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What is CSM partner enablement? Short answer: CSM partner enablement is the practice of equipping customer success managers to bring partners into the post-sale motion, retention, adoption, and expansion. It makes the CSM a channel for partner value rather than a function that operates as if partners did not exist, which is how most success […]
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What is an MDF event? Short answer: An MDF event is a partner-funded or jointly funded field marketing motion where market development funds underwrite a customer-facing activity (executive dinner, regional workshop, conference booth, or industry breakfast) with a named pipeline target and a sourced and influenced reporting back to the funding partner. It is not […]
Demand generation that runs through partners by borrowing their trust, measured as pipeline.
Short answer: most MDF (Market Development Funds) programs in B2B SaaS waste 50 to 70 percent of their budget. The cause is structural, not size. MDF gets framed too narrowly as marketing money. It then goes to partners who will not run the activity that drives pipeline. The fix is a defensible MDF program that […]
Alex Buckles
Channel marketing agency in 2026: when to hire one, how to evaluate one, the four practical agency categories, and the pitfalls that kill engagements.
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Alex Buckles
Partner agency in 2026: the four practical categories, when to hire one vs. build in-house, and how to evaluate without falling for the credentials slide.
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Alex Buckles
The CRO-CPO relationship works when the CRO treats partnerships as a revenue motion and the CPO treats partner pipeline as a forecast. Both sides need a shared operating cadence: weekly partnership pipeline review aligned to the weekly direct forecast call, joint accountability for partner-sourced ARR targets, and a Co-Sell Alignment Specialist running the operational layer between them.
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A Co-Sell Alignment Specialist is the operational role between a vendor’s sales team, a partner’s team, and a shared prospect. It runs the cadence of a Co-Sell Plan, captures attribution, and escalates when deals stall. It’s the role most partnerships orgs are missing, and the reason cycles plateau at one overworked partner manager.
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Alex Buckles
A fractional channel chief is one experienced operator working part-time as your head of partnerships. A partnerships consultancy is a firm with methodology and execution capacity. Most companies pick the wrong one and waste 6 to 12 months. The right answer hinges on whether your gap is leadership or execution.
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