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Boutique marketing consulting

Marketing strategy that compounds — not campaigns that vanish.

We help B2B founders and marketing leaders turn scattered tactics into a positioning, demand, and revenue engine that keeps working after we leave.

No deck. No 90-day pitch. You leave the call with a usable plan.

The practice
Now accepting new clients
  • Senior consultants only. No juniors, no templates.
  • Operating documents. You leave with playbooks, not slides.
  • Boutique by design. A small number of clients per quarter so each gets the focus it needs.
  • Based in Los Angeles. Working with B2B teams across the US.

A boutique marketing consulting practice founded by Ruzanna Vardanyan in Los Angeles, California.

The problem

You’re busy. The pipeline isn’t.

Most B2B teams ship campaigns, not strategy. The dashboard looks active. The pipeline looks lean. Sound familiar?

No clear ICP

Half your leads ghost. The other half can’t afford you. You’re selling to everyone, converting no one.

Channels fight each other

Paid, content, SEO, outbound — each team has its own KPI. Nobody owns the customer journey.

Positioning sounds like everyone else

“AI-powered platform for modern teams” — and so are 4,000 of your competitors. Buyers can’t pick.

CAC keeps creeping up

You add headcount and ad spend. Pipeline barely moves. The CFO is asking questions you can’t answer.

Where we work

Sectors we focus on.

B2B has its own language, sales motions, and buyer psychology. We focus on a small set of sectors so we don’t have to learn yours on your dime.

B2B SaaS

Founder-led companies $1M–$30M ARR navigating the move from founder-sales to repeatable demand.

Professional services

Boutique consultancies, agencies, and firms scaling beyond word-of-mouth referrals.

DevTools & API platforms

Technical products with developer audiences — where positioning, not paid spend, drives growth.

Fintech & RegTech

Compliant marketing in regulated environments where trust is the primary buying driver.

HR & Workforce tech

Multi-stakeholder buying committees, long sales cycles, and champion-led GTM motions.

Vertical SaaS

Industry-specific software where niche language and credibility matter more than reach.

What we do

Three engagements. One outcome: predictable, profitable growth.

Each engagement is delivered by a senior consultant — never juniors, never templates. Outcomes are written into the SOW.

01 — Strategy

Positioning & ICP audit

A 4-week sprint to define who you’re for, why they should care, and what you’ll never do. You leave with a positioning doc, ICP scorecard, and message hierarchy.

  • 12 customer interviews
  • Competitive teardown
  • Message map & ICP scorecard
Most popular
02 — Growth

Demand engine build

12-week engagement to build a multi-channel demand engine. Paid, content, SEO, lifecycle — orchestrated against one revenue model. Owned by your team at the end.

  • Channel-mix model
  • Editorial & SEO calendar
  • Hands-on enablement for your team
03 — Advisory

Fractional CMO retainer

Ongoing senior leadership: strategy reviews, hiring, agency oversight, board narrative. For founders who aren’t ready for a full-time CMO yet.

  • 2 strategic sessions / month
  • Slack access & async reviews
  • Quarterly board narrative
Our approach

We don’t do decks. We do diagnostics, then operators’ work.

  1. 1

    Diagnose

    Two weeks of customer calls, funnel forensics, and channel attribution review. We find the leak before we plug anything.

  2. 2

    Decide

    A 1-day strategy workshop with founders, sales, and product. We leave with the plan written, not just discussed.

  3. 3

    Build

    Eight weeks of execution alongside your team. We don’t hand off slides — we ship campaigns, copy, dashboards, and SOPs.

  4. 4

    Hand off

    A 90-day after-action review and full operating playbook for your team. You own the engine — we’re a phone call away.

Choose your engagement

Three formats. Pick the one that matches your moment.

Each format is sized to a specific question. We’ll tell you which one is right on the first call.

01 — Strategy

Strategy Sprint

For the founder who knows something is broken but can’t articulate what.

Timeline
4 weeks
Senior time
~20 hrs/wk
Pricing
Fixed-fee

You leave with

  • Positioning doc
  • ICP scorecard
  • Message hierarchy
  • Channel-mix recommendations
Most popular
02 — Growth

Demand Engine Build

For the team with positioning right, but a funnel that isn’t compounding.

Timeline
12 weeks
Senior time
~25 hrs/wk
Pricing
Fixed-fee

You leave with

  • Channel-mix model
  • Editorial & SEO calendar
  • Paid media program
  • Lifecycle automation
  • Team SOPs at handoff
03 — Advisory

Fractional CMO

For the founder who needs senior leadership but isn’t ready for a full-time CMO.

Timeline
6+ months
Senior time
~8 hrs/wk
Pricing
Monthly retainer

You get

  • 2 strategy sessions / month
  • Hiring & agency oversight
  • Quarterly board narrative
  • Slack + async reviews
What you get

Tangible deliverables. Not slideware.

Every engagement produces operating documents your team can run with — long after we leave.

Positioning doc

A clear statement of who you serve, why you, and what you’ll never do.

ICP scorecard

A working tool sales and marketing both use to qualify in the right buyers.

Channel-mix model

A revenue model that ties each channel to a target outcome you can review monthly.

Operating playbook

SOPs, dashboards, and editorial calendars your team owns at handoff.

How we work

Four principles we won’t compromise on.

01

Strategy before tactics.

We don’t open ad accounts on day one. We start with the customer, the market, and the math — and only then decide what to ship.

02

Senior consultants, every engagement.

The person you meet on the sales call is the person doing the work. No bait-and-switch to a junior team.

03

Operating documents, not decks.

Every engagement leaves you with documents your team uses on a Tuesday morning — playbooks, models, SOPs.

04

Honest scope. Honest pricing.

If we’re not the right fit, we say so on the first call. If we are, the SOW lists outcomes, not hours.

Honest about fit

We’re selective. So you can be too.

If we’re not the right firm for you, we’ll say so on the first call. Here’s how we know.

A good fit if you…

  • Are a B2B company between $1M and $30M ARR
  • Have at least one full-time marketer on your team
  • Treat marketing as a strategic function, not a service desk
  • Are willing to share customer access and sales reality
  • Have 4–12 weeks of patience for proper diagnostics before tactics
  • Want to own the engine after the engagement, not rent it forever

Not a fit if you…

  • Are pre-revenue or pre-product
  • Want a “growth hacker” to open ad accounts on day one
  • Need someone to manage day-to-day execution forever
  • Are looking for “10× revenue this quarter” magic
  • Are at $50M+ ARR (try McKinsey, BCG, or a full-time CMO)
  • Aren’t ready to make hard decisions about positioning
Ruzanna Vardanyan
Founder & Principal Consultant
Available for new clients
About

A practice built around the work, not the pitch.

Vardanyan and Partners LLC is a boutique marketing consulting practice based in Los Angeles, California. Founded by Ruzanna Vardanyan, the firm helps B2B founders and marketing leaders translate strategy into operating systems that keep working long after the engagement ends.

We’re intentionally small. A handful of clients per quarter, all of them led by a senior consultant — never juniors, never templates. Every deliverable is a working document your team can pick up on a Tuesday morning and run with.

Headquarters
835 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 503
Los Angeles, California
Sector focus
B2B SaaS, professional services, and founder-led businesses.
Engagement model
Strategy sprints, demand engine builds, and fractional CMO retainers.
FAQ

Things founders ask before booking.

How long is a typical engagement?

Strategy sprints are 4 weeks. Demand engine builds are 12 weeks. Fractional CMO retainers are minimum 6 months.

Do you replace our agency or marketing team?

Sometimes. More often we sit on top of them, set the strategy, and hold them to it. We tell you when an agency relationship is the problem.

What stage of company is this for?

Best fit: $1M–$30M ARR B2B with at least one full-time marketer. We don’t do pre-seed and we don’t do enterprise procurement.

What does it cost?

Pricing depends on scope. We share an exact figure on the first call once we understand your stage, team, and goals. We send a written proposal before any work starts.

Book a call

Tell us where the pipeline is leaking.

A free 30-minute strategy call. You leave with at least one concrete change you can ship next week — whether you hire us or not.

We reply within 1 business day. No drip sequences, no “just checking in.”