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Sara is consulting editor of CRN, a post she has held since January 2017. 

She joined CRN in 2000 and before that worked on local daily newspaper The Northampton Chronicle & Echo for three years covering areas such as crime, local politics, education, business and transport.

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Articles by Sara Yirrell

Catching up with the SMA judges - Part One
  • Enterprise
Catching up with the SMA judges - Part One

A handful of our Sales and Marketing Awards judges discuss why the awards are so important for the industry, why they enjoy being part of the panel, and what they are hoping to see in this year's entries

  • 23 February 2021
SMAs 2021 - FAQs
  • Enterprise
SMAs 2021 - FAQs

If you have any questions about the 2021 Sales and Marketing Awards, hopefully they will be answered below. Some of the answers may be a little tongue-in-cheek, but we all need a bit of humour in our lives, right?

  • 19 January 2021
The 2021 Sales and Marketing Awards have launched TODAY!
  • Enterprise
The 2021 Sales and Marketing Awards have launched TODAY!

It is with great pleasure that we can announce that the CRN 2021 Sales and Marketing Awards are now open for entry

  • 14 January 2021
SMA 2021 - Vendor Criteria
  • Enterprise
SMA 2021 - Vendor Criteria

All you need to know for entering the Vendor categories of the CRN 2021 Sales and Marketing Awards

  • 14 January 2021
Channel Awards 2020 - WINNERS!
  • Enterprise
Channel Awards 2020 - WINNERS!

After the winners were announced at the first ever Virtual CRN Awards last night, see who scooped the trophies this year in one of the closest-run competitions we have ever seen

  • 13 November 2020
Sales and Marketing Awards 2020 - Winners!
  • Enterprise
Sales and Marketing Awards 2020 - Winners!

Below is a list of all our winners and Judges' Commended winners that we have announced over the last three days.

  • 16 July 2020
The virtual SMAs are one week away!
  • Enterprise
The virtual SMAs are one week away!

We explain how it will all work this year as we continue to celebrate channel sales and marketing success

  • 07 July 2020
The Channel Awards 2020 are launching TODAY!
  • Enterprise
The Channel Awards 2020 are launching TODAY!

An important message from CRN about the eagerly awaited Channel Awards 2020

  • 11 June 2020
Channel Awards 2020 - Top Tips for Entering
  • Enterprise
Channel Awards 2020 - Top Tips for Entering

Some handy hints and tips to help you create that winning entry

  • 11 June 2020
Sales & Marketing Awards go virtual: View the shortlist here and see how it works
  • Enterprise
Sales & Marketing Awards go virtual: View the shortlist here and see how it works

For this year ONLY, the SMAs will be celebrated in living rooms and offices around the country rather than as a face-to-face event. We explain how it will work below

  • 07 May 2020
Sales and Marketing Awards 2020 deadline is TODAY
  • Enterprise
Sales and Marketing Awards 2020 deadline is TODAY

Please submit your entries for the SMAs by 5pm on Friday 17 April

  • 16 April 2020
SMA deadline extended until 17 April
  • Enterprise
SMA deadline extended until 17 April

In these unprecedented times, we feel the decision is right to give people a few more days to get their entries submitted

  • 08 April 2020
Coronavirus update: SMAs postponed until September but still open for entries
  • Enterprise
Coronavirus update: SMAs postponed until September but still open for entries

The deadline has moved to Wednesday 8 April and the event itself will take place on Thursday 17 September

  • 23 March 2020
Building the best SMA entry - how to score points with the judges
  • Enterprise
Building the best SMA entry - how to score points with the judges

Because we are asked the same questions each year, we thought it would be good to hear from the judges on what they are looking for in an entry and what will score extra points. They also share what makes them turn off and mark down as well

  • 06 March 2020
Flying high after an SMA win
  • Enterprise
Flying high after an SMA win

Winners explain how taking home a trophy has given them a boost

  • 18 February 2020
Why everyone should enter the SMAs - Part One
  • Enterprise
Why everyone should enter the SMAs - Part One

In the first of a two-part article, hear from the CRN Sales and Marketing Awards' judging panel on why all companies that are serious about building their brand and attracting customers should be entering these awards

  • 10 February 2020
What's new in the 2020 Sales and Marketing Awards?
  • Enterprise
What's new in the 2020 Sales and Marketing Awards?

A quick run through of category additions, tweaks and what has been dropped this year

  • 28 January 2020
Sales and Marketing Awards 2020 launched TODAY!
  • Enterprise
Sales and Marketing Awards 2020 launched TODAY!

Entry process for the longest-running sales and marketing awards in the channel is now open

  • 13 January 2020
  • Enterprise
Sales and Marketing Awards Hub 2020

Tips on entering, all the categories, interviews with judges and much more

  • 07 January 2020
A sneaky peek into the Channel Awards winners' judging day
  • Enterprise
A sneaky peek into the Channel Awards winners' judging day

Channel Awards winners are selected via a two-stage judging process. Now, for the first time, Sara Yirrell shares how stage two of the process works

  • 11 October 2019
Channel Awards 2019 deadline is TODAY
  • Enterprise
Channel Awards 2019 deadline is TODAY

Just hours left to get your entries in on time

  • 12 July 2019
Sales and Marketing Awards 2019 - WINNERS!
  • Enterprise
Sales and Marketing Awards 2019 - WINNERS!

Congratulations to all those who won and also to those who were commended by the judges

  • 05 July 2019
Five reasons to enter the Channel Awards
  • Enterprise
Five reasons to enter the Channel Awards

Below we explain why it is worth entering the longest-running awards in the channel

  • 27 June 2019
Roll up! Roll up!  The 2019 Channel Awards are GO!
  • Enterprise
Roll up! Roll up! The 2019 Channel Awards are GO!

Today is the day we launch the 2019 Channel Awards, and this year there are some old favourite categories returning this year by demand

  • 25 April 2019
SMA Judges' Spotlight: Part Two: Avoiding a shortlist miss
  • Enterprise
SMA Judges' Spotlight: Part Two: Avoiding a shortlist miss

All too often, there are firms that submit awards entries that fail to even make the shortlist. Where are they going wrong? What can they do to avoid this happening? In the second of our two-part feature, we ask our judging panel what would stop them...

  • 07 February 2019
SMA Judges' Spotlight: Part One: Creating a winning entry
  • Enterprise
SMA Judges' Spotlight: Part One: Creating a winning entry

Every year CRN is asked what the judging panel actually looks for in an entry. Read about what will get this year's judges scoring top marks in the first of this two-part judging spotlight

  • 05 February 2019
Will you love our new SMA categories this year?
  • Enterprise
Will you love our new SMA categories this year?

Awards categories are just like Marmite - but there will always be something new and exciting to enter with the SMAs, writes Sara Yirrell

  • 22 January 2019
Sales and Marketing Awards launch TODAY
  • Enterprise
Sales and Marketing Awards launch TODAY

It is once again time to start sharing your success stories as the entry process for the 2019 awards officially opens

  • 11 January 2019
Key takeaways from Dreamforce 2018
  • Software
Key takeaways from Dreamforce 2018

A round-up of Salesforce's conference in San Francisco

  • 27 September 2018
Former Sainsbury's CEO King: 'Ask questions of people from whom you don't want to hear the answer'
  • Enterprise
Former Sainsbury's CEO King: 'Ask questions of people from whom you don't want to hear the answer'

Justin King

  • 07 September 2018
Channel Awards 2018 - SHORTLIST
  • Enterprise
Channel Awards 2018 - SHORTLIST

The first judging day took place in August and we are delighted to announce the 2018 shortlist.

  • 31 August 2018
'Diversity is a wider prism than just gender'
  • Enterprise
'Diversity is a wider prism than just gender'

Apay Obang-Oyway, director of cloud and software at Ingram Micro, believes diversity is a broad issue, but it should not outweigh meritocracy

  • 01 August 2018
Customers Vs the channel
  • Enterprise
Customers Vs the channel

What is it that CIOs/MDs/CEOs actually want from their IT suppliers? What technology is top of their wishlists for the future? Find out at an exclusive CRN event in September.

  • 24 July 2018
'This will be our best year ever' - Microsoft channel boss on FY19
  • Vendor
'This will be our best year ever' - Microsoft channel boss on FY19

Vendor talks up partner relationship at Inspire global conference

  • 18 July 2018
In stitches at the Channel Awards
  • Enterprise
In stitches at the Channel Awards

Who remembers all the comedians we have seen over the years? Sara Yirrell mulls over some of the big names the CRN Awards have attracted

  • 02 July 2018
The Evolution of the Channel Awards
  • Enterprise
The Evolution of the Channel Awards

How did they become what they are today and why do they still matter?

  • 25 June 2018
Vendors: Are you really doing a good job in the channel? Then prove it!
  • Vendor
Vendors: Are you really doing a good job in the channel? Then prove it!

If your partners are not nominating your channel chiefs for CRN's newest award, then it doesn't look that way

  • 21 June 2018
Emma de Sousa: 'I would love to see more female candidates coming forward for jobs'
  • Careers and Skills
Emma de Sousa: 'I would love to see more female candidates coming forward for jobs'

Insight's UK managing director and senior vice president of EMEA marketing talks to CRN about the value of diversity, the importance of meritocracy, and the many initiatives her firm supports to ensure a balanced workforce

  • 18 June 2018
Are you a Channel Awards aficionado?
  • Enterprise
Are you a Channel Awards aficionado?

Have you attended the Channel Awards multiple times, or experienced your first ever awards in the past year? We want to hear from you!

  • 18 June 2018
The jury's out - part two
  • Enterprise
The jury's out - part two

In this second part of our 'meet the judges' articles, we ask our panellists how they feel entries have improved over the years, and also what their reply to the dreaded phrase "the awards are a fix" actually is. If you are of a sensitive nature, be warned....

  • 07 June 2018
The jury's out - part one
  • Enterprise
The jury's out - part one

As the CRN Channel Awards gears up to celebrate its 25th birthday in November - we catch up with some of our judges - several of whom have been involved for multiple years since the judging process was introduced - to see what they enjoy about judging,...

  • 05 June 2018
BT boss Helen Slinger: 'Coaching, mentoring and sponsorship are key elements in helping women progress up the career ladder'
  • Careers and Skills
BT boss Helen Slinger: 'Coaching, mentoring and sponsorship are key elements in helping women progress up the career ladder'

BT's director of Product Supply Business (PSB) explains why encouraging other women is very important to her

  • 01 June 2018
'Trust and fear are the biggest issues for some employers after childbirth'
  • Careers and Skills
'Trust and fear are the biggest issues for some employers after childbirth'

Lindsey Fish, founder of Mums Enterprise and a CRN WiC judge, explains how perceptions about working mums are slowly changing, in part due to Brexit

  • 30 April 2018
'Positive discrimination is not the way to get more women in senior roles'
  • Distributor
'Positive discrimination is not the way to get more women in senior roles'

Alex Tatham explains how Westcoast is interacting with local schoolchildren near its bases to encourage both sexes to consider IT as a career

  • 20 April 2018
Celebrating 25 years of the Channel Awards
  • Enterprise
Celebrating 25 years of the Channel Awards

Today marks the launch of the 2018 Channel Awards and we are also celebrating our 25th birthday

  • 19 April 2018
Why should I bother entering the Channel Awards this year?
  • Enterprise
Why should I bother entering the Channel Awards this year?

The answer to this question and more is covered in this tongue-in-cheek Q&A session

  • 19 April 2018
Sales and Marketing Awards shortlist - OUT NOW!
  • Enterprise
Sales and Marketing Awards shortlist - OUT NOW!

Today we are pleased to announce the 2018 CRN Sales and Marketing Awards shortlist. It was a tough competition this year so congratulations to all those on the list.

  • 12 April 2018
Why the time is right for CRN Women in Channel
  • Enterprise
Why the time is right for CRN Women in Channel

Sara Yirrell explains why CRN has waited until now to launch this initiative

  • 04 April 2018
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