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Forecastable

It’s All About The Team

The Forecastable business has evolved over the better part of a decade into a fully-managed services organization, backed by world-class talent and investors.

The Power Behind the Platform: Meet Our Leadership Team

We believe collaboration is key. That’s why our platform is built and guided by a team with a proven track record of success in co-selling. Get to know the minds behind the movement.

Alex Buckles

Product, Partnerships, and Value Engineering (Co-founder)

Jenelle Friday

Customer Success

Paul Johnson

Chief Technology Officer
(Co-founder)

Adrian Miele

Director of Advisory Services

Mollie Bodensteiner

Revops Advisory

How We Differ

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The First Partner Co-Selling Methodology + Certification Ever Created

  • Officially Distributed via Partnernomics & University of Central Missouri
  • Co-Sell Certified Sales Leader Certification Offered via Communities like Pavilion
For more information on our available certifications, by role, please email certifications@forecastable.com
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100+ Global Go-To-Market Consultants Ready to Serve

Certifications achieved through Forecastable’s Referral Partner Program or Certified Co-Sell Advisory program.
Please email advisory@forecastable.com to learn more.
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Managed Software & Services Provider (MSSP)

Whether leveraging Forecastable’s fully or partially-managed co-sell program offerings, all technology and service providers required to stand up, execute, and scale your co-sell program can be purchased on a single contract.
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Unique Up-Market & Down-Market Expertise & Offerings

  • Forecastable’s CEO was a 6x CRO. He served companies ranging from venture-backed startups to $500M+ ARR organizations with oversight over global revenue functions, including partnerships involving complex & worldwide distributors and resellers.
  • Forecastable’s founder has nearly two decades of enterprise sales expertise, particularly in SaaS. also grown two professional services organizations, deploying co-selling strategies in both scenarios, with both leading to eventual exits. His life’s passion is serving those on the autism spectrum through his organization, Pathways for Autism.
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Flexible Enterprise & Startup Financing

  • Enterprise: Whether you want to finance your partner program to spread out risk, normalize partner spend, or to add more MDF fuel to your partner machine, we’ve got options for you. Your CFO will love you for it!
  • Startups: Let us become your partnerships department. Forecastable has all of the strategies, tactics, and technologies you need to operate a fully-functioning partner program, including partner managers, partner operations personnel, and ops-level sales assistants.
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Co-Marketing &
Co-Selling Expertise

While Forecastable is the market leader in co-selling, it has partnered with a network of other organizations for best-in-class partner marketing services.
Whether you need to tell better-together value stories at scale, simple partner webinars, or complex partner ABM campaigns deployed, it can all be done on a single Forecastable agreement.
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The best advice on building partner programs that produce forecastable revenue.

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Partner Performance Metrics That Predict Revenue

Short answer Short answer: Partner performance metrics are the measures you use to judge whether a partner is producing revenue, from partner-sourced pipeline to activation rate to win rate on partner-involved deals. They matter because most programs track activity, like signed partners and portal logins, and mistake motion for production. Here is the distinction that […]

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Through-Channel Marketing: What It Is and How It Works

Short answer Short answer: Through channel marketing is demand generation a vendor runs through its partners, supplying campaigns, content, and funds so partners market to their own customers under their own brand. It matters because partners own trusted relationships a vendor cannot reach directly, but most of these programs underperform because they push vendor material […]

Partnership Marketing: What It Is and How to Run It

Short answer Short answer: Partnership marketing is joint marketing between two companies that combine audiences, content, and channels to generate demand for a shared value proposition. It matters because a co-branded campaign borrows the trust and reach of both brands at once, which is why a partner webinar or joint guide usually outperforms the same […]

B2B Partner Marketing Strategy: To, Through, With

What a B2B partner marketing strategy is Short answer: A B2B partner marketing strategy is the plan for how you market to partners, through partners, and with partners, so partner relationships turn into pipeline rather than logos on a slide. It works when each of those three audiences has its own goal and the whole […]

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Partner Performance Metrics That Predict Revenue

Short answer Short answer: Partner performance metrics are the measures you use to judge whether a partner is producing revenue, from partner-sourced pipeline to activation rate to win rate on partner-involved deals. They matter because most programs track activity, like signed partners and portal logins, and mistake motion for production. Here is the distinction that […]

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Partner Influence Measurement: Make It Defensible

Short answer: what partner influence measurement is Partner influence measurement is the practice of tracking where a partner touched a deal it did not source, so you can credit the partnership’s contribution without overstating it. It is separate from sourced attribution and softer by nature. Capture the partner touch on the CRM record when it […]

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Partner Scorecard: How to Measure What Produces

What is a partner scorecard? Short answer: A partner scorecard is a structured view that ranks and evaluates partners by the metrics that matter most, above all the pipeline and revenue they source and influence, so you can see who is producing and who is not. It is a management tool, not a report card […]

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Sales Partner Insights: Turning Data Into Action

What are sales partner insights? Short answer: Sales partner insights are the conclusions you draw from partner activity data that actually change what you do next, such as which partners to invest in, which deals need help, and where the channel is producing. They are the difference between a dashboard you look at and a […]

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Partner Pipeline for the CFO: Making It Real

What is partner pipeline for the CFO? Short answer: Partner pipeline for the CFO is the view of partner-influenced and partner-sourced revenue translated into the language a finance leader uses to make budget decisions, conversion rates, attribution clarity, and a defensible return on the program’s cost. It is the difference between a partnerships team that […]

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Partner-Sourced Leads Close Rate: Why It Runs High

What is the partner-sourced leads close rate? Short answer: The partner-sourced leads close rate is the share of leads originated by a partner that go on to become paying customers, measured against the same definition you use for direct leads. It tells you whether partner-referred opportunities convert better, worse, or the same as the rest […]

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Partner-Sourced Pipeline: Building It on Purpose

What is partner-sourced pipeline? Short answer: Partner-sourced pipeline is the total value of open opportunities that a partner originated rather than your own sellers, tracked through the same stages as the rest of your pipeline. It measures how much potential revenue the partner channel is actually creating, as opposed to how many partners you have […]

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Partner Pipeline Stages: A Model That Holds

What are partner pipeline stages? Short answer: Partner pipeline stages are the defined steps a partner-sourced or co-sell deal moves through from first identification to closed, each with explicit exit criteria that say what must be true before the deal advances. They give two selling organizations a shared definition of progress, so a deal’s stage […]

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Partner Program Business Case: Winning Budget

What is a partner program business case? Short answer: A partner program business case is the written argument that justifies investing in partnerships, built in the language a CFO actually uses. It lays out the cost, the expected return, the payback timeline, and the risks, so the program competes for budget against every other use […]

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Partner ROI: Measuring Return on Partnerships

What is partner ROI? Short answer: Partner ROI is the return a partner program produces measured against everything it costs to run. It compares the revenue and pipeline partnerships generates to the fully loaded investment, people, tooling, and incentives, so the program can be judged as a financial decision rather than on activity or partner […]

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Referral Partner: What It Is and How to Work With One

Short answer Short answer: A referral partner is a company or individual who introduces you to prospects in their network in exchange for a fee, without taking part in the sale or the transaction. It matters because a referral partner opens warm doors that cold outreach cannot, but the model only produces when the referral […]

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Frequenty Asked Questions
on Forecastable Use Cases

Forecastable’s Managed Services can be utilized to facilitate improved collaboration and execution amongst Account Teams, Partner Teams and Marketers through a number of Use Cases. Please find answers to frequently asked questions about our Use Cases below.
Any Business-to-Business Company that needs to improve collaboration and execution with external or internal teammates.
Forecastable provides a Managed Services offering where Consultants known as Advisors use our SaaS technology either for or with your team members to drive better execution in Accounts and Opportunities across Teams. The Platform has an Open API to integrate with your CRM as well as other third parties such as Crossbeam or Reveal for their Account overlap data.
A Forecastable Advisor is a Fractional Management Level Consultant sourced by Forecastable on a Project. They host and lead recurring meetings to facilitate collaboration & execution. They deliver objective and invaluable coaching, guidance and oversight. Sales Admin level resources known as Alignment Specialists work full time to schedule meetings, update information and provide reports.
Users of Forecastable can be either Forecastable’s Advisors and/or your Reps, Partner Managers, CSMs and other related Team members

#1: Sales Reps Co-Selling alongside one or more Partners

#2: Sales Specialist Teams Co-Selling

#3: Partner Recruitment / Expansion Coordination 

#4: Global Account Team Coordination

#5: Enabling Start Up Sales Reps to perform Up Market Selling

#6: Partner Revenue Scale Up for Startups

#7: Market Development Funds Partner Activity Facilitation & Monitoring

Increased earnings from closing more Accounts/Sales. Increased collaboration contributes to more Wins. Project Admin Resource frees up time obtaining Updates / Status Reporting. Ability to share relevant information across CRM Systems. Receive Coaching from an objective 3rd Party Advisor. Better Account/Opportunity/Customer Org visibility across Teams. Increase Skill Level by using Enterprise Selling Workspaces / Coaching. Improved Visibility of Account Overlap. Improved Visibility of Contact Overlap and obtaining warmer Introductions.
Users of Forecastable can be either Forecastable’s Advisors and/or your Reps, Partner Managers, CSMs and other related Team members.

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