NEC Partner Entel Systems, Inc. Automates High-Volume Email Marketing with the Help of the ZINFI Partner Portal

Reaching a large audience with minimal effort has become a key strategy for Entel Systems as it seeks increased brand awareness and efficient lead generation

Pleasanton, CA — April 30, 2019 — ZINFI Technologies, Inc., a company leading the definition and creation of Unified Partner Management (UPM) solutions, today announced that NEC Corporation of America (NEC) partner Entel Systems, Inc. has been using the ZINFI partner portal for two years to dramatically streamline its email marketing programs touting NEC’s unified communications solutions.

New Jersey-based Entel Systems is an authorized Solutions Integrator of NEC’s unified communications products, and currently provides telecommunications systems to more than 6,000 customers locally, in addition to its national customer base. NEC uses the web-based ZINFI partner portal to communicate with its global partner network, and provides partner organizations with access to the portal so they can take advantage of its extensive library of assets and tools for marketing and sales activities. Email campaigns are one of the most popular tools for portal users. Partners can easily co-brand and customize email templates to suit their local markets and specific target audiences. In a single email blast, Entel recently sent out 6,900 emails and was immediately rewarded with 900 opens to follow up on.

“Brand recognition is key in our industry,” says Judi Davidson, Inside Sales Supervisor at Entel. “You have to get your name in front of the customer as many times as you can.” Entel has found that sending frequent email blasts using the ZINFI partner portal is the most efficient way to do that. Davidson says the partner portal quickly turned her into a “one-woman marketing team.” Davidson simply formats and uploads a prospect list, selects a NEC email template from the partner portal that fits the target audience and the specific product she is marketing, modifies the template with Entel-specific branding and messaging, and schedules a blast. “NEC has some incredible ready-to-use templates in the ZINFI portal, which makes it easy to send several thousand emails in minutes.”

NEC partners using the portal can turn to ZINFI’s partner marketing concierge support for assistance if they have questions about navigation or using specific marketing tools, or if they just need help becoming familiar with the technology. Entel’s Davidson now has plans to use other tools in the portal to help her business. She would like to experiment with incorporating microsites into campaigns, and she is also interested in integrating Salesforce data with the partner portal so that both tools are always synced and up to date.

“The ZINFI partner portal has helped me reach a large audience with minimal effort,” says Davidson. “I think every business could benefit from a portal like this. Companies of every size need to boost their marketing and presence in order to secure sales, and the less time you spend designing email blasts the more time you have to generate new leads.”

For more information about Entel Systems’ use of the ZINFI partner portal, click here.

In 2018, ZINFI received recognition for its channel marketing automation leadership in two separate analyst reports from Forrester Research. Most recently, ZINFI was named a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Partner Relationship Management report, earning 13 perfect (5.0) scores for a broad range of specific evaluation criteria. Forrester cited ZINFI’s horizontal approach to the market and its “strong engineering pedigree,” noting that “ZINFI’s PRM solution provides robust global capabilities with excellent functionality, flexibility through a modular approach, and infinite customizations for complex channel environments.” Earlier in 2018, ZINFI was named a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Through-Channel Marketing Automation report, which praised the “robust functionality, modularity, and customizations” of ZINFI’s Unified Partner Management (UPM) platform—the only solution in the marketplace developed as a native platform for complete integration of partner relationship management (PRM), partner marketing management (PMM) and partner sales management (PSM).

To access more information about ZINFI’s Partner Relationship Management platform or to download a copy of ZINFI’s best practices guide on Partner Relationship Management, please visit our website at https://www.zinfi.com. You can also follow ZINFI Technologies on LinkedIn and at the ZINFI Channel Marketing Best Practices blog.

About Entel Systems

Entel Systems, Inc. is an authorized distributor of award-winning digital, hybrid, pure IP and hosted telephone and voicemail systems. Meeting the complex demands of today's fast-paced business environments requires Entel-ligent telecommunications solutions. From voice and data technology to responsible consultation… from expert installation and rearrangements to time-sensitive, on-site tech support… from authorized network services to comprehensive training, Entel Systems is your telecom partner for the life of your business. Visit us at www.entelsystems.com.

About NEC Corporation of America

NEC Corporation of America (NEC) is a leading technology integrator providing solutions that improve the way people work and communicate. NEC delivers integrated Solutions for Society that are aligned with our customers' priorities to create new value for people, businesses and society, with a special focus on safety, security and efficiency. We deliver one of the industry's strongest and most innovative portfolios of communications, analytics, security, biometrics and technology solutions that unleash customers' productivity potential. Through these solutions, NEC combines its best-in-class solutions and technology, and leverages a robust partner ecosystem to solve today's most complex business problems. NEC Corporation of America is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation, a global technology leader with a presence in 160 countries and $25 billion in revenues. For more information, please visit www.necam.com.

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About ZINFI Technologies

ZINFI Technologies, Inc., a company leading the definition and creation of Unified Partner Management (UPM) solutions, enables vendors and their channel partners to seamlessly collaborate in a virtual environment to achieve profitable growth on a global SaaS platform.

Headquartered in Silicon Valley, USA, we at ZINFI see an immense opportunity to build high-performing sales channels by deploying a powerful virtual collaboration platform that has been rated #1 by leading analyst firms for simple to complex enterprise channels.

ZINFI’s state-of-the-art SaaS Unified Partner Management (UPM) automation platform allows brands and their global partner networks to work together remotely throughout the entire partner lifecycle via three core state-of-the-art SaaS applications—partner relationship management, partner marketing management and partner sales management. ZINFI’s UPM is super easy to use and affordably priced, and it comes with a complete set of do-it-yourself tools in multiple languages.

For more information about ZINFI’s Unified Partner Management platform, please visit our website at www.zinfi.com. You can also follow ZINFI Technologies on LinkedIn and at the ZINFI Channel Marketing Best Practices blog.