Marketing Consulting Services for B2B Revenue Teams
Marketing Consulting Services for B2B Revenue Teams
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Why It Matters Now
95 and 5
6 to 10
Typical buying groups often include six to ten stakeholders, which changes targeting and content. source
ABM Matures
Forrester tracks steady ABM adoption with stronger focus on measurement and personalization. source
B2B Marketing Playbook: 30-60-90
First 30 Days: Clean The Funnel And Align
- Agree one funnel with sales and ops. Define stages, entry criteria, exit criteria, and ownership.
- Set a small KPI set: qualified pipeline added, conversion across stages, cycle time, win rate, CAC payback.
- Audit audience and creative coverage for out-of-market memory and in-market response.
Days 31 to 60: Launch Buying-Group Plays
- Target the full buying group with role based offers and content. Align sequences with sales and success.
- Run brand and demand as a system: reach and memory for the many, response for those in market.
- Adopt privacy safe tactics: first-party data, contextual, and cohort or interest signals where available.
Days 61 to 90: Prove And Scale
- Run experiments on creative, offers, and qualification rules. Keep a decision log and move budget to winners.
- Stand up mixed measurement: platform data plus experiments or lightweight MMM, with a quarterly review.
- Publish a revenue plan by segment with targets for reach, qualified pipeline, and wins.
Core Components
- Brand And Memory: mental availability, fluent devices, and consistent assets across channels.
- Demand And Activation: buying-group offers, search and content, events, partner and field.
- Data And Measurement: clean stage rules, source quality, experiments, and MMM where scale allows.
- Revenue Operations: rules of engagement, SLAs, enablement, and a weekly pipeline call with decisions.
Pillars, Plays, KPIs, and References
| Pillar | Typical Plays | KPI | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Reach the category, use fluent devices, refresh assets each quarter | Reach, recall | B2B Institute 95-5 |
| Buying Groups | Role based content and sequences, shared plan with sales | Qualified pipeline added | Gartner on buying |
| ABM | Tiered accounts, personalization, intent and fit signals | Stage conversion, win rate | Forrester ABM |
| Privacy | First-party data, contextual, modelled reach; cut weak retargeting | Cost per qualified opportunity | Reuters; The Verge |
| Measurement | Experiments, platform data, and MMM where fit | CAC payback, pipeline velocity | DemandGen 2025 |
Frequently Asked Questions
What changes when we target buying groups instead of single leads?
You focus on the accounts and the people who influence a decision. Content and offers map to roles and stages. Handoffs improve because sales works the same plan.
How much brand vs demand?
Keep a balanced plan. Run broad reach for memory and steady activation for current demand. Use experiments and quarterly reviews to tune the split.
How do we measure without perfect attribution?
Use clean stage rules, holdouts or geo tests where possible, and a simple MMM or contribution model to cross check platform reports.
Ready to link brand, demand, and pipeline in one plan that finance trusts? We can set the rules, launch buying-group plays, and stand up mixed measurement.
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Sources
- LinkedIn B2B Institute. The 95-5 Rule. https://business.linkedin.com/marketing-solutions/b2b-institute/b2b-research/trends/95-5-rule
- LinkedIn B2B Institute with Ehrenberg-Bass. How B2B Tech Brands Grow. https://business.linkedin.com/content/dam/me/business/en-us/amp/marketing-solutions/images/lms-b2b-institute/b2b-inst-22/all/how-b2b-tech-brands-grow.pdf
- Gartner. B2B Buying Journey. https://www.gartner.com/en/sales/insights/b2b-buying-journey
- Forrester. The State of Account-Based Marketing in 2024. https://www.forrester.com/report/the-state-of-account-based-marketing-in-2024/RES181829
- Demand Gen Report. 2025 Demand Generation Benchmark Survey. https://www.demandgenreport.com/blog/the-2025-demand-generation-benchmark-survey-scaling-personalization-optimizing-operations-tying-strategy-to-revenue-in-2025/49804/
- Reuters. Google opts out of standalone prompt for third-party cookies. https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/google-opts-out-standalone-prompt-third-party-cookies-2025-04-22/
- The Verge. Google scrapped plans to end third-party cookies in Chrome. https://www.theverge.com/news/653964/google-privacy-sandbox-plans-scrapped-third-party-cookies
About the Author
Aykut Cakir, Senior Partner and Chief Executive Officer, has a demonstrated history in negotiations, business planning, business development. He has served as a Finance Director for gases & energy, pharmaceuticals, retail, FMCG, and automotive industries. He has collaborated closely with client leadership to co-create a customized operating model tailored to the unique needs of each project segment in the region. Aykut conducted workshops focused on developing effective communication strategies to ensure team alignment with new operating models and organizational changes.
