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Co Marketing

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  • Updated July 27, 2026
  • coreyhaines31/marketingskills

Co-marketing is a growth skill for identifying partner fit and planning joint campaigns to reach shared audiences.

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Co-marketing strategy skill for identifying ideal partners and planning joint campaigns. Covers audience overlap analysis, partner scoring, campaign types (content, webinars, integrations), cold outreach templates, and structuring partnership agreements.

  • Partner scoring framework: audience fit, brand alignment, reciprocity potential
  • Campaign types: content partnerships, webinars, integrations, community collabs
  • Audience overlap analysis using Crossbeam and customer surveys

Co Marketing by the numbers

  • 41,885 all-time installs (skills.sh)
  • +3,341 installs in the week ending Jul 28, 2026 (Skillselion tracking)
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What co-marketing says it does

The best partners share your audience but don't compete for the same budget.
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Who are good co-marketing partners for my product?

Find and collaborate with non-competing partners to reach shared audiences through joint marketing campaigns.

Who is it for?

Developers or product marketers launching a B2B SaaS tool who need structured partner discovery beyond generic networking advice.

Skip if: Teams still validating product-market fit without a defined buyer persona or any existing product-marketing positioning document.

When should I use this skill?

The user asks for co-marketing partners, joint campaigns, partner identification, or audience-overlap marketing with complementary products.

What you get

Partner shortlist, audience overlap analysis, and co-marketing campaign concepts with complementary product categories.

  • Partner category shortlist
  • Co-marketing campaign brainstorm

By the numbers

  • Partner Scoring Criteria: 6 dimensions to evaluate fit
  • Campaign Types: 4 categories from content to community

Files

SKILL.mdMarkdownGitHub ↗

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:

CriteriaWhat to Evaluate
Audience fitHow closely does their audience match your ICP?
Audience sizeDo they have reach worth partnering for?
Brand alignmentWould you be proud to be associated?
Engagement qualityDo they have an active, engaged audience?
Reciprocity potentialCan you offer them equal value?
Ease of executionDo 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

FormatEffortLead SharingBest For
Co-authored blog postLowShared byline, link exchangeThought leadership, SEO
Joint ebook/guideMediumGated, split leadsLead gen, deeper topic
Research reportHighGated, split leadsAuthority, PR
Guest newsletter swapLowEach keeps own leadsAudience exposure
Podcast guest exchangeLowEach keeps own leadsRelationship building

Webinars & Events

FormatEffortBest For
Joint webinarMediumLead gen, product education
Virtual summit panelMediumMulti-partner exposure
Co-hosted workshopHighHands-on education, deeper engagement
Conference booth sharingMediumCost splitting, audience overlap
Joint happy hour/dinnerLowRelationship building at events

Product & Integration Marketing

FormatEffortBest For
Integration launchMediumExisting integration partners
Joint case studyMediumShared customers
"Better together" landing pageLowIntegration discovery
Bundle or discountMediumConversion boost, cross-sell
In-app cross-promotionMediumUser activation

Community & Social

FormatEffortBest For
Social media takeoverLowAudience exposure
Joint giveaway/contestLowList building, engagement
Slack/Discord community collabLowCommunity building
Joint AMA or Twitter SpaceLowThought 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 AssetsTheir Assets
Your audience size/engagementTheir audience size/engagement
Your content expertiseTheir content expertise
Your product capabilitiesTheir product capabilities
Your brand credibilityTheir brand credibility
Your customer storiesTheir 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?"

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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Task-Specific Questions

1. Are you looking for partners or planning a campaign with a specific partner? 2. What type of co-marketing are you most interested in? (content, events, integrations, community) 3. What's your audience size? (email list, social following, traffic) 4. Do you have existing integration partners? 5. Have you done co-marketing before? What worked/didn't? 6. What's your timeline and budget for co-marketing?

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Tool Integrations

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

ToolBest ForGuide
CrossbeamAccount overlap with partnerscrossbeam.md
IntrowPartner program management, deal registrationintrow.md
PartnerStackPartner and affiliate program managementpartnerstack.md

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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

Related skills

Forks & variants (1)

Co Marketing has 1 known copy in the catalog totaling 5 installs. They canonicalize to this original listing.

How it compares

Pick co-marketing over generic marketing skills when the goal is partner discovery and joint campaigns, not on-page SEO or ad copy.

FAQ

What does the co-marketing skill do?

The co-marketing skill systematically identifies and brainstorms campaigns with complementary products that share the same audience but solve different problems. It applies a Partner Identification Framework and checks product-marketing.md for positioning context before suggestin

When should developers use co-marketing?

Developers should use co-marketing when launching or growing a B2B product and needing structured partner discovery—such as finding design tools, proposal software, or invoicing platforms that share the same buyer persona but address adjacent workflow problems.

Is Co Marketing safe to install?

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