Sonesh Prakash - Fractional CMO

Sonesh Prakash

Fractional CMO

I work with B2B startups and SMEs as a fractional CMO. I have 18 years experience in B2B sales and marketing spanning enterprise software, banking, media, and HR solutions. I have worked with many B2B startups and SMEs, saved at least 40% of their planned marketing budgets, while enabling the following:
- Set up a competent marketing ecosystem from scratch and made them productive within 3 months
- Grew the Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) funnel by 10X in a matter of months
- Spearheaded content marketing efforts to increase social media engagement by 7X
- Increased relevant traffic on the website by 8X
- Launched strategic GTM campaigns with Business Partners

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