B2B growth strategy, systems, and leadership

Turn scattered marketing into a growth system.

I'm Mark Barrera. I help B2B companies sharpen how they compete and connect positioning, acquisition, content, conversion, customer journeys, and measurement around revenue growth. Revenue is the governing outcome; pipeline and channel metrics tell us where to investigate.

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Mark Barrera
Mark Barrera
Austin, Texas
Where the work starts

The symptom may be specific. The system rarely is.

You may need sharper positioning, a stronger acquisition motion, a trustworthy HubSpot funnel, better experiments, or senior leadership. We start with the business decision and connect the parts that affect it.

02 · BUILD

Make growth work as one system

SEO, AI discovery, paid, content, CRO, lifecycle, and sales working from one growth thesis.

03 · MANAGE

Make better growth decisions

HubSpot, analytics, A/B testing, customer journeys, operating cadence, and revenue-centered executive measurement.

Trust the evidence

Proof before promises.

Results matter, but so do the conditions, decisions, and operating work behind them. The goal is credible evidence a B2B leader can evaluate, not a wall of borrowed logos.

7 → 8 figures

Growth-stage marketplace experience

Led audience and review generation at TrustRadius during its growth from seven-figure to eight-figure revenue, connecting UGC, product engagement and organic discovery to qualified sales pipeline.

Founder exit

Built and sold an agency

Experience building the client base, operating model and team, then taking the business through an exit.

3 acquisitions

Built a commerce-content portfolio

Helped acquire and integrate three Black Friday properties in two years at Ziff Davis while shaping product, editorial and audience strategy monetized through affiliate commerce, advertising and media partnerships.

Board-facing

Growth built for executive scrutiny

Reported priorities, performance, risks and operating plans to executive teams and boards with transaction readiness in mind.

20+ yearsGrowth, digital, content, analytics, and leadership experience
50+ peopleBuilt and led a global marketing organization
Multiple modelsB2B SaaS, two-sided marketplaces, media, affiliate commerce, subscriptions and services
Growth intelligence systems

Find what matters. Turn evidence into action.

I connect buyer, company, competitive, channel, customer and revenue signals into a system that helps teams decide, create, activate and learn at scale. Built for B2B complexity, the system turns scattered signals into a governed operating advantage.

SENSE + DECIDE

Buyer and market intelligence

Reddit, Gong, sales and CS conversations, company knowledge, competitor changes, search and audience research.

CREATE + ACTIVATE

Adaptive growth operations

Research and content workflows that learn from editors, plus governed execution across paid, lifecycle, community and partnerships.

MEASURE + GOVERN

Revenue intelligence

Decision records, evidence confidence, pipeline and revenue outcomes, human approvals and durable organizational learning.

Start with the opportunity, problem, or decision. Then build what the evidence supports.

01

Diagnose

Find the actual constraint.

02

Connect

Join customer, market, sales, and performance signals.

03

Decide

Build the prioritized 90-day plan.

04

Operate

Lead, advise, or build what is missing.

What is constraining revenue growth?

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