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The 11-Step Co-Sell Transformation Playbook

The 11-Step Co-Sell Transformation Playbook

We know that the old sales playbook no longer works and sales transformation is a top priority in 2024. Companies have changed how they buy products and services for their companies, and sales deals today are exponentially more complex than they were 10 years ago. The...

The Sales Transformation Imperative in 2024: Co-Selling

The Sales Transformation Imperative in 2024: Co-Selling

2024 is the year companies admit the old sales playbook is broken and invest in sales transformation. Buyers have changed how they buy products and services for their companies and deal dynamics are exponentially more complex. Selling to the modern buyer in this more...

Sales Is Broken Part 2: Buyers Don’t Want to Talk With Sales Reps

Sales Is Broken Part 2: Buyers Don’t Want to Talk With Sales Reps

As I mentioned in Sales Is Broken Part 1, traditional B2B sales is broken. Most sales reps didn’t hit their quota in 2023 and sales leaders were uniformly thrashed for failing to hit their targets. Many companies pointed to the general market conditions in 2023 or...

Stop Focusing on the Lone-Ranger Sales Rep

Stop Focusing on the Lone-Ranger Sales Rep

Have you ever noticed how the sales reps and deals that get called out for praise usually sound like a superhero storyline? There’s the big opportunity. Winning the deal requires a grueling battle against a villainous competitor. There’s a last minute plot twist that...

Why Is Co-Selling Suddenly So Important?

Why Is Co-Selling Suddenly So Important?

Have you noticed a change in how executives talk about growth this year? The tone is different, there’s more concern and anxiety in their voices. At the beginning of 2023 all the talk was around the macroeconomic forces slowing down purchases. It was generally assumed...

7 Strategies for Enterprise Co-sell Success

7 Strategies for Enterprise Co-sell Success

Over the past few months I’ve had lots of conversations with Fortune 500 executives about how to make their co-sell initiatives successful after investing in PartnerTap. These massive companies are all in different stages of their co-sell transformations and...

How to Build, Brand, and Launch Your New Co-sell Program

How to Build, Brand, and Launch Your New Co-sell Program

Over the past few months I’ve had many conversations with executives about their new “PartnerTap Co-sell Programs”. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but my first piece of advice has been “Don’t call it your PartnerTap Co-sell Program”. I then remind them of all the...

How to Source and Close New Logo Accounts with Partners

How to Source and Close New Logo Accounts with Partners

Sourcing new logo accounts is a top priority for every enterprise partnership. Each year companies spend weeks (if not months) preparing for and working with their partners on Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs). Unfortunately, the bulk of those meetings end up being...