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SaaS Channels by Mind Map: SaaS Channels

1. Setup & Oboarding

1.1. Partner Set-Up

1.2. Employee Setup

1.3. Initial Training

1.4. 90 Day Ramp Up

2. Certification Levels

2.1. Levels as Incentives

2.2. Level Requirements

2.3. Level Benefits

2.4. Annual Review

2.5. Quarterly Bumps

3. Channel Types

3.1. Sales

3.2. Service

3.3. VAR

3.4. Development

4. Costs and Benefits

4.1. Increased Sales

4.2. Program Fees

4.3. Core Focus

4.4. Business Valuation

4.5. Marketing Reach

4.6. Management Cost

4.7. Enablement Cost

4.8. Marketing Cost

4.9. Lower Margins

4.10. Service Dollars

5. Relationship Terms

5.1. Program Fees

5.1.1. Application Fees

5.1.2. Annual Fees

5.1.3. Extra Training Fees

5.2. Partner Commitments

5.2.1. Planning

5.2.2. Enablement

5.2.3. Marketing Execution

5.2.4. Sales Volume

5.3. Commissions

5.4. Engagement Rules

5.4.1. Lead Registration

5.4.2. Strategic Accounts

5.4.3. Owned Accounts

5.5. Deal Discounting

5.5.1. Partner Only Discounts

5.5.2. Shared Discounts

5.5.3. Renewal Discounts

5.5.4. Term Length & Payment

5.6. Customer Ownership

5.6.1. Contracts

5.6.2. Provisioning

5.6.3. Implementation

5.6.4. L1/L2 Support

5.6.5. Renewals

5.7. Partner Licenses

6. Partner Recruiting

6.1. Ideal Profile

6.1.1. Institutional

6.1.2. Growth Oriented

6.1.3. Business Model Match

6.1.4. Domain Competency

6.1.5. Technical Competency

6.1.6. Local Market Presence

6.1.7. Installed Base

6.2. Recruiting Outreach

6.3. Due Diligence

7. Getting Started

7.1. Attractive Offer

7.1.1. ARR Opportunity

7.1.1.1. Vol. Account Acquisition

7.1.1.2. Avg. Account Size

7.1.2. Service Opportunity

7.1.2.1. configuration

7.1.2.2. training

7.1.2.3. customization

7.1.2.4. integration

7.1.2.5. support

7.1.3. Program Terms

7.2. Minimum Investment

7.2.1. Min. Requirements

7.2.1.1. Program

7.2.1.2. Recruiting

7.2.1.3. Marketing

7.2.1.4. Enablement

7.2.2. Self-Fund Management

7.2.2.1. Fees

7.2.2.2. Costs

7.2.3. Multilevel Channel

7.2.3.1. Percent to Partner

7.2.3.2. Percent to Manager

7.3. Short Term Impact

7.4. Iterative Approach

8. Partner Enablement

8.1. Training & Certification

8.1.1. Marketing

8.1.2. Sales

8.1.3. Presales

8.1.4. Implementation

8.1.5. Support

8.1.6. Development

8.2. Partner Portals

8.3. Program Helpdesk

9. Channel Marketing

9.1. Lead Routing

9.1.1. Strategic or Not

9.1.2. Service Pack or Not

9.1.3. then By Partner Match

9.1.3.1. Level

9.1.3.2. Geo

9.1.3.3. Specialty

9.2. Lead Acceptance

9.3. Marketing Templates

9.4. Co-Marketing

9.5. Marketing Dev. Funds

9.6. Business Dev. Funds

10. Channel Sales

10.1. Management Co-Selling

10.2. Presales Support

10.3. Strategic Accounts

10.4. Demo environments

10.5. Resources & Collateral

10.6. Channel Confilct

10.7. Lead Registration

11. System Deployment

11.1. Template Solutions

11.2. Deployment Guides

11.2.1. Configuration

11.2.2. Customization

11.2.3. Integration

11.3. Project Coaching

11.4. Service Hours

12. Customer Support

12.1. Level One Support

12.2. Level Two Support

12.3. NOT implementation support

13. Managing Partners

13.1. Business Planning

13.2. Sales Cadence

13.3. Pipeline Support

13.4. Renewal Management

13.5. Level Updates

13.6. Channel Cadence

13.7. Advisory Boards