126. Jesper Larsen, Partner Director, Voyado - How to build Partnership Programs that drive real business value!
Feb 6, 2024
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Jesper Larsen from Voyado discusses building partnership programs that drive business value. Topics include defining partner program objectives, resource allocation, partner organization structures, and key KPIs for success. Learn how partnerships accelerate business growth.
Identifying ideal partner profiles and aligning with strategic goals enhances partnership effectiveness.
Effective enablement strategies are crucial for empowering partners and maximizing the value of partnerships.
Deep dives
Importance of Understanding Ideal Partner Profile
Jesper highlights the significance of knowing your ideal partner profile, similar to understanding the ideal customer profile. He underlines the necessity of identifying whether partnerships are for engineering capacity or lead generation, emphasizing the importance of aligning partner profiles with strategic goals to ensure effective partnerships.
Critical Role of Enablement in Partnerships
Enablement emerges as a key theme in partnerships, with a focus on educating and supporting partners to implement and sell products effectively. Jesper stresses the need for robust enablement strategies to empower partners, highlighting that effective enablement is crucial for maximizing the value of partnerships.
Types of Partnerships: Capacity Building vs. Sales Channel
Jesper categorizes partnerships into capacity-building and revenue-focused categories, urging clarity on the type of partnerships needed. He underscores the importance of aligning partner activities with internal organizational goals, emphasizing the value of defining partner roles to drive successful partnerships.
Emphasis on Strategic Enablement Planning
Strategic enablement planning is crucial for successful partnerships, ensuring partners are equipped with the necessary knowledge and resources to deliver value. Jesper advocates for early consideration of partner enablement to set the foundation for productive and impactful partnerships, stressing the significance of training and support for partners.
In this episode, we speak with Jesper Larsen, Partner Director, Voyado, the loyalty platform, Voyado unifies data and insights so marketers can understand their customers throughout the entire customer lifecycle.
We talked with Jesper about what it takes to build Partnerships & Alliances that drive real business value! In particular, we are looking into the dynamics of defining a partner program that is fundamentally aligned with the business's overall objective:
- Which are the 3 main business cases to build a partner program around?
- Where do you need to allocate resources to get your partnership program off the ground?
- How does a partner organization need to be structured, based on what kind of partnership programs you run?
- What are some key KPIs that you can use to track the success of the 3 different partner models?
These are some of the many questions we address with Jesper. Please tune in to learn how Jesper and the team are leveraging partnerships to accelerate their business growth.
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