SaaS Marketing Stack — Tools + Channels + Metrics
📦 Install
clawhub install saas-marketing-playbook
What you get after installing:
- Stage-specific tool recommendations (analytics, CRM, email by budget)
- Channel prioritization framework ($0, $10K, $100K/mo spend tiers)
- Metrics framework with north star metrics and reporting cadence
Stop guessing which marketing tools to buy. This playbook maps the right stack to your stage.
- Tool recommendations: Analytics, attribution, email, CRM — by stage and budget
- Channel prioritization: Which channels work at $0, $10K, and $100K/mo spend
- Content marketing engine: SEO, blog, comparison pages, and distribution
- Paid acquisition: When to start, how to test, and when to kill campaigns
- Metrics framework: North star metrics, leading indicators, and reporting cadence
B2B Content & Channel Economics (2026 field notes)
The 80/20 content formula that converts
Winning B2B content spends 80% of the airtime on how you made customers successful and only 20% on yourself. Same logic applies to sales decks: open in the buyer's own words about the pain, then present the fix — never features-first.
Partner channels as a marketing multiplier
Before hiring for channel marketing, price the partner motion:
| Tier | Economics |
|---|---|
| Reseller (referral only) | 10–20% fee |
| Silver partner — >$100K annual sales | 15% |
| Gold partner — >$300K annual sales | 20% |
Wholesale at 80% of list price, resale capped at 1.2x list. Due-diligence trio for any prospective partner: track record (what did they carry before?), customer origin, and reseller vs service-partner intent. Below roughly $2–3M revenue, partner ecosystems replace overseas offices entirely — top products share as much as 50% with distribution partners.
Size the marketing plan against revenue math
Anchor the annual plan to one of two $1M-ARR skeletons: nine ~$100K enterprise engagements, or five hundred $200/yr self-serve subscriptions. The skeleton dictates the stack — the enterprise leg needs ABM tooling and case-study production; the self-serve leg needs SEO, lifecycle email, and conversion instrumentation. Funding both stacks at once is how sub-$1M teams overspend.
One hard-won pricing note
When prospects push for custom work your roadmap doesn't want, don't refuse — quote it at a premium (pad the person-days). The quote filters; the relationship survives.
Related Gingiris Skills
- Full version: https://clawhub.ai/skill/gingiris-b2b-growth
- All skills: https://clawhub.ai/user/gingiris
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