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Why You Need A People-Centric Approach To Change Management

Your approach to change management should focus on many different areas of your organization. Find ...

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Emergency Management: Where Consulting and Public Safety Intersect

How do emergency management and consulting intersect? Discover the valuable lessons we learned from ...

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Marketing and Partner Expertise Drives Product Launch in New Vertical

We helped a client facilitate a product launch in a new vertical. With these steps, we established ...

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How to Accelerate Transformation When Your Change Efforts Are Stalled

What do you do when your change efforts are stalled? Learn how to accelerate transformation when ...

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How to Choose the Right Channel Incentive Management Tool for You

Discover how to choose the ideal channel incentive management tool to drive partner performance, ...

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Updated Joint Selling Strategy Increases Revenue

We used a joint selling strategy to help our client unify processes supported by centralized ...

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Expand Your Ecosystem: 7 Advantages of Partner Relationship Management

Learn about the advantages of partner relationship management platforms and why having one in your ...

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How Microsoft Launched The First Ever AI Business School

Using project management and AI strategy development, here’s how The Spur Group's expertise helped ...

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Unlocking the Power of Partner Experience in the Modern Business Landscape

Discover the power of partner experience (PX) in driving business growth. Learn the importance of ...

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How To Implement Change Management That Prioritizes Your People

When you implement change management, you need to prioritize your organization's people. Learn how ...

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6 Must Do's When Launching a Product Through the Channel

The Spur Group's Allison Strother defines the 6 things every product manager should do when they're ...

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How To Implement Revenue Operations To Grow Revenue & Customer Success

Revamp your tech firm's growth strategy with Revenue Operations. Learn to tackle challenges, boost ...

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Agile Campaign Approach Helps Tech Leader Resonate with New Audience

We worked with a tech leader to reach a new audience. Here's how our client built awareness and ...

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Synthetic Data Improves Microsoft’s Next-Gen Conversational AI Engine

Learn how we helped Microsoft achieve better modeling through synthetic data production resulting ...

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A Comprehensive Guide to Channel Partner Programs and Best Practices

Discover the essentials of channel partner programs, key elements for success, and best practices ...

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Sales Enablement Boosts Revenue And Strengthens Customer Relationships

We developed a sales enablement strategy for a real estate information technology company. These ...

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3 Fundamentals Of Effective Strategic Initiatives

The 3 steps to successful initiative execution are discipline, transparency, and efficiency. We ...

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Why Channel Leaders Should Invest In Partner Experience Technology

Explore why channel leaders should invest in PXM technology for enhanced channel automation and ...

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Nourish Your Professional Event With Snackable Content

When planning your next event, let go of the “longer is better” model and try snackable content ...

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Sales Go-To-Market Strategy Unifies Teams And Grows Pipeline

We created a program for Microsoft that strengthened its sales go-to-market strategy. Here's how it ...

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5 Keys To Robust Data Analysis

Data analysis can be intimidating. Performing these five actions will make your data easier to ...

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Partner Program Optimization Builds Competitive Advantage

Find out how we collaborated with a technology company to optimize its partner program and build a ...

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The 6 Essential Elements of a Channel Playbook

Don't invest in channel resources and then fail to implement them correctly. With a go-to-market ...

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Transforming Partner Behavior: Results-Driven Channel Incentive Design

Drive lasting business impact with a results-driven channel incentive program focused on ...

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New Planning Process Enhances Product Group’s Go-To-Market Approach

We helped our client streamline its rhythm of business and go-to-market approach, and increased ...

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Google Improves Channel Partner Onboarding And Accelerates Revenue

Learn how The Spur Group helped Google develop a new channel partner onboarding process using ...

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Unlocking the Power of Channel Capacity Planning for Revenue Growth

Discover how channel capacity planning drives predictable revenue growth, aligns partner teams, and ...

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Can you improve total sales without increasing OPEX?

Learn how to increase sales numbers while being strategic about sales operating expenses (OPEX), in ...

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Does your sales enablement content need a refresh?

With limited and time resources, how you can be efficient when creating and updating sales ...

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8 Partnership Tips from a Channel Leader

Channels provide incredible value, but it's often hard to articulate without a plan. Check out ...

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What is a Good Go-To-Market Strategy?

What is a good go-to-market strategy? It's not always easy to pick one out of the noise. The ...

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New Partner Incentive Program Drives Channel Performance

Learn how we used a three-part approach to build a partner incentive program for a large technology ...

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NetApp Uses Scoring Model to Strengthen Partner Performance and Value

We helped a client streamline partner management while growing the overall partner revenues through ...

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3 Superpowers of Effective Leaders

The Spur Group talks about the 3 leadership styles of executives and how to use them to your ...

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How Our Client Is Re-Imagining The In-Store Retail Experience

The Spur Group helped Sunrise Technology LLC develop a GTM strategy and collateral for the ...

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3 Rules To Avoid The 80/20 Trap In Partner Performance

These three proven methods can improve partner performance beyond the 80/20 ratio, boosting returns ...

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How to Design a Dashboard That’s Useful and Actionable

Before you design a dashboard for your business, allocate time for pre-planning. Find out the ...

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Go-To-Market Messaging Transforms Sales Approach for Education Sector

Our experts helped a technology company launch a sales campaign in the higher education sector. ...

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Channel Sales Enablement Strategy Accelerates Revenue

We created a new set of partner readiness materials for our client's channel sales enablement ...

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Synthetic Data: The Disruptive Force Behind Machine Learning

Learn about synthetic data, why it's important, how companies are using synthetic data drive value, ...

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How To Use Partner Enablement to Fuel A Successful Channel

Partner enablement is a critical step for channel success. Find out how to best motivate your ...

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3 common reasons your business is stuck in neutral

Sales transformation expert Steve White identifies the root problems with flat revenue growth in ...

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Make Your Event Memorable

The Spur Group's CEO Randy Karr shares his secret to using emotions in presentations and events to ...

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Compensation Model Aligns Channel And Sales Teams

We helped a client streamline the way it leverages its partners. Here's how we built a partner ...

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Top 5 Pillars To Pulling Off A Successful Event

There are many ways an event can not live up to expectations. Find out the five key pillars to ...

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Product Transition Plan Minimizes Disruption and Increases Adoption

We helped a client adapt its marketing approach for a product transition plan. Learn how we aligned ...

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How to Drive Impact with Channel Capacity Planning

Channel management is guiding customer wins, channel sales, and market coverage. We've distilled ...

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Communications Strategy Framework Showcases Product Portfolio Valuemarket

Here's how we helped a client develop a communications strategy framework, break through siloed ...

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Data Automation Transforms Reporting and Sharpens Decision Making

Through data automation, we helped our client optimize data management. Here's how we freed up ...

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It’s Time To Make Progress

A statement from The Spur Group's CEO Randy Karr on why he supports the Black Lives Matter movement ...

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Understanding Project Management As A Service

Learn how project management as a service can benefit your business from business expert Chris ...

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Streamlined Project Management Drives Operational Efficiency

We helped increase transparency into a software company's budget accuracy. Learn how strengthened ...

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How a Channel Partner Recruitment Strategy Closes the Deal

Why having an effective channel partner recruitment strategy will help you tailor your message and ...

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Emerging Metrics Help Top Cloud Provider’s Teams Increase Sales

Using your data the right way can make all the difference. Learn how we helped a top cloud provider ...

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5 Ways to Effectively Manage Your Channel Team

Do you have a knowledge gap on your channel team? Check out the 5 stages of execution excellence ...

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Automated Bot Improves Performance, Cost, and Employee Wellness

Learn about how we created a customizable automated bot to reduce budget, optimize performance, ...

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Growing A Cloud Partner Ecosystem

The Spur Group shares advice on how to discover what it takes to attract and support partners as ...

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5 Key Benefits Business Intelligence Provides Your Organization

Incorporating Business Intelligence allows you to collect and transform data into insightful, ...

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How Great Channel Leaders Unlock Powerful Revenue Acceleration

How channel leaders can drive channel revenue acceleration with five important steps related to ...

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Don’t Sell a Brand, Sell a Promise

The difference between features and benefits is crucial in successful marketing. Expert Randy Karr ...

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Our 5-Step Solution for Your Partner Recruitment Woes

The right approach to partner recruitment can make the difference between success and failure. Our ...

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2 Words To Remove From Your Business Vocabulary: Part 1

The Spur Group outlines why you need to remove the words 'busy' and 'can't' from your business ...

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5 Reasons Why PERC Partner Scoring Gives You an Advantage

Find out how PERC partner scoring gives you five advantages that will improve your channel ...

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3 Ways to Deliver Real Dashboard Insights to Your Boss

An insight is an interpretation of data using business knowledge to make an observation. Find out ...

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How to build winning channel partner recruitment content

We break down the audience, order of approach, analogous content, and message positioning needed to ...

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3 Commonly Overlooked Dashboard Questions

If done right, data dashboards are transformative. Find out how to evaluate the effectiveness of ...

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Using Language To Drive Clarity In Thought in Communication

In this blog, The Spur Group discusses the importance of an aligned taxonomy within your business ...

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3 Steps to Recruiting Partners With Data Analysis

A data-driven channel partner profile makes your recruiting partners easier and more effective. ...

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3 Elements That Can Help or Hinder Your Revenue Growth

A deal with a smaller company can be more beneficial than the same enterprise amount. Learn how to ...

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How Your Partner Business Proposition Gives You An Advantage

Manage your partner business proposition to gain a market advantage. You can strengthen ...

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5 Success Factors in Change Management Efforts

While they may seem like basics, your change management efforts can fail if they lack one or more ...

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5 Common Marketing Content Development Pitfalls, and How to Avoid Them

Learn how to avoid 5 common pitfalls of content development with connected communications expert ...

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Spur After Hours: Work Hard, Play Hard

How we created Spur After Hours, a team dedicated to planning events that encourages our employees ...

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4 Steps Channel Chiefs Need To Hit Revenue Targets

Discover the 4 steps channel chiefs need to take in order to hit revenue targets.

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Boost Your Content By Involving 4 Key Stakeholders

Drive better content creation by involving the right stakeholders. Find out the four key ...

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7 Ways to have a Customer-Focused Sales Team During a Crisis

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The COVID-19 Revolution

The Spur Group's Jim Bernado reflects on the impact of COVID-19 on sales, business, and our overall ...

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Interactive Walkthrough Increases Sales Opportunities and Reduces Costs

Learn how we helped a client showcase products through interactive walkthroughs, resulting in ...

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How to Achieve Sustainable Growth With a Partner Journey Map

Leveraging your partner journey map is essential to your success. Learn the journey's five phases, ...

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10 Powerful Leadership Lessons Learned From Coaching Kids

Sports and business have much in common. Check out the 10 leadership lessons our CFO, Chris McCall, ...

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5 Steps to a Killer Messaging Framework That Will Save You

A great messaging framework is essential to having connected communications. The Spur Group ...

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3 Steps To Better Operations Design

Effective business operations design eliminates blockers, saves time and money, and increases ...

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How to Combat the 3 Biggest Content Development Challenges in Tech

We've worked on hundreds of marketing and communications projects and often see these 3 content ...

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How To Better Prepare For The Real Channel Revolution

If you aren't using detailed partner data to drive your channel management strategy, you are ...

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9 Content Offers That Help You Close The Deal

Potential customers all need distinct information. Find out which content offers will help you ...

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What Movies Can Teach You About Channel Partner Incentives

Discover what poor channel partner incentives have in common with failed movies and television ...

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When Your Sales Lead Pipeline Is Full – Keep Filling It

Sales expert Steve White shares his strategy of continuing to reach out to new leads, even when ...

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How to Use Channel Incentives to Accelerate Revenue

Find out how to develop channel incentives to motivate behavior that wouldn’t otherwise happen. The ...

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Prioritizing Care for the Whole Person in the Workplace

The Spur Group talks about why employee well-being matters and several easy practices that ...

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Is Your Channel Incentive Program A Money Pit?

For many vendors, channel incentives are perhaps the single largest cost line item. Find out how to ...

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Artifacts of Control Within A Sales Organization

The Spur Group helps you identify the way to set up a game within a sales organization and use the ...

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How to Keep Remote Employees Healthy and Engaged

How The Spur Group keeps employees healthy and engaged during the COVID-19 crisis, with tips from ...

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Common Weaknesses in a Sales Channel Strategy

Learn how to accurately forecast your channel ecosystem, using momentum, relationships, and ...

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A Step-by-Step Approach to Breaking Through Writer's Block

These three steps for breaking through writer’s block will work for any writing project you might ...

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5 Guerilla Project Management Techniques

Five guerilla project management techniques exist for those who realize you can’t do it all. ...

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How to Boost Performance With Balanced Scorecards

Balanced scorecards can help you measure and drive performance by helping you establish goals and ...

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How to Incorporate Content into Your Channel Planning Process

We share The Spur Group's 3-step guide to creating content within the channel planning process, ...

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A Signal Among Noise: a Data Scientist's Early Thoughts About COVID-19

One of The Spur Group's data scientists has some early thoughts on how to read and understand ...

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Establish Your Executives As Thought Leaders

Successfully speaking at an event depends on thoughtful content with plenty of industry insight, ...

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Enabling Debates for Effective Decision-Making

Find out how to organize a structed debate with leadership to make effective business decision, ...

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Reflections From Our CEO, Randy Karr

The Spur Group's CEO, Randy Karr shares why we are one of the best places to work and what makes ...

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What Pro-Bono Consulting Can Teach You About Service

The Spur Group aims to make an impact in our community. Take a look at our first pro bono project ...

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Being Business Forward Prepared Us For this Pandemic

The Spur Group's CEO Randy Karr outlines some of the operating principles that have allowed us to ...

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Business in the 2020s: How Humanistic Capitalism Will Change the World

The Spur Group's CEO Randy Karr outlines three key focus areas that will guide how businesses ...

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Taking Advantage Of The New Go-to-Market Sales Strategy

Having a superior product isn't enough to keep a market advantage. Find out how a go-to-market ...

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Five Reasons Working at The Spur Group Can Lead to a Promising Career

To be a successful business, you need a dedicated team committed to your company and your ...

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Why Community Service and Giving Are a Core Part of The Spur Group

The Spur Group is constantly driven to make a positive impact by helping others. Here are the three ...

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How To Get Great Revenue Acceleration In Today's Tech Climate

Maintaining a market advantage is tough. Richard Flynn explains why it's increasingly difficult to ...

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Spark Tank: Make Your Ideas a Reality

The Spur Group leader Leland Matthaeus gives a glimpse into an innovative idea for employee ...

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Why Your Go-To-Market Strategy Matters

Your go-to-market strategy defines your sustainable competitive advantage. Learn which five ...

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Digital Asset Tracker Unifies Azure Marketing Portfolio

Azure IoT wanted us to help organize a large number of marketing assets. Find out how we created a ...

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Key Decision: Investments in Channel Management Tools and Models

Channel management is about economics and requires an investment model for success. Learn how to ...

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Channel Planning Is More Than Just A Good Algorithm

Senior Principal at The Spur Group Richard Flynn explains how to improve your channel planning with ...

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Make an Impact: Know Your Channel Partner Health Index

Ensure your channel efforts are paying off by following our 18-point model for reviewing, analyzing ...

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Effective Sales Playbook Strengthens Cohesity's Partner Relationships

We helped Cohesity build a repeatable sales playbook. Learn how we strengthened our client's ...

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The Future of Remote Working: 5 Tips for Navigating Hybrid Work

Consultant Anna Vilhauer shares her experience launching a new product for Microsoft during the ...

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The 18-Point Checklist for Assessing Your Channel Health

Every channel leader, from seasoned experts to newbies, should conduct regular channel health ...

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How to Get Started on Adding Cloud to Your Revenue Mix

Create opportunities by evolving cloud service offerings. The Spur Group can advance your market ...

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How to Lead Your Partners Into a Cloud Transition

The Spur Group's Richard Flynn gives three tips for how to lead the way with your partners as they ...

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Use Data To Define Your Channel Partner Management Strategy

The Spur Group channel expert Richard Flynn outlines how you can use data-driven insights to define ...

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The Big Reveal: The Power of a Personal Story

Sharing a personal story can work in your favor or it can be a mistake. Here’s why it can either be ...

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Say What You Mean: How to Clean Up Your Presentation’s Language

Find out how to use precise and accurate language to improve your presentation quality … and leave ...

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Hosting in-person events in 2021? Here are 3 ways to plan for success

Planning in-person events in a post-pandemic world is not easy. Find out the 3 top ways to plan for ...

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Sales Effectiveness: Your Customers Have Changed, Now It’s Your Turn

The existing sales effectiveness model is undergoing a transformation. Learn what's happened and ...

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4 Answers That Will Impress a Business Executive

Communicating with executives can be tricky. Leave a good impression with them by using these four ...

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8 Do’s and Don’ts for Leadership Blog Posts

Leadership blog posts can potentially gain more traffic than an official press release. We have ...

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Keep In Mind These 8 Tips When Shifting From Live to Hybrid Events

Hybrid events are here to stay as a perfect middle ground between virtual and in person. Read more ...

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6 Elements of Effective Strategic Planning

Start your business operations on the right foot using The Spur Group's six step guide to effective ...

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7 Examples of Partner Incentives With a Proven Positive ROI

Channel incentives can make the difference in a partner program. Find out the 7 main channel ...

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6 Disciplines of Successful Channel Management

Your channel management is one of the core pillars of any go-to-market effort. Learn about the ...

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The Ultimate Guide to Successful Business Operations

Successfully managing your business operations can be tricky. The Spur Group outlines key elements ...

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How to Plan a Project From Start to Finish

How do you plan a successful project from start to finish? Here are some of our best practices ...

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How to Choose the Right Project Management Method

Which project management method should you use on your next initiative? Here are some different ...

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How to Run a Project Smoothly: Effective Project Execution

How do you ensure effective project execution? This specific approach will help you meet ...

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Capturing the Zeitgeist Opportunity: How to Amplify a Trend

How do you establish yourself as an authority, an insider, who is operating from within the same ...

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Setting Your Own Goal Posts for a Successful Event

We've all been to an event without a purpose. In this blog, we explore how you can avoid that by ...

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Remote Learning Resources Help Schools Quickly Adapt During Pandemic

Discover how we assisted Microsoft in making remote learning resources for the education sector to ...

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The Spur Group Announces It Joins the Reply Network of Companies

The Spur Group has been acquired by Reply, strengthening Reply’s presence in North America as a ...

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9 Steps to Create a Data-Driven Culture

Using data to make decisions is no longer optional in business. Find out how to cultivate a ...

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The Six Traits That Make an Effective Chief Channel Officer

Maintaining a strong channel requires vast knowledge and skill. Learn how to with The Spur Group’s ...

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4 Communications Techniques for Effective Conversations

Learn more about the four key communication techniques to leading and participating in effective ...

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Why We Hire for Potential Over Pedigree

Find out why we at The Spur Group hire for potential over pedigree. Learn more about our ...

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Why Partner Scoring Is Essential for Performance Management

Why partner scoring is essential for effective partner performance management. Learn how you can ...

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How to Get More From Your Annual Partner Satisfaction Survey

Is your annual partner satisfaction survey not giving you meaningful results? Find out how to ...

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A How-to Guide for Difficult Executive Communications

Difficult executive communications can be intimidating. Try these five tips for the confidence to ...

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7 Easy Steps for Better Cloud Partners

The Spur Group's Luke Gordon identifies the seven steps companies should take to build a better ...

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What the Best Channel Partner Programs All Have in Common

The Spur Group's Kate Caday reveals what the best channel partner programs have in common. Read ...

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How We Partnered with Snowflake to Transform the Reseller Partner Program

Driving alignment across its executives, discover how we helped Snowflake transform its reseller ...

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End-to-End Support Launches Global Cloud Training Program

We supported a tech leader with its go-to-market launch for an online cloud training program. Learn ...

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How We Helped Microsoft Conceptualize a New Industry Convergence

We helped Microsoft conceptualize a new industry convergence between retail and health. Discover ...

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4 Data Science Strategy Ideas that Won't Break Your Budget

Hiring a team of data scientists can be difficult and expensive. Learn four ways to bring data ...

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How Do I Encourage Our Channel Partners To Use Partner Software?

While there isn’t a secret recipe to drive usage of your partner software, focusing on these 6 ...

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How To Create a Meaningful Corporate Presentation

A meaningful corporate presentation can build strong professional relationships, increase ...

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How To Get Started With Corporate Event Strategy

How do you break through the chaos of event planning to focus on what matters most? Our experts ...

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Robust Channel Strategy Modernizes Qlik’s Partner Program

Qlik wanted to upgrade its partner program beyond a reseller approach. Discover the steps we ...

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Three Reasons to Enlist Outside Support for Your Messaging Framework

Your messaging framework is critical to your brand strategy. Here are three reasons consultants can ...

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5 Essentials for Telling Your Customer Success Story

How do you write a compelling customer success story that will turn a prospect into a customer? ...

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How We Helped Facilitate a Start-up’s First Company Event

During a pandemic, we helped a start-up plan its first company event for leadership. Here's how ...

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Target-Informed Messaging: How to Build Messaging that Resonates with Multiple Audiences

Target-informed messaging (TIM) helps sell a product or solution to more than one audience at a ...

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Organizational Resources Support Protego Trust Bank’s Emerging Growth

We helped a startup drive success through governance. Discover how we created two organizational ...

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Sales Go-To-Market Strategy Transforms In-Store Retail Experience

Find out how we helped Sunrise Technology launch its new retail technology that transformed the ...

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Partner Experience Landing Page

The channel partner experience is a critical component of your partner program. Discover how to ...

Client Story

Customer Journey and Persona Development Bolsters Marketing Approach

Incorporating persona development and customer journey mapping, here's how we helped a global tech ...

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How We Translated Competitive Analysis Research to Actionable Results

A tech company wanted to strengthen its vertical marketing strategy. Here's how competitive ...

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How Acquisition Engines Can Improve Your Product Offerings

Using acquisitions to fuel innovation engines can be effective if it’s done well. Remember this ...

Client Story

Streamlined NPS Survey Boosts Poly’s Customer and Partner Performance

Poly wanted to optimize its NPS survey process. Here's how we helped them exceed its target score ...

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Integrated Launch Marketing Drives Awareness for Project AirSim

Coinciding with an international air show, discover how Microsoft introduced Project AirSim through ...

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PRM System Optimization Revives Software Company’s Partner Program

We helped a software company implement its partner program into its PRM system. Find out how we ...

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Channel Performance Optimization: Refining Your Partner Experience

Channel performance optimization starts with refining your partner experience. Watch our video to ...