Selling through sales and distribution channels of various types is very important to many software and hardware companies. Yet channel programs, specifically channel discount structures, are often thrown together quickly and haphazardly. Usually without looking at any real hard data. Let’s examine some of the key items that are advisable to consider when structuring a […]
Channel Pricing Strategy for Software and Hardware Products
Pricing software products and SaaS offerings is always a difficult exercise. With high product development costs, but very low costs of goods sold, there are many different pricing strategies that people have followed successfully (and not so successfully!) over time. Somewhat surprisingly, pricing hardware products is a bit simpler. A hardware business is much more […]
Business Models in the SMB Market
The SMB market is often a popular topic for hardware and software companies. Of course, first and foremost everyone wants to sell to the Enterprise market. But as a result, competition is fierce and standards are very high for these select large companies. If you get to the Enterprise market early with an innovation that […]
Selling Through OEMs
I’ve previously discussed selling through VARs as a distribution channel strongly favored (maybe a bit too much!) by many early-stage technology and software companies. In this article, I will look at another “holy grail” channel that is often misunderstood and misused: The Hardware & Software OEM Channel. This channel can pay big dividends. But more […]
Marketing and Selling Technology Products through the Value-Added Reseller (VAR) Channel
Selling through multiple channels is one of my preferred strategies in technology marketing. Done correctly, it allows a company to fully exploit its expensive, hard-earned intellectual property to the maximum extent. One of the most popular channels (and one of my favorites) used to sell B2B software and hardware is the Value-added Reseller or VAR […]
