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The Fractional CMO Myth Costing ERP VARs Deals

by Hayley K | Jul 29, 2026 | Marketing Strategy, B2B Marketing

The Myth Every VAR Believes Every VAR that brings on a fractional CMO expects the same outcome: someone senior finally owns marketing, and the pipeline starts moving. Six months later, half of them are having the same conversation. The invoices changed. The results...

Why Your Best Implementations Aren’t Winning You the Next Deal

by Hayley K | May 23, 2026 | B2B Marketing, Marketing Strategy

Executive Summary: The B2B Positioning Gap The Core Problem: ERP partners and VARs win on technical capability (the demo) but lose the deal because they fail to communicate business value to non-technical stakeholders (CFOs/COOs). The Commodity Trap: Relying on...

Three Things Every Room at DynamicsCon PMR Day Agreed On

by Hayley K | May 13, 2026 | Uncategorized

Your Best Client Already Knows How to Fix Your Marketing. Have You Asked?

by Hayley K | Mar 25, 2026 | B2B Marketing, Marketing Strategy

Most marketing advice starts with what to build: a better website, a stronger campaign, a content calendar, a new positioning statement. What it skips is the step that makes all of those things actually work: talking to the people who already chose you, in a way that...

“I’ve Tried Content. It Doesn’t Work.” You’re Half Right.

by Hayley K | Mar 18, 2026 | B2B Marketing, Marketing Strategy

It’s one of the most common things I hear from ERP VARs and consultants who’ve been around long enough to be skeptical. “We tried content. Posted for a while. Nothing happened.” And they’re not wrong, exactly. What they tried didn’t...
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  • The Fractional CMO Myth Costing ERP VARs Deals
  • Why Your Best Implementations Aren’t Winning You the Next Deal
  • Three Things Every Room at DynamicsCon PMR Day Agreed On
  • Your Best Client Already Knows How to Fix Your Marketing. Have You Asked?
  • “I’ve Tried Content. It Doesn’t Work.” You’re Half Right.

Reminder: Most VARs don't have a marketing problem. They have a clarity problem. That's where we start.

Esper Strategies is a strategic marketing consultancy for ERP VARs and technology service providers. We work as fractional CMOs, project partners, and advisors for firms that are technically excellent but losing ground to competitors who are simply easier to understand. No execution before strategy. No campaigns before the messaging is right.

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