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The Private Offer Playbook: Building Winning Offers that Microsoft Sellers Can Champion
Private offers and transactable listings are quickly becoming table stakes for winning Microsoft field mindshare—especially for ISVs/SDCs aiming to accelerate co‑sell and close more enterprise deals. If you want Microsoft Account Executives (AEs) to bring your solution into customer conversations, you need more than a listing. You need a private offer they can champion—one that’s predictable, easy to position, aligned to Microsoft’s priorities, and helps drive customer incen
Feb 3
The Marketing Mix: Understanding the “Four Ps of Marketing”
Born in the 1950s, the “Marketing Mix” concept, also known as “ The Four Ps of Marketing ,” defines the essential components that should always be considered when crafting a marketing strategy—Product, Price, Place, and Promotion. Modern studies show that marketing teams using the “Four Ps” framework create more cohesive strategies, identify weaknesses faster, improve customer satisfaction, and significantly boost their chances of sales success. From better resource allocatio
Jan 6
The M4 Model: Crafting meaningful, memorable, metrics-based, and Microsoft-aligned messaging
In today’s competitive landscape, effective messaging is about more than just words—it’s about creating meaningful connections that inspire action. And for Microsoft partners that are trying to engage in co-sell, the challenge is to not only capture customers’ attention, but that of the Microsoft field as well—opening doors to deeper collaboration, increased visibility, and accelerated deal cycles. That’s why Cadence Preferred and Microsoft partnered to develop the M4 Messa
Oct 6, 2025
8 best practices for elevating your Microsoft co-sell game
Having helped a multitude of partners navigate the Microsoft co-sell process and take winning joint offers to market, we’ve gained...
Jul 1, 2025
Building a repeatable hero offer to amplify co-sell with Microsoft
Great offers don’t happen by accident. They’re strategic, persuasive, and built to win. But this also takes time and effort, especially...
May 6, 2025
Leveraging the MCEM methodology to close more deals
Designed to help partners collaborate and co-sell effectively with Microsoft, the Microsoft Customer Engagement Methodology – dubbed...
Mar 31, 2025
Cloud modernization simplified: selling the Azure cloud with just four simple words
The landscape of modern business has become increasingly digitized and data-centric—and it only continues to advance by the day. This raises the stakes for companies to operate on more complex, agile computing environments, making it essential for organizations to modernize their infrastructures in order to stay competitive in this evolving landscape. With the unprecedented demand […]</p>
May 2, 2023
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