Partner Marketing Course
Drive new growth with partner marketing
2h 08min | 6 lessons
In this course, you will learn how to:
- Build a partner and customer marketing strategy that drives retention and revenue.
- Develop advocacy and referral programs that generate high-quality leads.
- Align customer success, sales, and marketing for maximum impact.
- Leverage partner co-marketing opportunities to expand reach and pipeline.
- Use data to optimize engagement and increase customer lifetime value.
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Master partner marketing to drive quality leads and strengthen brand credibility
Course Length:
2h 08min. 6 lessons.
This isn’t about surface-level engagement tactics. It is built for marketers who want to create structured programs that drive measurable business impact. Learn how to turn customers into brand advocates, partners into revenue multipliers, and marketing into a long-term growth driver. Walk away with a proven framework to increase retention, referrals, and expansion, without constantly chasing new leads.
After completing this online course on partner marketing, you will be able to assist your team and company with:
- Design and execute scalable customer and partner marketing programs.
- Increase customer retention and revenue through advocacy and engagement.
- Build referral and loyalty initiatives that drive sustainable growth.
- Strengthen alignment between marketing, sales, and customer success teams.
- Leverage co-marketing partnerships to reach new audiences and expand market share.
This course is for you if you are responsible for:
- Customer marketers looking to improve engagement and retention.
- Partnership managers who want to turn partnerships into revenue drivers.
- Growth marketers focused on expanding beyond acquisition.
- Sales and customer success teams who need better collaboration with marketing.
- Anyone responsible for turning customers and partners into long-term business growth.
Look no further than CXL, this is the best and most recommended course you will find on Partner Marketing.
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Course Curriculum
Partner marketing
What is partner marketing?
How to work with partners
Partner marketing tactics and strategies
The partner marketing role/team
Course review
Taylor Engstrom is a product marketer and entrepreneur. Today he leads global product marketing at ShipStation (A portfolio company of Auctane) in charge of developing product-market fit in international markets and evangelizing the ShipStation brand and product for thousands of ecommerce merchants.
Previously he has led marketing departments for several early stage Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) startups across GovTech (Government Technology) MarTech (Marketing Technology) and more. He helped launch the first ever Government Relationship Manager, GRM ™, a CRM for local and state governments, and built a strategic alliances and partner marketing program from scratch for a major privately-held home improvement technology company before they were acquired by a public lead generation company.
This online course
comes with a
Certificate
Completing this course earns you an official CXL Partner Marketing Course Certificate to prove your achievement. CXL is recognized as an industry-leading qualification by employers worldwide, and it is an official qualification on LinkedIn that can be added to your profile.
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About CXL
What is CXL?
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What is the difference between the monthly, quarterly and annual plans?
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Quarterly and monthly plans are not covered by the refund policy. However, you can reach out to Support if you’d like to remove the automatic renewal.
What is the difference between the individual and teams plans?
Individual plans are designed for one learner.
Team plans are available for 2 or more people and include additional tools to help manage learning across your team, including:
- Track learning progress and engagement.
- Invite and manage team members.
- Create learning roadmaps for individual users.
What is included in the subscription plan?
All subscription plans include:
- 80+ certifiable B2B marketing courses and Minidegree programs.
- Certificates that can be added to LinkedIn.
- Progress tracking.
Are live courses and workshops included?
Live courses and workshops are included on annual plans. Monthly and quarterly plans cover the on-demand catalog and every Minidegree.
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If you would like to move from an individual subscription to a team plan, please contact our Customer Success team via live chat and we’ll be happy to help.
What is the difference between the Marketing Engineer cohort and the subscription?
The Marketing Engineer cohort is 8 live weeks, starting 11 January with setup. You build a working marketing system and get certified on it, not on attendance. It comes with the annual subscription.
The subscription gives you access to our library of 80+ B2B marketing and AI courses. The annual subscription also includes every live cohort and new live workshops every month.
Does the Marketing Engineer cohort include access to the full CXL course library?
Yes. The cohort comes with the annual subscription, which includes the 80+ on-demand courses and every minidegree.
It also includes every live cohort in your year, the community and every update to the systems you build.
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