A play · one sale type

Partner & channel revenue

A vendor recruits, activates, enables, prices through, co-sells with, and rewards resellers, SIs, referral partners, marketplaces, or alliances — without losing margin, ownership, or customer context.

Recruit, activate, co-sell, and grow through partners.

The play

Scan the list. Open one.

01 · Recruit · 2 items

Recruit

Who should be in the programme — and why would they join?

Pain · 2

visitor leaves unanswered

Felt by Visitor

Dissatisfied

They leave with the same question they arrived with.

Satisfied

They understand the offer and see one clear next step.

Delighted

The page answers as the company would, and they feel expected.

Avoid

A brochure that cannot answer a real question.

Mitigate

Governed answers on the page, brand voice, and a named handoff.

Opportunity

The first useful conversation happens before they hunt for a form.

Still owns: Marketer

too much information, they are lost before they engage

Felt by Visitor

Dissatisfied

They drown in claims and never start.

Satisfied

One question, one answer, one next step.

Delighted

The page feels like a person who already knew what mattered.

Avoid

A first surface that tries to say everything.

Mitigate

One conversation, one next step, the rest on demand.

Opportunity

Less on the page is how they begin.

Still owns: Marketer

03 · Align · 3 items

Align

Where is the overlap, and who already has the warm path?

Pain · 1

two partners sell the same account blind

Felt by Distributor

Dissatisfied

Two partners pitch the same buying group and neither knows.

Satisfied

Overlap is visible before the call.

Delighted

They walk in with a specific reason, not a cold pitch.

Avoid

Account lists that nobody trusts.

Mitigate

See who already has a relationship, then pick a path.

Opportunity

The warm path is the default, not a quarterly surprise.

Still owns: Partner manager

A named way

Seller-ops risk · 2

forgotten call notes

Still owns: Seller

A named way

No named way on this item yet.

The call notes are forgotten before the next meeting.

Still owns: SDR, Seller

A named way

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04 · Sell · 4 items

Sell

How does a partner register, quote, and show up prepared?

Pain · 2

distributor cannot find the pack

Felt by Distributor

Dissatisfied

The partner shows up with last quarter’s story.

Satisfied

The current pack is where they already work.

Delighted

The next step and the asset arrive together.

Avoid

A portal that is a junk drawer.

Mitigate

Put the current pack and the next step in one place.

Opportunity

The distributor looks prepared without a briefing call.

Still owns: Partner manager

A named way

deck the buyer cannot follow

Felt by Prospect

Dissatisfied

The room is lost by slide four.

Satisfied

The story has a path the buyer can retell.

Delighted

The leave-behind is the meeting, not a tour of the product.

Avoid

A deck that is a product walkthrough.

Mitigate

A short story, then an approved library so nobody invents claims.

Opportunity

The champion can present it without the seller in the room.

Still owns: Seller

A named way

Seller-ops risk · 2

forgotten call notes

Still owns: Seller

A named way

No named way on this item yet.

The call notes are forgotten before the next meeting.

Still owns: SDR, Seller

A named way

See the leak