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The Most Successful SMB SaaS Acquisition Channel Ever Built

Tom Tunguz

These resellers, in turn, employ literally millions of sellers, each effectively operating as an outsourced sales team for the cloud companies they service. Four years ago Microsoft launched Office 365, a subscription-based delivery model for their flagship product Office, and turned to partners in the channel to scale worldwide.

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How to Build Your Own SaaS Partner Program (with Landing Pages)

Unbounce

Dropbox has a long history of using referral rewards like this one to create goodwill, build engagement, and find new customers. Once the program is established and your engagement “flywheel” is in place, you can scale your program effectively as you bring on more of the right partners. This generates recurring revenue.