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What is nearbound sales? Short answer: Nearbound sales is the GTM motion where the AE works partner-derived signal (account overlap, partner-of-partner relationships, joint customer alerts, ecosystem-level engagement) as the primary prospecting input, instead of cold outbound or inbound MQLs. It sits between inbound and outbound, runs on signal from the ecosystem, and produces a higher […]
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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 […]
