Are you spending more and more to acquire enterprise buyers who are taking twice as long to close?

When customer acquisition costs rise and GTM teams get weighed down by fragmented playbooks, piling on extra tools just burns capital. As a fractional CMO, I help executive teams strip away operational friction and redundant tactics to build what actually lasts: clean positioning, team alignment, and a predictable revenue pipeline.

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Anneliese Thomas

"In harsh, shifting climates, spring flowers appear overnight and disappear again just as quickly. Growing up in arid Namibia shaped my approach to marketing. Patient but persistent. Real survival requires deep roots and structural resilience."

Anneliese Thomas Principal consultant B2B SaaS & fintech growth strategy

Navigating GTM bottlenecks in B2B SaaS and fintech

Most scale-up founders and CEOs face three critical revenue bottlenecks:

01

Escalating CAC & pipeline stagnation

Traditional outbound and inbound playbooks lose yield while enterprise buying committees become more risk-averse, lengthening sales cycles.

02

AI & search invisibility (GEO/AEO)

Standard SEO no longer guarantees discovery as buyers turn to generative engines and LLMs (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude) to research solutions and vendor shortlists.

03

Revenue leakage & operational noise

Misaligned GTM teams run fragmented, inefficient campaigns rather than protecting Net Revenue Retention (NRR) and expanding core accounts.

Measuring success through board-level financial metrics

Marketing should never be evaluated on vanity metrics. I measure commercial performance through strict financial discipline:

Fractional CMO leadership & growth advisory

I deliver GTM strategy, lean marketing architectures, and modern AI operations to turn complex technical capabilities into predictable revenue pipeline.

Fractional CMO

Embedded executive direction (1–3 days per week) for B2B SaaS and fintech founders requiring GTM velocity without the full-time C-suite overhead.

Growth sprints

6-to-12-week high-impact advisory projects focused on capital-efficient positioning, GEO/AEO transitions, and pipeline architecture.

Board advisory & audits

Independent evaluation of marketing operations, team skills gaps, and AI readiness prior to funding rounds or market expansion.

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Anneliese Thomas providing board-level GTM strategy and fractional CMO advisory

Executive bio

B2B SaaS & fintech growth strategy.

Cross-industry perspective

Drawing on over 20 years of leadership, I bring domain expertise spanning enterprise finance, eCommerce, automotive, and pharma. My focus is on eliminating rigid thinking to build high-yield workflows and embed AI innovations.

Proven scale-up growth

At Kurtosys, I expanded TAM reach from 15% to 86% across US and EMEA markets. Through constant optimisation, we delivered three consecutive years of revenue compounding, achieving +27.4% cumulative growth and a +15% lift in revenue per customer.