B2B brands need more than marketing
We help you align marketing, sales, and customer success teams to get leads, retain customers, and grow your company.
Get unstuck
It’s common for successful businesses to hit a growth ceiling.
You don’t know what’s working, and what’s not
You lack clear, reliable reporting across marketing, sales, and customer success, making it impossible to identify revenue bottlenecks.
Your teams are stuck in silos instead of in sync
Your departments operate with competing priorities and metrics, creating friction that’s felt throughout the entire customer journey.
Your systems can’t keep up with your ambitions
Technology and processes that worked when you were smaller are breaking under pressure, forcing you to firefight instead of focusing on growth.
The 1 Bold Way
Paint a complete picture
Audit your revenue operations—examining everything from marketing foundations to sales goals to customer success metrics. With a 360° view, we find the hidden opportunities that most agencies miss.
Create a growth plan
Born from manufacturing principles of speed, iteration, and eliminating waste, our Lean Growth Plans systematically reevaluate your revenue practices. No more wasted budget on random acts of marketing! Every marketing, sales, and customer retention initiative is part of a comprehensive plan that’s designed to hit your growth goals.
Execute with zero excuses
Plans are worthless without execution. We have a team to fill the gaps in yours—whether you need content creation, sales support, or customer retention strategies—we don’t just deliver a plan and disappear. We make sure the work gets done.
Why lean growth?
While other agencies are busy selling you on flashy campaigns and quick wins, we’re over here eliminating waste and maximizing your growth potential. Our Lean methodology isn’t just a buzzword—it’s how we operate.
Theory of Constraints – We measure, analyze, and prioritize in quick cycles to help us avoid bottlenecks.
Full-Funnel Focus – We design our plans based on the entire customer journey, not just the top of the funnel.
Data-Driven Decisions – We use real numbers to adapt to market changes, identify growth opportunities, and improve efficiency.
Sustainable Systems – We build processes that scale with you, creating compounding growth over time.
If we may be so Bold…
We’ve helped B2B companies in manufacturing, SaaS, and other tech industries through seasonal dips, early growth stages, and pivotal leadership changes. Together we’ve aligned their revenue operations into an agile team that creates predictable growth.
Bold claims backed by bold clients
“The team at 1 Bold Step has been an incredible asset for our sales and marketing efforts. They take the time to understand your business needs and goals to make sound recommendations. They also work efficiently to move projects along while ensuring the right metrics are tracked to measure their effectiveness.”
Shawn Parsons
Former VP of Marketing, AEBetancourt
“Telling the story and articulating the value of your business is way more challenging than you might think. We have worked with marketing firms before — 1 Bold Step is by far the best value we have seen. If you are looking for the best, search no more.”
Mike Schipper
CEO, InsITe Business Solutions
FAQs
How is 1 Bold Step different from a marketing agency?
To start, we’re not a marketing agency. 1 Bold Step is a growth agency. A traditional marketing agency focuses solely on marketing deliverables. As a growth agency, we focus on how marketing and sales and customer success work together to drive revenue growth.
We start by auditing the current state of your revenue operations and then build a tactical plan. Then, we come alongside your team to execute the plan so that every action we take is directly tied to your growth goals.
What types of businesses do you work with?
We specialize in working with B2B companies in manufacturing, technology, and service industries. Our clients typically come to us when they:
- Hit a growth plateau and revenue has flattened despite increased effort
- Missed revenue goals for at least two consecutive quarters
- Lost crucial marketing or sales leaders
- Can’t get reliable insights from current reporting
- Want to expand their market, either moving into new segments or territories
- Need to streamline disconnected marketing/sales tech stack
How long does it take to see results?
Some improvements begin immediately. But, meaningful growth typically emerges within 3-6 months of building a foundation and executing a plan.
Companies that see the fastest results are those ready to take decisive steps and commit to the entire growth journey, not just individual tactics.
Do you replace our current marketing team?
Nope! Our fractional growth teams work with your internal teams. We serve as the strategic growth partner that aligns everyone’s efforts.
Many clients find that our approach empowers their existing team to be more effective by providing the strategic framework and cross-functional alignment they’ve been missing.
Do I have to sign a long-term contract?
We offer a 30-day no-cause, out-clause on all of our retained and long-term work. If it’s not working for you, then it’s not working for us.
When do you invoice for work?
We do the work first and invoice second.
Our retained teams get paid at the end of the month, so you see the value we add first.
I’m interested in working with you, where do we start?
Our work starts with a growth audit where we’ll examine the current state of your revenue operations. This initial step gives you valuable insights into bottlenecks – where leads get stuck, why deals stall, and what causes customer churn. Then, with you, we’ll build a tactical plan to help you meet your business goals.
That plan is yours to keep whether you choose to work on retainer with our fractional growth teams or not. Schedule a growth audit today or learn more about our fractional growth team services.