How do I get a partner's reps to actually mention us in their deals?
The short answer
Partner reps do what pays them and what is easy, in that order. Make the ask absurdly small: one sentence they can say, one slide, one person on your side who replies within the hour. Then find the deals for them by account mapping, so you hand them a list of their own accounts where you are already engaged, which makes you useful to their number instead of another vendor asking for airtime. Pick five reps rather than fifty, and make those five internally famous when a deal closes. Broad enablement has never worked; a handful of loyal reps does.
Go deeper, your way
4 hand-picked resources, 1 India-specific, 4 link-checked. Pick how you want to dig in.
🎧 Podcast
✓ Link checkedIndiaFreeIntermediate
Why we picked it
An Indian SaaS operator walking through revenue partners versus tech partners, how a startup recruits its first ones, and the common mistakes, framed for founders selling out of India.
Why we picked it
First hand from the person who ran HubSpot's channel for a decade, with the four maturity stages and the argument that support, not incentives, is where nearly every program dies.
Why we picked it
The closest thing partnerships has to a trade publication: account mapping tactics, co-sell plays and partner ops case studies, published weekly. Read it for the mechanics and discount the platform pitch.
Why we picked it
The book that named the shift from 'what should I buy' to 'who do I trust', and the best argument for pushing partner signals into sales, marketing and CS rather than keeping them in a siloed team.
