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Partner Intelligence and Assessment
Knowledge is power
Smarter Partnership strategies, powered by our class-leading AI platform. Deeper visibility, unparalleled insights, future focussed.
Channel assessment, guided by data and delivered by experts
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Understanding your Partners' marketing capabilities is key to driving effective programs. Not every Partner has the same level of skill, resources, or message alignment. Sherpa’s Partner Assessment gives you the insights needed to identify which Partners will drive the best results, allowing you to focus your efforts where they matter most.
Our approach uses our purpose built EdisonAI platform to provide a clear view of your Partner network. For program insights, our Campaign Manager maps out Partners’ marketing capabilities, analyzing factors like their marketing infrastructure, skill and alignment with your messaging—all without requiring you to share extensive data. This helps target the right Partners for specific campaigns, maximizing growth, tapping into scale and driving ROI. For a complete Ecosystem view, we can also run a full EdisonAI Assessment which pulls data from sources like your PRM to dive deep into your Partnerships, providing a Global view of your Ecosystem with scorecards, signals and insights like 'share of wallet'. This detailed assessment identifies untapped growth potential, guiding proactive engagement that unlocks new opportunities.
By assessing your Partners' capabilities, you move beyond guesswork and build a marketing strategy that scales. Sherpa’s data-driven approach provides the insights you need to engage the right Partners, optimize campaigns, and drive measurable growth.
How can EdisonAi help with partner intelligence and assessment?
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Partner Ecosystem Mapping and Segmentation
A complete view of your partner ecosystem, segmenting partners by type, capability, alignment, and more. This gives a clear foundation for where to focus investment and how to structure your programme.
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Campaign Effectiveness
EdisonAi assesses how well your campaigns are resonating across the partner channel, identifying which partners are aligned to your messaging, which campaigns are generating results, and where activity should be focused to drive the strongest outcomes.
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Partner Engagement and Performance
A data-driven evaluation of each partner's marketing capability, tooling, and programme engagement. This identifies whether partners have the infrastructure to run campaigns independently or need hands-on support before activity begins. -
Market Coverage and Whitespace
An analysis of where your ecosystem has strong coverage and where gaps exist across geographies, verticals, partner types, and more. This reveals the high-potential partners and markets your programme should be prioritising. -
Strategic Roadmap Development
A structured plan that translates assessment findings into clear priorities, ensuring every campaign goes to the right partner, with the right support, at the right time.
Results from EdisonAi
200+
Programs supported
100%
Visibility of Partners
2x ROI
from campaigns
90%
decrease in wasted spend
Ready to discuss?
Solutions for Smarter Partnerships
Select an option below:
- Partner Concierge
- Channel Marketing
- Partner Intelligence
- Partner Recruitment
Partner Concierge
Your Partners are in the program, but are they in the game? Partner Concierge helps you deliver more outcomes.
Channel Marketing
Our suite of marketing activation programs are designed to deliver more from your ecosystem. Targeted, scalable, structured.
Partner Recruitment
Full-service recruitment, long-term revenue driving partnerships all start with the right data to recruit the right partners.
Program Build & Infrastructure
Sherpa handles every stage of partner recruitment set-up and ongoing program management. From ideal partner profile creation and campaigns, through to lead delivery and reporting in EdisonAi with quarterly reviews
Program Add-ons:
New Partner Marketing Accelerator
Nurture done for you
Content Localization
Partner Intelligence
Knowledge is power. Smarter Partnership strategies, powered by our class-leading AI platform. Deeper visibility, unparalleled insights, future focussed.
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Channel Intelligence,
Frequently Asked Questions
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What is channel intelligence in partner marketing?
Channel intelligence is the real-time data and insight that tells a vendor which partners are performing, which campaigns are resonating, and where the greatest growth opportunities exist across their ecosystem. Sherpa's EdisonAi platform turns raw partner data into actionable channel intelligence, reducing wasted spend and focusing investment on the partners most likely to generate pipeline.
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What is partner intelligence and why does it matter?
Partner intelligence is the insight that drives smarter decisions across a partner ecosystem, from which partners to prioritise and invest in, to which campaigns are most likely to convert. Without it, channel marketing investment is based on assumption rather than evidence.
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How do you assess partner marketing capability?
Assessing partner marketing capability requires scoring partners across engagement, marketing skill, technology stack, and alignment, not just revenue contribution. Sherpa's EdisonAi platform analyses each partner across these dimensions, ensuring campaign investment goes to partners with the infrastructure to convert it into pipeline.
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When should a vendor run a channel assessment?
A vendor should run a channel assessment when channel revenue is flat or inconsistent, when partner investment decisions are being made without clear data, or when preparing for a new programme cycle or market expansion. Sherpa's Full Channel Assessment delivers first insights within 6–8 weeks, giving vendor teams a clear strategic roadmap for where to focus.
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What is the difference between a partner assessment and a partner marketing analysis?
A partner marketing analysis focuses on campaign performance and marketing ROI across the partner ecosystem. A channel assessment goes deeper, evaluating the full programme structure, market coverage, whitespace, and individual partner capability to produce a strategic roadmap for channel growth. Sherpa offers both as part of the EdisonAi Insight suite.