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GTM Strategy & ExecutionCircular Economy

Sales & GTM Execution: Circular Economy Operator

Built the full go-to-market engine for a recycled materials company. From market intelligence and thought leadership to outbound infrastructure and qualified pipeline. Strategy and execution, end to end.

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0xResponse Rate vs. Cold
0+Enterprise Conversations
The Challenge

Strong product, no commercial engine

The client was a circular economy operator in recycled materials with a differentiated value proposition: high-quality recycled resin at a structural cost advantage during a period of virgin resin pricing volatility. The product was strong. The market timing was right.

But there was no outbound infrastructure, no content positioning the company in the market, and no systematic way to convert market conditions into commercial pipeline. The CEO was doing everything manually, sourcing every meeting through personal network and conference hallways.

The Approach

From market intelligence to qualified pipeline in 16 weeks

We didn't start with outbound. We started with insight. The first step was building a market intelligence thesis strong enough to lead every conversation, then we built the infrastructure to deliver it at scale.

Weeks 1–2
Market Intelligence Build

Analyzed virgin resin pricing dynamics, mapped competitive landscape, identified the market disruption angle that became the campaign thesis.

Weeks 3–4
Content & Positioning

Designed "The Window" series: branded market intelligence briefs that positioned the CEO as the authority on pricing disruption in recycled materials.

Weeks 5–8
Outbound Buildout

Built the target list, designed messaging sequences, configured CRM and pipeline tracking. Every touchpoint led with market intelligence, not a sales pitch.

Weeks 8–16
Pipeline Execution

Executed multi-channel outreach across LinkedIn, email, and direct channels. Converted market intelligence into qualified conversations and commercial pipeline.

The Campaign

“The Window”: turning market disruption into pipeline

Virgin resin pricing was volatile. Recycled alternatives were becoming cost-competitive for the first time. We built a branded content series, “The Window,” that turned this market disruption into the client's commercial narrative.

Every piece of content led with intelligence, not a sales pitch. The series positioned the CEO as the market authority on recycled materials pricing, and every engagement opened a door to a commercial conversation.

Market Intelligence BriefsBranded HTML and PDF reports analyzing virgin resin pricing trends, delivered directly to target buyers
LinkedIn Thought LeadershipCEO-authored content series on market disruption, with each post driving inbound inquiries and profile visits
Direct Outreach AssetsPersonalized market intelligence packages for target accounts, turning data into meeting requests
Deliverables

What we built and executed

Market Intelligence
  • Virgin resin pricing disruption analysis
  • Competitive positioning landscape
  • Buyer segment identification and ICP development
  • Market timing thesis and trigger events
Content & Sales Enablement
  • "The Window" branded thought leadership series
  • HTML and PDF market briefs for CEO outreach
  • LinkedIn content strategy and execution
  • Conference and event positioning materials
Outbound & Pipeline
  • Target account list development
  • Multi-channel outreach sequences
  • CRM setup and pipeline tracking
  • Meeting booking and qualification framework
The Funnel

From 200+ targets to $2.7M+ pipeline

Market Universe
200+ targets
Engaged Prospects
48 engaged
Qualified Leads
18 qualified
Pipeline
$2.7M+
The Engine

Intelligence → Content → Pipeline

Every campaign touchpoint followed the same principle: share value first, ask second. Market intelligence opened doors that cold outreach never could.

01
Market IntelligenceVirgin resin pricing analysis, competitive dynamics, and market disruption thesisBranded research series
02
Content & PositioningThought leadership campaign positioning CEO as market authority on pricing disruptionLinkedIn series + PDF assets
03
Outbound InfrastructureTarget list development, messaging sequences, and CRM pipeline trackingOutbound engine + CRM
04
Pipeline DevelopmentMulti-channel outreach converting market intelligence into qualified commercial conversations$2.7M+ qualified pipeline
Capabilities Demonstrated

The full AI-enabled outbound and demand-gen motion

Concrete proof points across the workflows that drive pipeline creation, meeting conversion, and SDR/BDR productivity.

AI-Assisted Targeting

Defined the ICP across distinct buyer and influencer segments, then enriched and lead-scored every account (illustrative scale: ~200+ prioritized targets) to build the outreach list.

Signal- & Intent-Based Prospecting

Identified content engagement and profile activity as the strongest acceptance predictors — viewers converted at several times the rate of non-viewers — and engineered a content → connection → DM motion off real intent signals, not cold lists.

Personalized Outbound Messaging

Human-in-the-loop research and copywriting at scale. Personalized, company-anchored hooks closed at roughly 4x the templated rate — who we messaged mattered more than what we said.

Performance-Driven Sequencing

Multi-step nudge and fresh-angle re-touch cadences, tuned by a word-level audit of cold messaging that produced a keep/cut pattern table for every outbound element.

Demand Gen Experimentation

Ran a cross-channel motion — a thought-leadership content series, connection requests, DMs, and email handoffs — testing format, specificity, and timing to find what drove reach.

Revenue Intelligence & Attribution

Built a multi-touch attribution model per lead and a live CRM-to-channel reconciliation that traced every close back to the touch that created it.

Analytics & Attribution

Every touch measured, every close traced

The engine ran on data, not guesswork. We instrumented the whole funnel — segment-level acceptance rates, an intent-signal model, a word-by-word audit of outbound messaging, and a live CRM-to-channel reconciliation that caught data-quality errors before they hit the dashboard.

15K+Post Impressions

A multi-part thought-leadership series, each piece ICP-verified reactor-by-reactor

200+Prioritized Targets

Lead-scored and segmented across ICP audiences, separated from existing network for honest rates

90+Messages Audited

Word-level wording analysis correlating personalization, hooks, and CTAs to reply and close rates

7-SignalAttribution Model

Per-lead touchpoint tracing from impression to profile view to accept to DM to close

Outcome

$2.7M+ in qualified pipeline from zero commercial infrastructure

In 16 weeks, we took the client from no outbound infrastructure to a functioning commercial engine generating qualified enterprise pipeline. The “Window” series continues to drive inbound inquiries months after the initial campaign.

This is what strategy-to-execution looks like. We didn't hand off a deck. We built the market intelligence, created the content, designed the outbound infrastructure, and ran it until the pipeline was real.

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