The first 100 days of M&A marketing determine whether your acquisition delivers or destroys value
Without the right marketing leadership during integration, you'll lose pipeline momentum, confuse customers and waste months rebuilding what you already had. We manage the first critical 100 days.
What must be integrated in the first 100 days
Brand & Positioning
Unify brand identity, messaging and positioning across acquired entities. One voice, one story.
GTM & Demand Gen
Re-launch the combined demand engine with retargeted campaigns, reactivated pipeline, unified ABM.
Team & Capability
Right-size and restructure merged marketing teams — retaining the best, filling the gaps.
Data & Attribution
CRM consolidation, data hygiene, unified attribution — knowing where every customer came from.
Marketing Stack
Rationalise overlapping tools, reduce cost while maintaining capability and scale.
Our 100-day framework
Tested across 30+ acquisitions. Proven to stabilise momentum, unify teams, and accelerate post-acquisition growth.
Rapid Diagnostic
Audit both marketing functions, interview stakeholders, identify pipeline risks and quick wins.
Deliverable: Integration risk register + priority roadmap
Stabilise & Consolidate
Unify brand assets, migrate CRM data, launch consolidated demand gen campaigns.
Deliverable: Single source of truth for leads
Rebuild & Accelerate
Integrated GTM programme, new ICP definition, relaunched SEO and paid media.
Deliverable: Unified performance dashboard
Optimise & Scale
Performance review, channel rebalancing, growth acceleration roadmap.
Deliverable: Ongoing monthly programme
Common post-acquisition failures
We've seen these patterns across dozens of acquisitions. Avoid them.
Two marketing teams, no unified ownership
Overlapping responsibilities, competing priorities, leads falling through the cracks. Pipeline collapses within 90 days.
Brand confusion post-merger
Customer confusion about merged identity, loss of hard-won brand equity, churn from existing customers.
Data fragmentation
Two separate CRMs, double-counted revenue, broken attribution, no clear view of customer funnel.
Single owner + unified operating cadence
One leader accountable for both teams. Weekly integration meetings. Clear escalation path. Pipeline stays healthy.
Unified brand launched within 90 days
One voice across all channels. Customers understand the merger. Brand equity preserved or strengthened.
Single source of truth from Day 1
One CRM, unified data, accurate attribution. Clear visibility into funnel health and CAC payback.
Who this is for
PE/VC firms that have acquired a SaaS company
You need marketing integrated quickly into the portfolio company's leadership team. No time to waste on hiring cycles or agency hand-offs.
SaaS companies that made a bolt-on acquisition
You have two overlapping marketing functions and need to unify GTM, messaging, tools, and reporting into one seamless machine.
Companies post-merger needing rapid consolidation
You need one senior marketing leader to orchestrate integration across both companies' teams, systems, and go-to-market.
What acquisition leaders say
The integration could have been a nightmare. Two completely different marketing cultures, tools, processes. They came in on Day 1, diagnosed the mess by Week 2, and had both teams aligned and reporting to one dashboard by Week 8. The combined company shipped with momentum, not chaos.
Navigate your acquisition with confidence
Let's talk about how to make the first 100 days of marketing integration a success — not a bottleneck.
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