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Build a marketing engine
that drives revenue.

Activity isn't strategy. Pretty isn't pipeline. If you've spent money on agencies, freelancers, or tools that produced awareness metrics but not qualified leads, you know exactly what we mean. Coherence builds marketing systems that you can see in your CRM — not just in your analytics dashboard.

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What broken marketing actually costs

Agency bills that look like progress but aren't

You signed a retainer, got a strategy deck, and a monthly report full of impressions, reach, and engagement metrics. Your pipeline didn't move. The report looks good; the business doesn't.

No coherent brand voice — content from strangers

You have a freelancer, a content tool, and a blog. None of it sounds like you. Your audience can't tell if it's your company or your competitor, and your close rate reflects it.

Spending money with no idea if it's working

You're paying for Google Ads, Meta, or email tools. You know how much you're spending. You don't know if any of it is generating qualified leads — because there's no attribution system in place.

Launches into the void — no go-to-market plan

You're bringing a product to market and you have a feature list. No ICP definition, no competitive positioning, no channel strategy, no messaging framework. You find out if it's right by watching the launch fail.

The math behind marketing that doesn't work

Wasted agency spend (quarterly)
$3K–$15K
Average quarterly waste on marketing agencies producing deliverables but not pipeline. Often discovered after 3–6 months of retainer.
Untracked spend (annual)
40–70%
Of marketing budget with no clear attribution. No data means no optimization — you're running the same spend with the same results indefinitely.
Failed product launch cost
3–6 months
Of lost traction. Without GTM strategy, launches miss the ICP, positioning is off, and messaging doesn't convert. You spend months fixing a launch that was set up to fail.

For a company spending $5K/month on marketing with no attribution, that's $60K/year producing activity, not revenue. The gap between that and a marketing function with pipeline attribution is usually one good strategy and one capable person.

Marketing that produces pipeline, not decks

01

Go-to-market strategy with actual competitive positioning

We define your ICP, map your competitive landscape, build a messaging framework, and decide which channels actually make sense for your market. Not a generic "omnichannel strategy" — a plan that knows where your buyers are and how to reach them.

02

Campaign management with pipeline attribution

Every campaign is built to produce leads. We track from impression to SQL, measure CAC by channel, and optimize based on data — not intuition. You'll finally know which half of your marketing spend is working.

03

Brand voice and content system that scales

We build your brand guidelines, content strategy, and editorial calendar — then execute. Consistent voice, coherent messaging, content that converts. Not a deck of rules your freelancers ignore.

04

Marketing analytics with clear KPIs and dashboards

You'll know your MQLs, SQLs, pipeline influence, CAC by channel, and conversion rates. Not a monthly report that says "impressions up 12%" — a live dashboard and a weekly review that shows you exactly where you stand.

05

Vendor and agency management so you stop getting played

We'll run the agencies you've already hired — or fire them and replace them with people who produce pipeline. We know what good looks like, we set the metrics, and we hold them to outcomes.

Built for companies spending on marketing without knowing why

You're 10–100 employees. Generating some revenue but your marketing is reactive — you're doing what you can, when you can, and it's not coordinated. You've probably already spent money on a freelancer or agency that gave you deliverables but not results.

Spending $2K+/mo on marketing with no clear ROI
Have a product/service with a real market
Founder or CEO making marketing decisions without a background in it
Pipeline-dependent business (B2B, SaaS, professional services)

Ready to build a marketing engine that produces revenue?

Book a 90-minute Clarity Lab focused specifically on your marketing function. We'll audit your current spend, identify the biggest pipeline gaps, and build a plan to fix them. Then decide if Coherence's fractional marketing is right for you.

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