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A Partner Program May Not Be Right for You

Allbound

For proof of this, look no further than some powerhouses like Microsoft and Hubspot. Microsoft has always been a partner-led operation, with 95% of its business generated through its partners. Keep in mind that there will be a training period for your partners. Knowledge of sales process. Building brand awareness.

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Driving Sales Success in Uncertain Times

Janek Performance Group

We are seeing longer sales cycles and less demand is creating margin compression,” I heard a CEO say on Bloomberg TV recently. These insights helped Joly create a plan to fix Best Buy’s two major problems: decreasing revenue and margins. However, implementing these changes required additional employee training, not cutting staff.