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Budgeting and Planning Tips
Friday, November 17, 2023 2:00pm – 3:00pm ET
2024 is right around the corner which means you have probably already started building your marketing plan, but this could be a great session to see how others in our industry are looking at it, how they analyze where to put their marketing budget and how they present their plan to the rest of the organization. Take this hour to inspire and be inspired by other marketers in our community.
Discussion Leaders:
Amy Spencer, VP of Marketing, US, HSO
Khaled Nassra, Head of Marketing, Binary Stream
Lee Sharp, Director of Marketing and Communications, Unified A/R
Sponsored by The Partner Marketing Group
Marketing Analytics and How You Can Track Your ROI
Thursday, October 26, 2023 2:00pm – 3:00pm ET
As marketers, we get asked to validate if an event, activity or campaign was worth the effort or spend on a regular basis. During this call, we will discuss with some seasoned marketers what they track and what they do to ensure that they are getting the data they need in order to share with the appropriate stakeholders in their organizations.
Discussion Leaders:
Mary Miller, Marketing Director, Paytrace
Hannah Horning, Demand Generation Manager, Archerpoint
Mike Reid, Marketing Manager, Encore Business Solutions
Sponsored by GroupBloggers.
All About AI for Marketing
Wednesday September 20, 2023 1:00pm – 2:00pm ET
Our panelists will chat about using AI for content, social media and more. They'll share tips on coming up with great prompts, figuring out what tasks AI is great for (and not so much), and suggesting apps and tools they have experimented with. Don't miss out on this chance to level up your marketing game with AI!
Discussion Leaders:
Melissa Bell, Venn Technology
Peter Matejcek, WorflowX
Miranda Nguyen, Technology Management Concepts
Sponsored by The Solutions Connection
The Power of Blogs – How to Make it Easy, Stand Out & Where to Post
Thursday, June 29, 2023 at 2:00 pm ET
We know that blogging is great for building up your content library, but it can be a cumbersome task. We often get asked the questions;
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How do you make it easier?
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How do you stand out?
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Where should you post?
Join us to learn how to create blogs that will get people engaging, find ways to get extra mileage out of old content, and where it is best to post them. Plus, learn some tips and tools from our pros that will help you to write better blog articles faster.
Panelists:
Anya Ciecierski, ERP/CRM/Cloud Software Blog
Julie Stankey, NexVue Information Systems
Suzanne Scanlan, ArcherPoint
Sponsored by: emfluence
Employee Advocacy - Getting Your Team Involved in Marketing
Tuesday, May 30, 2023 11:00 – 12:00 pm ET
Most often organizations assume that marketing just falls on the marketing department. With digital marketing, this is simply no longer the case. Everyone within your company is a brand ambassador. So how do you get your colleagues in other departments to participate? Join our panel of experts to learn how you can get everyone involved and step up your marketing in new ways.
Discussion Leaders:
Megan Mann, commercebuild
Melissa Bell, Venn Technology
Danielle Moriana, Avanade
Sponsored by emfluence
April 2023: Paid Search and Paid Social – Costs, Results and Best Practices
Tuesday April 25, 2023 2:00-3:00pm
There is plenty of advice on this topic, but what really counts is what works in our unique channel. This session will discuss the specifics of paid search and paid social done by three marketers focused on branding and lead generation for their ERP/CRM partner organizations.
Discussion Leaders:
Ben Scotland, Catapult
Emily Gillingham, Sylogist
Brent Knowles, RSM US
Sponsored by emfluence
March 2023: Managing Account Based Marketing on a Smaller Scale
Tuesday March 21, 2023 3:00-4:00pm
We’ve heard a lot of success stories around account-based marketing for larger companies, but does this strategy really work for smaller ones? Learn about what you need to adapt in order to get the most out of this strategy for SMBs.
Discussion Leaders:
Natalie Jackson, Director, Demand Generation, CBIZ
Jemina Boyd, Director of Marketing, PairSoft
Kelleigh Lang, Senior Marketing Manager ABM, Avalara
Sponsored by: Marketing CoPilot
February 2023: Creative Ways to Drive Attendance to Webinars
Friday February 17, 2023 1:00-2:00pm
Are webinars still working for you? With the virtual webinar and conference world exploding with new players and strategies over the past few years, marketers have had to become more creative than ever to drive attendance. Learn some tips and tricks as other marketers share their ideas on how they get webinars to work for them.
Discussion Leaders:
Brian Neufeld, Director of Marketing, Insight Works
Daniel Adams, Digital Manager, Greenshades
Jen Childress, Director of Marketing, Vicinity Software
Sponsored by: The ISV Society
January 2023: Hiring Tips to Find Marketing Talent and Skills Marketers Should Develop to be Hired
Thursday January 26, 2023 2:30-3:30pm ET
What are successful companies doing now to find marketing talent? Hear from three executives responsible for hiring and managing marketing teams in our channel. Find out the places they look, the skills they hire for and what job seekers should know to get hired.
Discussion Leaders:
Amy Spencer, VP of Marketing US, HSO
Monica Hoyer, Marketing Director, emfluence
Danica Weappa, Director of Marketing, Greenshades
Sponsored by: Workflowx
November 2022: Success and Failures with Marketing Automation
Some people think email marketing is dead, but we are ready to argue that it has just evolved. Now more than ever we need to learn how marketing automation can help to make our email marketing activities more effective. Marketing automation software should save time (and money). Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. In this session, three marketers will talk about their best practices, the systems they have used, their success, and their failures too.
Discussion Leaders:
Roland Chi, Marketing Automation Expert / Digital Marketing Strategist, Technology Management Concepts
Vincent Kelly, Head Of Marketing, Solgari
Hannah Horning, Demand Generation Manager, ArcherPoint
Sponsored by: ClickDimensions
October 2022: How Marketing Can Align With Sales and Beyond
We hear all that time that sales and marketing need to be aligned. But what does that actually mean? What are the steps needed to make it happen? Also find out why it is important for other teams within the organization to be aligned to add more value to the marketing messaging and strategy.
Discussion Leaders:
Timothy Britton, Marketing Manager, Innovia Consulting
Samantha Bush, Marketing Programs Manager, FloQast
Greg Miles, Marketing Manager, iCepts Technology Group
Sponsored by: Stratos Cloud Alliance
September 2022: Non-Mainstream Marketing Strategies Channel Marketers Are Experimenting On
B2B marketing doesn’t have to be boring. Find out how some Partners are taking creative B2C tactics and adjusting them to make an impact in our industry. Then share your ideas of what you are working on.
Discussion leaders:
Khaled Nassra, Head of Marketing, Binary Stream
Amisha Gandhi, SVP Marketing, Tipalti
Tania Konczynski, Global Marketing Director, Bam Boom Cloud
Sponsored by: The Solutions Connection
June 2022: Marketing with Videos: Best Practices, Tools, Topics and Promotions
Videos have become more important than ever in our digital marketing strategy and it is important that we continuously stay up to date on what are the latest trends. Bring your questions and get ready to learn as we talk to some of the marketers who have been able to make the most of their video strategy.
Discussion leaders:
Lindy Belley, Senior Marketing Manager, HSO
Melissa Greenhill, Marketing Specialist, Encore Business Solutions
Troy Grabel, Marketing Director
Sponsored by: emfluence
May 2022: Let’s talk marketing analytics! Which web, email, and social metrics should you track?
Do you know which web, email and social metrics you should be tracking? It is hard to know and understand them all. Join our Marketing Group Chat to learn how to measure your efforts more effectively, including what metrics make sense to track and which ones you can ignore.
Discussion leaders:
Amanda Sherry, Director of Marketing, Professional Services Industry, HSO
Mike Reid, Marketing Manager/Demand Generation, Encore Business Solutions
Sheyna Webster, Senior Demand Generation Manager, SourceDay
Sponsored by: MarketingCopilot
April 2022: Ask a VAR: How Can an ISV Get Better Engagement and Build a Partnership?
ISVs want to engage with more resellers, resellers are inundated with marketing requests. How do they work together? Join our Marketing Group Chat where Resellers and ISVs can learn how to be more collaborative.
Discussion leaders:
Kat Wuethrich, Client Services, Admiral Consulting Group
Abra Gilman, Practice Lead, Collins Computing
Robert Jolliffe, Owner, Sabre Limited
Sponsored by: MSDynamicsWorld
March 2022: How to be Successful with In-Person and Virtual Events
We all host, sponsor, and attend a variety of events such as webinars, tradeshows, and user events - virtual and online. As the world (tries!) to get back to normal, what are some best practices and latest trends for planning, attending, and following up on events in our ERP/CRM industry? How can marketers select which events to sponsor and fit that into their marketing budgets?
Discussion leaders:
Chelsea DiDio, RSM
Steve Dwyer, WithoutWire
Danielle Parks, Enavate
Sponsored by: ERP/CRM Software Blog
February 2022: Topic: All You Want to Know About Creating a Podcast
Have you been thinking about starting a podcast to promote your business/product? In this call, we will talk with several ERP/CRM marketers that are podcasters. Find out the pros and the cons, the tools they use, and what it takes to make it successful. Plus, an alternative option if a full podcast is not the right fit.
Discussion leaders:
Amiee Keenan, The ISV Society (The ISV Society Podcast)
Darcy Boerio, DAB Partners (Enterprise Software Podcast)
Rick McCutcheon, PartnerTalks (PartnerTalks Interview Series)