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May 18, 2010
Khali Henderson |
Energy + Telecom: A Good Match Many of the nation's utilities also are its telecom service providers.   |
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May 19, 2009
Cara Sievers |
Plugging Into Energy Expense Management Even if an agent isn't interested in selling energy, there are other opportunities to be had in the market. |
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May 18, 2010 |
Is Energy the Next Big Thing for the Telecom Channel? Agents weigh in on the utility market in telecom. |
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December 30, 2009
Khali Henderson |
What Are the Primary Agent Business Models? Descriptions of the several types of agents in the telecom industry. |
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March 9, 2010 |
Energy Presents New Frontier for Telcos Executives from both telcos and power utilities see a series of developments that have brought the talk of convergence to the fore. |
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January 26, 2010
Ken Rowen |
Energy Regulation: Watts Up With That? As of today, 13 states and the District of Columbia have great variance in methodologies and regulations among them. |
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December 22, 2009 |
How Will the Communications Industry's Indirect Channel Be Transformed in the Next 10 Years? Telecom executives weigh in on what the future holds for the telecom industry. |
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August 28, 2009 |
PHONE+ Asks ... Does Exclusivity Pay? Telecom industry consultants weigh in on whether exclusive vendor contracts makes good business sense. |
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December 28, 2009
Cara Sievers |
The Channel: A Look Back Agent news highlights from the last ten years in the telecom industry. |
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tw telecom Relaunches Partner Program Four years after acquiring its first agent program with the purchase of Xspedius in 2006, tw telecom in 2010 it relaunched its program, changed some of the rules of engagement and is investing in more support for agents. |
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October 28, 2009
Trent & Troy McCracken |
How to Sell a TEM Solution Selling a TEM/TLM requires an agent to understand more than just the advantages of a new telecom service. |
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May 19, 2009 |
Thinking Out of the Telecom Box To survive the recession, telecom agents need to take a long, hard look at their businesses. |
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December 22, 2009 |
What Was the Most Significant Development in the Indirect Channel in the Last Decade? Telecom executives weigh in on the most significant development in the indirect channel industry. |
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March 23, 2010 |
Do Agents Have a Chance Fighting Mass Terminations from Carriers? Telecom experts off their opinions on how agents might be able to deal with carrier downsizing. |
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Back to Basics: Channel Partners Fact Book 2011 An editorial regarding the inspiration and intention of the Channel Partners Fact Book guide for telephony agents. |
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November 23, 2009
Joslyn Faust |
Downturn Prompts Diversification of Agent Business A large number of telephony agents are taking action to represent other carriers, carry different products and services, or sell to different types of customers. |
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Channel Partners Asks: What Is Your Business Goal for 2011? A focus on business growth for 2011 is the major theme. |
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February 2, 2010
Greg L. Taylor |
Tired of Being Bullied? More and more agents are feeling taken advantage of by carriers. This article discusses some options to solve the problem. |
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January 29, 2010
Khali Henderson |
On-Demand CRM for Telecom Agents Debuts After a year in beta testing, Qudex announced in fall 2009 a new on-demand CRM package just for telecom. The software as a service application was designed for customers, carriers and agents to manage telecom assets. |
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M&A Impact on Agent Contracts Attorney Ben Bronston describes how carrier consolidation impacts agents' revenue streams. The best way to protect yourself is to negotiate your key agreements with the help of an experienced telecom lawyer on the front end. |
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PHONE+ Asks: How Will Carrier Consolidation Impact the Agent Channel? Several agents weigh in on this question. |
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August 13, 2009
Khali Henderson |
Going Global: Agents Find New Revenue Selling International Services to MNCs For telecom agents feeling the squeeze on domestic business, helping U.S. companies' develop their telecommunications systems for going global can not be ignored. |
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December 30, 2009 |
Channel 101 -- PHONE+ Fact Book 2010 An updated primer of telecom industry basics. |
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December 22, 2009 |
What Was the Most Significant Development -- Positive or Negative -- in the Competitive Landscape in the Last Decade? Telecom executives weigh in on good and bad developments among telecom providers. |
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September 2007
Ian Jacobs |
Across the Universe Contact center managers have begun to examine this idea of the universal agent, agents theoretically capable of handling any contact, via any channel. |
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April 23, 2010 |
What Makes a Service Provider Easy to Do Business With? Telecom agents offer their opinions. |
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December 30, 2009
Cara Sievers |
Back Office: What Do You Need to Run an Agency? To be able to concentrate on selling to current customers and generating relationships that will hopefully create new customers, agents must be cognizant of everything that needs to happen smoothly behind the scenes. |
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May 11, 2010
Khali Henderson |
Agents Reinvent TEM Keeping telecom environments and expenses under control for customers requires regular monitoring and management. |
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April 27, 2010
O'Hanlon & Henderson |
Making Agent-VAR Partnerships Work Five companies share their successes. |
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December 30, 2009
Khali Henderson |
How Is the Agent Channel Organized? The indirect channel for communications network services has evolved somewhat differently than those for voice and data telephony gear. |
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February 16, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Have an Agent in Your Corner Buying a house is stressful enough without having to worry about whether you can trust the real estate agent you're working with. By using a dedicated buyers' agent, you can make sure your agent is working for you. |
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May 1, 2009 |
Agent Roundtable 2009 Six agency owners to discuss the challenges and opportunities they are experiencing in selling carrier services and diversifying their offers. |
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Rebecca Rosen |
Asset Management: Maximizing Your Provider Partnerships Leveraging your carriers' resources to ease or accelerate success as an indirect sales agent. |
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February 17, 2010
Khali Henderson |
Q&A With TelePacific Channel Chief Ken Bisnoff TelePacific Communications announced in early January that Ken Bisnoff has retaken the reins of the CLEC's TelePartner program, following the resignation of Justin Chris-Tensen |
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December 30, 2009
Khali Henderson |
What Should an Agent Look for in a Partner Program? As an agent, you must evaluate many criteria before entering into a distribution agreement with carrier or master agency -- both about the supplier and its partner program. Here are some tips to get you started. |
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May 19, 2009
Cara Sievers |
Finding OpporTUNEity in Ambient Music Systems Agents should consider selling background music systems both to retail and business clients. |
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Ethical Dilemma No. 5: Referral Quid Pro Quo Indirect sales agents and their carrier suppliers are featured discussing an ethical dilemma in the communications industry channel. |
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September 17, 2009
Khali Henderson |
Business Cable TV Now Available to TWC Agents Now, agents in the Time Warner Cable Business Class Partner Program can offer small and medium businesses Internet, phone and TV on a single bill. |
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June 12, 2009
Cara Sievers |
Frontier to Follow FairPoint's Footsteps? Since FairPoint Communications Inc. acquired the Verizon landline business in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont in March 2008, a few channel partners have expressed disappointment. |
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July 28, 2009
Cara Sievers |
Surprise Surcharges When comparing rates during the quoting process or working with a customer to decipher line items on bills, agents often come up against hidden charges and are forced to provide an explanation for the fees. |
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January 12, 2010 |
Can An Agent Survive on Referrals Alone? Referrals can be a great way of building a business and should be a part of any sales process, but a business will not be able to grow on referrals alone. |
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May 25, 2010 |
Ethical Dilemma No. 4: First Quote or Ink Wins? Policies for preventing quoting conflicts between competing agents working with the same master agent. |
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August 27, 2009
Cara Sievers |
Telarus Discusses Implications of GeoQuote Patent The patent covers technology that powers Telarus' public-facing lead-generation sites as well as its password-protected agent back-office sites. |
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May 22, 2009
Cara Sievers |
Q&A With One Communications' Channel Chief Michael Fair In order to facilitate more closely focused and more localized channel management, Massachusetts-based One Communications, announced plans to grow its channel management team by 50 percent this year. |
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June 22, 2009
Khali Henderson |
Global Crossing's Double Team In the first half of 2009 Global Crossing Ltd. (GLBC) recruited not one but two executives to lead its indirect sales team and revamped its partner playbook. |
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September 16, 2009
Lynn McCullough |
Agents Identify 7 Best Practices for Channel Managers Agents share their points of view on what can be done on a daily basis to ensure the best possible customer experience. |
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August 10, 2009
Cara Sievers |
Clearwire Signs WTG as Master Agent World Telecom Group in July became the first national business-to-business master agent to sell CLEAR, a mobile WiMAX service offered by Clearwire Communications LLC, an operating subsidiary of Clearwire Corp |
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April 6, 2010
Natasha Royer Coons |
Giving Wireless a Second Chance Despite the continued evolution of the cellular networks and technologies, increasing bandwidth, and the almost ubiquitous usage of smart devices in the business world, telecom agents have not been compelled to embrace the wireless sale. |
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January 21, 2010
Cara Sievers |
Creating Customer Loyalty -- Best Practices for Keeping Clients Building customer loyalty and being a successful business owner go hand in hand. |
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January 26, 2010 |
Ethical Dilemmas in the Channel, Part 2 Should agents share commissions with customers? |
