B2B Growth / Pipeline / Demand Gen / ABM

B2B Growth Consultant: Pipeline, Demand Gen, and ABM

B2B growth is not a campaign, it is a pipeline system. Most consultants hand you a strategy deck and disappear. I run the engine: demand generation that fills the top, ABM that lands named accounts, and a pipeline you can forecast. I do it as a fractional operator who owns the number, not an advisor watching from the sideline.

What B2B growth looks like when an operator runs it

B2B has a long, multi-touch buying cycle and a small number of high-value accounts. That changes everything about how you grow. Here is the system I build and run.

Pipeline architecture

Define MQL, SQL, and opportunity stages everyone agrees on, with a forecast model the board can trust instead of a spreadsheet of hope.

Demand generation

Content, paid, and channel programs that fill the top of funnel with the right accounts, not just cheap leads. See demand generation.

Account-based marketing

Target lists of named accounts, coordinated outreach across channels, and sales alignment so marketing and sales hit the same accounts together.

Sales and marketing alignment

Shared definitions, SLAs, and handoff rules so leads do not die in the gap between the two teams.

Attribution and RevOps

Multi-touch attribution and clean CRM data so you know which programs actually create pipeline. Ties into marketing ops.

Conversion across the funnel

Landing pages, demo flows, and nurture that move accounts forward instead of stalling. See conversion optimization.

How this fits a fractional engagement

A B2B growth consultant who only advises leaves you with a plan and no execution. The way I work, B2B growth is run inside a fractional head of growth or fractional CMO engagement, where pipeline, demand gen, and ABM are owned as one system and I carry the number alongside your team.

This page is the growth-consultant angle on B2B. If you want the broader fractional service framing, see B2B SaaS services and the dedicated fractional CMO for SaaS page. They cover the same expertise from the service and CMO angles. This one is about owning the growth number.

The B2B growth levers I pull

ICP and positioning

Sharpen who you sell to and why you win, because every other lever wastes money if the target is fuzzy.

Demand gen engine

Build a repeatable top-of-funnel mix across content, LinkedIn, and search that produces qualified pipeline, not vanity leads.

ABM for named accounts

Coordinated marketing and sales motion against a defined target list, with personalized touches that earn meetings.

Pipeline conversion

Fix the leaks between stages with better nurture, demo flows, and sales enablement so more pipeline closes.

Lifecycle and expansion

Retention and expansion programs so revenue compounds inside the base. See lifecycle marketing.

Forecast and reporting

A pipeline dashboard and forecast model that survives a board meeting and guides where to spend next.

Who this is for

B2B SaaS and services companies past early product-market fit that need a repeatable pipeline engine, not another agency.

Founders selling to a small number of high-value accounts who need ABM and demand gen run together by one owner.

Teams where marketing and sales are misaligned and pipeline forecasts cannot be trusted.

B2B growth I have actually run

I led acquisition at Elementor from roughly $200K to over $20M ARR between 2018 and 2020 as the company passed five million users, building the full B2B and prosumer growth engine. I led growth at cnvrg.io, an MLOps platform selling into enterprise data-science teams, ahead of its acquisition by Intel announced in November 2020 (TechCrunch). I drove 337% MRR growth at Riverside as a growth operator. I have owned B2B pipeline numbers, not just advised on them. See the Elementor and cnvrg.io case studies.

Engagement tiers

Diagnostic sprint

Fixed $6,000-$8,000

2-4 week audit of your growth stack plus a 90-day roadmap. Fixed scope, converts to a retainer.

AI Marketing infra

From $5,000/mo
  • Attribution and RevOps setup
  • Pipeline dashboard build
  • CRM and reporting
  • Team handoff and docs
Operator (embedded)

$8K-$18K/mo

Full fractional role owning the B2B pipeline number. See fractional CMO.

Frequently asked questions

What does a B2B growth consultant actually do?

In my case, I own the pipeline system end to end: demand generation, ABM, sales alignment, and forecasting, run as a fractional operator rather than delivered as a deck and walked away from.

How is this different from your B2B SaaS services page?

Same expertise, different angle. B2B SaaS services frames the full fractional offering, this page focuses on owning the growth and pipeline number specifically.

Do you run ABM?

Yes. Named account lists, coordinated marketing and sales outreach, and personalized touches that earn meetings with the accounts that matter.

Will you fix sales and marketing alignment?

Yes. Shared lifecycle definitions, SLAs, and handoff rules so leads stop dying in the gap between the two teams.

Can you build trustworthy pipeline forecasting?

Yes. Clean CRM data, multi-touch attribution, and a forecast model that holds up in a board meeting are core to the work. Ties into marketing ops.

Do you only advise or do you execute?

I execute. The default is a fractional operator engagement where I carry the number with your team. Advisor tier is available if you only need strategy and reviews.

What does it cost?

A fixed-scope diagnostic sprint runs $6,000 to $8,000. Infrastructure builds start at $5,000 per month. A full embedded operator engagement runs $8,000 to $18,000 per month.

How do we start?

Book a 15-minute call. I will look at your pipeline, find the biggest leak, and recommend the lightest engagement that fixes it. See the role or book a call.

Build a B2B pipeline you can actually forecast

In 15 minutes I will find the biggest leak in your pipeline and tell you the lightest way to fix it. No deck, no pitch if a fractional is wrong for you.