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Pier Marketing for Startups

Investors want traction. We build the engine that gets you there.

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.

50+ startups. $250M+ raised by clients. 15 years in the SF ecosystem.

50+ Startups Supported
$250M+ Capital Raised
8 Years Running
Currently Accepting 2 New Clients
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Sound like you?

You just closed your seed round. You have a product that works, a team that believes in it, and 12 to 18 months to prove you can find customers. Marketing has been an afterthought. You know it. You're doing founder-led sales, running random tactics, and hoping something sticks. That's exactly where we do our best work.

☑️ 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.

If you're nodding, we should talk. You have less time than you think.

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🌱The Blueprint

For bootstrapped & early pre-seed companies

$3,500/monthMonth to month commitment

You think, you build. We make sure it works.

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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The Launchpad

For early seed companies with some execution capacity

$5,000/monthQuarterly sprints

We write it. You ship it. Traction follows.

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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🚀 The Engine

For seed-stage companies scaling to Series A

$7,500/month Quarterly sprints

We run everything. You focus on product and investors.

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

Why founders who've been burned by agencies choose Pier

We become your team
Most agencies manage your marketing from the outside. Pier sits in your Slack, knows your roadmap, and builds the engine alongside you. Until you're ready to hire.
Strategy and execution
We don't hand you a strategy deck and disappear. We build campaigns, write content, manage ads, and ship dashboards. End to end.
Audience first. Always.
Before we think about 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.
Numbers investors notice
Once the engine is running, the numbers follow. We track CAC, pipeline velocity, and audience growth. Then build the narrative that closes rounds.
AI-powered output
Modern AI workflows managed by specialists who know how to use them. Full-team content output, reporting on autopilot, campaigns that move fast. Without losing your brand voice.

We are your marketing team. Strategy, execution, and the growth story that closes your Series A. Until you're ready to hire.

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Not a strategy deck. An engine.

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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Everything you need to get to Series A. Nothing you don't.

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 workflows built across 50+ startups — replacing 5+ hours of daily manual work per client. Full-team content output, reporting on autopilot, and campaigns that move fast, without losing your brand voice.

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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 has played a key role in our 50% YoY growth over 3 years. Smart, creative, and always one step ahead. Way more than a vendor — a true partner."

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

"Demo bookings shot up immediately. They understand our business, think through the entire funnel, and after 4 years still bring fresh ideas. 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

"A game-changer for our Meta Ads. They built a strategy that resonated with our market and drove real sales. A true partner 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 made a huge impact. They helped us exponentially increase sign-ups by finding exactly the right places to reach our market with 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 helped us clearly communicate our brand — website copy, communication strategy, and investor pitches. Clear, succinct, and always reliable."

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. 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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Your runway is running. Let's build the engine.

2 spots left. If you're reading this, your runway is already running.

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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