

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Channel Partner Marketing

Empowering Brands and Partners to Execute Local Campaign Activations at Scale

Delivering seamless engagements at every touchpoint is imperative, and to accomplish this companies with distributed sales models (brands that work with dealers, franchisees, and independent retailers, for example) must empower partners at the local level. At Ansira, we have the unique perspective of working across many industries, using our proprietary technology to help brands effectively […]

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Channel Data Management Channel Partner Marketing Commerce

As Shoppers Shift to eCommerce, a MAP Policy is a Must

Well before the unprecedented events of 2020, traditional brick-and-mortar shoppers embraced the eCommerce channel in fast fashion. Benefits like same-day shipping, membership discounts, and an almost-unlimited access to inventory all made stay-at-home shopping the new normal. Of course, COVID-19 did nothing but accelerate this shift. In fact, data from IBM suggests that the eCommerce channel […]

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Channel Enablement Channel Partner Marketing

Removing Payment Blockers for You and Your Partners

Today’s distributed sales landscape calls for a modernized approach to your channel partner programs to improve the local customer experience and increase efficiencies between you and your partners. Your channel partners are your most important brand advocates. More sales for them means more sales for you. And, they need tools and intelligence to sway local customers with experiences that uphold […]

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Channel Partner Marketing

Agile Transformation: Practice What You Preach

Almost two decades ago, software development was forever changed. A group of software developers and engineers conceived an idea to help return a focus on the customer. The frustrations with the rigid construct of planning and documenting software development, sometimes years into the future, had come to a boiling point. Thus, the Agile Manifesto was […]

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Channel Partner Marketing

10 Must-Have Channel Partner Marketing Technology Features

Channel partners are a brand’s most important advocate. When they are empowered, it means more sales for you, the brand. But do your partners have the tools and intelligence they need to create the best possible customer experiences? Now more than ever, brands have to pay as much attention to their partners as they do their customers if they […]

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Channel Partner Marketing

Give Your Partners the Power to Own the Local Customer Experience

Editor’s note: Ansira Chief Client Officer Andy Arnold sat down with Facebook U.S. Global Solutions Vice President Michelle Morris recently for a chat at the annual Association of National Advertisers (ANA) Masters of Marketing conference in Orlando, Florida. They discussed the challenges and opportunities faced by brands that rely on partners for local sales. This […]

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Channel Partner Marketing

22 Best Practices Guaranteed to Improve Your MDF Programs

Editor’s note: In mid-June, we brought together some of our technology clients — Cisco, Sage, Citrix, and Red Hat — to discuss challenges and opportunities associated with market development fund (MDF) programs. We had lively debates and discussions, heard outside perspectives from Forrester and CDW, and shared program best practices. This is the fourth and […]

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Channel Partner Marketing

What Metrics Matter in Your MDF Reporting?

Editor’s note: In mid-June, we brought together some of our technology clients — Cisco, Sage, Citrix, and Red Hat — to discuss challenges and opportunities associated with market development fund (MDF) programs. We had lively debates and discussions, heard outside perspectives from Forrester and CDW, and shared program best practices. This is the third article […]

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Channel Partner Marketing Uncategorized

Ways to Enhance Your Brand-Channel Relationship (From Your Partners’ Perspective)

Editor’s note: In mid-June, we brought together some of our technology clients — Cisco, Sage, Citrix, and Red Hat — to discuss challenges and opportunities associated with market development fund (MDF) programs. We had lively debates and discussions, heard outside perspectives from Forrester and CDW, and shared program best practices. This is the second article […]