Co marketing

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

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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

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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

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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 expertis