Mmcp.market

co-marketing skill

by coreyhaines31·coreyhaines31/marketingskills·52k stars·MIT

When the user wants to find co-marketing partners, plan joint campaigns, or brainstorm partnership opportunities. Use when the user says 'co-marketing,' 'partner marketing,' 'joint campaign,' 'who should we partner with,' 'integration marketing,' 'cross-promotion,' 'collaborate with another company,' 'partnership ideas,' or 'co-brand.' For customer referral programs, see referrals. For launch-specific partnerships, see launch.

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

Before Starting

Check for product marketing context first: If .agents/product-marketing.md exists (or .claude/product-marketing.md, or the legacy product-marketing-context.md filename, in older setups), read it before asking questions. Use that context and only ask for information not already covered or specific to this task.

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:

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

Partnership Types

Co-marketing is one of five partnership types. Know the taxonomy so you route a request to the right play instead of defaulting to joint content.

Flagship proof: HubSpot's partner program = $100M ARR, ~40% of revenue, 3,400+ partners. Mature programs average ~28% of revenue and 2× growth.

Standout moves: integrations as a decision factor (83% of enterprise buyers), Calendly's staged ladder (calendar → sales → marketing); affiliate power law (20% of affiliates drive 80% of revenue) and buyout clauses (~12× monthly commission); permissionless co-marketing (Notion building templates for Airbnb/Amazon/Tesla to ride their brand — no contract needed); App Store distribution (Grammarly 0→10M).

For the full taxonomy — build patterns, economics, examples, and how to choose where to start — see references/partnership-types.md. (Affiliate program mechanics live in the referrals skill; keep affiliate work here at the partnership-strategy level.)

Co-Marketing Campaign Types

Content Partnerships

Webinars & Events

Product & Integration Marketing

Community & Social

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

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

  1. Account overlap data (if available via Crossbeam/Reveal)
  2. 2-3 specific campaign ideas (not just "let's do something")
  3. Your audience metrics (list size, traffic, engagement)
  4. Examples of past partnerships (shows you can execute)
  5. 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

  1. Campaign description: What you're doing together
  2. Responsibilities: Who does what
  3. Timeline: Key dates and deadlines
  4. Lead handling: How leads are captured, shared, followed up
  5. Promotion: Minimum commitments from each side
  6. Branding: Logo usage, approval process
  7. Costs: Who pays for what (if any)
  8. 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

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