Experienced B2B Marketing Leadership
I am a fractional CMO and marketing strategist with 30+ years advising and leading B2B startups, SMBs, and enterprise teams on marketing strategy and execution, implementing a proven methodology for growth.

30+
years of B2B marketing experience
100+
companies served
1
Marketing Book of the Year
MIT
Startup Mentor
About Louis Gudema
I work as a fractional CMO for B2B startups and SMBs. I am a rare combination of strategic leadership and multi-channel day-to-day execution. I’ve worked with over 100 companies, from the Fortune 5 to MIT startups, helping them grow their brands and generate more qualified leads.
Examples of results:
- Founded and led my SaaS company, growing it into one of the top 3 companies in its highly-competitive national market.
- Created first marketing strategy and program for seed stage startup, generating dozens of qualified leads each month after six months
- Helped bootlegged startup more than double its customer base in 12 months with the addition of 17 new customers including Microsoft, Penn State, and Cloudera. Averaged a new lead a day.
- Led full-day B2B marketing workshop for the C suite of Fortune 500 company, and over a dozen marketing boot camps for the MIT startup community.
- Helped these and other clients evaluate their marketing tech stacks, including CRMs and marketing automation programs (MAPs), and make significant upgrades.
I created the Bullseye Marketing framework and wrote the book about it, which was named Marketing Book of the Year. In between my marketing work, I’ve closed over $30 million in B2B sales.
How We Can Work Together
Three ways to put three-plus decades to work for you.
Fractional CMO
Hands-on marketing leadership for B2B startups and SMBs, including developing strategy, positioning, and messaging, and then managing day-to-day campaign execution.
Masterclass & Speaking
Leader of six-hour class on AI-enabled B2B marketing, and speaker at conferences and events.

Multi-award winner
B2B companies with robust marketing
programs grow 2-5x faster.
“Louis delivers a brilliant and authoritative guidebook for implementing successful B2B marketing programs. No fluff, no flights of fancy.”
SCOTT BRINKER — EDITOR, CHIEFMARTEC.COM
“Chock full of fascinating real-world examples, this is a practical guide, not an academic tome.”