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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Ecosystem Partner: What It Is and How the Model Works
Short answer Short answer: An ecosystem partner is any company that surrounds the same customer you do, through an integration, a shared account, or a complementary product, whether or not they resell you. The value is not the logo; it is the overlap, the accounts where you and the partner both have a relationship or […]
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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.
Nearbound: Definition, Operating Model, and 2026 Playbook
Nearbound is a sales motion in which a vendor uses its partner ecosystem as the primary signal and channel to enter a buying account, rather than relying on inbound or outbound. The motion runs on overlap data, partner-led trust, and joint deal mechanics. Done well, it produces materially higher win…
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Ecosystem Partnerships: What They Are, How They Work
Ecosystem partnerships are the network of technology, services, and channel partners whose combined presence at the same customer accounts produces co-sell, co-build, and customer-expansion opportunities. The operating model is different from one-to-one channel partnerships, ecosystem partnerships compound through overlap, integration density, and shared customer success rather than through bilateral commercial agreements. Run them well and […]
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What is ELG?
ELG, or ecosystem-led growth, is a go-to-market strategy in which a company’s partner ecosystem becomes the primary source of pipeline, expansion, and retention rather than a sidecar to direct sales and marketing. ELG companies measure ecosystem-influenced revenue as a first-class number, design their CRM and operating cadence around partner overlap data, and treat the partner […]
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Where Does Ecosystem-Led Growth Work Best?
ELG works. The honest question is when to use it and when to use something else. Here are the three situations where ecosystem-led growth moves pipeline best, and the four where another motion fits better.
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Partner Ecosystem: What It Is, Who’s In It and How to Make It Produce
A roster of logos isn’t an ecosystem. Here’s how overlap, GTM motions and measurement turn partners into pipeline you can forecast.
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Ecosystem-Led Growth (ELG): Why Execution Beats Tooling
Ecosystem-led growth works, but most ELG programs stall because nobody does the work. Here’s what ELG is, why programs stall, and what ELG as a service looks like when someone else runs the GTM motions.
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Alex Buckles
The Secret to Partner-Sourced Revenue: Stop Focusing Solely on Sales Reps as Referral Partners
Stop Focusing Solely on Sales Reps as Referral Partners When organizations go to market to source partner revenue, they often focus on engaging the partner’s sales team. They’re thinking about how to get them to refer business, or how to ensure they recognize and communicate their value proposition without having to ask them. This fixation […]
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Alex Buckles
Systematic Category Domination for Anchor SaaS Companies
Definitions: Anchor SaaS Company: SaaS provider with a large ecosystem of both service and technology partners. Supporting Partners (SaaS/Services/Hardware): Any partner or category of partner who’s critical along the ideal customer journey the Anchor SaaS Company has defined. The route to SaaS success (systematic revenue acquisition, retention, and expansion) has become a collaborative journey, involving […]
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