A co-sell partner sells side by side with your team on shared accounts, so neither side owns the customer alone. That is exactly why rules of engagement, clean attribution, and a single shared view of the deal matter most here. This track sets up collaboration on the live CRM record, overlap discovery, and a shared pipeline both teams trust, then funds joint demand with assets and MDF.
Time to first value: partners collaborating on shared deals within about two days. Owned by: the Partner Manager and Partner Operations, with Sales, RevOps, and the CRO on rules of engagement and attribution.
What a co-sell partner actually needs
A co-sell partner is a full org that mirrors your sales team: an alliance manager, reps, and a solutions engineer. They need to work the live deal with your AE without a CRM seat, discover which accounts overlap, share a pipeline view, and align on who does what so the direct team stays bought in. Money here is influence and sourcing credit, not resale margin, so commissions stay light and attribution trust is everything. CPQ, certification, and deal-reg-for-margin belong to the reseller motion, not this one.Set up the foundation
Connect your CRM
Why it matters. Co-selling is collaboration on a real CRM deal. A live two-way sync means both sides always see the same deal truth, which is the precondition for the CRO and RevOps to trust a shared-credit motion at all.Connect HubSpot or Salesforce with two-way sync as the system of record.Time: 20 to 30 min · Who: CRM Administrator, Revenue Operations
Connect your CRM
Two-way sync with HubSpot or Salesforce.
Choose how partners are stored
Decide how partner records map into the CRM.
Import partners and their contacts
Why it matters. Co-sell partners bring multiple people to a deal: an alliance manager, reps, an SE. Importing partners with their full contact set means you can collaborate with the right person on each record from day one.Detect co-sell partners from the CRM and bring their teams in as contacts.Time: 30 to 60 min · Who: Partner Operations
Auto-sync new partners
Detect co-sell partners from the CRM.
Manage partner contacts
Bring in the alliance manager, reps, and SE.
Set up collaboration on the right objects
Why it matters. The defining co-sell capability is letting a partner work the live deal without a CRM seat. Choosing which objects they collaborate on and exactly which properties they see lets them contribute on the record while you keep full control of sensitive fields. This is collaboration that is CRM-native, not a copy in a side tool.Link the CRM deals partners co-sell on, attribute their contribution on the record, then share the objects and pick the properties they can see and edit.Time: 1 to 2 hours · Who: Partner Operations, CRM Administrator
Link deals to Introw
Connect CRM opportunities to co-sell records.
Map partner attribution
Record the partner’s contribution on the deal.
Share a record with a partner
Open a deal or company for joint work.
Choose visible properties
Expose the right fields, hide the rest.
Collaborate from your CRM
Let your AE work partners from inside the CRM.
Manage collaborators
Add the partner’s people to the record.
Build the co-sell motion
Discover account overlap
Why it matters. Co-selling starts with knowing where you and the partner both have presence. Overlap discovery points the joint motion at the accounts most likely to close, instead of guessing, so the first co-sell wins come fast.Connect Crossbeam, map partners to their Crossbeam records, and surface overlap to target.Time: 1 to 2 hours · Who: Partner Operations, Revenue Operations
Connect Crossbeam
Bring in account-overlap data.
Use overlap data
Target the accounts you both touch.
Set rules of engagement, conflict detection, and an approval gate
Why it matters. Shared deals are where channel conflict erupts and the direct team revolts. Clear rules of engagement plus AI conflict detection and an approval gate keep the two teams aligned and make the attribution defensible, which is what protects the program politically.Define rules of engagement, detect overlap with direct or other-partner deals, and gate registrations for review with the AI agent on first pass.Time: Half a day · Who: Partner Operations, Sales, CRO, with the Partner Manager
Set rules of engagement
Codify who does what on a shared deal.
Detect channel conflict with AI
Catch overlap the moment a deal is registered.
Register a reseller deal
Let partners register the deals they bring.
Resolve a flagged conflict
Work through conflicts with a clear process.
Configure the shared pipeline
Why it matters. Both teams managing the same deals need one pipeline view they agree on. A shared pipeline with the right attribution settings is what lets the partner see their joint deals and lets the CRO see partner-influenced revenue in the same place as direct.Add a pipeline to the experience, configure deal attribution, and control which deals each partner sees.Time: 2 to 3 hours · Who: Partner Operations, Revenue Operations
Add a pipeline to an experience
Give partners a shared pipeline view.
Configure deal attribution
Set how shared credit is recorded.
View partner pipeline
See joint deals across the program.
Control which deals partners see
Scope each partner to their own accounts.
Stand up a minimal co-sell experience
Why it matters. A co-sell partner needs a place to land that combines their pipeline, the deals they collaborate on, and the assets to run joint plays. Start with that minimum viable partner portal; experience building goes much further and you can enrich it after launch.Publish a co-sell experience with the shared pipeline and collaboration, then expand later.Time: 2 to 3 hours · Who: Partner Operations, Partner Marketing
Build a portal experience
Assemble the minimal co-sell portal. Experiences go far deeper when you are ready.
Go deeper: fund and accelerate joint demand
Once partners are collaborating on shared deals, add the modules that make co-selling produce more pipeline. These are the co-sell-relevant extensions, in priority order.Co-branded assets and an asset hub
Why it matters. Joint selling needs joint collateral. Co-branded assets in a governed hub let both sides run the same plays on-message, without a design cycle per deal.Time: Half a day · Who: Partner Marketing
Add an asset hub to an experience
Put co-sell collateral one click away.
Show partner-specific assets
Surface the right assets per partner.
MDF to fund joint marketing
Why it matters. Co-sell demand often needs joint-marketing money. Running MDF as CRM-linked requests and claims lets you fund campaigns with partners and prove the ROI, instead of trading spreadsheets.Time: Half a day · Who: Partner Marketing, Finance
Configure the request lifecycle
Set up MDF requests through to claims.
Track ROI on a fund
Prove the return on joint spend.
Deal coaching and trustworthy reporting
Why it matters. To keep the CRO and RevOps confident, partner-influenced versus partner-sourced revenue has to be clear, and reps need stage-specific guidance on complex joint deals. AI coaching plus partner analytics close that loop.Time: Half a day · Who: Revenue Operations, Partner Manager
Create a deal coach
Give reps AI guidance on shared deals.
Read partner analytics
Show influenced and sourced pipeline credibly.
You are live
Partners co-sell on the live CRM deal without a seat, you target real account overlap, both teams trust one shared pipeline and clear rules of engagement, and joint demand is funded and measured. The direct team stays aligned because attribution is defensible and everything lives in the CRM.Run a different motion?
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