Strategic Marketing Consulting for Startups & Growth-Stage Companies

We help leadership teams evaluate their marketing, align cross-functional teams, and build clear strategies for scalable growth.

Marketing can easily become fragmented. Campaigns are launched without clear objectives, creative and analytics teams are misaligned, and leadership is left unsure whether marketing is actually driving growth.

9Trails was founded to fix that.

We act as the strategic partner and connective tissue between departments — ensuring marketing efforts are not only aligned but also tied directly to business outcomes. Our approach is structured, practical, and designed to give founders and executives the clarity and confidence they need.

Services

  • Fast-moving strategy engagements that deliver a clear, actionable roadmap for the next phase of growth. Includes audience prioritization, messaging framework, channel strategy, and KPIs.

  • For companies not ready to hire a full-time CMO, we step in as your strategic marketing leader. We guide teams, build processes, and keep execution aligned with growth priorities.

  • For product launches or market expansions, we design GTM strategies that align leadership, creative, analytics, and operations around shared goals and measurable outcomes.

  • A holistic audit of your current marketing activities, team structure, messaging, and spend. We identify gaps, wasted resources, and the highest-leverage opportunities for growth.

Jay Green, Head of Go To Market @ HourWork

“Both strategic and tactical, executing on key projects with minimal guidance.”

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Jonathan Kvarfordt, AI and Revenue Enablement

“Brings major value, strategy and insights that are worth way more than I paid her.”

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Clark O., COO @ Trevel

“Mapped out our entire marketing plan, strategies to attract users, & made sure we stayed on schedule.”

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Sydney Fishman, Co-Owner @ Baby Sleep Dr.

“An absolute powerhouse when it comes to developing customized growth strategies.”

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Teresa Duke, Leadership Coach

“Invaluable to me helping to ramp up my business with her sharp marketing and bus ops skills.”

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Why 9Trails?

  • Big Picture Clarity: We cut through noise and help leadership see where marketing is driving growth and where it isn’t.

  • Cross-Functional Alignment: We connect creative, copy, analytics, and leadership so teams work as one.

  • Practical Strategy: Our roadmaps are built for execution by the team you already have.

  • Scalable Process: We create frameworks you can reuse long after the engagement ends.

Let’s talk. It’s free.

Let’s discuss your company’s growth goals and put some plans in place to get you there.