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Go-to-market
for the real world.

I'm Phil. I'm a Fractional CMO and GTM Strategist
for B2B tech and service companies.

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Phil Lieng, founder and GTM strategist at Paperplane Strategy
PHIL LIENGFRACTIONAL CMO & GTM STRATEGIST

Doing more
is not a strategy

The companies I talk to are doing more marketing than ever. With AI, they can churn out more content, more sequences, on more channels. Their competitors have the same playbook. Yet they're not closing more deals.

The reflex is to do more. That's not a strategy. Doing more is what you do when you don't have one.

The hard part of marketing is figuring out how to stand out. It's the part most companies skip, and AI just made skipping it more expensive.

That's the work I do. I help companies figure out how to stand out, and build the system that turns it into growth.

40+
positioning engagements
12+
industries served

From HR tech and legal tech to marketing agencies and professional services.

14+
years of experience in GTM

Services.

Why clients choose to work with us

01

Strategy and operations are one job

Most consultants hand you a strategy report and move on. Most agencies sell tactics and creative, measured by vanity metrics. I've built and managed GTM operations for over a decade. I know what it takes for a strategy to land.

02

I help you skip the expensive mistakes

Misaligned teams, inefficient spend, positioning gaps that quietly stall growth. I've seen these patterns across enough companies to spot them early. My clients skip the mistakes I've already seen.

03

Every business gets a custom-fit team

An HR tech company pushing into enterprise has a different challenge than an early-stage martech hunting its first ten customers. I read the business first, then assemble the right expertise around it.

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