Advisory Services —
We’re here to help you build a more valuable marketing function through clarity
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Advisory Services
As a marketing leader, you know your marketing function could be significantly more valuable to your company. You recognize the massive potential of your marketing function, but at the same time, you may feel that marketing is not aligned with business priorities and is not recognized as part of the business concept.
You are likely fighting daily chaos and defending your budget. You have tens, or even dozens, of stakeholders, each with different expectations. And even though you work harder, the value remains fragmented.
To move towards a more strategic role, you need clarity on your expectations, role, and outcomes. That’s why we are here. We help you build a valuable marketing function where marketing’s impact is understood, recognized, and receives the investment necessary for growth.
Core services —
01 Clarity on where you are: Complimentary Strategic Role Assessment
See your function's current state clearly. We identify key internal detractors and enablers, giving you an objective baseline and a roadmap for your next move.
Key benefits:
• Know where you stand: You get an honest answer on where you are right now and what you should do next – if anything.
• Big-picture prioritization: You understand the strategic options available to you and how to prioritize them.
Get started with the Complimentary Assessment —
02 Clarity for you: The Marketing Business Plan
Stop guessing. Start leading. This is our flagship advisory program. We work with you to clarify your function’s purpose before aligning it with the rest of the organization. This happens in three phases:
Phase 1: Bold Vision.
Before you align with others, you need clarity for yourself. You define the "Ideal State" and the business case for change. You identify the outcomes worth pursuing that bring the most value to the business. This gives you the confidence to lead.
Phase 2: The Business Plan.
This is the core. You formalize a clear plan that communicates what marketing produces on a single page.
Phase 3: Stakeholder Alignment (optional).
Once you have clarity, we help you sell it.
Get started with the Marketing Business Plan —
03 Clarity on your team: Eliminate chaos and ad hoc, and drive prioritization
We help you translate the Business Plan into daily operations, giving you full control over where your function spends its energy.
Eliminate chaos: We help you establish the structures that stop the reactive cycle and "production house" behavior.
Drive prioritization: You ensure that resources are allocated to business outcomes, not just the loudest demands.
As an outcome, you'll have a team that executes towards expectations with confidence and autonomy:
• Alignment: The whole team rows in the same direction and rhythm towards a shared vision.
• Performance: A significantly more efficient and effective marketing function.
• Control: You gain full visibility into team performance, with clear roles, responsibilities, and expectations for everyone.
Start leading with clarity —
Additional services that take clarity further —
01 Value Clarity: Value Communication
How do you ensure the entire marketing function speaks a language the business understands? We don't just fix your board slides. We help you transform how your whole team tracks, measures, and communicates impact. We help you build the structures that ensure everyone, from specialists to leadership, tells the same value story.
Key benefits:
• Stakeholders understand and trust the function's impact.
• You gain the ability to defend and raise investment.
• Your team learns to focus on business results, not just tactics.
Start proving and communicating the total value of marketing —
02 Investment Clarity: Value Creation
We help you identify the value levers (commercial efficiency, pricing power, competitive advantage, and operational excellence) that multiply your impact. Then we turn these opportunities into a concrete long-term investment roadmap and support you in executing them to ensure realized value.
Key benefits:
• You have a clear, long-term investment roadmap for the function.
• Marketing transforms from a support function into a core part of how business is done.
• You find ways to multiply marketing impact.
Start multiplying the value —
03 Workshops & keynotes: Inspire change and align teams quickly
Whether you need to align your executive team on the future of marketing or inspire your own function to aim higher, we offer targeted working sessions and keynotes on topics like
• Executive Alignment: The full potential of marketing
• Identifying total marketing value
• Designing the right model: centralized vs. decentralized
• Strategic outlook: Value levers for the future
Find out more about working sessions and keynotes —
Clarity over chaos: Work with us —
The obstacles we help you with
Our typical clients turn to us because they face these common challenges:
Proving value: Can't prove marketing value, and your team's hard work and the value you create are not always recognized across the organization. Marketing is frequently the first area to face budget cuts.
Too busy to improve: You are stuck working in marketing, not on marketing. Your days are consumed by ad hoc work and firefighting.
Strategic visibility: The C-suite sees tactics, not strategy. Your function is excluded from early strategic planning.
Alignment: Marketing priorities and business expectations are misaligned. You are forced to guess what leadership wants or over-service them to prove your worth.
Resource pressure: You are pressured to do more with less. Without clarity on what matters, you can't prioritize effectively.
Who we work with
We work with senior marketing executives who are high-autonomy leaders in complex B2B industries, including industrial, professional services, software, and technology.
As a marketing manager, you may lead 5 to 10 direct reports, while directors can manage teams of 10-50, including team leads. Global directors oversee the entire marketing function with teams exceeding 50 members.
Typically, organizations are sales, expertise, or engineer-driven, with a big emphasis on traditional sales. Some even think good products or expertise sell themselves.
What these marketing leaders have in common is that they all share the courage and belief in marketing's potential. Their specific challenges differ based on their function.
How we work with you
We use a blended approach of consulting and executive coaching tailored to your needs. Our focus is on providing battle-tested frameworks and over a decade of experience in working with marketing teams in complex B2B industries.
Consulting
We act as objective partners to identify root causes and deliver expert recommendations.
Executive coaching
We support you in making informed decisions and managing necessary changes while offering fresh perspectives.
This is what you can expect from working with us
When you work with us, you replace fragmentation with focus.
The moment you get clarity on your expectations, role, and outcomes, the value of your marketing function increases.
Marketing becomes a regular, valued topic in management discussions. You stop defending your budget and start clarifying your worth with set performance expectations.
Your team stops firefighting. With a modernized, accountable structure, they gain the confidence and capabilities to execute autonomously.
Why work with us?
1. 100% focus on complex B2B
We work exclusively with industries like industrial, IT, and professional services. We understand your world of long sales cycles and technical experts. We get straight to work, without the learning curve.
2. We understand the leader’s reality
We know the pressure you face: from defending budgets to managing conflicting expectations from sales and management. We act as your partner, giving you the clarity and backing you need to lead effectively.
3. Frameworks ready to use
As a leader, you rarely have time to build methodologies from scratch. That is exactly what we do. We bring over 20 proven frameworks to structure your work, so you don't have to reinvent the wheel.
What our clients say about us —
"We chose Mavenfirst because we wanted a partner who would truly spar with us, not just deliver a one-off project. They have absolutely lived up to those expectations. Working with the Mavenfirst team is truly inspiring."
"They challenged us from the start to answer the hard questions. We were never left alone; they made sure the project worked in practice and delivered real value to our business."
"Mavenfirst’s deep dive into our business and their approachable attitude helped us build a solid foundation for strategic marketing. Thanks to great teamwork, our own skills have grown constantly, and the collaboration has been both inspiring and productive."
"I appreciate their professional and systematic approach to project management and their deep expertise. The team was highly skilled and managed their responsibilities perfectly."
"We really value how Mavenfirst commits to the project before the work even starts. They invested the time to design a plan that fit our specific situation and needs, ensuring we were both set up for success from day one."
"What differentiates Mavenfirst is their deep knowledge of our demanding target audience and their grasp of complex sales."
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Kumppaninne markkinoinnin kehitysprojekteissa
Olemme erikoistuneet markkinointiin complex sale -ympäristössä, jossa myyntiprosessit ovat pitkiä ja monivaiheisia. Tuomme tueksesi pitkän kokemuksemme complex sale -ympäristön markkinoinnista sekä uusimman tutkimustiedon ja testatut toimintamallit.
Yhdessä kartoittamalla löydämme markkinoinnin tärkeimmät kehityskohteet joiden ratkaisemisessa autamme tilanteeseen sopivalla tavalla. Olemme kumppaninne markkinoinnin kehitysprojekteissa tai pidemmissä yhteistöissä. Roolimme vaihtelee tarpeenne mukaan advisory-kumppanuudesta projektipäällikkö-palveluun. Tärkeintä meille on, että markkinointi tuo yrityksellenne arvoa ja kaupallisia tuloksia.
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