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Finding deep insights on ISVs is a daily obsession of our Market Intelligence team. This webinar will give you the tools and strategies to understand how we do that so that you and your team can benefit from our expertise in this area.
If you are reading this article, I am assuming that you landed here because you are in need of reliable ISV data. Software companies with white labelling or embedded offers, and who are looking to sell with or to ISVs are becoming more and more prevalent.
Listen to this episode where Liz Lemarchand, MediaDev’s COO talks with Dan Outcalt, an OEM sales expert, about why it’s critical to have a big OEM sales funnel, perhaps even more so when selling to end-user customers, and how to build. Tune in!
It’s amazing to me how many people who work in the software industry are completely unaware about what OEM means. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not judging anyone here. I am merely pointing out that OEM is ignored more often than not. Which if you do understand the benefits of having an ISV-OEM strategy, clearly means that most software companies are missing out on a very profitable source of revenue.
ISV – OEM marketing is a beast. One of the things that most people don’t realize about OEM sales to ISVs is how critical timing is, which means it is super important to have a giant sales funnel. OEM sales cycles are usually long—in some cases taking upwards of 18 months to complete from start to finish. And of course, in the end, not everyone is going to opt for your offer, which means the more ISV leads you have, the better. What’s funny is that many OEM program holders don’t see it that way. They think that it’s
