Partner Events: B2B Event Marketing That Puts Target Accounts in the Room
Partner events run soup to nuts: invite lists from partner data, registration, venue and follow-up, measured by target accounts in the room.
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Post-Acquisition Cross-Sell: Live in the First 100 Days
The post-acquisition cross-sell window is short. Here is how to treat two sales teams and two partner ecosystems like co-sell partners, set credit rules, and get the first GTM motion live in weeks, inside 100 days.
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GTM Credits: Turn Leftover MDF Into GTM Motions You Run Next Quarter
Prepaid, $1 for $1 and good for 12 months: GTM credits turn leftover MDF into GTM motions you run when you’re ready.
B2B Demand Generation Agency: Pipeline Through Your Partners
Demand generation run through the partners your buyers already trust, often partner-funded and measured in SQOs and cost per SQO.
Partner Activation: Turning Signed Partners Into Sellers
Partner activation is the structured process of turning a newly signed partner from “logo on a slide” into “selling, registering deals, and producing…
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Salesforce Partner Program: ISV and Consulting Tracks, Tiers and How to Get Noticed
How the Salesforce partner program works in 2026: ISV and consulting tracks, FY27 Summit and Select tiers, and how ISVs build pipeline through SIs.
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Co-Selling: Definition, Models, and How It Works
Co-selling is the joint sales motion in which two companies pursue and close the same prospect or customer together, sharing context, sequencing, and accountability for the deal. The motion runs on shared deal mechanics, same logo, same buyer, same forecast date, same next step, not on shared friendly relationships. Companies that confuse the two get […]
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Alex Buckles
Conversation Intelligence for Partner Sales: Beyond Gong
Partner conversation intelligence is the application of AI-powered call analysis (the technology Gong, Chorus, and Clari pioneered for direct sales calls) to partner-facing conversations: joint customer calls, partner manager check-ins, joint discovery calls, and partner activation sessions. Unlike direct-sales conversation intelligence, partner conversation intelligence has to handle two distinct speakers from different companies, attribution of […]
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Alex Buckles
How to Resolve Partner Attribution Disputes Without Killing the Deal
Partner attribution disputes kill deals when resolved late. Learn the three-step protocol to surface disagreements early, apply a written tiebreaker rubric, and escalate to a neutral reviewer—before the deal cycle matures.
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Atlassian’s Komal Shah Said Five to Eight Partners Per Enterprise Deal Is the New Default. Most Companies’ Operating Cadence Is Still Built for One.
Short answer: Atlassian’s Komal Shah said it on the ELG Summit stage: five to eight partners are now involved in each enterprise deal. However, most partner-program architectures, the deal-reg system, the comp plan, the partner-manager assignment, are still built for one partner. Therefore, the cadence problem is structural. Specifically, four operating layers, the shared mental […]
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WorkSpan Alternatives: 6 Co-Sell Platform Options 2026
WorkSpan is an enterprise co-sell management platform best known for its hyperscaler integrations (AWS ACE, Microsoft Partner Center, Google Cloud Marketplace) and for managing complex multi-party co-sell motions inside large alliances organizations. Buyers shop alternatives when they want a lighter co-sell layer, account-mapping-first ecosystem data, or a modern PRM that handles partner enablement alongside co-sell. […]
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Why Your Co-Sell Plan Fails (and the Fix)
A Co-Sell Plan is a three-party joint action plan between a vendor, a partner, and a shared prospect. Unlike a Mutual Action Plan, it adds the partner as a named participant with their own commitments and economic outcomes. It’s the operating discipline that turns partner relationships into forecastable pipeline.
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Alex Buckles
Sourcing Revenue from Large SaaS Partners: A Strategic Guide
Forging strong partnerships has emerged as a core to how B2B revenue actually compounds, but the market demands not just innovation in products and services, but also strategic alliances that can extend reach, enhance offerings, and ultimately drive revenue. Let’s dive into the system for sourcing revenue from large SaaS partners, with the practical playbook […]
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Sales Managers: Winning Partner-Involved Deals Through Situational Tag Teaming
Knowing how to leverage partners to win deals opens the door to endless opportunities. As a sales manager, fine-tuning the tag-teaming approach – strategically choosing which partners to bring in and why – can significantly impact your sales cycle. Being on the front lines lets you see how wins happen across the organization, build relationships […]
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