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When considering brand perception and alignment, it’s important for channel marketers to establish an internal brand platform with team members, ensure consistency between internal and external messaging and support positioning of the brand with external stakeholders like dealers or distributors.
As more brands look to enhance their channel marketing programs with “last mile” digital marketing solutions for their dealers or distributors, a key to successfully delivering desired outcomes is having a holistic and integrated offering that addresses all phases of the path to purchase within the sales funnel.
It’s not just consumer technology that’s driving the advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). Brands are also employing several use cases of AI and ML to automate and optimize their marketing channel programs, enhancing the desired outcomes for brands and channel partners alike.
Investing in a social media program that uses original, not syndicated, content will help your dealers drive their business to new heights.
When researching partners to manage your brand’s local search advertising efforts, focus on trust. That trust should be derived from knowing that what they’re doing for your local dealers is actually driving desired outcomes. This article answers three questions you should ask to help ensure you’re working with the right local search advertising partner.
Whether it’s a customer or a channel partner, understanding challenges, issues, constraints and priorities, for example, allow brands to define the outcomes to be measured.
When implementing a digital marketing strategy and corresponding program for channel partners, brands should ensure the offering addresses the different stages of the path to purchase, is supported and managed by a team of specialists, and provides reporting to measure program effectiveness and results.
The most successful channel marketing programs have three things in common. They are:
1. Focused on defined objectives or outcomes
2. Delivered on flexible and scalable marketing technologies
3. Supported by a strategic partner that becomes an extension of their brand
Today’s most successful co-op programs are driven by sound strategy, a powerful brand and channel partnership, and desired outcomes that are clearly defined and measured. How are channel marketers accomplishing this renewed co-op success? They are utilizing a multi-faceted funding model, a segmented approach to channel partner engagement, leveraging data to provide meaningful insights and utilizing new technologies within their overall channel marketing ecosystem.
