Channel Partner Strategy—Motivate, Motivate, Motivate

I own a small startup company, and I can confidently say that a channel distribution network is an effective way to sell products and services and at the same time generate significant amount of revenue. It involves the committed and dedicated efforts of my channel partners, who play vital roles in the transportation of my company’s products down the pipeline to the end consumers. From my experience, I realized just how important it is to have a channel partner strategy to ensure the proper management of my affiliates so that they will willingly perform at their very best for the benefit all the members of the channel.

Partners are not employees of a parent company. They are individual businesses that have their own objectives and philosophy. This is important to take note of because this means that they will not sell some random product if there’s nothing in it for them. Manufacturers are therefore faced with the challenge of providing these affiliates with the support, incentives and information they need to become motivated to work for the channel optimally, and develop a certain degree of loyalty to the parent company.

And so, my greatest advice to all other companies out there who intend to utilize channel management as part of their business process is to motivate, motivate, motivate! Motivation can make all the difference in the world when it comes to channel productivity and profitability. It is also an essential part of channel partner strategy that will serve both your goals in the long run.

There are a lot of ways to motivate channel members. In fact, the internet provides countless of sources that offer tips and guidelines in proper and effective partner management. One of the most important tips you can follow is to understand the business relationship. As I’ve mentioned, these companies are separate from your own business. This is why it is important to clarify where everyone stands and then build and establish a partnership that makes sense for everyone involved.

‘Eating’ Local Culture—Experiences Outside Small Hotel

I’m one of the many people who believe that a great way to experience and intimately familiarize oneself with a foreign country is through its local cuisine. You get to use majority of your senses—sight, smell, touch, taste. My friends call it cultural food porn; I firmly insist that it’s an out-of-this-world pigging out experience!

I recently went to Barbados with a couple of closest friends and we checked in a Barbados small hotel. I must say that our accommodations were more than extraordinary as it offered many different kinds of amenities as well as its own restaurant. My friends may have found the little nook to be convenient and satisfying, but I did not allow my taste buds to be limited to just one place (although their food was quite excellent, indeed).

And so, I constantly left our Barbados small hotel in search of my out-of-this-world pigging out experience. I am happy to say that I discovered authentic Bajan cuisine and fell instantly in love with it! The color, flavor, and texture were so intensely delightful that every bite sent me on gustatory overdrive.
Some of the best dishes I had were from the local restaurants and cheap eateries. The more upscale establishments had tasty versions of local food as well, but I think the Bajan taste was infused with international flavors, so I wasn’t entirely convinced that I was wolfing down a bowl of authetic Cou Cou.

And yes, my favorite food there is their national dish—the Cou Cou. The lady in one of the eateries happily informed me that it is easy to make. It consists of okra, corn meal and other easy-to-find ingredients in various supermarkets. The mashed potatoes-like dish is usually eaten with flying fish and beef stew. What I loved about it was its simplicity and heartiness.

The national dish pretty much reflects the island itself: simple, laidback and hearty. I highly recommend everyone to check in a Barbados small hotel and explore the island for a chance to experience a wonderful culture.

Software Rollout – Elearning Solutions

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There are just a few elearning solutions companies that are able to provide real quality services for employee development. It can really be a painful process since trial and error is something that cannot be if the risks are too high. In the end, if the company chooses a an electronic learning solutions provider that is not able to comply with the high level of standards necessary to create good results, then such a decision could cause major losses.

This is what happened to our company a couple of years ago. We were really in need of an immediate answer to our problem and we decided that contracting an elearning solutions provider would be best, if not perhaps the only answer. The problem was that our company was in immediate need of new software training. There are perhaps only a few companies that are capable of the solution that we need. Researching was the hardest part since we did not try to go online first.

However, we finally chose to go online and found what appeared to be a great company called Intelladon that offered the exact services that we needed. It was easy enough to contact them and we met right away with their people. It turns out that they are capable of just the task we needed.

Our problem was that our old software for a business process, which I cannot name here, is no longer up to date. It was more than just that, it was suddenly made obsolete because of a change in the technology platform standard that was being used in the industry. And of course, such technological advancements, especially in the field of computer software development, move at such a break neck speed. Of course a company in that industry would have no choice but to keep up with the fast pace.

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Going on an Affordable Barbados Travel

I’m not really a jetsetter and I’m not into the partying scene, but this Valentines, I swear to change all these boring perceptions about my personality. There’s no harm in being adventurous and spontaneous especially if it’s for a good cause of saving my marriage. So this Valentines, no matter how busy I am with work, I will spare some time to go on an affordable Barbados travel with my better half.

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My husband and I have not been in good terms for the past few months, but our friends have no idea about our marital problems. It’s sick really because I feel like we are lying to everyone about how happy our life together has been all these years when in fact, we have both been empty majority of our time with each other. I don’t want to think about divorce as a viable option to solve this problem that’s why I’m doing everything to rekindle whatever passion or compassion we have for each other.

It was a good thing I found an affordable Barbados travel deal because I don’t want it to be another point if argument. I don’t want him to blame me for financial burdens because of the money we spent on the trip. Now that everything is settled and we are just waiting for the travel flight, I’m really hoping that nothing would take the plan and spin it around. I am trying to prevent having little and petty arguments with him by simply shutting my mouth every time he goes on a barrage of insults on how I manage our home, our kids, and my time between family and career. I really want this marriage to work to the point that I am willing to lose arguments and do everything that will make him stay. This trip to Barbados is exactly what we need to patch things between us.

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My Future Lies in Elearning

A few months from now, I’ll be 26, a quarter of a century old. I don’t really care about the number that much or the wrinkles and age spots that come with the stupid biological time bomb. Come to think of it, I don’t really care about anything except for one thing probably – wasted time. Yes, I think I have wasted a whole 26 years of my existence doing nothing but sleepwalking through life.

But things weren’t like this a few years ago. I used to have a goal – to finish my graduate studies and live as an academic for the rest of my life. Somehow, I lost my mojo to continue it and well, there is also the need to work for money so I decided that my master’s degree should take a back seat. During my hiatus from graduate studies, I wondered aimlessly through the corporate clouds but the desire to go back to school has always been there.

Right now, I’m still in that same limbo state. Grey area is what they call it. I guess that only chance I have to go back to school again is if I could enroll in some elearning program related to my discipline. I’m planning to contact my University and inquire about their online courses since it would mean more work and requirement processing if I transfer to a different institution. I just hope I can make it before the registration period ends. So yeah. Technically, my future lies in my University’s elearning program. If they won’t accept me, I would not know how else I could finish my program.

If only I have the luxury of time and money, I would not have to settle for something with less interaction. I would want to relive the daily drives going to school, sitting inside the classroom, physically being present in a real moment with people in my class and not just a computer equipped with a face-to-face interaction elearning system.