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Partner Attribution Models for B2B SaaS: The Defensible Default

Partner attribution in B2B SaaS comes in three flavors: partner-sourced (the partner originated the deal), partner-influenced (the partner participated in the cycle), and direct (no meaningful partner involvement). The defensible default for most teams is to track all three separately in the CRM, apply a 14-day attribution window from deal creation, and only allow one partner to be attributed per deal. Mixing these into a single number is what makes CFOs distrust the partnerships function.

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How to Set Partner Attribution Windows for Long B2B Sales Cycles

The partner attribution window is the time between a partner’s first deal-cycle action (intro email, joint discovery, executive ping) and when attribution gets locked in the CRM. The defensible default is 14 days from deal creation. For long enterprise cycles (180+ days), you can extend to 30 days, but anything longer turns the attribution system into a backdating game.

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Multi-Touch vs Last-Touch Partnerships Attribution: What B2B SaaS Should Pick

Last-touch partner attribution credits a single partner per deal. Multi-touch credits multiple partners across the deal cycle. For B2B SaaS, last-touch is almost always the right answer because multi-touch creates compensation disputes, dilutes accountability, and produces aggregate numbers that no CFO can model.

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