Crossbeam Tech Ecosystem Maturity Diagnostic
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About Producers:
Our diagnostic reveals that you are starting to see momentum in your tech ecosystem. However, the workflows are a bit more manual than you’d like, and some of the tools and budget aren’t in place yet.
Producers are a snowball starting to roll downhill. You are in the “proof of concept” phase of your ecosystem. You may do some co-marketing and co-selling, but the processes are ad-hoc and not documented.
Integrations are still created one at a time and often require significant resources from you and your company.
When you find something that works with a particular partner, you can double down. But in the meantime, you are searching for the elusive answers that lead to growing your tech ecosystem and driving revenue and retention at scale. Soon, you’ll be on solid ground and ready to use your learnings to bring on more partners.
Here’s how to get there.
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Can you attribute revenue directly to specific partners?
“Leads and opportunities are attributed to partners manually and occasionally.”
Be generous with who gets “credit” for a lead. Start by tracking partner-sourced, not partner-influenced. Set up Chorus or Gong to track partner-related keywords. Create a CRM field for partner attribution.
Do you use a partner ecosystem platform?
“Yes, but using static data or by uploading spreadsheets.”
Connect your CRM to your PEP and save hours each week — so you can focus on more advanced Ecosystem Ops.
Read how to ditch spreadsheets and embrace real-time partner data.
Do integrations have a measurable impact on reducing churn?
“Yes, but we only know anecdotally.”
Use real-time account mapping to see your customer’s tech stack. Suggest integrations they may have missed and make your product more sticky.
More Actionable Advice for Producers:
Stop Leaving Partner-Influenced Revenue on the Table. Here's How.
These tactics will help you flip to getting proactive and strategic about leveraging your most powerful revenue accelerator — partners.
3 Partnerships Team Org Charts (So You Can Plan Ahead for Your Team’s Growth)
You're about to start growing. Make sure you plan to hire for the right positions and know that where you place them in your org chart informs your partnership strategy.
5 Tactics You Can Use Right Now to Show the Real-Time Impact of Partnerships
Get brag-worthy proof your partnerships strategy is working. We gathered five tactics you can use to show the everyday, real-time impact of partnerships — from tracking your partner influence in your CRM to gathering app marketplace analytics.
Convinced you’re not a Producer? Browse the other maturity levels to see if there’s a better fit: