PIENNA





   Poke sharks, 
   without a clue.

We’ll help implement sales and marketing strategies.
Ideas ignite growth — but only execution makes it real. Companies spend months crafting strategies, customer journeys, and messaging. But when it’s time to act, things fall apart: sales and marketing remain misaligned, deadlines slip, CRMs are ignored, and content fails to convert. The plan was solid — but it stayed theoretical.
We turn strategy into coordinated, scalable execution that delivers results.

The problem:
when execution breaks down


The gap between “what should happen” and “what actually happens” is wider than most companies admit. Especially when it comes to coordination between sales and marketing.

Here’s what we often see:

- Marketing generates leads — sales doesn’t follow up.
- Sales closes deals — but no one knows how or why.
- Marketing builds assets — but they’re not used by sales.
- Sales shares feedback — but marketing can’t act on it.
- KPIs exist — but they don’t connect to real decisions.

This isn’t a people problem. It’s a systems problem. And one we solve.

Why alignment matters

When sales and marketing operate independently, your customer sees the cracks. They experience inconsistent messaging, confused positioning, and fragmented communication. The left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing — and it shows.

In contrast, aligned teams:

- Work from the same customer insight
- Speak the same language at every touchpoint
- Share tools, data, and goals
- Move faster because they trust the system

Alignment is not about making everyone agree. It’s about making everyone effective.

What we do to make strategies truly work in practice?

Before any action can be effective, it must be aimed at the right target. We begin by re-evaluating your customer segmentation and revenue model — not just who you're selling to, but which customers deliver real, sustainable value.

This reflects the thinking of Philip Kotler, who emphasized that “there is only one winning strategy: to carefully define the target market and direct a superior offering to it.” Without clarity, teams chase growth in too many directions and dilute their efforts.

We help companies identify their core revenue engines, eliminate distractions, and define clear “plays” — whether it’s land-and-expand in B2B SaaS, category leadership in CPG, or price-value positioning in D2C. A sharp focus simplifies execution, accelerates decision-making, and gives every team a shared purpose.

A marketing strategy is only as strong as its alignment with the sales journey. We audit your current funnel across awareness, consideration, evaluation, and purchase — identifying where leads drop off, where handoffs are unclear, and where conversion logic breaks down.

As Aaron Ross (author of Predictable Revenue) showed, predictable growth depends on clear segmentation between inbound, outbound, and closing roles. We apply these principles to create a synchronized revenue engine — mapping not only responsibilities, but rhythms (daily standups, MQL to SQL handoffs, post-demo sequences).

We design frameworks that clarify ownership of each step, connect CRM stages to human behavior, and ensure that no deal — or lead — falls through the cracks. We transform the funnel from a theoretical diagram into an operating system for revenue.

Too many companies produce content no one uses. That’s not just a waste of money — it’s a symptom of disconnection between field reality and HQ assumptions. We fix this by building assets with direct input from frontline sales and customer-facing teams.

Jill Konrath, in SNAP Selling, emphasized the power of short, relevant, and usable content that speaks the buyer’s language and time constraints. We apply that mindset to develop sales collateral that actually moves deals forward: concise one-pagers for CFOs, technical battle cards for objections, vertical-specific use cases that build credibility.

We also ensure alignment with Daniel Kahneman’s “System 1/System 2” model — crafting materials that work on both instinct (clarity, emotion, visuals) and logic (proof, metrics, ROI). The result: content that doesn’t just look good in folders — it gets used, and it gets results.

A campaign that doesn't serve sales is just branding with no ROI. We design demand generation efforts — from ABM to inbound, organic to paid — that not only bring in leads but give sales teams a context, a conversation starter, and a reason to follow up.

We draw from Jay Baer’s “Youtility” principle: marketing should be so helpful that people would pay for it. That means campaigns focused on buyer problems, not product features — delivered through the channels and formats where your audience actually listens.

But we go further. We embed campaign insights directly into the sales process: lead scoring tied to behavior, automated workflows that prioritize outreach, and post-campaign debriefs that surface real sales feedback. This ensures campaigns don’t just generate noise — they generate pipeline.

Even the best strategy fails if teams can’t deliver it day after day. We create learning loops inside your sales and marketing functions — not one-time workshops, but ongoing reinforcement: playbooks, enablement portals, live coaching, deal reviews, and field mentoring.

We follow the principles of John Barrows and Josh Braun — both emphasize role-play, real-world objection handling, and psychological readiness over theoretical models. We build confidence by simulating tough conversations, pressure-testing messaging, and embedding feedback into team culture.

We also implement cross-functional training — so that marketing understands sales reality, and sales understands the strategy behind the campaign. It’s not just about skills. It’s about shared ownership.

Most strategies fail not because they were wrong — but because they weren’t adjusted. We implement closed feedback loops between marketing, sales, product, and leadership.

We install practical dashboards (built around Pirate Metrics, OKRs, or account-based KPIs), schedule regular cadence reviews, and set up systems where frontline insight gets surfaced quickly — not buried in end-of-quarter reports.

As Peter Drucker famously said, “What gets measured gets managed.” But we go further: what gets discussed gets improved. We bring structure to sales-marketing syncs, ensure feedback leads to decisions, and create cultural norms where the loop is never broken.

This isn't reporting for reporting’s sake. It’s dynamic feedback that powers continuous improvement.

A strategy is only as powerful as its execution.
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Great ideas lose their value when they live only in presentations and whiteboards. Growth happens when teams know what to do — and do it together.

Sales and marketing aren’t separate functions. They’re two sides of the same customer experience. When they work in sync, you don’t just generate interest — you convert it. You don’t just close deals — you grow lifetime value.

If you’re ready to stop planning and start performing — we’re ready to help.

Launch what matters. Win where it counts.

How to contact us?

+48 (0) 501 140 799

radek@pienna.com

PIENNA CONSULTING
Concept Tower
00-844 Warsaw
87 Grzybowska Street
Poland, EU

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00-844 Warsaw
87 Grzybowska Street
Poland, EU
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