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Fractional Product Marketing Agency PartnerProduct Marketing Partner for B2B SaaS

For Seed-to-Series A B2B SaaS teams that have outgrown founder-led selling. We run positioning, competitive intel, sales enablement, and launch readiness as one function, with a team of senior PMMs.

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GTM SystemFragmented
ProductBuilding Features
MISSING ALIGNMENT
Clayto PMMMessaging & Systems
GrowthDriving Leads
SalesClosing Deals

You're selling features while they're buying outcomes.

Founders lose deals not because the tech lacks features, but because the market can't translate them. Toggle between feature/value below to see the difference a PMM shift makes.

  • Core Positioning
    Feature
    Value

    A distributed graph database with real-time vector search and auto-scaling infrastructure.

    "Instantly query billions of complex data points to power real-time AI features without managing servers."

    The Reality Check: Nobody buys your infrastructure. They buy what your infrastructure lets them achieve.

  • Sales Enablement
    Feature
    Value

    Configure custom webhooks and provision granular RBAC permissions in the admin panel.

    "Automate your team's workflows and give enterprise IT absolute control over who sees what."

    The Reality Check: Features make prospects think. Time saved and risks removed make prospects buy.

  • Competitive Strategy
    Feature
    Value

    Our API latency is 12ms faster and we support 5 more native integrations than Competitor X.

    "We deliver a noticeably faster end-user experience and connect natively to the stack you already use."

    The Reality Check: If you compete on features, you're a commodity. If you compete on philosophy, you're a category.

  • Product-Led Activation
    Feature
    Value

    Run npm install, authenticate via CLI, and manually edit the .env file to initialize.

    "Drop in our SDK, copy one pre-configured snippet, and see your live data in under two minutes."

    The Reality Check: Friction is the enemy of PLG. Value needs to happen before they have time to close the tab.

What we build

Product marketing
that closes deals.

Systems and assets your revenue team uses every day. Not strategy decks that sit in a folder.

  • Your product does something remarkable. Your market just can't tell yet. We fix the translation.

    • Product story
    • Positioning
    • Messaging matrix
    • Value props

  • A launch without a system is just an email blast. We build the playbook and run the play.

    • Launch playbooks
    • GTM plans
    • Channel strategy
    • Execution

  • Great products die in bad pitches. We build the assets your reps actually open before a call.

    • Battlecards
    • Demo scripts
    • Decks
    • Objection playbooks

  • We track competitors and run the win/loss reviews, then feed what we learn straight back into your positioning and pitch.

    • Competitive analysis
    • Win/loss
    • Market trends
    • AI intel
Time to Value

You'll see something before we build anything.

Most agencies burn your first month on a framework. Here's what actually happens in ours.

Days 1–15

We watch before we touch anything.

Product walkthroughs, sales calls, customer calls. We pull recordings and whatever win/loss evidence already exists. Nothing gets built yet.

Day 15

You approve before we build a single thing.

Two pages, dropped into your own Notion or Docs. Names what we found and the first thing worth fixing. You give the yes.

Days 15–30

We build exactly what the memo pointed to.

A talk track, a one-pager, a battlecard. Whatever the evidence calls for. Done means it lives where your reps actually work, leadership signed off, and we watched it survive its first real call.

Day 30 onward

The quick win compounds into the bigger lever.

The battlecard gets maintained so it doesn't go stale the day a competitor ships. The next big push, a reposition, a launch, an AI enablement push, gets worked in parallel. We reprioritize together, every week.

Most teams see usable assets within 2 to 3 weeks: positioning frameworks, battlecards, and launch plans. Pipeline impact from better sales enablement typically shows within the first quarter. We're not a slow-burn consultancy. We ship fast.

Book a diagnostic call No pitch. Just a real conversation about where your GTM is stuck.
What you get

With Clayto.io, here's
what your workspace looks like.

Not a status update. Not a strategy deck sitting in a folder. Real artefacts, built into the tools your team already uses.

Repository — Vaultly
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Vaultly — Sales Battlecards
Built by Clayto · Shared with sales team
About Vaultly: Spend management for fast-growing B2B companies. Approval workflows, vendor management, and ERP sync — live in under a week. No IT team required.
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This outline is indicative. Want to see what it looks like for your product?

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How we compare

Think of us as a fractional PMM function.

Capability
Freelancer
Agency
Clayto.io
  • Learns your product deeply
    Rarely
    Surface
  • Shadows sales calls
  • Interviews your customers
    Sometimes
  • Builds reusable systems
  • Joins your Slack and standups
    Rarely
  • AI-powered workflows
  • You own all IP and frameworks
    Varies
  • Continuous iteration from data

  • Full-time PMM hire

    $180K+
    per year, fully loaded

    6 months to hire. 3 months to ramp. One person. No guarantee of fit.

  • PMM agency retainer

    $10–25K
    per month, typical range

    Strategy decks. Campaign execution. Limited product depth. You adapt to their process.

  • Clayto.io

    $3K–4.5K
    one-time or per month

    Embedded team. Deep product knowledge. Systems you keep. Shipping in weeks.

    50–75% lower cost than alternatives
Why Fractional

Why hire full-time when you can go fractional?

All the benefits of a PMM function with none of the employee overheads.

A full-time PMM hire fails 42% of the time within 18 months. It costs $225–350K to unwind, excluding the pipeline lost while the seat is empty.

Source: Leadership IQ
Full-time hire vs. Clayto embedded partner, compared on expertise, speed, risk, and cost
DimensionFull-time hireClayto, embedded
ExpertiseA solo practitioner, regardless of their foundational background.Scalable Senior PMMs delivering cross-vertical GTM expertise.
SpeedA six-month cycle: three to hire, three to reach full productivity.Start within a week. First Gap Memo in 15 days
Risk42% fail within 18 months. $225–350K to unwind, plus the pipeline lostCancel with a 45 days notice, at any point. (you won't have to though)
Cost$120K+ salary and benefits, with a 50% risk of employee churn$54–90K a year for a senior PMM team, sized to your scope

This isn't a slice of someone's calendar split across ten clients. We work with a small number of companies at a time, so you get the depth of an in-house hire.

Book a diagnostic call No pitch. Just a real conversation about where your GTM is stuck.
Engagement Models

Two paths to predictable growth.

No arbitrary tiers. Pick the structure that fits where you are right now.

  • The Foundation

    from $3,000

    For early-stage teams with a working product but no clear story.

    Strategic Components
    • Deep-dive positioning and messaging framework.
    • ICP definition and buyer journey mapping.
    • Core GTM assets: pitch decks, one-pagers, talk tracks.
    • Custom AI prompt library tailored for your brand voice.
    Discuss a project

  • The Embedded Partner

    from $4,500/mo

    For teams shipping regularly who need continuous PMM muscle.

    Continuous Execution
    • Full integration into your Slack and team standups.
    • End-to-end planning and execution for product launches.
    • Ongoing creation and maintenance of sales enablement assets.
    • Continuous customer interviews and win/loss analysis.
    Book a diagnostic call

Not sure which fits? A 30-minute conversation usually sorts it out. Book a free call

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FAQs

Questions we
get a lot.

If yours isn't here, the fastest way to get an answer is a 45-minute call. No pitch. Just a real conversation about where your GTM is stuck.

Ask us anything

  • Yes. We start every engagement with product walkthroughs, customer interviews, and sales call shadowing before writing a word of positioning. Our team has worked across infrastructure, developer tools, fintech, and vertical SaaS. If we can't get deep on your product, we'll tell you upfront.

  • Freelancers deliver assets. Agencies run campaigns. A full-time PMM takes 9+ months to hire and ramp. We embed in your team, learn your product, shadow your calls, and build systems your team owns. When the engagement ends, you keep everything: the frameworks, the playbooks, the competitive intel, and the muscle memory to keep it running.

  • Most teams see usable assets within 2 to 3 weeks: positioning frameworks, battlecards, and launch plans. Pipeline impact from better sales enablement typically shows within the first quarter. We're not a slow-burn consultancy. We ship fast.

  • Week 1: product walkthroughs, sales call access, and stakeholder interviews. Week 2: competitive audit and ICP validation. Week 3: first draft of positioning and messaging framework. By week 4, your sales team has new assets in hand. We move fast because your pipeline can't afford to wait.

  • We plug into your existing stack: Slack, Notion, Google Workspace, HubSpot, Salesforce, Gong, whatever you're running. We also build AI workflows that integrate with your current tools to scale PMM output. No new tools to learn, no platform lock-in.

  • Yes. We often augment existing PMM teams by taking on launch execution, competitive intel, or sales enablement so your in-house PMM can focus on strategy. Think of us as multiplying their capacity, not replacing them.

  • Absolutely. We work with B2B SaaS companies globally, including teams across Europe, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. Our embedded model works across time zones with async collaboration and scheduled sync sessions.

  • Monthly plans have a minimum commitment period (6 months). After that, pause or cancel with 45 days notice. All deliverables, frameworks, and IP built during the engagement are yours to keep. No strings attached.

  • You keep everything we built: playbooks, messaging frameworks, battlecards, AI workflows, process docs. We also do a formal handoff session to make sure your team can run the system independently. Many clients come back for quarterly refreshes or specific launch support.

  • That's what the initial call is for. We'll ask you about your product, your market, your sales motion, and where the GTM is stuck. If we don't think we're the right fit, we'll say so. We'd rather not start than start badly.

Ready to grow?

Product launches need
a robust positioining.

45 minutes. No pitch deck. Just a real conversation about where your GTM is stuck and where we can help.

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