by Gail Mercer-MacKay | B2B marketing, Thought Leadership
I’ve watched the partner ecosystem expand over my career, from a relatively small collection of Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) to more than 600,000 partners and at least 9,000 large ISVs who sell through the channel.1 While branded swag such as USBs and t-shirts... 
by Gail Mercer-MacKay | B2B marketing, Partner Marketing, Thought Leadership
Top Five Marketing Challenges Independent Software Vendors Face Selling Through the Channel Whether you’re a behemoth independent software vendor or a small start-up, you face the same marketing challenges in the channel The art of selling through the channel is... 
by Gail Mercer-MacKay | B2B marketing, Client story, Creativity
As a marketing firm for tech companies, the question all my clients ask is, “how can we find more leads, identify more opportunities and build new business relationships?” While there are a few answers to that question, the lowest common denominator and simplest... 
by Mercer-MacKay team | Announcement, B2B marketing
Channel technology companies need to adapt to the convergence of PR, marketing and advertising activities as part of their overall marketing strategy. In today’s dynamically changing digital landscape, one thing is for sure: technology companies need to adapt their... 
by Gail Mercer-MacKay | B2B marketing, Thought Leadership
If I told you that there was a marketing technique that had the power to convert 40% of your content readers into leads, would you use it? (That’s a rhetorical question – of course you would.) The good news is that this technique already exists, and it’s called... 
by Gail Mercer-MacKay | B2B marketing, Thought Leadership
Holding Tight to Your Knowledge Many years ago when I was selling technology solutions for a very successful systems integration (SI) firm, we were really careful about protecting our “secret sauce”. We held tight to our knowledge and made our customers sign NDA’s...
