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The BRAG SYSTEM
The CHASM System
THE STAMP System

Bridge the CHASMs in your Partnerships …

To achieve sustainable growth and stay ahead of your competitors! When you implement The CHASM® System to define your Go-To-Market strategy and channel partner program, you will grow partner loyalty and revenue in a cost-effective manner for profitable and successful Go-To-Market models and partnering relationships. The CHASM® System comprises a suite of workshops and coaching sessions to develop and implement sales channel strategy and business plans for organizations and their reseller and alliance partners. These workshops focus on strategy and planning for increasing revenue for both businesses through improved relationships and effective management and communication.


Market Coverage Strategy

In this workshop you will use strategic business modelling tools to analyse key aspects of your sales performance to clarify your current situation and identify the best go-to-market strategy for each area of your business. You will define and prioritise your core areas of focus to drive your planned growth. For the executive and sales and marketing managers to define the optimal Go-To-Market structure and market coverage strategy including target market analysis, selection, value propositions and actions plans.


Channel Program Strategy

In the second workshop you will identify the key issues to be addressed in your channels relationships and define your strategies and policies to be built into a profitable Partner Management Program. The output of this workshop is a CHASM® Channels Program Plan. For the executive and senior sales, marketing and partner managers to define and plan your channels management policies, structure and support program.


Value Relationships

For senior managers and partner management teams to enhance their skills in relationship building and communication to create business relationships that deliver value to each party.


Partner Management

For channel managers and all who support the partners to enhance their skills in account managing their partners and build a partner management plan that focuses on generating revenue.


Joint Business Planning

For the management teams of both partners to plan the business development for the partnership to grow revenue and develop their relationship. This workshop is customised for each specific partnership - whether it is new or established or an annual partner plan update workshop.


Partner Business Planning

A suite of 6 half-day workshop modules for management, sales and marketing teams of the reseller channel partner companies to enhance their business acumen and create their own business plan covering sales and marketing.


The 6 workshops comprise:

1. Business Analysis
2. Revenue Growth Planning
3. Marketing and Promotions
4. Sales Management
5. Vendor Relationship Management
6. Financing for Growth

Your Outcomes

The core deliverables from The CHASM®  System are practical and strategic plans focused on building profitable relationships with your partners to successfully implement your Go-To-Market strategy. These plans are developed by you and your team and mostly completed in the facilitated workshops.
By implementing the CHASM®  System you will identify:

» The key focus areas for your partner relationships to achieve your defined objectives
»Clearly defined Go-To-Market strategies, target markets and communications
»The most effective Go-To-Market and Channel strategies for you to deploy
»Strategic processes to improve reseller businesses
»Clarity on the requirements for successful partnering
»A comprehensive and effective Channels Program
»Identification of your key channel management processes and policies
»Action Plan to profitably increase sales channels revenue




Additional value

Other benefits realised as a result of implementing The CHASM®  System are:


» Consensus and commitment from everyone critical to the plan
» Identification of key business issues and solutions through analysis and discussion
» Enhancement of skills and expertise in business analysis and strategic planning
» Team-building from team-oriented activities enabling everyone to share their ideas
» Improved communication both internally and externally to your business
» The opportunity to observe participants’ attitudes and creative abilities
» Increased motivation from participating in the strategy setting process and understanding the “why” behind decisions

Bespoke GTM Framework

This is a strategic approach to solving operational issues in Go-To-Market functions such as Channel Partner and Territory Management. The Bespoke Frameworks are developed specifically for your organisation to increase the productivity and effectiveness of your teams and reduce the cost of sales. The Bespoke GTM Framework delivers high value to companies that have previously implemented other methodologies resulting in a conglomeration of mismatched processes from various sources. The Framework incorporates a process of taking the best of what works currently and filling the gaps with appropriate best practice processes to create a management framework and training that matches your business environment exactly.


Working with Siebel Systems, Marketing Integration facilitated strategy and channel partner planning throughout the Asia Pacific region for companies such as Cisco, HP, Microsoft, Honeywell and Oracle. Cisco was facilitated through developing an Asia Pacific Channel Partner’s Business Plan that comprised input and agreement from all the country branches. They were also assisted in implementing this channels plan and joint partner planning processes throughout the region. This process increased channels revenue and greatly enhanced partner loyalty for Cisco, changing the way they do business with their resellers.

Janeen has facilitated many channel planning workshops for Cisco Systems in Asia Pacific. Her workshop style is very engaging and her facilitation technique ensures people actively participate and learn simultaneously. These workshops have demonstrated her depth of expertise in channels strategy planning and building profitable channels relationships. The channel management plans we have developed in the workshops have been practical and creative and have enabled us to grow channel revenue and loyalty. We have benefited greatly from Janeen’s extensive experience in the channels environment.

- Manager Channel Operations & Strategy, Asia-Pacific, Cisco Systems