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What is channel marketing? Short answer: Channel marketing is the practice of generating demand through your partners rather than only through your own direct team. It equips resellers, agencies, and technology partners to market your product to their audiences, and it measures the pipeline that motion produces. Done right, it turns partners into a demand […]
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What is channel marketing? Short answer: Channel marketing is the practice of generating demand through your partners rather than only through your own direct team. It equips resellers, agencies, and technology partners to market your product to their audiences, and it measures the pipeline that motion produces. Done right, it turns partners into a demand […]
What is partner marketing? Short answer: Partner marketing is marketing done with and through your partners to reach audiences you could not reach alone. It spans co-branded campaigns, joint content, referral and affiliate motions, and technology-partner integrations, all aimed at borrowing a partner’s trust and reach. The goal is pipeline that comes recommended, not cold. […]
What is channel marketing? Short answer: Channel marketing is marketing that generates demand through your partners rather than only through your own direct team. It equips resellers, agencies, and technology partners to promote your product to their audiences, and it measures the pipeline that motion returns. In short, it is marketing that reaches buyers through […]
What is B2B partner marketing? Short answer: B2B partner marketing is marketing done with and through partners to reach buyers a vendor could not reach alone, spanning co-branded campaigns, joint events, referrals, and shared demand generation. It treats partners as a marketing channel, not just a sales one. Done well, it borrows a partner’s trust […]
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What is a partner marketing strategy? Short answer: A partner marketing strategy is a plan for generating pipeline with and through partners, using joint campaigns, shared audiences, and co-branded programs aimed at a number. It is marketing that reaches a partner’s trusted audience, not just marketing that features a partner’s logo. The goal is deals, […]
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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 […]
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Demand generation that runs through partners by borrowing their trust, measured as pipeline.
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Alex Buckles
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 […]
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Short answer: joint demand generation campaigns with partners produce 2x to 4x the ROI of solo demand-gen when designed correctly. They produce 0.5x or worse when designed wrong. The difference comes down to four design decisions. You need a shared ICP, a single accountable owner, lead-level attribution, and a structured handoff motion. Get those four […]
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Short answer: partner content syndication is one of the cheapest pipeline sources in B2B SaaS. Most programs underperform because they treat it as a logo-swap, not a real demand motion. The model that works is simple. Syndicate content only when it is valuable on its own, attribute leads at the source, and build a follow-up […]
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Co-marketing campaign design is where most partnership programs hit a wall. Two marketing teams with different brand voices, different audience targeting, different metrics, and different approval cycles try to ship a joint campaign in 6 weeks. The campaign launches late, both sides feel underserved, and pipeline attribution is unclear. The fix is structural: design the […]
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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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Market Development Funds (MDF) used to get a bad rap (covered below), but when deployed properly and productively, they’re critical for efficiently expanding into new markets or segments. Although it may sound obvious, MDF are funds specifically allocated to developing markets. This can take shape in many forms, like events, sponsorships, advertising, or any marketing […]
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