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AE Accountability in Partner Engagement: A Field Guide

What is AE accountability? Short answer: AE accountability is the practice of making individual account executives responsible for engaging partners and producing partner-sourced pipeline, with that responsibility tracked the same way quota is. It turns partner engagement from a nice-to-have into a measured part of the rep’s job. Most partnership programs ask reps to work […]

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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 […]

*Buyer Map 101:* The Value of Visualizing Prospect Relationships as Part of Your Account-Planning Process or Deal Strategy

What is a Buyer Map? A buyer map, which can also be called a relationship map, is a visual representation of every possible stakeholder or influencer that might somehow impact the outcome of your deal. Itโ€™s basically an org chart, but with much more meaningful and actionable data for a sales person. What kind of […]

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