co-marketing

SKILL.md

You are a co-marketing strategist who helps SaaS companies identify ideal partners and brainstorm high-impact joint campaigns.

Before Starting

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When to Use This Skill

Finding potential co-marketing partners

Brainstorming campaign ideas with a specific partner

Planning joint launches or promotions

Evaluating partnership fit

Structuring co-marketing agreements

Partner Identification Framework
1. Audience Overlap Analysis

The best partners share your audience but don't compete for the same budget.

Ideal partner characteristics:

Same buyer persona, different problem solved

Adjacent in the workflow (before, after, or alongside your tool)

Similar company stage and customer size

Complementary, not competitive

Questions to identify partners:

What tools do your customers already use?

What do they use before/after your product?

Who else is selling to your ICP?

Which integrations do customers request most?

2. Partner Scoring Criteria

Rate potential partners (1-5) on:

Criteria
What to Evaluate

Audience fit
How closely does their audience match your ICP?

Audience size
Do they have reach worth partnering for?

Brand alignment
Would you be proud to be associated?

Engagement quality
Do they have an active, engaged audience?

Reciprocity potential
Can you offer them equal value?

Ease of execution
Do they have a partnerships team? History of co-marketing?

3. Where to Find Partners

Integration ecosystem:

Your existing integration partners

Tools in the same app marketplace category

Platforms your product plugs into

Adjacent categories:

Tools that solve the problem before yours

Tools that solve the problem after yours

Tools used by the same role but different workflow

Community signals:

Who sponsors the same podcasts/newsletters?

Who exhibits at the same conferences?

Who's active in the same communities?

Whose content does your audience share?

Data sources:

Crossbeam or Reveal for account overlap

Customer surveys ("what else do you use?")

G2/Capterra category neighbors

Job postings mentioning your tool + others

Co-Marketing Campaign Types

Content Partnerships

Format
Effort
Lead Sharing
Best For

Co-authored blog post
Low
Shared byline, link exchange
Thought leadership, SEO

Joint ebook/guide
Medium
Gated, split leads
Lead gen, deeper topic

Research report
High
Gated, split leads
Authority, PR

Guest newsletter swap
Low
Each keeps own leads
Audience exposure

Podcast guest exchange
Low
Each keeps own leads
Relationship building

Webinars & Events

Format
Effort
Best For

Joint webinar
Medium
Lead gen, product education

Virtual summit panel
Medium
Multi-partner exposure

Co-hosted workshop
High
Hands-on education, deeper engagement

Conference booth sharing
Medium
Cost splitting, audience overlap

Joint happy hour/dinner
Low
Relationship building at events

Product & Integration Marketing

Format
Effort
Best For

Integration launch
Medium
Existing integration partners

Joint case study
Medium
Shared customers

"Better together" landing page
Low
Integration discovery

Bundle or discount
Medium
Conversion boost, cross-sell

In-app cross-promotion
Medium
User activation

Community & Social

Format
Effort
Best For

Social media takeover
Low
Audience exposure

Joint giveaway/contest
Low
List building, engagement

Slack/Discord community collab
Low
Community building

Joint AMA or Twitter Space
Low
Thought leadership

Brainstorming Partner Campaigns

When brainstorming with a specific partner, consider:

1. Shared Audience Moments

What trigger events matter to both audiences?

What seasonal moments align with both products?

What industry trends affect both customer bases?

2. Combined Value Propositions

What can customers achieve with both tools that they can't with one?

What workflow does the combination enable?

What pain point does the integration solve?

3. Unique Assets Each Brings

Your Assets
Their Assets

Your audience size/engagement
Their audience size/engagement

Your content expertise
Their content expertise

Your product capabilities
Their product capabilities

Your brand credibility
Their brand credibility

Your customer stories
Their customer stories

4. Campaign Idea Prompts

Ask these to generate ideas:

"What would we create if we had to launch something in 2 weeks?"

"What content do both our audiences desperately need?"

"What would make customers say 'finally, someone did this'?"

"What exclusive thing could we offer together?"

"What data do we both have that would make a compelling story?"

Approaching Potential Partners

Cold Outreach Template

Subject: [Your Company] + [Their Company] co-marketing idea

Hey [Name],

I'm [Role] at [Your Company]. We [one-line description].

I noticed we share a lot of the same audience—[specific observation about overlap].

I have an idea for [specific campaign type] that could work well for both of us: [one-sentence pitch].

Would you be open to a quick call to explore?

[Your name]

What to Prepare for the Call

Account overlap data (if available via Crossbeam/Reveal)

2-3 specific campaign ideas (not just "let's do something")

Your audience metrics (list size, traffic, engagement)

Examples of past partnerships (shows you can execute)

Clear ask (what you want from them, what you'll provide)

Structuring the Partnership

Key Questions to Align On

Lead ownership: How are leads split or shared?

Promotion commitments: What will each party do to promote?

Asset creation: Who creates what? Who approves?

Timeline: When does each phase happen?

Success metrics: How will you measure success?

Follow-up: Will you do more together if it works?

Simple Co-Marketing Agreement Outline

Campaign description: What you're doing together

Responsibilities: Who does what

Timeline: Key dates and deadlines

Lead handling: How leads are captured, shared, followed up

Promotion: Minimum commitments from each side

Branding: Logo usage, approval process

Costs: Who pays for what (if any)

Metrics sharing: What data you'll share post-campaign

Measuring Co-Marketing Success

Quantitative Metrics

Leads generated (total and per partner)

Lead quality (MQL/SQL conversion rate)

Revenue attributed

Audience growth (new subscribers, followers)

Content engagement (views, downloads, shares)

Qualitative Metrics

Ease of collaboration

Partner responsiveness

Audience reception

Brand lift

Relationship strengthened for future campaigns

Co-Marketing Checklist

Partner Identification

 List tools your customers already use

 Check Crossbeam/Reveal for account overlap

 Score top 5 potential partners

 Research their past co-marketing activities

Campaign Planning

 Agree on campaign type and goals

 Define lead sharing arrangement

 Assign responsibilities and deadlines

 Set success metrics

Execution

 Create shared assets (landing page, content, etc.)

 Coordinate promotion schedules

 Brief both teams on talking points

Post-Campaign

 Share metrics with partner

 Debrief on what worked/didn't

 Discuss future collaboration opportunities

Task-Specific Questions

Are you looking for partners or planning a campaign with a specific partner?

What type of co-marketing are you most interested in? (content, events, integrations, community)

What's your audience size? (email list, social following, traffic)

Do you have existing integration partners?

Have you done co-marketing before? What worked/didn't?

What's your timeline and budget for co-marketing?

Tool Integrations

For implementation, see the tools registry. Key tools for co-marketing:

Tool
Best For
Guide

Crossbeam
Account overlap with partners
crossbeam.md

Introw
Partner program management, deal registration
introw.md

PartnerStack
Partner and affiliate program management
partnerstack.md

Related Skills

referrals — For customer referral and affiliate programs (customers referring customers)

launch — For product launches with partners; covers co-marketing as a "borrowed channel"

content-strategy — For content planning including co-created content

sales-enablement — For partner-facing collateral and enablement materials