John Hanna

Sales and marketing, pointed at the same number.

I help growing companies build the connection between the two.

The problem

Two teams, one customer, two different stories.

In most growing companies these functions were built separately, by different people, at different times. Nobody planned it that way. It just happened, and then it hardened.

Marketing

Builds the story, owns the brand, measures reach. Rarely sits in the room when a deal is won or lost.

Sales

Hears every objection first hand, then improvises its own language because what came from marketing doesn't survive contact with a buyer.

My whole job is closing that gap, and then building something that keeps it closed.

CabeauFirst senior marketing hire
IMA FinancialMarketing lead, employee benefits
DisneyBrand, licensing, and retail
ABCEntertainment marketing
What I do

Three ways I usually help.

Positioning and messaging

Working out what you actually sell, who decides, and why they'd choose you over the company down the street. Everything else depends on getting this right.

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Sales enablement

The materials, tools, and talk tracks that help a salesperson start a conversation and move it forward. Built with the people who have to use them.

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Fractional marketing leadership

For companies too small to hire a marketing leader and a sales leader separately. I do the work and build the function at the same time.

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I'm not especially interested in marketing for marketing's sake. I care about whether the work helps a business grow.
John Hanna · Hanna Management Group

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