february 9,“gain access to new customers by recruiting better channel partners” y thursday,...
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February 9, 2012
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“Gain access to new customers by recruiting better channel partners”Thursday, March 8th , 20121:00 p.m. Central30 minutesRegister at www.salesbenchmarkindex.com
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Drew Zarges
Brief Bio• Senior Consultant at Sales Benchmark Index
• Prior to SBI, Worked as a Sales Intermediary for an Investment Firm Selling Mutual Funds to Brokers and Financial Advisors
• Has worked on projects for Conoco Phillips, Yahoo!, and Epicor
Indirect
Two Types of Channels
Direct• Field Sales
• Inside Sales (Telesales)
• Webpage
• Direct Mail
• Suppliers
• Value Added Resellers
• Wholesaler
• Distributor
• Retailer
• OEMs
Company ? Customer
Company Customer
Channel Recruitment Goals
Fast Growing Adaptive
“I want my Product to be…”
Channel Recruitment Goals
Supportive with Marketing
Generous on Margin
“I want my Vendor to be…”
You Don’t Always Need Margin: iPhone
Fast Growing Adaptive
Margin?Supportive with Marketing
3 Steps to Recruiting Partners
Understand Partner’s Business Model
Identify Opportunities for Improvement
Develop and Sell Value Proposition
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Who is their Ideal Customer?
1. Analyze Business Model
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Core Bus iness Strategy?
1. Analyze Business Model
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1. Analyze Business ModelGaps in Current Offering?
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1. Analyze Business ModelWhat is their Primary Focus?
Growth Profit Productivity
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Remember, th is i s the i r Growth, Not Yours
• Tradit ional Product Growth
• Advert is ing Spend Increase
• New Customer Reach
• Bundl ing
Success Metrics: Growth
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Goal: Widen the Conversation to the Entire Business Case, Stay Away from Strict Margin Requirements
Protection?• Territory, Industry, Products
Margins?• Front End Discounts, Back End, Volume Rebates• Targets and Quotas to Achieve Margin Level
Soft/Marketing Funds?• Provided Funding, Restrictiveness of Funds
Success Metrics: Profit
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Goal : Br ing I t Into the Conversat ion
Success Metrics: Productivity
Lead Generation
PersonnelAssistance
Deal Registration
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2. Identify Opportunities
• How Can You Help the Partner Achieve Their Objective?
• Can Your Company Fill the Gaps? (Sales Specialists, BDR Training)
• What Value is this to the customer?
Example: Commoditized Product Supplier Receives An RFP
After speaking with distributor, Channel Manager finds that shipping is a major issue for Rush Orders. Channel Manager proposes Drop Shipping to End Location and wins the contract.
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3. Develop and Sell Value Proposition
Whale
Gross Dollars
Contribution Margin
Volumes (Up and Cross Sell)
Return on Assets
Fish
Gross Margin %
Exclusivity
Connect to High Volume
Emphasize Growth
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Build Marketing Material for PartnersWhy Partner with ACME? ACME and its award‐winning solutions power some of the world's most powerful online brands and enable organizations to have more meaningful interactions with their customers.
To best leverage our mutual strengths, we offer the following benefits to our Partners: • Product Training • Sales Enablement • Technical Enablement • Access to Extranet • Business Development Support • Dedicated Channel Support
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