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A Comprehensive Comparison Between B2B and B2SMB Business Models

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Additionally, B2B transactions can involve the exchange of services, such as a marketing agency providing advertising services to a software company. Hence, their methods often rely on a mix of direct sales teams, targeted campaigns, and partnerships to reach corporate clients.

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Using CPQ’s Pricing Features to Maximize Profit Margins Across Channels

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Key challenges include: Channel Conflicts: If a distributor sells at a lower price than the direct sales team, it can create internal competition and damage relationships. Discrepancies between direct sales teams, online platforms, and channel partners can lead to confusion, customer dissatisfaction, and even lost revenue.

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Maximizing ROI with CPQ: 10 Best Practices for Sales Success

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Enable deal-specific configurations, allowing sales reps to modify product bundles dynamically while ensuring pricing integrity. For companies with channel sales or partner ecosystems, define distinct quoting workflows for resellers, distributors, and direct sales teams.

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Channel Sales for SaaS: What It Is, When it Works, and How to Build Your Own

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For the uninitiated, channel sales refers to the process of partnering with third parties to get your product into the end user’s hands. Part of the appeal of this approach is that it’s a very effective way to scale revenue without having to go through the expense and effort of scaling your direct sales team.

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What Is Enterprise OEM Software Licensing?

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For a small licensee working with a much larger company, this can be a game-changing form of advertising. In building an OEM channel, there can be internal competition between your direct sales force and your OEM sales force because end-customers can also be potential OEM customers.