Marketing leadership for technology and SaaS companies

Marketing leadership for technology and SaaS companies

The product evolved. The category story did not keep up.

Technology companies outgrow their own story. The product now does five things, the website still sells the first one, and the sales team has quietly rewritten the pitch. Marketing spends money on demand without a position to generate demand for.

I reset the position with leadership, align sales and marketing on one story, and then build the brand, site and demand program on top of it. The goal is a category you can own, not more activity.

As a Fractional CMO for technology and SaaS companies, I am usually the first senior marketing leader in the room. The founders have been doing marketing by instinct, a demand gen hire is running campaigns, and nobody has decided what the company should be known for. That decision is the leverage. Everything downstream gets cheaper once it is made.

Buyers in technology research everything before a demo, and a growing share of that research runs through AI assistants. Ask ChatGPT which tool does what and it names the companies whose pages say so plainly. Category clarity, one page per use case and industry, and content with a real point of view are what get a SaaS company found and cited.

Brand identity, web design and development, content and thought leadership, SEO and AI search visibility, demand generation, campaigns, marketing technology and creative production all sit inside SliiceXR. One strategic relationship with me, and the resources to execute.

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Frequently asked questions

When should a SaaS company hire a Fractional CMO?

When the founders are doing marketing by instinct, demand spend is rising, and nobody has decided what the company should be known for. That decision is the leverage, and it is a leadership job.

Our product outgrew our category. How do we reposition?

Decide with leadership what the company is now, who it is for and what it should be known for. Align sales and marketing on that one story, then rebuild the site and the demand program from it.

How does a SaaS company get named by ChatGPT and other assistants?

Clear category language, one page per use case and industry, and content with a point of view. Assistants cite the companies whose pages say plainly what they do and for whom.

Do you run demand generation or just strategy?

Both. I set the position and the plan with leadership, and my SliiceXR team runs the campaigns, the content and the technology behind them.