5 tactics to scale your agency

For every dollar a local business owner spends on technology and digital solutions, $2.50 is spent on implementation and ongoing services from marketing agencies and other local experts. Digital technology is a $220 billion market that is rapidly expanding and comes with its own set of challenges. A 2020 survey of more than 600 respondents reveals local agencies and business experts saying their inability to scale operations is the number one challenge they face in providing digital solutions to local businesses.

Vendasta welcomes JazzHR to Marketplace

Vendasta is proud to welcome JazzHR to its wholesale marketplace, marking the first time partners can sell hiring software to small or medium-sized businesses (SMBs) directly from the platform.

MarTech Interview with Brendan King, CEO of Vendasta

SMEs are the backbone of our economy, what does it take to ensure steady ROI and growth as events surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic continue to create disruptions? Brendan King, CEO of Vendasta takes the time to share his thoughts in this chat.

As COVID-19 restrictions drop, Canadian companies are rethinking business travel. For some, much of it is no longer necessary

Brendan King remembers being on the road for the bulk of his working hours, until COVID-19 brought all travel to a screeching halt. The client base of his Saskatoon-based software firm is overwhelmingly American, so he was worried when he couldn’t meet them through face-to-face travel any more. But the Vendasta Technologies Inc. chief executive discovered that it didn’t matter.

E-commerce company Vendasta nurtures Saskatoon’s tech talent

For some businesses, the pandemic has been nothing short of catastrophic. For others, it’s been survivable, but an uncertain, uphill slog. Then there are companies like Vendasta, which has been able to continue along its growth trajectory that was well underway before COVID-19 changed everything. Vendasta provides an end-to-end commerce platform for local channel partners who market, sell, bill, fulfill and deliver digital solutions to small and medium-sized businesses. Those channel partners are most often marketing, advertising or web agencies, media companies or independent software vendors, who in turn brand the white-label solutions and sell to virtually every kind of small business.

Meet The 2021 Killer Content Award Winners

Every year, we look forward to the Killer Content Awards because it gives us the chance to celebrate the B2B brands that are pushing the creative limits with their content marketing. But I think we can all agree after the year we had in 2020, we could really use a celebration. Vendasta’s Conquer Local Podcast hosted by George Leith won the 2021 Killer Content Award for Audio Content. 

Vendasta secures $119.5 million in venture funding after pausing IPO plans

Saskatoon-based software startup Vendasta has secured $119.5 million CAD in funding as part of a change in plans that will see the company put its IPO on hold. The round, which consisted entirely of primary financing, was led by New York’s Lugard Road Capital, and saw participation from Nicola Wealth, the Canadian Business Growth Fund (CBGF), and a group of other undisclosed existing investors.