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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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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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Editor's Picks

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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Scale Partner Activation Without Headcount

What does it mean to scale partner activation without headcount? Short answer: To scale partner activation without headcount means getting more signed partners to start selling without hiring a partner manager for every handful of them, by systematizing the activation motion rather than delivering it one relationship at a time. It depends on turning what […]

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Partner Mindshare Strategy: Earning Seller Attention

What is a partner mindshare strategy? Short answer: A partner mindshare strategy is the deliberate plan a program uses to decide whose attention is worth winning, what trigger will make those partners think of you first, and what cadence keeps you near the top of their list. It turns the vague goal of “be top […]

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Partner Mindshare: Why Partners Choose to Sell You

What is partner mindshare? Short answer: Partner mindshare is the share of a partner seller’s attention and intent that your product owns at the moment a deal appears, measured by how often they reach for you first instead of a competitor. It is the difference between a partner who has signed your agreement and a […]

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Partner Mutual Action Plan: The Shared Close Map

What is a partner mutual action plan? Short answer: A partner mutual action plan is a shared, dated document that lays out every step, owner, and decision needed to move a co-sell deal from agreement to closed, signed jointly by the vendor, the partner, and the customer. It replaces three private to-do lists with one […]

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Partner Ops as a Service: When to Outsource It

What is partner ops as a service? Short answer: Partner ops as a service is an arrangement where an external team runs the operational backbone of a partner program, the data hygiene, deal-registration administration, reporting, and process design, so the in-house partnerships team can spend its time on relationships and revenue. It is the operational […]

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Partner Overlap: Finding the Accounts You Share

What is partner overlap? Short answer: Partner overlap is the set of accounts that both you and a partner are working, have closed, or are prospecting at the same time, surfaced by comparing the two companies’ account lists. It is the raw material of co-sell, because the accounts you share are the ones where a […]

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Partner Pipeline Forecasting: A Practical Model

What is partner pipeline forecasting? Short answer: Partner pipeline forecasting is the practice of predicting how much partner-sourced and partner-influenced revenue will close in a future period, using stage conversion rates, deal age, and partner-specific signals rather than a partner manager’s gut feel. It turns the partner pipeline from a hopeful list into a number […]

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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 Playbook Template: What Actually Works

What is a partner playbook template? Short answer: A partner playbook template is a reusable structure that turns a partnership into a concrete, repeatable plan, naming the target accounts, the plays, the owners, and the metrics that will produce joint revenue. It is the difference between a partnership that runs on a documented motion and […]

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Partner Pricing Tiers: How to Structure Them

What are partner pricing tiers? Short answer: Partner pricing tiers are the structured levels that define the margin, discount, and benefits a partner earns based on their commitment or performance, so a partner who produces more receives more. They are the economic engine of a partner program, the mechanism that rewards the partners who sell […]

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Channel Partner Agreement: What to Put In One

What a channel partner agreement is Short answer: A channel partner agreement is the contract that defines how you and a partner sell together, covering who does what, how money moves, and what happens when a deal is contested. It matters because most partner disputes trace back to a term that was never written down, […]

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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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