The FIFA World Cup is kicking off today, and football fans, or soccer for us American heretics, couldn’t be more excited. That said, things are not that great for those visiting Qatar. There are some pictures going around the Internet that are throwing some major Fyre Festival vibes. Get started on that sequel Netflix! What do you think would be this salad’s equivalent to a partnerships program? Let us know in #watercooler.
️ Are you having the Catalyst blues?
In August, we hosted the biggest ever global conference for Partnerships in Miami. Teams came from around the world to network, learn, and prepare to uplevel their programs. This week we launched the Catalyst 2023 Early Bird ticket sale! So start packing, this year we’re charting a path for the mountains. See you in Denver!
This week’s Partnerships MVP
Continuing with the sport theme of this thread, our team announced a major reinforcement for the next season. Our very own Chris Samila is our new full time Chief Partnership Officer. Talk about draft of the year! Show Chris some love here.
Tab Openers Anonymous
“Hi, I’m Pete and I’m a compulsive tab opener”. If that’s your case as well (especially when sharing leads with multiple partners), don’t worry PartnerPortal.io has you covered. With Opportunities by PartnerPortal.io, you can track the leads you send to different partners from the same place. And yes, you can do it even if your partners don’t have a portal. That means a leaner browser and happier partners.
Partnership of the Week
ClickUp and Hubspot just announced an amazing partnership. This integration is designed to help companies close the gap between customer experience and the team behind it. As hardcore users of both platforms, the PL team is really happy with this update.
️ New Groundwork episode
In this week’s episode, Tai Rattigan and Tom Williams, of SugarCRM, talk about his amazing experience working with Microsoft, Exact Target, Salesforce and more. Tom’s view on the importance of support for partnerships initiatives coming from the top is amazing.
Other Partnerships news we’re watching
- Ready to become an integration partner? — Front just released an amazing partner integration program. Partners not only can publish their apps in Front’s marketplace but also receive exclusive access to incentives, resources, and support. Learn more here.
- PL Featured Event: — Join Desmond Russell and Bryan Williams as they help us amplify, lead and unite partnership leaders across the APAC region. Register for our “Partnership Leaders APAC Launch Webinar” to find out more about how we can all support each other and grow together.
- Going to AWS re:Invent? — Several members of our community will be attending and we are coordinating a meet-up at the Tackle VIP Lunch. You can register here and also join our #aws_reinvent channel to meet the other attendees.
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