Your Marketing & Sales Teams’ New Best Friend
Corporate Prose dives right in to make an impact. It’s our job to make marketing and sales executives look good.
B2B Marketing Support for Enterprise Sales
We’re here to help marketing and sales leaders drive more revenue, launch big projects, and set teams up for success.
Whether you need a new marketing plan or an extra set of hands, Corporate Prose is one email away.
CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER
Brie Entel
Hi again. I’m Brie Entel, the Chief Marketing Officer of Corporate Prose. I love all things marketing.
I started Corporate Prose in late 2023 after 20 years as a corporate marketer. I LOVE corporate life, but ventured out ‘solo-ish’ to care for my special needs kiddo.
I’m the ‘real deal.’ I’ve held Marketing Vice President roles at Fortune 500 and mid-sized companies. I have a Master’s in Marketing from William and Mary and various professional certifications.
My not-so-hidden talent is turning technical jargon into stories, which I call ‘Corporate Prose.’
I’d love to work with you. If you have a project coming up or want to chat, schedule a call via my Calendly or send me an email.
Marketing Experience
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I have had fancy jobs I’ve held in Fortune 500 and mid-sized global companies.
Vice President of Marketing, North America
Vice President of Marketing & Digital Transformation
Vice President of Product Marketing
Senior Director, Service Development & Innovation, Workplace
Global Director of Marketing
Director of Marketing, North America
Senior Product Manager, Enterprise PaaS
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Classically trained marketer with an eye for innovation.
MS in Marketing, Raymond A. Mason School of Business, William & Mary
BA in English, University of Rochster
Post-Graduate Certificate, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
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Continuous improvement means always learning.
Agile: Certified SCRUM Master; Certified Scrum Product Owner
Six Sigma: Lean Six Sigma - Yellow Belt
Innovation: Design Thinking; Service Design; Human-Centered Strategy by IDEO
Brand: Brand Management, London Business School
Sustainability: Fitwel Ambassador, Center for Active Design
Organizational Leadership: Executive certificate, Northwestern
Change Management: Removing barriers of change, University of Pennsylvania
Disney Institute: Quality Service, Leadership Excellence, Employee Engagement
B2B Marketing Expert — Maryland
Marketing Highlights
Landed the one billion dollar deal.
We’ve got a few tricks for sales enablement. Our most notable sale was a coveted $1 Billion contract with a Fortune 50.
Launched 15 technical product lines.
Who loves product and channel? We do.
We’ve led the launch of more than a dozen product lines, built channel programs, and even ran innovation for a while.
Led 700% growth in government sales.
Vertical markets make the world go round. We’re vertical market experts in federal, SLED, commercial real estate, and the energy sector. We’ve even hung out at oil refineries for our clients.
Our marketing bat signal is always on brand.
Need help? We’re on it.
Corporate Prose helps corporate marketing teams in need. Just use our bat signal to get expert B2B marketing support. We swoop in to help corporate marketing departments with superhero strategy.
Word salad is off menu.
How many unread marketing emails are in your inbox?
Corporate Prose guides companies to a unique value proposition that sells. We’ve studied consumer behavior for decades and know the language that gets buyers to act.
No word salad here.
We sell stories, not sales pitches.
Storytelling is the heart of modern marketing strategy.
We craft your marketing strategy around the needs of your ideal customers in their language. Corporate Prose can help with customer research, develop ICPs, personas, and customer journey blueprints that capture demand.
Customers love to hear their stories told. After all, buyers are still human. At least for now.
Marketing with a bit of help from our friends.
GRAPHIC DESIGN PARTNER
Addy Smith
Addy Smith of Addy Smith Graphic Design is Corporate Prose’s preferred graphic design partner.
Brie and Addy have partnered on corporate marketing projects for over 15 years.
Addy has 20 years of web and graphic design experience. She’s worked in agencies and on in-house design teams. Addy has a Bachelor in Fine Arts from George Mason University.
Addy currently resides with her family in South Carolina.
FAQs
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Our clients come to us with marketing challenges they can’t solve themselves. It could be lack of resources or time, perhaps there is a gap in subject matter or market.
Corporate Prose evaluates whether our expertise is a match or happily refer you to one of our many network partners.
We provide consulting in two stages:
Analysis and Strategy
This identifies the key to your challenge, market opportunity, and a high level overview of ‘where to play.’
Part two is execution. This is the step that most consultants skip. We actually get your project or program in motion with hands-on support for a minimum of 90 days.
Consulting engagements last about 6 months from start to finish. Some challenges are solved faster, others require more time to get fully operational.
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Sometimes companies have a gap but can’t fill it right away with a full time employee.
Or, can’t wait for a new employee to get up to speed. Results need to happen now.
Corporate Prose provides interim marketing support embedded in your team at a senior marketing manager, marketing director, or marketing vice president level for a set contract term — 3,6,12 months at a time.
This closes gaps in coverage with less risk for the company. It also reduces cost as there are no agency mark-up fees, no W2 taxes or benefits, and set timelines to that work with your budget.
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No.
There are a lot of fractional chief marketing officers that have popped up in the past few years.
The reason why corporate prose doesn’t take on fractional CMO roles is because we love ‘the doing’ of marketing.
CMOs are in the tough position of continuously PROVING return on investment. It’s a never ending cycle of reporting.
We’d rather be ‘the proof’ that marketing is working for your business.
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Let’s face the music: Marketing consulting is saturated right now. There is fractional everything. You have a mix of near-retirement swan songs and insta-happy 20 somethings.
It’s hard to know whether you are getting a true expert or a fly-by-night.
The difference with Corporate Prose is that we are tenured practitioners who have BOTH the corporate experience as an Executive at a Fortune 500 AND the ability to execute.
You get the benefit of both. And, while we take great pride in our experience and outcomes - we are fair in pricing. Probably, a bit too fair.
That’s our difference. We’ve been there, done that, and can do it again for you.
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We really do love to roll up our sleeves.
We can provide a range of projects — quoted as a ‘project fee’ based on scope.
Our favorite projects:
Market Research Reports
Long-form content and trend reports
Go-to-Market Packages for new products or services
Message Architecture and Sales Messaging
Vertical Market entry
Strategic Sales Enablement for ‘Big’ Deals’
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We prefer to work either on a monthly retainer for a minimum of 3 months or quote by project scope.
This ensures you get the best work possible - without worrying about the minutes.
Occasionally, we will consult by the hour.
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We are pretty fabulous - but, honest about our strengths.
We will refer you to trusted partners for the following:
Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Search Engine Optimization
Digital Marketing - PPC, SEM, etc.
B2C FMCG brands - we’ve got a friend for that!
Solopreneurs who want to DIY it in Canva.