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Agent Contract Terms

December 17, 2013

On a call today with an Agent, we were discussing some contract verbiage. Most agent hope for an evergreen commission contract. As long as the customer I bring to you is a customer, you should pay me on that invoice. Obviously, carriers, especially CFO's, dislike that clause.

Channel Programs Have Changed

November 29, 2013

Many companies are adding channel programs. Most look at the success that Microsoft and Cisco via their channels. The thing is most companies don't treat their channel the same way that these two giants did.

Microsoft knew that if people became certified they would sell, install and maintain Microsoft products.

Channel Sales Enablement Part 5

October 8, 2013

I have an interest in Growth Hacking, making a company grow by acquiring users, customers or revenue. The problem I usually face is that in channel sales, the number of agents is not a viable metric.

The Channel looks at it as the more feet on the street we have, the better sales will be. NO!

AT&T's New Partner Program

September 12, 2013

Note that this is information I have heard from three different agents about AT&T's new partner program. One even attributed it to ACC Business. I have not confirmed it - nor have I seen the agreement.

There are many different types of distribution channels for AT&T - CLEC, wholesale, resale, rebill, agents, retail, brick-and-mortar and online.

The Power of Cable

August 29, 2013

Agents and VARs want to sell cable - mainly due to demand from small business. The price points and the advertised speeds make cable attractive.

However, the cable guys really only want to sell direct. Period.

Info You Need That I Didn't Blog About

August 14, 2013

The Affordable Care Act has some big deadlines including Oct. 1, 2013. See more here.

Google tells the court, ""a person has no legitimate expectation of privacy in information he voluntarily turns over to third parties.". And that sound you heard was the thud of US cloud companies hopes and revenues declining.

Channel Sales Enablement Part 4: Obstacles

August 7, 2013

When performing channel sales enablement, there are often obstacles. Here is a look at a few of the obstacles.

The Product Manager can be a help or a hindrance. Success of the product depends upon sales, but sometimes control of the product gets in the way of sales.

How Many VARs Are There Anyway

July 31, 2013

This is a LONG post. Kind of rambling. Sorry about that. But it does have some really good nuggets of info. Thanks for reading.

Channel Reboots

July 31, 2013

InterNAP is bringing back their channel. After they burned it to the ground, they are counting on the channel to come back any way because the money is green. Try to remember that evergreen - even in plain language on your contract - is only enforceable if you have enough balls and bucks to sue for enforcement.

Bandwidth.com will be launching a channel program in September at CP Expo. Remember that Bandwidth also had a channel that they closed, too.

Channel Sales Enablement: Part 3 Compensation

July 19, 2013

Compensation is one of the top topic I get calls about. Compensation plans are a double edged sword. On the one hand, it is money out of revenue. On the other hand, it is the carrot that keeps your sales people selling and your revenue coming in.

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