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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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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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OEM Technology Partnerships: How the Model Works

Short answer: OEM technology partnerships OEM technology partnerships embed one company’s software inside another company’s product, which the host then sells to its customers under its own brand. They pay when the embedded technology becomes a feature the host cannot easily build itself, so the host distributes it at scale and shares revenue rather than […]

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B2B Partner Programs: What They Are and How to Build

Short answer: B2B partner programs B2B partner programs are the structured system a company uses to recruit partners, enable them to sell, and run joint motions that produce pipeline. They work when the program is built around a measurable revenue motion rather than a tier chart, so every partner has a defined play, a named […]

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ISV Partner: What It Is and How the Model Works

Short answer: ISV partner An ISV partner is an independent software vendor that builds a product integration with a larger platform and sells alongside it. It earns pipeline through that platform’s ecosystem: shared customers, a marketplace listing, and co-sell motions with the platform’s reps. The model works when the integration creates a reason for both […]

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Technology Partnerships: What They Are and How They Work

Short answer: technology partnerships Technology partnerships are integration-first relationships between software companies that connect their products and sell into shared accounts. They earn pipeline through the integration: shared customers, a marketplace listing, and co-sell motions with the other company’s field team. The relationship produces revenue when the integration creates a reason for both sides to […]

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Channel Partner: What It Is, Types, and How It Works

Short answer: what a channel partner is A channel partner is a company that sells, resells, refers, or delivers another company’s product to customers it already serves. It earns a margin, a fee, or a referral payment for putting that product in front of buyers who trust it. The relationship works when the partner reaches […]

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Channel Partners: What They Are and How They Sell

Short answer: channel partners Channel partners are outside companies that sell, refer, or deliver your product to their own customers, extending your reach through their relationships instead of your direct sales team. They matter because most technology revenue now runs through partners, and a channel that is built and operated well produces pipeline a direct […]

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How to Measure Partner Manager Performance

Short answer: how to measure partner manager performance To measure partner manager performance, tie the scorecard to partner-sourced pipeline and the two or three leading indicators that predict it, not to partner counts or meetings held. A good partner manager produces net-new pipeline from a small set of activated partners and can show the activity […]

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VP of Partnerships vs Director of Partnerships

Short answer: VP of Partnerships vs Director of Partnerships The VP of Partnerships vs Director of Partnerships question is about scope and where the number sits. A VP of Partnerships owns the strategy, the budget, and the revenue commitment for the whole partner function, and sits at the leadership table. A Director of Partnerships owns […]

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Partner Manager vs Channel Account Manager

Short answer: partner manager vs channel account manager The partner manager vs channel account manager question comes down to what each role is accountable for. A partner manager owns activating and producing pipeline through a set of partners, usually in a tech-alliance or co-sell motion. A channel account manager owns the revenue relationship with resellers […]

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When to Hire a Chief Partner Officer: 5 Triggers

Short answer: the triggers that justify the role The honest answer to when to hire a chief partner officer is after partner-sourced and partner-influenced pipeline is already material and repeatable, usually past $50M in ARR with a co-sell motion that produces without heroics. It is an altitude hire, not a fix for a program that […]

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Reseller Program: What It Is and How to Build One

Short answer Short answer: A reseller program is the structure that lets partners buy or sell your product for a margin and take it to their own customers under a defined agreement. It matters because resellers can carry your product into markets and accounts your direct team never reaches, but a reseller program only produces […]

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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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