What You Call ‘Starting’ Marketing Is Just Taking the Wheel

Marketing command center

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April 21, 2025

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Every company markets—whether they mean to or not.

The question isn’t “When do we start marketing?” It’s:

  • Who’s owning it?

  • Is it consistent?

  • Does it align with our business strategy?

You’re already spending on marketing. You just might not be tracking it:

  • The email tool the sales team uses

  • The trade show booth you refreshed last year

  • The ad someone ran in a local industry mag

  • That brochure redesign that ate a week

  • The inconsistent logo on three different proposals

According to Gartner, up to 30% of marketing spend in mid-size companies is untracked, decentralized, or ungoverned.

Source: Gartner’s “Marketing Budgets: Benchmarks for CMOs in the Era of Less”
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That’s not “starting marketing.”
That’s invisible marketing—and it’s costing more than you think.

The Real Shift: From Fragmentation to Focus

When companies say, “We’re ready to start marketing,” what they’re often really saying is:

  • We’re tired of piecemeal efforts

  • We want to look like we have our act together

  • We’re ready to be intentional

That starts by acknowledging the fragmentation:

Marketing lives across:

  • Sales decks

  • Vendor proposals

  • Hiring pages

  • Product sheets

  • Social posts someone publishes “just to keep it active”

When you invest in marketing leadership—fractional or full-time—you’re not building from zero.
You’re consolidating. Prioritizing. Directing.

You’re building a command center.
Not just launching campaigns.

Good Marketing Follows Business Strategy—Not the Other Way Around

Real marketing starts by aligning with the business. That means:

  • Understanding your positioning and priorities

  • Knowing your capacity (people, time, budget)

  • Clarifying your audience and offer

When that’s clear, marketing becomes the amplifier—not the guesswork.

Marketing without business strategy is just decoration.

That’s why at Biasha, we always start with a clarity sprint.
We don’t ask, “What should we say?”
We ask, “What is this business solving for—and how do we center that in every message, motion, and system?”

Why This Matters to Your Bottom Line

Untracked marketing costs time, reputation, and real money:

  • Duplication. Two teams create the same thing, differently

  • Brand erosion. Inconsistency undermines trust

  • Under-leveraged assets. Great content gets buried, lost, or never repurposed

  • Poor handoffs. Sales gets misaligned leads. Ops doesn’t know what was promised

CMO Council data shows that marketers waste over 20% of their time on content and tools that already exist—but can’t be found.

Source: CMO Council’s “Fire Up Your B2B Revenue Generation Engine”
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Strategy changes that.
It brings all the parts into view.
It says:

“This is what we’re building. Here’s how it connects. Here’s where to invest.”


What Biasha Brings to This Moment

We help companies move from scattered assets to strategic systems. That includes:

When you bring in Biasha, you’re not just “starting marketing.”

You’re stepping into ownership—and we’re here to help you lead from the center.

Let’s Take Command of the Marketing That’s Already Happening

If you’re realizing your company has been doing marketing—but without structure or strategy—you’re not behind.

You’re right on time.

We’re here to help you build the system, lead the message, and align the whole thing with what actually matters.

Let’s build your command center.

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