Running a B2B technology partner program is a lot of work. We know you have your hands full structuring engagement models, tiers, and coordinating with key partners.
Unfortunately, partner messaging is often cobbled together on short notice after product messaging has been set. This all too common state of affairs leaves your partners uninspired, unengaged, and vulnerable to poaching by competitors.
Since B2B tech partner ecosystems are so complex, partner messaging is notoriously difficult to outsource. However, Cascade Insights is uniquely positioned to help you get partner readiness right. We’ve spent 15 years exclusively researching the B2B technology sector, had thousands of conversations with all kinds of buyers & partners, and helped to guide and craft messaging for scores of companies, products, services, and partner
B2B Partner Enablement Services
Each partner enablement project is customized for your needs. It can involve either or both market research and marketing initiatives.
From a research perspective, we can help you analyze your partner program via qualitative or quantitative methodologies. We can also accelerate your partner readiness efforts through custom messaging, education, and asset development.
B2B Partner Enablement Market Research
If you’re not sure where and how to start optimizing your channel, partner-focused market research can lead the way. Here are some examples of the questions our research can answer.
- Why is our partner network shrinking? What are the reasons behind partner churn?
- What about our partner program structure is working? What isn’t? (Benefits, requirements, offers, etc.)
- When do partners choose to recommend our products vs. competitors?
- Are partners satisfied with our content? Is it sufficiently tailored to their needs or too general? Do they feel our content speaks to their customers’ needs?
- What marketing and sales collateral do partners need to be more effective? What collateral would make them choose to work with us over the competition?
- Do partners feel they are sufficiently trained on our new products/services?
- How can we get partners to increase sales?
- How can we go-to-market better with our strategic alliance partners?
- What is our partner’s ideal customer profile?
- How do we differentiate our partner programs from our competitors’?
B2B Partner Enablement Market Research
Our experienced messaging specialists can craft marketing assets to help you boost partner readiness and increase channel sales. We are happy to produce the following.
- Partner readiness checklists.
- Product messaging frameworks designed to inform co-selling initiatives.
- Partner education (webinars, product decks, etc.)
- Audits and/or optimization of current marketing assets for partners.
- Partner-ready playbooks.
- Partner-ready bills of materials.
- Channel and partner-specific content marketing such as blog posts, web copy for landing pages, whitepapers, etc.
15 Years In the Tech Sector, Thousands of Conversations With B2B Buyers
We’re specialized. Our in-house research analysts and messaging specialists live and breathe B2B technology. You don’t need to explain what an SI, GSI, or VAR distributor is. We know the difference between an MSP and an MSSP.
We also get the inherently B2B nature of technology partnerships. Partners won’t just sell your products out of the goodness of their hearts or even because your product is just that cool. We know partners go where the opportunities are, and we know how to make the possibilities with you look more promising than what your competitors are offering. We have the specialization and experience to get your partners what they need to sell effectively from Day 1.