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How to choose a Microsoft Partner marketing agency (2026)

A practical buyer's guide to picking a Microsoft Partner marketing agency - what to ask, what to avoid, and how to tell channel-native from channel-curious.

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Getting cited in Copilot: a Microsoft Partner's SEO playbook

Buyers are asking Copilot, ChatGPT and Gemini who the right Microsoft Partner is. Here's how to be the one they recommend.

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Microsoft Partner directory SEO: what actually moves you up

Most Microsoft Partners treat their AppSource and Solutions Partner profiles as set-and-forget. Here's what actually moves them up the listings.

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Think Frontier - before your competitors do it for you

Microsoft's Frontier Firm shift is already landing with your customers. Most partner marketing hasn't caught up. Here's what thinking Frontier actually looks like.

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MSP lead generation strategies for Microsoft partners

A practical playbook of the lead generation plays that actually fill pipeline for MSPs, Microsoft partners, distributors and ISVs - and how to run them well.

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10 marketing red flags Microsoft partners should look out for

If marketing feels busy but underwhelming, there is usually a reason. Here are ten warning signs worth paying attention to.

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15 lead generation plays for Microsoft partners

Fifteen practical lead-gen plays you can run as a Microsoft partner, most without needing a huge budget.

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Building a different type of channel marketing agency

Why we built Resultful, and how we are different from a generic B2B agency taking on Microsoft partner work.

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Building influence with Microsoft sellers in 2026

Turning seller-engagement theory into practical, repeatable habits.

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Choosing a full service Microsoft partner marketing agency

A practical guide to picking the right marketing agency for your partner business.

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Effective Microsoft partner marketing and why most approaches fail

Why most partner marketing under-delivers, and what the best partners do differently.

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How Microsoft partners can build a scalable lead generation engine

A practical roadmap for moving from referral-led to repeatable, scalable lead generation.

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How Microsoft partners can still leverage outbound lead generation

Outbound is not dead, but it does need to be done well. Here is how partners can make it work.

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How Microsoft partners can use marketing experience to grow

Why your bench of marketing experience is a competitive moat, and how to use it.

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How partners can build their brand inside Microsoft

A practical framework for building brand presence inside Microsoft, with sellers, BG leaders and partner teams.

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How poor websites hold Microsoft partners back

Your website is your shop window. For too many partners, it's holding the rest of the business back.

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Lead gen challenges your foundations might be the problem

If your lead-gen isn't working, the channel is rarely the problem. Usually it's your foundations.

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Making the most of your Microsoft partner co-op

A practical guide to planning, claiming and getting the most from your Microsoft Partner co-op funding.

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Marketing with intent edition 03 propositions

Edition 03 of Marketing with Intent, sharpening your value proposition.

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Marketing with intent newsletter 04 marketing tactics

Edition 04, which marketing tactics are worth the bet right now.

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Marketing with intent newsletter 05 marketing resource

Edition 05, building, structuring and getting more out of your marketing resource.

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Marketing with intent newsletter 06 verticalisation

Edition 06, verticalisation done well.

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Marketing with intent newsletter edition 01

Edition 01 of Marketing with Intent, the launch issue.

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Marketing with intent newsletter edition 02

Edition 02, getting clearer about your audience and your bets.

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Marketings role in helping customers become frontier firms

How partner marketing can support customers on the path to becoming AI-first frontier firms.

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Microsoft marketing funding

A clear-eyed view of how Microsoft marketing funding works, and how to make it work for you.

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Moving from driving clicks to capturing sales ready leads

Impressions and clicks are easy. Pipeline is the metric that actually matters.

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Resultful launches its inaugural Microsoft partners annual calendar

A look at our first Microsoft Partners annual desk calendar, what it covers and why we built it.

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SEO best practices for listing solutions on the Microsoft marketplace

How ISVs can stop treating the Microsoft Marketplace like a black box.

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The benefits of choosing a Microsoft focused marketing agency

Why specialism beats generalism when it comes to Microsoft partner marketing.

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The common Microsoft partner marketing challenges we see

The patterns that come up again and again across Microsoft partner marketing teams.

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The makeup of a good Microsoft partner SEO strategy

What a serious SEO strategy looks like for a Microsoft partner, beyond the basics.

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The Microsoft partner guide to taking a new solution to market

A cleaner path for partners launching a new solution.

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Tips on auditing your Microsoft partner marketing strategy

A practical framework for auditing your own partner marketing strategy.

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What Microsoft partners need to ask when vetting a marketing agency

The questions that separate marketing agencies that get the Microsoft partner model from those that do not.

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Where to start when setting marketing objectives

A simple way to set marketing objectives that actually link to commercial outcomes.

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Why marketing and Microsoft alliances work better together

Why marketing and alliances belong in the same conversation, and what to do about it.

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Why Microsoft partners should obsess over marketing funnel data

Why funnel data is the most underused asset in most partner marketing teams.

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Your AI content sounds like everyone elses AI content

Why most AI-written content on LinkedIn is indistinguishable, and what to do about it.

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