CPG Sales + Experiential Marketing Β· Ignite Fractional

Stop being your ownVP of Everything.

Your fractional CPG Sales & Marketing team β€” embedded in your brand, on the cap table of your Monday morning. Stop wearing every hat.

12+Years in CPG
42K+Brand ambassadors
50States covered
monday.txt β€” your week
☐ Pitch Whole Foods regional buyer overdue
☐ Approve Q3 sell sheet design
☐ Reconcile slotting invoice w/ KeHE
☐ Book demo team for Sprouts launch
☐ Call back broker (3rd voicemail)
☐ Trade show booth β€” pick swag tomorrow
☐ Negotiate co-op spend w/ DSD rep
☐ Velocity report β†’ investors by Fri
☐ Re-shoot product photography
☐ Train new merchandiser last week
☐ Eat lunch?
14 openΒ·3 overdueΒ·β€” assigned to: You
SALES
MARKETING
OPS
FINANCE
CREATIVE
EVENTS
HR
CEO
● Sound familiar?

Huge goals.
A ton to do.
Not enough hours.

You've all been there. You're probably dealing with at least a few of these right now:

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"Our distributor is M.I.A. and nobody's talking to buyers."

Retail relationships don't manage themselves. Yours need a human with a phone and a plan.

CPG Sales
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"We're getting hammered on slotting fees with no strategy."

Slotting math is brutal without someone who's been on both sides of that table.

CPG Sales
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"We want cans-in-hands but have no sampling program."

Product trial drives conversion. We run demos, sampling, and street teams in all 50 states.

Marketing
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"We need street teams and activations but don't know where to start."

Sponsorships, festivals, pop-ups, and brand activations β€” we plan, staff, and execute. Every dollar tracked.

Marketing
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"We have no idea what our retail velocity actually is."

You can't grow what you can't measure. We bring the dashboards and the accountability.

CPG Sales
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"Our broker does… something? We think?"

Brokers work for their book. We work for your brand. Big difference.

CPG Sales
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"We're in 200 doors but can't get into the next 2,000."

Scaling from regional to national takes a different playbook. We've run it before.

CPG Sales
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"Our product is on shelf but nobody's buying it."

Placement without pull-through is just expensive storage. Let's fix the demand side.

Marketing
● The Ignite Advantage

One team.
Two engines.

Sales and Marketing don't work in silos β€” and neither do we. Two fractional powerhouses, one unified team, plugged directly into your brand.

⚑ CPG Sales

Get on shelf.
Stay on shelf.

Senior CPG sales leadership without the full-time overhead. We own your retail growth end-to-end.

01

Buyer meetings

We pitch, prep, and show up. From Sprouts to Kroger, we get in the room and close.

Retail pitchingChain buyers
02

Chain + account management

Retail and distribution relationship management so nobody ghosts your brand. Includes slotting fee strategy.

Retail mgmtDistributionSlotting fees
03

Field + area sales

Boots on the ground. We merchandise, train, and hunt new doors for your brand.

MerchandisingLicense to hunt
04

Building sales programs

Spiffs, incentive programs, trade promos β€” we build the infrastructure that makes your team actually sell.

SpiffsTrade promosIncentives
How we plug in
WeeklyFriday pipeline review Β· daily Slack on hot accounts
MonthlyAccount-by-account read Β· slotting & spend reconciliation
QuarterlyJoint business plan refresh Β· broker scorecards
2–4 moFirst new chain placements
15–30%Velocity lift in stagnant doors
~15 hrOf your week, back
Ignite
✦ Experiential + CPG Marketing

Make them
remember you.

From trade show floors to grocery aisles β€” we build the brand presence that converts browsers into buyers.

01

Brand + creative

Sell sheets that actually sell. Brand decks buyers don't cringe at. Assets built for retail and beyond.

Sell sheetsBrand decksTrade creative
02

Trade marketing

Promo planning, retailer-specific campaigns, and co-op strategy that makes your spend actually work.

Promo planningRetailer campaigns
03

Demo + sampling programs

We put your product in hands and let it do the talking β€” 42K+ trained brand ambassadors nationwide.

In-store demosSampling events
04

Experiential + event marketing

Trade shows, festivals, pop-ups, and brand activations β€” strategy through execution, every dollar tracked.

Trade showsPop-upsActivations
How we plug in
WeeklyContent & collateral pipeline Β· campaign performance read
MonthlyTrade calendar planning Β· spend efficiency report
QuarterlyBrand health check Β· trade ROI deep-dive
3Γ—Trade show ROI vs DIY
2–3Γ—Demo conversion vs baseline
~12 hrOf your week, back
● The Full Ignite Stack

When you take both engines, they actually talk to each other.

β†’One unified weekly cadence. One team, one Slack, one set of priorities. No "your sales person blames marketing" energy.
β†’Trade dollars actually drive sell-through. Marketing knows what sales is closing this quarter, so co-op spend lands where it matters.
β†’Sell sheets reflect what buyers ask for. Same team that built the deck is the one in the meeting.
β†’Activations have a sales pipeline behind them. Every demo, show, sampling event ladders to a specific account.
β†’Priority access to our agency engine. 42K ambassadors, demo programs, experiential β€” included muscle, no second contract.
β†’One quarterly business review. Not two. You see the full picture, not two siloed updates.
● The diagnostic

Where is your week actually going?

A 30-second self-audit. Drag the sliders. Get an honest read on how much of your week is being spent on the work only a VP should be doing β€” and where a fractional team plugs in fastest.

Your week Β· today

Honest inputs
Hrs / wk on retail & sales14
0102040+
Hrs / wk on marketing & brand10
0102040+
Where you're feeling the pinchBoth

Your read-out

● Live
Hours / week we could give you back
19 hrs
Hat-juggle index
High
You're wearing 6+ hats this week
Fractional fit
Strong
Both engines, plug in fast
What you'd reclaim~80% of your week
● The honest comparison

Fractional vs everything else.

Four ways to fill the VP-shaped hole on your team. Here's how they actually compare.

Ignite Fractional
Full-time hire
Generalist agency
DIY (you)
Time to start
~2 weeks
3–6 months hiring
4–8 weeks onboarding
Today (you're tired)
Annual cost
$48–$120K
$280–$400K loaded
$120–$240K + retainer min
Your nights + weekends
CPG-specific senior leadership
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~ If you find them
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Boots-on-the-ground execution
βœ“ 42K+ ambassadors
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~ Subcontracted
βœ•
Scale up or down monthly
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βœ• Severance
~ Annual contracts
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Both Sales + Marketing under one roof
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βœ• 2 hires
βœ• Usually one or other
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Real retail relationships
βœ“ 12+ yrs
~ Comes with the person
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~ Yours
You stop wearing every hat
Day one.
Eventually
Sort of
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42K+Brand ambassadors nationwide
50States we operate in
12+Years in the game
100%Veteran-owned
● The engagement

How it works.

No fluff. No 6-month onboarding sagas. We plug in fast and start moving.

01

Strategy call

We learn your brand, your gaps, and your goals. No pitch deck. Just an honest conversation about where you're stuck and what it actually takes to move.

02

Scope + retainer

We build a custom retainer β€” Sales, Marketing, or both. Month-to-month after 3 months. No locked-in annual contracts. Scale up or down as your brand evolves.

03

We execute. You grow.

Ignite becomes an extension of your team. Meetings get booked, shelves get stocked, activations get executed β€” and you get your time back.

● The retainers

Two ways
we plug in.

Every retainer is custom-scoped. Here's where we start.

⚑ Get on shelf

Fractional Sales Retainer

Buyer meetings, account management, distribution strategy, slotting fee negotiation, and field sales support. We own your retail growth end-to-end.

  • Buyer meetings & retail pitching
  • Chain & account management
  • Distribution & slotting strategy
  • Field sales + merchandising
Custom-scopedLet's talk β†’
✦ Get remembered

Fractional Marketing Retainer

Brand materials, trade marketing, demo and sampling programs, event strategy, and experiential activations. The brand presence that gets you remembered.

  • Brand materials & sell sheets
  • Trade & event marketing
  • Demo & sampling programs
  • Booth Share & experiential
Custom-scopedLet's talk β†’
πŸ”₯ Both engines

The Full Ignite Stack

One team. Two engines. Sales and marketing fully embedded in your brand. We own the function, build the playbook, and drive results as if we were on payroll.

  • Everything in Sales + Marketing
  • Dedicated fractional leadership
  • Unified go-to-market strategy
  • Scale up or down as you grow
Custom-scopedLet's talk β†’

Let's stop talking about growth
and actually do it.

30-minute strategy call. No obligations. Just an honest look at what's holding your brand back β€” and how we fix it.

● LiveNo locked-in contractsΒ·Month-to-month after 3 mosΒ·Avg response Β· 4hr