Senior Marketing Leadership for B2B Companies

Your marketing is
spending money.
It should be making decisions.

Most growing B2B companies have the same problem: marketing spend with no senior judgment behind it. An agency optimizing for activity. An internal marketer executing without direction. A CEO who knows something is broken but can't name what.

I find what's broken. Then we fix it.

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"For the first time, we could actually explain why our best clients chose us. That changed everything downstream."

300%
Revenue Growth
B2B software, U.S. market entry, zero to top-three in two years
3,000
Units Sold
Semi-trucks moved in 9 months during a company turnaround
$4M+
Pipeline Built
New pipeline created through targeted ABM for a B2B product launch
25%+
Close Rate
Specialty contractor repositioned, up from 15% before the diagnostic

How It Works

Looking for a fractional CMO? Start here.

Step 1

Check your foundation

Eleven questions, about five minutes. You see your score right away, and no email is required. Take the Foundation Check.

Step 2

Talk it through

A free 30-minute call. I'll ask what you're spending, what it's producing, and whether Reveal is the right fit. If it isn't, I'll tell you.

Step 3

Diagnose, build, then lead

The Keystone Diagnostic comes first, then the Blueprint, then ongoing fractional CMO leadership if it makes sense. Each phase stands alone.

A fractional CMO hired before the problem is named spends the first months finding it, on your payroll. Starting with the diagnosis means the leadership that follows has a plan to work from.

Two kinds of firms. The same starting point.

Reveal works with B2B firms that grew on reputation and relationships and now need a deliberate way to win business from buyers who don't know them yet. Pick the page closest to your firm.

Construction and Specialty Trades

Contractors who have outgrown word of mouth.

General contractors, builders, and trade firms with a strong name among the people who already know them. The Diagnostic shows what is bringing in the right jobs, what isn't, and what to do first.

See how it works for contractors →

Engineering, Architecture and Professional Services

Firms where the principals are also the sales team.

Engineering, architecture, law, and accounting firms where partners sell between billable hours. The Diagnostic shows where your best clients and projects come from and what to do about the gaps.

See how it works for professional firms →

Based in Indianapolis, with a regular presence in Tampa Bay. Indianapolis  ·  Tampa Bay


The pattern I see, over and over.

You hired someone to run marketing. Maybe you brought in an agency too. The activity is there: posts, campaigns, monthly reports. But the pipeline doesn't reflect it, and you can't quite explain why. After 20 years working inside B2B companies at your stage, I can.

"You can't hang the deck until the pilings are driven. Most companies are running campaigns before the foundation is set, and wondering why nothing sticks."
Rob Higley, Reveal

The fix isn't a new agency, more content, or a bigger ad budget. It's senior marketing judgment applied to your specific situation, the kind that used to require a full-time CMO hire. It doesn't anymore.


Three phases. Each one stands alone.
Together, they change how your business grows.

Every engagement starts with a clear diagnosis. No campaigns are built before the story is right. No ongoing engagement begins before we know what we're solving for.

Phase 2

Keystone Blueprint

Your full marketing operating system: positioning, messaging architecture, channel strategy, campaign calendar, and team structure. Built with your team, not handed to them. As opinionated about what not to do as what to do.

Complete Marketing Operating System

$15,000 to $22,000 · 4 to 6 weeks

Phase 3

Fractional CMO Engagement

Ongoing embedded senior marketing leadership: monthly direction-setting, agency oversight, a performance dashboard with my written commentary, and a senior voice in the room when decisions need to be made. Scoped so you always know exactly what you're buying.

Weekly Check-In · Dashboard Commentary · Agency Oversight · Campaign Reviews · Six-Month Engagement Review

$7,500 to $12,000/mo · No minimum term

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Reveal works for a specific kind of company.
It's worth knowing which one you are.

Good fit

  • B2B company, $10M to $50M revenue
  • CEO personally frustrated with current marketing results
  • Tried at least one agency and been disappointed
  • Has an internal marketer or agency working without clear direction
  • Spending $5K to $20K/month with unclear ROI
  • Construction, trades, engineering, professional services, manufacturing, or logistics
  • Ready to make decisions, not just explore options

Not the right fit

  • Pre-revenue or early stage. Needs execution, not strategy.
  • CEO not involved in the marketing conversation
  • Wants an agency to produce content or run ads at scale
  • Enterprise $100M+ with multiple approval layers
  • Expecting guaranteed lead volume
  • Just exploring with no timeline or budget authority

Free Self-Assessment

Not sure if the Diagnostic is the right next step?

The Foundation Check is eleven questions B2B CEOs should be able to answer clearly. It takes about five minutes. Most find two or three questions harder to answer than expected. That's where the conversation starts.

The Foundation Check

Four sections · Eleven questions · About five minutes · No email required

Take the Assessment

What happens when the diagnosis is right.

Every one of these started the same way: finding the actual problem before spending a dollar on campaigns.

300% YOY
B2B Software · U.S. Market Entry

A global software company entering U.S. commercial construction with zero brand recognition. Built positioning from scratch, targeted early adopters with precision, landed them in the top three of a saturated category in under two years.

3,000 Units
Transportation · Turnaround

Led interim marketing for a national semi-truck company acquired out of bankruptcy. Repositioned around fleet buyers, built the marketing program from scratch, and moved more than 3,000 trucks in nine months while two acquisition conversations reached late-stage due diligence.

$4M Pipeline
Sustainable Tech · Product Launch

Built a coordinated ABM program for a B2B product launch, identifying and nurturing the right targets rather than broadcasting broadly. More than $4 million in qualified pipeline resulted.

"Rob seamlessly embedded with our sales and production teams to define the brand and quickly build interest in the Kinetics Hybrid, managing the multiple marketing channels in a cost-effective and impactful way."

Merritt B., former CEO, Crosspoint Kinetics / Cummins

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Twenty years of pattern recognition, applied to your business.

I started in radio, where you learn fast that no one owes you their attention. You earn it in the first sentence, or you lose them. That discipline, lead with what matters and cut everything that doesn't, is the same one I bring to every engagement.

My PR career began at a top Indiana agency, where I learned how buyers form opinions long before a salesperson ever calls. From there I built and ran a nine-person marketing agency for a decade, which means I've sat on the other side of the table you're across from right now, before going inside companies as a marketing director and VP, owning budgets and being accountable for pipeline. Most consultants have lived one of those roles. The combination of all three is what makes the diagnostic work, and it's why Reveal exists. The fractional model is not a compromise. It's the role where all three perspectives are actually useful at the same time.

Reveal is not an agency. I don't produce content at scale or manage your ad spend. What I do is sit at the senior leadership level, give you an honest read on your marketing, and build the operating system your team can actually run: defined deliverables and measurable outcomes at every stage.

More than 125 B2B clients over twenty years, from small projects to multi-year engagements
Former agency director, embedded marketing executive, and fractional CMO
Industries: construction, engineering, professional services, manufacturing, transportation, B2B software and technology
PRSA Best of Show and multiple Pinnacle Award winner
MBA, Ball State University · MA in Public Relations
Rob Higley, Reveal
"Rob seamlessly embedded with our sales and production teams to define the brand and quickly build interest in the Kinetics Hybrid, managing the multiple marketing channels in a cost effective and impactful way."

Merritt B., former CEO, Crosspoint Kinetics / Cummins

If something in here landed, it's worth a conversation.

The first call is 30 minutes. No pitch deck. I'll ask about your situation and give you a straight read on whether Reveal is the right fit. If it's not, I'll tell you that too.

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