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    Operational and Strategic Marketing & Sales Consultancy for B2B SaaS

    Your turnover is stagnating and your profits are being eroded by rising costs.

    At this stage, theoretical PowerPoint consultancy that tells you what you should, in theory, do to break the deadlock won't help. You need someone who also knows how to put things into practice and can pave the way for you.

    As sales and marketing consultants, we break down the barriers between your departments.

    Bridging the Gap – Marketing & Sales as a Power Team

    Rather than simply working out how to optimise your KPIs in the short term, only for you to experience the yo-yo effect a few months later, our consultancy takes a much earlier approach. We start at the very foundation: the lack of collaboration between marketing and sales. Problems very rarely arise in isolation within one of these areas – they arise at the interface between them.

    This is how we integrate marketing and sales:

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    Cultural – Shared accountability rather than silo thinking

    Marketing celebrates the quantity of leads, whilst Sales complains about their quality. Why has this scenario become so entrenched? Because Marketing and Sales are often based in separate offices, where their own 'siloed' perspectives develop. Success is viewed in isolation, leading to an 'us versus them' mentality. Our consultancy breaks down these silos. Our Marketing-Sales Alignment Model aligns both teams towards a common goal, and success is measured by their joint contribution to turnover.

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    Process-related – SLAs and technical workflows

    Leads that sit gathering dust in your CRM are doubly frustrating. Not only are you missing out on revenue, but they've also cost you money. If processes aren't defined, chance takes over. We build the procedural bridge through crystal-clear Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Together, we define when a prospect is ready for sales and how the handover in the CRM should be structured, both technically (automation) and in terms of content. This ensures the systems are integrated so that information flows without the need to sit opposite each other in person.

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    Communication – Data-driven feedback loops

    Communication needs structure to drive growth. If the sales team doesn't systematically provide feedback on why deals are being lost, marketing misses out on valuable insights for optimising creative content. We establish active, fact-based feedback cycles: joint pipeline reviews and call shadowing (where marketing listens in on sales calls). This way, your strategy becomes a little more accurate with every customer interaction.

    The result – transparency that facilitates data-driven decision-making

    When culture, processes and communication work in tandem, the result is what many SaaS companies lack to achieve success: a clean data foundation on which decisions can be made free from tracking blind spots and GDPR restrictions. Instead of isolated dashboards that obscure the truth, we create end-to-end transparency.

    You'll benefit from:

    • more efficient use of marketing budgets (increased ROI)
    • shorter sales cycles (pipeline velocity)
    • increased net revenue retention (NRR)
    • faster CAC payback
    • higher customer lifetime value (CLV)
    • lower churn

    How well are your marketing and sales already aligned?

    With our interactive checklist, you can find out – in just a few questions – how well your marketing and sales teams are already working together and what untapped revenue potential remains.

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    Kulturell: Shared Accountability statt Silo-Denke

    "Marketing feiert Leadquantität und Sales flucht über die Qualität. Wir brechen Silos auf und richten beide Teams auf ein gemeinsames Ziel aus."

    Marketing‑ und Vertriebsteam haben gemeinsame, schriftlich dokumentierte Umsatzziele.

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    Marketing‑ und Vertriebsziele sind direkt an dieselben Business‑KPIs gekoppelt.

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    Bonus‑/Incentive‑Strukturen fördern die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Marketing und Sales.

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    Marketing und Sales arbeiten mit Customer Success zusammen, um Cross‑/Upsell‑Potenziale zu identifizieren.

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    Operational Excellence – Minimising Implementation Risk

    We support you beyond the strategy stage right through to operational execution. To do this, we build on a well-founded GTM strategy that provides the roadmap for your scaling. We validate our recommendations ourselves, thereby ensuring their feasibility. What happens if your team can't take this on? What if you're short of SDRs? We also provide the answers to these classic questions straight away:

    Enablement

    We coach your teams in marketing and sales. This ensures that you have everything firmly under control once our assignment is complete.

    Support with recruitment (sourcing)

    If you're lacking the right people to scale up, we'll support you with active and passive sourcing to fill vacancies with top talent.

    How we work

    Generic logos and client testimonials give you a little insight. The best way to find out how well mxd suits your business is to let us give you a glimpse into how we think. This is how we approach potential projects:

    Lead-to-Revenue Optimisation

    Current situation

    You may be generating plenty of leads, but only a fraction of them are 'sales-ready'. The result: the sales team is frustrated, the marketing team justifies its efforts on the basis of quantity, and the pipeline is slowly drying up despite high budgets.

    Our methodology

    Operational implementation

    We feed the insights we've gained back to the marketing team. Messaging and targeting are adjusted based on this information. Before we fully commit your budget, we pit the different variants against each other in tests to clearly demonstrate the uplift.

    Monitoring

    We measure the success of the campaign using relevant key performance indicators (KPIs), such as the MQL→SQL conversion rate. We also gather further information on the quality of the calls through additional feedback from the sales team.

    The result

    We no longer hand "everything" over to Sales, but instead establish strict SQL and handover criteria. The volume of leads delivered decreases, but their quality improves. This lays the foundation for building a bridge between Marketing and Sales.

    What does it mean for you if your sales team receives 5% more SQLs?

    ACV Scaling

    Current situation

    You want to achieve that leap in turnover to enterprise scale, but your win rate is plummeting, sales cycles are getting longer and longer, and you're increasingly facing decisions to walk away from deals.

    Our methodology

    Operational implementation

    Using the insights gained, we enhance sales enablement through training in social selling and stakeholder management, as well as by optimising content to address the real deal-breakers.

    Monitoring

    We compare 'time-to-next-phase' metrics and show you crystal-clear what happens when your sales team leaves the roadworks behind and puts their foot down. We also identify which pieces of content make the greatest contribution to convincing your leads.

    The result

    Your team shifts from an uncertain 'just being there' to confidently steering complex buying decisions. At the same time, your ACV increases significantly.

    What would change for you if you increased the close rate of your enterprise deals by 5%?

    Maximising NRR

    Current situation

    Your churn rate is too high, or your existing customers are not upgrading. There is no system in place to guide customers towards higher-tier packages (upselling) or to sell additional modules (cross-selling).

    Our methodology

    Operational implementation

    We develop content series that offer users practical help in their everyday lives and introduce QBMs for high-potential prospects. At the same time, we establish fixed trigger signals and define when a customer needs to be referred back to Sales by the Success Team for upcoming updates.

    Monitoring

    Our key metrics are clear: Net Revenue Retention (NRR) and Churn Rate. We activate your most valuable asset – your customers – and show you how to grow profitably from your existing customer base.

    The result

    Your MRR and Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) increase, whilst your CAC payback period shortens. Your growth becomes more cost-effective and significantly more profitable than if you were reliant on new customer business.

    What difference would it make to you if your churn rate fell by 3%?

    Is your project a good fit for mxd?

    We're a perfect match if:

    You want to tackle errors in the system

    If you're just looking for someone to generate leads, an agency is the better (and cheaper) choice.

    You realise that a hands-off approach doesn't work

    If your contribution to the solution involves throwing money at it and closing your eyes until it's gone, you'd be better off hiring 2–3 people to look after it.

    You want to tackle a specific problem

    The project isn't about first having to look for a task. We start with a specific problem.

    You're looking for advice, not magic

    You can find the secret hack that'll make your business go viral overnight and give your turnover an '18X' boost on Fiverr.

    4 steps to working together

    1

    The enquiry

    You get in touch with us – via our form, LinkedIn, email or our appointment booking tool. It takes 2 minutes. We'll get back to you within 24 hours.

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    The initial consultation (30 mins)

    We get to know each other, discuss your current situation, your goals and your biggest pain points. We'll find out if we're a good fit and what levers we can pull for you.

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    Proposal

    You'll receive your personalised proposal documents on the very same day: the financial proposal and the roadmap (our approach to your project).

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    Kick-off & operational launch

    Our first day working with you begins with a joint kick-off meeting with the key stakeholders.

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    Together we build
    the bridge

    Every week without a functioning pipeline costs you more than 30 minutes of your time. In the initial consultation (free, 30 minutes) you get an outside perspective on your situation. No pitch. Then you decide.

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