JANUARY 18, 2007Issue 1
Most vendors spend very little of their time, or their marketing agency's time developing strategic channel marketing programs. Rather, collectively these vendors give $23 billion to channel sales people to spend as they see fit, supported by junior marketing people who are relegated to a production role.

Robert M. Cohen, President and Business Editor of Integrated mar.com.
 
 


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