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Marketing Demand & Acquisition

Acquisition playbook for Series A+ startups scaling internationally (EU/US/Canada) with hybrid PLG/Sales-Led motion.

Table of Contents

Role Coverage

Role Focus Areas
Demand Generation Manager Multi-channel campaigns, pipeline generation
Paid Media Marketer Paid search/social/display optimization
SEO Manager Organic acquisition, technical SEO
Partnerships Manager Co-marketing, channel partnerships

Core KPIs

Demand Gen: MQL/SQL volume, cost per opportunity, marketing-sourced pipeline $, MQL→SQL rate

Paid Media: CAC, ROAS, CPL, CPA, channel efficiency ratio

SEO: Organic sessions, non-brand traffic %, keyword rankings, technical health score

Partnerships: Partner-sourced pipeline $, partner CAC, co-marketing ROI

Demand Generation Framework

Funnel Stages

Stage Tactics Target
TOFU Paid social, display, content syndication, SEO Brand awareness, traffic
MOFU Paid search, retargeting, gated content, email nurture MQLs, demo requests
BOFU Brand search, direct outreach, case studies, trials SQLs, pipeline $

Campaign Planning Workflow

  1. Define objective, budget, duration, audience
  2. Select channels based on funnel stage
  3. Create campaign in HubSpot with proper UTM structure
  4. Configure lead scoring and assignment rules
  5. Launch with test budget, validate tracking
  6. Validation: UTM parameters appear in HubSpot contact records

UTM Structure

utm_source={channel}       // linkedin, google, meta
utm_medium={type}          // cpc, display, email
utm_campaign={campaign-id} // q1-2025-linkedin-enterprise
utm_content={variant}      // ad-a, email-1
utm_term={keyword}         // [paid search only]

Paid Media Channels

Channel Selection Matrix

Channel Best For CAC Range Series A Priority
LinkedIn Ads B2B, Enterprise, ABM $150-400 High
Google Search High-intent, BOFU $80-250 High
Google Display Retargeting $50-150 Medium
Meta Ads SMB, visual products $60-200 Medium

LinkedIn Ads Setup

  1. Create campaign group for initiative
  2. Structure: Awareness → Consideration → Conversion campaigns
  3. Target: Director+, 50-5000 employees, relevant industries
  4. Start $50/day per campaign
  5. Scale 20% weekly if CAC < target
  6. Validation: LinkedIn Insight Tag firing on all pages

Google Ads Setup

  1. Prioritize: Brand → Competitor → Solution → Category keywords
  2. Structure ad groups with 5-10 tightly themed keywords
  3. Create 3 responsive search ads per ad group (15 headlines, 4 descriptions)
  4. Maintain negative keyword list (100+)
  5. Start Manual CPC, switch to Target CPA after 50+ conversions
  6. Validation: Conversion tracking firing, search terms reviewed weekly

Budget Allocation (Series A, $40k/month)

Channel Budget Expected SQLs
LinkedIn $15k 10
Google Search $12k 20
Google Display $5k 5
Meta $5k 8
Partnerships $3k 5

See campaign-templates.md for detailed structures.

SEO Strategy

Technical Foundation Checklist

  • XML sitemap submitted to Search Console
  • Robots.txt configured correctly
  • HTTPS enabled
  • Page speed >90 mobile
  • Core Web Vitals passing
  • Structured data implemented
  • Canonical tags on all pages
  • Hreflang tags for international
  • Validation: Run Screaming Frog crawl, zero critical errors

Keyword Strategy

Tier Type Volume Priority
1 High-intent BOFU 100-1k First
2 Solution-aware MOFU 500-5k Second
3 Problem-aware TOFU 1k-10k Third

On-Page Optimization

  1. URL: Include primary keyword, 3-5 words
  2. Title tag: Primary keyword + brand (60 chars)
  3. Meta description: CTA + value prop (155 chars)
  4. H1: Match search intent (one per page)
  5. Content: 2000-3000 words for comprehensive topics
  6. Internal links: 3-5 relevant pages
  7. Validation: Google Search Console shows page indexed, no errors

Link Building Priorities

  1. Digital PR (original research, industry reports)
  2. Guest posting (DA 40+ sites only)
  3. Partner co-marketing (complementary SaaS)
  4. Community engagement (Reddit, Quora)

Partnerships

Partnership Tiers

Tier Type Effort ROI
1 Strategic integrations High Very high
2 Affiliate partners Medium Medium-high
3 Customer referrals Low Medium
4 Marketplace listings Medium Low-medium

Partnership Workflow

  1. Identify partners with overlapping ICP, no competition
  2. Outreach with specific integration/co-marketing proposal
  3. Define success metrics, revenue model, term
  4. Create co-branded assets and partner tracking
  5. Enable partner sales team with demo training
  6. Validation: Partner UTM tracking functional, leads routing correctly

Affiliate Program Setup

  1. Select platform (PartnerStack, Impact, Rewardful)
  2. Configure commission structure (20-30% recurring)
  3. Create affiliate enablement kit (assets, links, content)
  4. Recruit through outbound, inbound, events
  5. Validation: Test affiliate link tracks through to conversion

See international-playbooks.md for regional tactics.

Attribution

Model Selection

Model Use Case
First-Touch Awareness campaigns
Last-Touch Direct response
W-Shaped (40-20-40) Hybrid PLG/Sales (recommended)

HubSpot Attribution Setup

  1. Navigate to Marketing → Reports → Attribution
  2. Select W-Shaped model for hybrid motion
  3. Define conversion event (deal created)
  4. Set 90-day lookback window
  5. Validation: Run report for past 90 days, all channels show data

Weekly Metrics Dashboard

Metric Target
MQLs Weekly target
SQLs Weekly target
MQL→SQL Rate >15%
Blended CAC <$300
Pipeline Velocity <60 days

See attribution-guide.md for detailed setup.

Tools

scripts/

Script Purpose Usage
calculate_cac.py Calculate blended and channel CAC python scripts/calculate_cac.py --spend 40000 --customers 50

HubSpot Integration

  • Campaign tracking with UTM parameters
  • Lead scoring and MQL/SQL workflows
  • Attribution reporting (multi-touch)
  • Partner lead routing

See hubspot-workflows.md for workflow templates.

References

File Content
hubspot-workflows.md Lead scoring, nurture, assignment workflows
campaign-templates.md LinkedIn, Google, Meta campaign structures
international-playbooks.md EU, US, Canada market tactics
attribution-guide.md Multi-touch attribution, dashboards, A/B testing

Channel Benchmarks (B2B SaaS Series A)

Metric LinkedIn Google Search SEO Email
CTR 0.4-0.9% 2-5% 1-3% 15-25%
CVR 1-3% 3-7% 2-5% 2-5%
CAC $150-400 $80-250 $50-150 $20-80
MQL→SQL 10-20% 15-25% 12-22% 8-15%

MQL→SQL Handoff

SQL Criteria

Required:
✅ Job title: Director+ or budget authority
✅ Company size: 50-5000 employees
✅ Budget: $10k+ annual
✅ Timeline: Buying within 90 days
✅ Engagement: Demo requested or high-intent action

SLA

Handoff Target
SDR responds to MQL 4 hours
AE books demo with SQL 24 hours
First demo scheduled 3 business days

Validation: Test lead through workflow, verify notifications and routing.