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September 16, 2009
Lynn McCullough |
Agents Identify 7 Best Practices for Channel Managers Agents share their points of view on what can be done on a daily basis to ensure the best possible customer experience.   |
PHONE+
January 19, 2010
Khali Henderson |
Q&A With PAETEC Channel Chief Donna Wenk Donna Wenk, senior vice president of sales operations and customer care at PAETEC shares her plans for the company's indirect sales program. |
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tw telecom Relaunches Partner Program Four years after acquiring its first agent program with the purchase of Xspedius in 2006, tw telecom in 2010 it relaunched its program, changed some of the rules of engagement and is investing in more support for agents. |
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Q&A With Deltacom Channel Chief Ken Royer An interview with Ken Royer, vice president of alternate channels for Deltacom, about his plans for the company's indirect sales channel. |
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PHONE+ Asks: How Will Carrier Consolidation Impact the Agent Channel? Several agents weigh in on this question. |
PHONE+
April 29, 2010
Khali Henderson |
Q&A With Cavalier Channel Chief Michael Gough Cavalier Telephone, a full-service telecom company announced the addition of Michael Gough as its new channel chief. He shares his plans for his new position. |
PHONE+
September 18, 2009
Khali Henderson |
Q&A With New Edge Network's Channel Chief JR Cook New Edge Networks, a business communications unit of EarthLink Inc., (ELNK), announced in August that channel veteran J.R. Cook has joined the company as managing director. |
PHONE+
May 22, 2009
Cara Sievers |
Q&A With One Communications' Channel Chief Michael Fair In order to facilitate more closely focused and more localized channel management, Massachusetts-based One Communications, announced plans to grow its channel management team by 50 percent this year. |
PHONE+
December 22, 2009 |
What Was the Most Significant Development in the Indirect Channel in the Last Decade? Telecom executives weigh in on the most significant development in the indirect channel industry. |
PHONE+
February 17, 2010
Khali Henderson |
Q&A With TelePacific Channel Chief Ken Bisnoff TelePacific Communications announced in early January that Ken Bisnoff has retaken the reins of the CLEC's TelePartner program, following the resignation of Justin Chris-Tensen |
PHONE+
September 14, 2009
Cara Sievers |
The Softer Side of PRM Telecom's indirect channel, vendors and their partners continue to see value in building and nurturing their relationships outside of mass e-mails, order submission platforms and partner portals. |
PHONE+
October 23, 2009
Khali Henderson |
Q&A With Broadview Channel Chief Chris Eldredge Broadview Networks' new executive vice president of alternate channels and carrier sales discusses his plans for their indirect sales channel program. |
PHONE+
December 22, 2009 |
How Will the Communications Industry's Indirect Channel Be Transformed in the Next 10 Years? Telecom executives weigh in on what the future holds for the telecom industry. |
PHONE+
Michael Murphy |
Surviving Carrier Consolidation Consolidation definitely has its pros and cons. Your willingness to prepare yourself, diversify within the industry and maintain strong client and vendor relationships will help you succeed no matter how the landscape changes. |
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Back to Basics: Channel Partners Fact Book 2011 An editorial regarding the inspiration and intention of the Channel Partners Fact Book guide for telephony agents. |
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Channel Partners Asks: What Is Your Business Goal for 2011? A focus on business growth for 2011 is the major theme. |
PHONE+
Doug Allen |
Q&A With Motorola Channel Chief Mark Kroh Motorola tapped Mark Kroh to become vice president of global channels for its Enterprise Mobility Solutions (EMS) division. In this interview, Kroh talks about his new role, his plans for the PartnerEmpower program, as well as other channel initiatives. |
PHONE+
December 28, 2009
Cara Sievers |
The Channel: A Look Back Agent news highlights from the last ten years in the telecom industry. |
PHONE+
June 22, 2009
Khali Henderson |
Global Crossing's Double Team In the first half of 2009 Global Crossing Ltd. (GLBC) recruited not one but two executives to lead its indirect sales team and revamped its partner playbook. |
PHONE+
June 12, 2009
Cara Sievers |
Frontier to Follow FairPoint's Footsteps? Since FairPoint Communications Inc. acquired the Verizon landline business in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont in March 2008, a few channel partners have expressed disappointment. |
Insurance & Technology
February 1, 2006
Phil Britt |
A Web of Support There has been an upturn in insurers' investments in Web-based tools that enable agents to work more efficiently and, through those efficiencies, sell more, increase commissions and make more money for the companies they represent. |
PHONE+
March 2, 2010
Cara Sievers |
Q&A With Sprint Channel Chief Jaime Jones During the last restructuring, we saw an excellent opportunity to more closely align our channels to improve integration, increase growth and gain efficiencies. |
CRM
September 2007
Ian Jacobs |
Across the Universe Contact center managers have begun to examine this idea of the universal agent, agents theoretically capable of handling any contact, via any channel. |
CRM
November 15, 2004
Jason Compton |
How to...Train and Manage Multichannel Agents Not all agents are ideal for a demanding multichannel role, but these five steps will help contact center managers find the right agents, and give them the tools they need to make each phone call, email, and chat session a top-notch experience. |
PHONE+
January 25, 2010
Cara Sievers |
Survey Sheds Light on Indirect Channel Compensation As the country awaits an economic rebound, channel partners in the communications industry reported fairly steady revenue streams and a positive outlook on growth. |
PHONE+
February 23, 2010
Khali Henderson |
Level 3 Channel Steps Up Its Game Executives at Level 3 Communications Inc. say 2009 was a turning point for the company's channel strategy. |
CRM
October 2014
Barton Goldenberg |
The True Price of Channel Optimization Why meeting your customers where they prefer is key to your business survival. |
HBS Working Knowledge
June 12, 2006
Rangan & Bell |
The Promise of Channel Stewardship Companies need a new strategy for going to market, says Harvard marketing professor V. Kasturi "Kash" Rangan in his new book, Transforming Your Go-to-Market Strategy. |
CRM
January 2008
Marshall Lager |
Fine-Tuning the Channel They're not exactly employees, and they're not quite customers, but your channel partners can be equally important - and you can't just direct them by remote control. |
CRM
July 2013
Barton Goldenberg |
Happy Agents, Happy Customers Increased agent productivity leads to increased satisfaction. |
CRM
May 2005
Coreen Bailor |
Making a Clear Connection Integrating your multichannel operations can seem like a near-impossible feat, but it doesn't have to be. Follow these strategies to ease your integration process and maximize your multichannel potential. |
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M&A Impact on Agent Contracts Attorney Ben Bronston describes how carrier consolidation impacts agents' revenue streams. The best way to protect yourself is to negotiate your key agreements with the help of an experienced telecom lawyer on the front end. |
PHONE+
December 30, 2009
Khali Henderson |
What Should an Agent Look for in a Partner Program? As an agent, you must evaluate many criteria before entering into a distribution agreement with carrier or master agency -- both about the supplier and its partner program. Here are some tips to get you started. |
PHONE+
January 29, 2010
Khali Henderson |
On-Demand CRM for Telecom Agents Debuts After a year in beta testing, Qudex announced in fall 2009 a new on-demand CRM package just for telecom. The software as a service application was designed for customers, carriers and agents to manage telecom assets. |
PHONE+
May 25, 2010 |
Ethical Dilemma No. 4: First Quote or Ink Wins? Policies for preventing quoting conflicts between competing agents working with the same master agent. |
HBS Working Knowledge
July 26, 2006
Sean Silverthorne |
The Strategic Way to Go to Market Too often channel strategies develop when a product is ready to go to market. But a last-minute approach leaves a lot of efficiencies and synergies by the wayside, says V. Kasturi Rangan. Enter the concept of the "channel steward." |
CRM
May 2013
Donna Fluss |
Transform Your Contact Center Into an Essential Corporate Contributor Operations at risk must take a proactive approach. |
CRM
August 1, 2006
Colin Beasty |
Business Problem: Channel Managers Are Struggling to Exchange Customer Info with Their Partner Network Tech Solution: Partner relationship management tools. Usually accessed through a Web portal, PRM software takes costs out of the processes, improves the quality of information flow, and allows measurement and analysis of channel partnerships. |
PHONE+
May 19, 2009 |
Thinking Out of the Telecom Box To survive the recession, telecom agents need to take a long, hard look at their businesses. |
PHONE+
September 17, 2009
Khali Henderson |
Business Cable TV Now Available to TWC Agents Now, agents in the Time Warner Cable Business Class Partner Program can offer small and medium businesses Internet, phone and TV on a single bill. |
PHONE+
December 30, 2009 |
Channel 101 -- PHONE+ Fact Book 2010 An updated primer of telecom industry basics. |
PHONE+
October 19, 2009 |
Top 15 Channel Managers Honored The 15 channel managers who received the highest number of votes are profiled in these pages and deserve recognition from their agents and peers for a job well done. |
Insurance & Technology
July 8, 2010
Nathan Golia |
Farmers Looks to E-Readers for Agent Resources The insurer and its agents are finding that improving access to sales and training resources by putting them on e-readers improves customer service. |
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TWC Selected as a PHONE+ Top 50 Channel Program Time Warner Cable Business Class was selected from among hundreds of companies as a Top 50 Channel Program. |
PHONE+
December 22, 2009 |
What Was the Most Significant Development -- Positive or Negative -- in the Competitive Landscape in the Last Decade? Telecom executives weigh in on good and bad developments among telecom providers. |
Insurance & Technology
July 11, 2008
Akhil Tripathi |
Web-Based Solutions Deliver on Agents' Tech Expectations Insurers can leverage agent portals and systems integration technology to streamline agents' workflow and improve efficiencies. |
The Motley Fool
May 26, 2004 |
Choosing the Right Real Estate Agent A good agent can serve you very well -- so choose carefully. |
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PlanetOne Selected as a PHONE+ Top 50 Channel Program PlanetOne, widely recognized as one of the oldest, largest and highest producing agencies in the country, offers a variety of voice and data services from only the top carriers in the industry. |
CRM
December 2013
Leonard Klie |
Overcome Multichannel Customer Service Challenges Effective strategies start with talking to customers. |
Insurance & Technology
November 28, 2005
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Higher-Tech Agents Leading experts in agent technology answer critical questions about the relationship between agents and technology. |
