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Pier Marketing for Startups

Drive the Marketing Traction That Closes Your Series A

Pier is a startup marketing agency for seed-stage B2B founders — helping you find your audience, build real traction, and tell the growth story that gets you funded.

Strategy + Execution + Fundraising Support

50+ Startups Supported
$250M+ Capital Raised
8 Years Running
Currently Accepting 2 New Clients
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This is for you if:

You're a seed-stage B2B software founder and...

☑️ You've raised $500K-$15M and need to prove traction for Series A.
☑️ You're not sure how to reach your customers at scale.
☑️ Marketing is a pile of random tactics — not a real system.
☑️ You're doing founder-led sales but marketing is an afterthought.
☑️ You need a team that gets both the marketing fundamentals AND the metrics investors care about.
☑️ You can't afford a full-time marketing hire but need serious execution capacity.
☑️ You want specialists who've done this 50+ times at your exact stage.

Sound familiar? Let's talk.

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ReadyFestive Landed a Deal on Shark Tank

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🌱Kickstarter

For bootstrapped & early pre-seed companies

$3,500/monthMonth to month commitment

Expert strategy and frameworks. Your team handles execution.

What you get:
✅ Quarterly marketing plans with priorities
✅ Positioning & messaging frameworks
✅ Audience and channel strategy with templates
✅ Content calendar and campaign briefs
✅ Loom audits of your work
✅ Template library access
✅ 24-hour response to questions from our team

Best for:
Pre-seed ($0-$500K raised)
✅ Founders who can execute in-house
✅ 6-12 months runway
✅ Want to learn while building

You need:
✅ 1 person with 20 hours/week to execute

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Traction Sprint

For early seed companies with some execution capacity

$5,000/monthQuarterly sprints

Expert strategy + all the copy written. Your team handles implementation.

What you get:
✅ Complete quarterly marketing strategy
✅ Audience research and ICP definition
✅ All landing page copy written
✅ All email sequences written
✅ All ad copy and creative direction
✅ Campaign briefs and execution plans
✅ Performance analysis and optimization
✅ Unlimited Slack access to our team

Best for:
✅ Early seed ($250K–$2M raised)
✅ Have 1–2 people who can implement
✅ Need to find and reach your ICP at scale
✅ 12–18 months to Series A

You need:
1 person with 15 hours/week to build and launch

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🚀 Growth Engine

For seed-stage companies scaling to Series A

$7,500/month Quarterly sprints

Full execution — strategy, content, campaigns, ads, and reporting. You focus on product and sales.

What you get:
✅ Audience research, ICP definition, and channel strategy
✅ 4–6 channels actively managed by our team
✅ Complete campaign execution
✅ Landing pages built and optimized
✅ Email sequences written, set up, and managed
✅ Ads created, launched, and optimized
✅ Content written and published
✅ Analytics, reporting, and board presentations
✅ Unlimited Slack access to our team

Best for:
✅ Seed ($500K–$5M raised)
✅ No marketing team or capacity
✅ Need to build audience and pipeline simultaneously
✅ 12–18 months to Series A

You need:
2-3 hours/week for approvals and strategic input

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Essential CEU Saw 50% YoY Growth
for 3 Consecutive Years

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Why Work With Us

A Specialist Team That Finds Your Audience and Builds Real Traction

Boutique By Design
Max 7 clients. Always. When you're in, you have the full attention of a dedicated specialist team — not an overextended account manager juggling 40 accounts.
Strategy and Execution
We don't hand you a strategy deck and disappear. Our team builds campaigns, writes content, manages ads, and creates dashboards — end to end.
Audience First, Always
Before we think about metrics and growth stories, we make sure you're reaching the right people with the right message. Traction that doesn't connect to your actual audience isn't traction.
Growth That Investors Notice
Once the engine is running, the numbers follow. We track what matters — CAC, pipeline velocity, audience growth — and build the narrative that closes rounds.
AI-Powered Output
The latest AI tools, managed by specialists who know how to use them. Content at scale, reporting on autopilot, campaigns that move fast — without losing your brand voice.

Think of us as your embedded growth team — until you're ready to build one in-house.

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What You Actually Get

Not just marketing tactics. A complete startup marketing strategy — from finding your audience to closing your Series A.

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Step 1 icon — Strategic Clarity

Strategic
Clarity

Crystal-clear positioning that resonates with your ICP and makes investors lean in. Messaging frameworks that speak directly to the people you're trying to reach — not everyone, the right ones.

Step 2 icon — Multi-Channel Execution

Multi-Channel Execution

Startup SEO, content marketing, email, paid ads, and funnel optimization. Our specialists run the entire marketing engine — powered by AI for speed and scale, guided by strategy for results.

Step 3 icon — Growth Metrics that Matter

Growth Metrics that Matter

Clean dashboards tracking the numbers that tell the real story: audience growth, engagement quality, MQL → SQL → Customer. Investor-ready reports built on traction that's actually real.

Step 4 icon — AI-Powered Output

AI-Powered Output

The latest AI tools, managed by specialists who know how to use them. Content at scale, reporting on autopilot, campaigns that move fast — without losing your brand voice.

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Core Capabilities

Everything a seed-stage B2B startup needs to build a marketing engine that connects, converts, and compounds.

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Positioning & Messaging

Workshops, frameworks, and pitch support that turn vague value props into sharp narratives your ICP immediately recognizes themselves in.

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Content & SEO

Startup SEO and content marketing built to reach the right people and rank. Blog posts, white papers, case studies. Technical SEO, keyword strategy, link building.

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Email & Automation

Sequences that nurture your audience while you sleep. Onboarding flows, drip campaigns, newsletter strategy. HubSpot, Mailchimp setup.

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Paid Acquisition

Google, LinkedIn, and Meta Ads. We test channels, find what resonates with your audience, and scale what works. Typical ad budgets: $3–$10K/month.

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Conversion Optimization

Landing pages, website copy, and funnel optimization. We make sure the right people actually convert to demos and signups.

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Metrics & Reporting

Clean dashboards showing audience growth, engagement, MQL → SQL → Customer. Reports that tell your growth story honestly and compellingly.

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AI Content & Automation

AI-powered content creation, reporting, and campaign management — so you get the output of a full team at a fraction of the cost.

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Results That Matter

These founders needed traction to raise, scale, or hire. Here's what happened:

50% YoY Growth for 3 Consecutive Years

"[Pier Marketing] has played a key role in our 50% YOY growth over the past 3 years. They’ve consistently helped us get great results through Google Ads and SEO. They don’t just wait for direction, they come to us with smart, creative ideas and have become way more than just a vendor. They’re a true partner in our growth."

Dr. Heidi Morgan — client testimonial, 50% YoY growth with Pier startup marketing agency

Dr. Heidi Morgan

Co-Owner, Essential CEU

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Demo bookings
shot up

“[Pier Marketing] helped us connect with our audience in a real way and the results were immediate. Demo bookings shot up. They truly understand our business and think through the entire funnel. Even after 4 years, we’re still coming up with fresh ideas together. They’re not just a partner, they’re part of our team.”

Arnab Bhattacharjee — B2B startup client testimonial, demo bookings growth with Pier Marketing

Arnab Bhattacharjee

CEO & Co-Founder, Consider

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A game-changer for Meta Ads Sign Ups

"[Pier Marketing] was a game-changer for our Meta Advertising efforts. They expertly guided us through building an advertising strategy that resonated with our target market and drove sales for our holiday subscription boxes. They have become a true partner in our success and a beloved team member."

Kristina Barnes and Liz Voelker — startup client testimonial, Meta Ads sign-up growth with Pier Marketing

Kristina Barnes & Liz Voelker

Co-Founders, ReadyFestive

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Exponentially increased sign-ups, so they could hire marketing in-house

"[Pier Marketing] is great to work with and have made a huge impact on our business. They helped us exponentially increase sign-ups on our website, finding the right places to reach our target market with relevant, engaging content that converts."

Steven Werner — seed stage startup client testimonial, exponential sign-up growth with Pier Marketing

Steven Werner

Founder & CEO, Lawn Buddy

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Clear brand communication from website to investor pitches

"[Pier Marketing] has greatly benefited ATTUNE’s marketing. They have helped us clearly communicate our brand through our website copy and have built out and executed our communication strategy. We can rely on then to deliver clear & succinct copy when we need to communicate with our target market, customers, or investors."

AK Patel, ATTUNE — B2B startup brand strategy client testimonial, Pier Marketing

AK Patel

Founder & CEO, ATTUNE

A Full Marketing Team Without a Single Hire

"Pier became our marketing team. They figured out our positioning, built our content presence, ran our outreach, and kept our pipeline full, all without us having to hire a single person. For a lean technical team, that was exactly what we needed."

Mick Hewitt — startup founder testimonial, fractional marketing team with Pier Marketing

Mick Hewitt

Co-founder & CEO, Ednition

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Ready to Get to Series A?

We only work with 7 clients at a time to maintain quality.
Currently accepting: 2 new clients.

Step 1 icon — Book a Discovery Call

Book a
Discovery Call

30 minutes - Free

→ Tell us about your goals and challenges  
→ We'll share what we think would work best for you
→ We'll decide together if we're a good fit
→ Zero pressure, just clarity

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Step 2 icon — Book a Strategy Session

Book a Strategy Session

60 minutes - $500
(Credited if we work together)

→ We'll audit your current marketing in detail
→ You'll get a custom roadmap you can use even if we don't partner
→ We'll map out exactly what you need to do to hit your goals
→ Book this if you want actionable strategy today

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Step 3 icon — Email Us

Not sure?
Email Me

Questions about packages, pricing, or availability? Email us, and we'll get back to you within 24 hours.

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