Senior Marketing Leadership for B2B Companies

Your marketing is
spending money.
It should be making decisions.

Most growing B2B companies have the same problem: marketing spend with no senior brain behind it. An agency optimizing for activity. A junior marketer executing without direction. A CEO who knows something is broken but can't name what.

I find what's broken. Then we fix it.

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"He walks into the initial meeting with a good understanding of our situation and requires very little time to educate him."

300%
Revenue Growth
B2B software, U.S. market entry — zero to top-three in two years
3,000
Units Sold
Semi-trucks moved in 9 months during a high-stakes company merger
$4M+
Pipeline Built
New pipeline created through targeted ABM for a B2B product launch
50%
More Adoptions
Regional nonprofit — donor giving also climbed 35% YOY

The junior marketer trap — and why smart CEOs keep falling into it.

You hired someone to run marketing. Maybe you brought in an agency too. The activity is there — posts, campaigns, reports. But the pipeline doesn't reflect it, and you can't quite explain why. After 20+ years working inside B2B companies at your stage, I can.

"You can't hang the deck until the pilings are driven. Most companies are running campaigns before the foundation is set — and wondering why nothing sticks."
— Rob Higley, Reveal

The fix isn't a new agency, more content, or a bigger ad budget. It's senior marketing judgment applied to your specific situation — the kind that used to require a full-time CMO hire. It doesn't anymore.


Three phases. Each one stands alone.
Together, they change how your business grows.

Every engagement starts with a clear diagnosis. No campaigns are built before the story is right. No retainer begins before we know what we're solving for.

Phase 01

Keystone Diagnostic

A structured audit of your marketing, brand, pipeline, and team. Clear findings. A prioritized 90-day action plan. An honest read on what's broken and what to do first. A CEO should be able to read it in one sitting and feel like someone finally said the quiet part out loud. You leave with a written document: specific, prioritized, and yours to keep regardless of what comes next.

Keystone Report + 90-Day Action Plan

$7,500–$12,000 · 2–3 weeks

Phase 02

Keystone Blueprint

Your full marketing operating system — positioning, messaging architecture, channel strategy, campaign calendar, and team structure. Built with your team, not handed to them. As opinionated about what not to do as what to do.

Complete Marketing Operating System

$15,000–$22,000 · 4–6 weeks

Phase 03

Fractional CMO Retainer

Ongoing embedded senior marketing leadership — monthly direction-setting, agency oversight, a performance dashboard with my written commentary, and a senior voice in the room when decisions need to be made. Scoped so you always know exactly what you're buying.

Monthly Rhythm · Quarterly Strategy Review

$7,500–$12,000/mo · 6–18 months

Reveal works for a specific kind of company.
It's worth knowing which one you are.

Good fit

  • B2B company, $10M–$50M revenue
  • CEO personally frustrated with current marketing results
  • Tried at least one agency and been disappointed
  • Has a junior marketer who's in over their head
  • Spending $5K–$20K/month with unclear ROI
  • Industrial, manufacturing, trades, or professional services
  • Ready to make decisions — not just explore options

Not the right fit

  • Pre-revenue or early stage — needs execution, not strategy
  • CEO not involved in the marketing conversation
  • Wants an agency to produce content or run ads at scale
  • Enterprise $100M+ with multiple approval layers
  • Expecting guaranteed lead volume
  • Just exploring with no timeline or budget authority

What happens when the diagnosis is right.

Every one of these started the same way: finding the actual problem before spending a dollar on campaigns.

300% YOY
B2B Software · U.S. Market Entry

A global software company entering U.S. commercial construction with zero brand recognition. Built positioning from scratch, targeted early adopters with precision, landed them in the top three of a saturated category in under two years.

3,000 Units
Transportation · M&A Situation

Led marketing through a national semi-truck company's sale and merger where brand clarity and pipeline momentum had direct impact on valuation. Sold more than 3,000 trucks in nine months.

$4M Pipeline
Industrial Manufacturing · Product Launch

Built a coordinated ABM program for a B2B product launch — identifying and nurturing the right targets rather than broadcasting broadly. More than $4 million in qualified pipeline resulted.

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Twenty years of pattern recognition - applied to your business.

I started in radio, where you learn fast that no one owes you their attention. You earn it in the first sentence, or you lose them. That discipline - lead with what matters, cut everything that doesn't - is the same one I bring to every engagement.

My PR career began at a top Indiana agency, where I learned how buyers form opinions long before a salesperson ever calls. From there I built and ran a nine-person marketing agency for a decade, which means I've sat on the other side of the table you're across from right now, before going inside companies as a marketing director and VP, owning budgets and being accountable for pipeline. Most consultants have lived one of those roles. The combination of all three is what makes the diagnostic work, and it's why Reveal exists. The fractional model is not a compromise. It's the role where all three perspectives are actually useful at the same time.

Reveal is not an agency. I don't produce content at scale or manage your ad spend. What I do is sit at the senior leadership level, give you an honest read on your marketing, and build the operating system your team can actually run: defined deliverables and measurable outcomes at every stage.

MBA, Ball State University · MA in Public Relations
Former agency director, embedded marketing executive, and fractional CMO
PRSA Best of Show and multiple Pinnacle Award winner
Industries: B2B software, construction, manufacturing, transportation, professional services
Rob Higley, Reveal
"Rob seamlessly embedded with our sales and production teams to define the brand and quickly build interest in the Kinetics Hybrid, managing the multiple marketing channels in a cost effective and impactful way."

— Merritt B., former CEO, Crosspoint Kinetics / Cummins

If something in here landed, it's worth a conversation.

The first call is 30 minutes. No pitch deck. I'll ask about your situation and give you a straight read on whether Reveal is the right fit — and if it's not, I'll tell you that too.

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