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Beyond Content Syndication:
Joint Vendor/Partner
Lead Generation Solutions


                      Tony Serino
           Serino Channel Services
Agenda
for an interactive session

                        Beyond Content Syndication:
               Joint Vendor/Partner Lead Generation Solutions

 o Goals … Achieving sales budgets and enhancing relationships
 o Companies providing automated solutions; at a glance
 o About Tony Serino … channel-centric background
 o Traditional issues impacting vendor/channel lead generation
 o Just “Content Syndication” is insufficient
 o Beyond Content Syndication: The “state of the art” addresses/resolves
    • Issues and opportunities
    • For both vendor and channel company
 o Case Study: ISV and partners
 o Questions / Answers / Discussion
Some of the companies with
capabilities and/or solutions
Qualifications to address
the CompTIA membership
 Tony Serino’s background is heavily channel-centric
 o 15 years work FOR/AT channel companies
 o 5 years work for/at OEMs/ISVs; 1 at Media Company
 o First hand perspective of impact of JOINT/lead gen on
    • Sales
    • Technical pre-sale
    • Technical management
    • Sales management
    • GM/P&L
    • VP Marketing
    • VP Vendor Relationship
 o 10+ years “applied channel consulting” and Lead Generation
    • Serino Channel Services
Traditional issues
impacting relationships/results;
some unique … some conjoined
   o   Unique-to-Channel matters
         • Resources … Time, money, enough personnel with marketing skills
         • Traditional promotion … “product trumps partners‟ skills”
         • Others
   o   Unique-to-Vendor matters
         • Scale
         • Working within their own guidelines/legalities
         • Promotional monies invested vs. ROI Measurability
         • Perspective; Belief that Enablement equals Motivation
         • Turnover in channel-facing roles
         • Launching promotional activities with partners
         • Others
   o   Conjoined; Both channel and vendor
         • Relationship with one another
         • Relationship with “mutual” end customer
         • Trust
         • “Best interest” as unilateral or bi-lateral
         • Control
         • Refined measurement
         • Sustaining promotional activities with one another
         • The shrinking marketing budget
         • Others
Just “Content Syndication”
is not enough
   o It‟s “just one of many pieces,” but NOT a solution
   o Chic‟
      • But “best method” is elusive/evolving
   o Gaps between knowing/having
      • What‟s important …
      • Getting it to the right people
      • At the right time
      • And knowing when it is consumed
      • And knowing what to do next
      • And actually doing what to do next
Beyond Content Syndication:
What the “state of the art”
addresses and resolves

   o “Enablement” vs. Motivation
   o Consider the acronym C A R M A
      • Control
      • Accountability
      • Results/ROI
      • Motivation
      • Acceleration
Beyond Content Syndication:
What the “state of the art”
addresses and resolves
     o   Unique-to-Channel matters
           • Resources … Time, money, personnel with marketing skills
                    15 minutes a month
                    Cost is roughly equal to the cost of the least expensive employee
                    Regardless of marketing skill and priority-interrupts, the program runs
           • Traditional promotion projects that “product trumps partners‟ skill”
                    While still meeting vendor co-op/MDF and branding guidelines, the vendor‟s content is “packaged”
                       within the partners skill set … So the partners‟ SKILL enhances the product
                    In terms important to the end user audience
           • Differentiation
                    Provides one or more differentiation proof points
     o   Unique-to-Vendor matters
           • Scale
                    An inexpensive solution, yet the pricing drops sharply as scale expands
                    Automation deals with scale issues
           • Working within their own guidelines/legalities
                    Set it and forget it. One-time touch
           • Promotional monies invested vs. ROI Measurability
                    HIGHLY measurable as a whole and high measurable in many parts
           • Perspective; Belief that Enablement equals Motivation
                    People are responsible for “their responsibilities and interests” not ancillary matters
                    A positioning of equals
           • Turnover in channel-facing roles
                    A core platform that will run continuously (to a degree) but can be tweaked as needed
                    New person does not force “relationship reset” … but has a track to follow
           • Launching promotional activities with partners
                    Easy for everyone …
                    Partner and their skills are SHOWCASED
Beyond Content Syndication:
What the “state of the art”
addresses and resolves
    o   Conjoined … both channel and vendor
          • Relationship with one another
                  This is a planning, execution, and review process … just repeat
                  SUPERB sales/sales management – partner-review reports
          • Relationship with “mutual” end customer
                  Vendor messaging get through verbatim
                  Vendor message enhance with partner‟s expertise related to the end customer‟s people‟s needs
          • Trust
                  This is a humanistic trait and matter, helped by the clarity and understanding of the system‟s
                    purpose and the role/expectations of each person at respective companies
          • “Best interest” as unilateral or bi-lateral
                  The effort is conjoined. There is only a whole, not multiple parts.
          • Control
                  Vendor maintains control of technical messaging
                  Partner has control of “their highlighted messaging”
                  Together vendor/partner control the “aiming process”
          • Refined measurement
                  HIGHLY measurable In MANY parts
                  Highly measurable as a whole
          • Sustaining promotional activities with one another
                  Easy! Directs responsibility to people who are responsible for the respective “action”
Case Study

  o About
  o Goals
  o Set-up
  o Launch
  o Tweak
  o Measure
  o Very Rough Budgetary Cost
Case Study … About

  o An ISV and its channel partners focused
    on product development solutions for
    • Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) and
    • Product Lifecycle Management
Case Study … Goals

  ISV’s goals …

  o   Drive top-line sales with/through its channel of technical resellers and IT service companies
  o   Meet its dramatically increased sales budgets
  o   Win market share within a small window of time
  o   Build deeper relationships with its partner network.

  After polling its partners to gain a first-hand understanding of their needs, the ISV learned that the
      following matters were very important to “most of the partners.”

  Joint ISV and Partner goals …

  o   Co-branding their businesses, focus, and skills with their “vendor partner” application/solution
  o   Minimal disruption to their day-to-day operations and sales efforts
  o   Training/Education for themselves and the ability to extend the appropriate
      information/materials to their clients
  o   Final say on target market focus
  o   Ability to objectively assess joint lead generation efforts
Case Study… Set Up

     Getting content and deploying a system that provides access, monitors consumption,
     nurtures, and communicates to stake holders … based on “urgency” … for

     The Buyer’s Journey From Their Current Product Development Environment to the
     Enhanced Method… available from the ISV with/through its Reseller Partners.

 •   A taxonomy was defined and used to segment and facilitate finding content by topic s aligned with the typical end-user
     pain points (business needs; financial implications) and other typical “common topics” prospects/customers seek out,
     such as “product” and “industry”




 •   The ISV provided , and approximately 100 pieces of its sales collateral , were deployed as electronic files.
 •   These documents became accessible to each partner for viewing via a “sandbox” work-in-process microsite
 •   The sandbox allowed the partners to envision THEIR microsite … and understand where and how to “add copy, offers,
     calls-to-action, logos, and images “so the final site would match the partner‟s primary website in look /feel and voice
 •   A web tool was used for/by partners to upload “some/all of the above” during and after an on-boarding session
 •   The partner‟s input was deployed onto the sandbox site transforming a template into the partner‟s customized microsite
 •   The partners final microsite was deployed (as is or after some tweaks)

 •   A calendar of topical messages, in the form of email templates, was defined. The email would be automatically delivered
     to a defined set of people “in the name of the partner” via email and social media marketing platforms once each month.
     The emails became customized automatically by using some of the same input used to customize the microsite
Case Study … Launch … 1 of 2

 Winning Partner Buy-In

    After a “sandbox web site” and a series of emails in template form were available, the ISV presented the concept and
    details of the proposed joint-promotional efforts to its partners to win buy-in. Using a web meeting, the company‟s
    channel manager and a platform consultant presented the plan which included the following steps and assets:

    1. The concept and details for a joint effort, which included defining the ISV‟s and partner‟s expectations and
    program requirements such as financial contribution, commitment of resources, and lead follow-up/reporting

    2. The web site sandbox, featuring:
      •   Its visitor capture, scoring, and communication capabilities.
      •   Content about the industry
      •   Content about the ISV and its solution
      •   Faux copy about a fictitious partner, that when modified, would become that of “the partner in the web meeting,”

    3. A preliminary calendar of email topics very tightly aligned with the ISV’s promotional efforts and time lines.

    4. A promotional strategy for each partner, with the ISV ensuring each partner had their own customized site with
    promotional copy on their organization, as well as the partner logo and all Calls-To-Action.

    5.Upon acceptance (buy-in), the partner would become part of the ISV‟s lead generation/ lead nurturing system.
Case Study … Launch … 2 of 2

   •   The six-month campaign, including web site and email series, was rolled out in about 60
       minutes by leveraging the ISVs existing content and campaigns. After set-up, it took each
       partner “about 20 minutes per month” to sustain the effort, including authorizing use of
       each new email creative before it is sent.
   •   To ensure that partners‟ sales team was “aware, capable, and motivated,” a “Sales
       Readiness Site” was built for the partners‟ sales reps. This site functions as an “electronic
       cheat sheet” allowing the sales rep to study/research the topic prior to making a sales call
       on a lead … using the ISV‟s content and internal/partner-use-only materials about
       customer pain points and competitors‟ weaknesses.
   •   The sales readiness site, along with the expectations of each person at each company
       was used along with the now-customized website as the framework for partners‟ internal
       sales kick-off meeting and subsequent sales review meetings with the ISV and partners.
   •   The system sends an email campaign once each month, automatically communicated
       with partners, and nurtures visitors‟ based on their behaviors and other key performance
       indicators during web visits.
   •   Daily and periodic reports are sent to stake holder based on urgency
   •   Links are included for each prospect visit included within each report to allow reader to
       “access all the detail about the visit”
Case Study … Tweak


  o After each email the send/open results were sent to
    the partner and analyzed. Partners could then refined
     • Their messaging
     • The parameters of any new contact records that would
       be added
     • Number of contacts within database
  o This action allowed the future emails to be aimed at a
    “better” audience
Case Study …
Measurement/Results … 1 of 2
 Each Partner Received:

      1.   A website asset including
            • >100 pieces of vendor content
            • Partner‟s logo, CTAs‟, and company content and sales collateral
            • Visitor capture, tracking, scoring, and nurturing systems based on visitor‟s action
      2.   Outreach (all pointing back to the partner’s website)
            • Email - One per month sent to ~5,000 contact records
            • Automatic nurturing - based on web visitor „s actions
            • Social media connectors
            • Telemarketing of 75 outbound calls during the 6 month period
      3.   Measurement
            • Email send/open metrics
            • Capture of visitors‟ actions; by areas of visit
            • Scoring of visitors‟ actions; by location and time spent during visit
      4.   Communication
            • Daily emails to partner, with specific detail for any hot leads (based on score)
            • Periodic recaps to partner and ISV, with general and specific to-date detail
      5.   Sales Readiness website (for partners’ sales rep use … not to be shared externally)
            • ISV-created sales tools, calculators, competitive guides, presentations, etc.
Case Study …
Measurement/Results … 2 of 2
 o   The rough cost of the six-month initiative with 12 partners was $112,000
      •   That is $18,666 per month x 6 months

 o   Cost split … 50% vendor / 25% distributor / 25% reseller
      •   $9, 333 per month x 6 for vendor = $55,000+
      •   $4,686 per month x 6 for distributor = $27,500
      •   $4,686 per month x 6 = $27,500 / 12 partners =
             $2,291 per partner per month which they paid for using co-op/MDF



 o   The results: A snapshot of the results from the first email campaign for one partner includes:
      • More than 200 unique responses and 6 hot sales opportunities
      • $500,000 forecasted in services and licensing revenue
             Calculated by isolating the “highest scoring” visitors
             Based on a conservative 15% (roughly 1 in 6) conversion rate from prospect to
               customer
      • 50:1 forecasted pipeline-to-ROI ratio; and
      • 5 closed deals.
Beyond Content Syndication:
Joint Vendor/Partner
Lead Generation Solutions




   o Discussion / Questions / Answers
Beyond Content Syndication:
Joint Vendor/Partner
Lead Generation Solutions




  o THANK YOU!

  o I HOPE you‟ve found the time worthwhile!
Beyond Content Syndication:
Joint Vendor/Partner
Lead Generation Solutions
                      Tony Serino
           Serino Channel Services
              TonyS@channelsMarketing.BIZ
               www.ChannelsMarketing.com
About the presenter:
Tony Serino

   Extensive first-hand experience working      Serino Channel Services
   for/at/with channel companies (primarily),   1 Hopkins St; Suite 100
   and OEMs, ISVs, and media companies          Wakefield, MA 01880

   Managing Director of                         www.ChannelsMarketing.com and
   Serino Channel Services                      www.ChannelCARMA.com
   (est. 1993 … reestablished 2006)
                                                TonyS@ChannelsMarketing.BIZ
   Serino Channel Services helps
   technology vendors and channel
   companies drive new revenue, together,       781-718-7395 … phone
   and in a highly measureable manner…          781- 683-0597 … fax
   with automated systems and processes
   and by mobilizing and motivating the
   people who comprise the partnership.

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Comp Tia Breakaway2012 Beyond Content Syndication Joint Vendor Partner Lead Gen Solutions Tony Serino

  • 1. Beyond Content Syndication: Joint Vendor/Partner Lead Generation Solutions Tony Serino Serino Channel Services
  • 2. Agenda for an interactive session Beyond Content Syndication: Joint Vendor/Partner Lead Generation Solutions o Goals … Achieving sales budgets and enhancing relationships o Companies providing automated solutions; at a glance o About Tony Serino … channel-centric background o Traditional issues impacting vendor/channel lead generation o Just “Content Syndication” is insufficient o Beyond Content Syndication: The “state of the art” addresses/resolves • Issues and opportunities • For both vendor and channel company o Case Study: ISV and partners o Questions / Answers / Discussion
  • 3. Some of the companies with capabilities and/or solutions
  • 4. Qualifications to address the CompTIA membership Tony Serino’s background is heavily channel-centric o 15 years work FOR/AT channel companies o 5 years work for/at OEMs/ISVs; 1 at Media Company o First hand perspective of impact of JOINT/lead gen on • Sales • Technical pre-sale • Technical management • Sales management • GM/P&L • VP Marketing • VP Vendor Relationship o 10+ years “applied channel consulting” and Lead Generation • Serino Channel Services
  • 5. Traditional issues impacting relationships/results; some unique … some conjoined o Unique-to-Channel matters • Resources … Time, money, enough personnel with marketing skills • Traditional promotion … “product trumps partners‟ skills” • Others o Unique-to-Vendor matters • Scale • Working within their own guidelines/legalities • Promotional monies invested vs. ROI Measurability • Perspective; Belief that Enablement equals Motivation • Turnover in channel-facing roles • Launching promotional activities with partners • Others o Conjoined; Both channel and vendor • Relationship with one another • Relationship with “mutual” end customer • Trust • “Best interest” as unilateral or bi-lateral • Control • Refined measurement • Sustaining promotional activities with one another • The shrinking marketing budget • Others
  • 6. Just “Content Syndication” is not enough o It‟s “just one of many pieces,” but NOT a solution o Chic‟ • But “best method” is elusive/evolving o Gaps between knowing/having • What‟s important … • Getting it to the right people • At the right time • And knowing when it is consumed • And knowing what to do next • And actually doing what to do next
  • 7. Beyond Content Syndication: What the “state of the art” addresses and resolves o “Enablement” vs. Motivation o Consider the acronym C A R M A • Control • Accountability • Results/ROI • Motivation • Acceleration
  • 8. Beyond Content Syndication: What the “state of the art” addresses and resolves o Unique-to-Channel matters • Resources … Time, money, personnel with marketing skills  15 minutes a month  Cost is roughly equal to the cost of the least expensive employee  Regardless of marketing skill and priority-interrupts, the program runs • Traditional promotion projects that “product trumps partners‟ skill”  While still meeting vendor co-op/MDF and branding guidelines, the vendor‟s content is “packaged” within the partners skill set … So the partners‟ SKILL enhances the product  In terms important to the end user audience • Differentiation  Provides one or more differentiation proof points o Unique-to-Vendor matters • Scale  An inexpensive solution, yet the pricing drops sharply as scale expands  Automation deals with scale issues • Working within their own guidelines/legalities  Set it and forget it. One-time touch • Promotional monies invested vs. ROI Measurability  HIGHLY measurable as a whole and high measurable in many parts • Perspective; Belief that Enablement equals Motivation  People are responsible for “their responsibilities and interests” not ancillary matters  A positioning of equals • Turnover in channel-facing roles  A core platform that will run continuously (to a degree) but can be tweaked as needed  New person does not force “relationship reset” … but has a track to follow • Launching promotional activities with partners  Easy for everyone …  Partner and their skills are SHOWCASED
  • 9. Beyond Content Syndication: What the “state of the art” addresses and resolves o Conjoined … both channel and vendor • Relationship with one another  This is a planning, execution, and review process … just repeat  SUPERB sales/sales management – partner-review reports • Relationship with “mutual” end customer  Vendor messaging get through verbatim  Vendor message enhance with partner‟s expertise related to the end customer‟s people‟s needs • Trust  This is a humanistic trait and matter, helped by the clarity and understanding of the system‟s purpose and the role/expectations of each person at respective companies • “Best interest” as unilateral or bi-lateral  The effort is conjoined. There is only a whole, not multiple parts. • Control  Vendor maintains control of technical messaging  Partner has control of “their highlighted messaging”  Together vendor/partner control the “aiming process” • Refined measurement  HIGHLY measurable In MANY parts  Highly measurable as a whole • Sustaining promotional activities with one another  Easy! Directs responsibility to people who are responsible for the respective “action”
  • 10. Case Study o About o Goals o Set-up o Launch o Tweak o Measure o Very Rough Budgetary Cost
  • 11. Case Study … About o An ISV and its channel partners focused on product development solutions for • Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) and • Product Lifecycle Management
  • 12. Case Study … Goals ISV’s goals … o Drive top-line sales with/through its channel of technical resellers and IT service companies o Meet its dramatically increased sales budgets o Win market share within a small window of time o Build deeper relationships with its partner network. After polling its partners to gain a first-hand understanding of their needs, the ISV learned that the following matters were very important to “most of the partners.” Joint ISV and Partner goals … o Co-branding their businesses, focus, and skills with their “vendor partner” application/solution o Minimal disruption to their day-to-day operations and sales efforts o Training/Education for themselves and the ability to extend the appropriate information/materials to their clients o Final say on target market focus o Ability to objectively assess joint lead generation efforts
  • 13. Case Study… Set Up Getting content and deploying a system that provides access, monitors consumption, nurtures, and communicates to stake holders … based on “urgency” … for The Buyer’s Journey From Their Current Product Development Environment to the Enhanced Method… available from the ISV with/through its Reseller Partners. • A taxonomy was defined and used to segment and facilitate finding content by topic s aligned with the typical end-user pain points (business needs; financial implications) and other typical “common topics” prospects/customers seek out, such as “product” and “industry” • The ISV provided , and approximately 100 pieces of its sales collateral , were deployed as electronic files. • These documents became accessible to each partner for viewing via a “sandbox” work-in-process microsite • The sandbox allowed the partners to envision THEIR microsite … and understand where and how to “add copy, offers, calls-to-action, logos, and images “so the final site would match the partner‟s primary website in look /feel and voice • A web tool was used for/by partners to upload “some/all of the above” during and after an on-boarding session • The partner‟s input was deployed onto the sandbox site transforming a template into the partner‟s customized microsite • The partners final microsite was deployed (as is or after some tweaks) • A calendar of topical messages, in the form of email templates, was defined. The email would be automatically delivered to a defined set of people “in the name of the partner” via email and social media marketing platforms once each month. The emails became customized automatically by using some of the same input used to customize the microsite
  • 14. Case Study … Launch … 1 of 2 Winning Partner Buy-In After a “sandbox web site” and a series of emails in template form were available, the ISV presented the concept and details of the proposed joint-promotional efforts to its partners to win buy-in. Using a web meeting, the company‟s channel manager and a platform consultant presented the plan which included the following steps and assets: 1. The concept and details for a joint effort, which included defining the ISV‟s and partner‟s expectations and program requirements such as financial contribution, commitment of resources, and lead follow-up/reporting 2. The web site sandbox, featuring: • Its visitor capture, scoring, and communication capabilities. • Content about the industry • Content about the ISV and its solution • Faux copy about a fictitious partner, that when modified, would become that of “the partner in the web meeting,” 3. A preliminary calendar of email topics very tightly aligned with the ISV’s promotional efforts and time lines. 4. A promotional strategy for each partner, with the ISV ensuring each partner had their own customized site with promotional copy on their organization, as well as the partner logo and all Calls-To-Action. 5.Upon acceptance (buy-in), the partner would become part of the ISV‟s lead generation/ lead nurturing system.
  • 15. Case Study … Launch … 2 of 2 • The six-month campaign, including web site and email series, was rolled out in about 60 minutes by leveraging the ISVs existing content and campaigns. After set-up, it took each partner “about 20 minutes per month” to sustain the effort, including authorizing use of each new email creative before it is sent. • To ensure that partners‟ sales team was “aware, capable, and motivated,” a “Sales Readiness Site” was built for the partners‟ sales reps. This site functions as an “electronic cheat sheet” allowing the sales rep to study/research the topic prior to making a sales call on a lead … using the ISV‟s content and internal/partner-use-only materials about customer pain points and competitors‟ weaknesses. • The sales readiness site, along with the expectations of each person at each company was used along with the now-customized website as the framework for partners‟ internal sales kick-off meeting and subsequent sales review meetings with the ISV and partners. • The system sends an email campaign once each month, automatically communicated with partners, and nurtures visitors‟ based on their behaviors and other key performance indicators during web visits. • Daily and periodic reports are sent to stake holder based on urgency • Links are included for each prospect visit included within each report to allow reader to “access all the detail about the visit”
  • 16. Case Study … Tweak o After each email the send/open results were sent to the partner and analyzed. Partners could then refined • Their messaging • The parameters of any new contact records that would be added • Number of contacts within database o This action allowed the future emails to be aimed at a “better” audience
  • 17. Case Study … Measurement/Results … 1 of 2 Each Partner Received: 1. A website asset including • >100 pieces of vendor content • Partner‟s logo, CTAs‟, and company content and sales collateral • Visitor capture, tracking, scoring, and nurturing systems based on visitor‟s action 2. Outreach (all pointing back to the partner’s website) • Email - One per month sent to ~5,000 contact records • Automatic nurturing - based on web visitor „s actions • Social media connectors • Telemarketing of 75 outbound calls during the 6 month period 3. Measurement • Email send/open metrics • Capture of visitors‟ actions; by areas of visit • Scoring of visitors‟ actions; by location and time spent during visit 4. Communication • Daily emails to partner, with specific detail for any hot leads (based on score) • Periodic recaps to partner and ISV, with general and specific to-date detail 5. Sales Readiness website (for partners’ sales rep use … not to be shared externally) • ISV-created sales tools, calculators, competitive guides, presentations, etc.
  • 18. Case Study … Measurement/Results … 2 of 2 o The rough cost of the six-month initiative with 12 partners was $112,000 • That is $18,666 per month x 6 months o Cost split … 50% vendor / 25% distributor / 25% reseller • $9, 333 per month x 6 for vendor = $55,000+ • $4,686 per month x 6 for distributor = $27,500 • $4,686 per month x 6 = $27,500 / 12 partners =  $2,291 per partner per month which they paid for using co-op/MDF o The results: A snapshot of the results from the first email campaign for one partner includes: • More than 200 unique responses and 6 hot sales opportunities • $500,000 forecasted in services and licensing revenue  Calculated by isolating the “highest scoring” visitors  Based on a conservative 15% (roughly 1 in 6) conversion rate from prospect to customer • 50:1 forecasted pipeline-to-ROI ratio; and • 5 closed deals.
  • 19. Beyond Content Syndication: Joint Vendor/Partner Lead Generation Solutions o Discussion / Questions / Answers
  • 20. Beyond Content Syndication: Joint Vendor/Partner Lead Generation Solutions o THANK YOU! o I HOPE you‟ve found the time worthwhile!
  • 21. Beyond Content Syndication: Joint Vendor/Partner Lead Generation Solutions Tony Serino Serino Channel Services TonyS@channelsMarketing.BIZ www.ChannelsMarketing.com
  • 22. About the presenter: Tony Serino Extensive first-hand experience working Serino Channel Services for/at/with channel companies (primarily), 1 Hopkins St; Suite 100 and OEMs, ISVs, and media companies Wakefield, MA 01880 Managing Director of www.ChannelsMarketing.com and Serino Channel Services www.ChannelCARMA.com (est. 1993 … reestablished 2006) TonyS@ChannelsMarketing.BIZ Serino Channel Services helps technology vendors and channel companies drive new revenue, together, 781-718-7395 … phone and in a highly measureable manner… 781- 683-0597 … fax with automated systems and processes and by mobilizing and motivating the people who comprise the partnership.

Editor's Notes

  1. Here are the logos of some of the companies that have “solutions”