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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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Partner Multithreading Tracking in Co-Sell Deals

What is partner multithreading? Short answer: Partner multithreading is having more than one real relationship engaged on both sides of a co-sell deal, on your side, the partner’s side, and inside the customer. Tracking it means counting those threads on each deal so you can see which co-sells rest on a single person. It matters […]

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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 Multithreading Tracking in Co-Sell Deals

What is partner multithreading? Short answer: Partner multithreading is having more than one real relationship engaged on both sides of a co-sell deal, on your side, the partner’s side, and inside the customer. Tracking it means counting those threads on each deal so you can see which co-sells rest on a single person. It matters […]

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Partner Discovery Questions for Co-Sell Deals

What partner discovery questions are Short answer: Partner discovery questions are the questions you ask a partner about a shared account before committing reps to a co-sell motion, to confirm the deal is real and the partner can actually help. They matter because most co-sell effort is wasted on accounts where the partner has less […]

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Co-Sell Enablement for Account Executives

Short answer: what co-sell enablement for account executives is Co-sell enablement for account executives is the set of briefs, plays, and incentives that make an AE actually run a partner motion on a live deal instead of ignoring it. It is the missing layer between a signed partnership and a closed deal. Give an AE […]

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Co-Sell Deal Registration Process: How to Run It

Short answer: what a co-sell deal registration process is A co-sell deal registration process is the defined workflow a partner and vendor use to formally record a joint deal, lock in who gets credit, and trigger the support and rules that follow. It is the paperwork that keeps co-sell from turning into a credit fight. […]

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Co-Sell Operating Cadence: The Weekly Rhythm

Short answer: what a co-sell operating cadence is A co-sell operating cadence is the fixed weekly rhythm that turns partner account overlap into closed deals, run by a named owner with a defined meeting stack and a shared artifact. It is the difference between a co-sell motion that produces pipeline every week and a partnership […]

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Zero to Pipeline in 60 Days: A Co-Sell Execution Plan

Short answer: what a partnerships team should have produced by day 60 Zero to pipeline in 60 days means one thing: a first partner-sourced opportunity in CRM, backed by artifacts anyone can inspect. You get there by producing a signed partner list, a mapped overlap, a priority account list, an activation plan, a first account-planning […]

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Co-Sell vs Co-Serve: Where Each Motion Actually Lives

Short answer: the difference in one paragraph Co-sell vs co-serve is a question of lifecycle position: co-sell is joint pursuit of an open opportunity, co-serve is joint delivery, adoption and retention after close. They sit on either side of the contract signature, with co-market ahead of both. Most programs staff the middle motion and leave […]

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Co-Selling Solutions: Build, Buy, or Run In-House

What are co-selling solutions? Short answer: Co-selling solutions are the tools, systems, and operating approaches a company uses to sell alongside partners, spanning everything from a shared spreadsheet and a manual deal-review rhythm to dedicated software that finds account overlap and tracks joint deals. The phrase covers more than software, because a solution is the […]

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Co-Sell Messaging: How to Build a Joint Pitch

What is co-sell messaging? Short answer: Co-sell messaging is the shared story two partnered companies tell a single buyer about why their combined solution solves a problem neither one solves as well alone. It names the customer’s problem, states how the two products work together, and gives both sales teams the same words to use […]

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Co-Selling Platform: What It Is and How to Pick

What is a co-selling platform? Short answer: A co-selling platform is software that helps two companies sell together by finding where their customers and prospects overlap, sharing that account data securely, and coordinating the reps who work the joint deals. It replaces the spreadsheet swap and the guesswork about who knows whom, and its pitch […]

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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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