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Partner Deal Stages: A Working Co-Sell Pipeline Definition

What are partner deal stages? Short answer: Partner deal stages is the structured set of pipeline stages a co-sell deal moves through, with exit criteria at each stage that name both the host-side and the partner-side moves required to advance. It exists because the direct-sale stage map does not capture the partner-side work that makes […]

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MDF Event: A Working Playbook for Partner Pipeline

What is an MDF event? Short answer: An MDF event is a partner-funded or jointly funded field marketing motion where market development funds underwrite a customer-facing activity (executive dinner, regional workshop, conference booth, or industry breakfast) with a named pipeline target and a sourced and influenced reporting back to the funding partner. It is not […]

Nearbound Marketing: What It Is and How It Works

Demand generation that runs through partners by borrowing their trust, measured as pipeline.

MDF Programs That Generate Real Pipeline (Not Just Activity)

Short answer: most MDF (Market Development Funds) programs in B2B SaaS waste 50 to 70 percent of their budget. The cause is structural, not size. MDF gets framed too narrowly as marketing money. It then goes to partners who will not run the activity that drives pipeline. The fix is a defensible MDF program that […]

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*Better Control Your Sales Cycle* by Documenting, Tracking, and Leveraging Your Prospect’s Evaluation Considerations

We’ve all been in situations where we’ve lost a deal and had no clue as to why. I’d just sit there and stew on it, combing through every interaction I had with them, second guessing my pricing, wondering if maybe I could’ve had better executive alignment, or maybe my competitor just flat-out outsold me. It […]

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