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Wingmate: Making the field-sales story easier to buy

Wingmate had a strong product and a practical use case. The work was making the story clear enough for buyers to understand fast.

Mark Evans, Principal at Marketing Spark
Mark EvansPrincipal, Marketing Spark

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Wingmate helps companies turn front-line observations into sales opportunities. That's a useful idea. It's also an idea that can get complicated quickly if the story starts with features instead of the business problem.

The challenge was not whether Wingmate had value. It did. The challenge was making that value obvious to busy B2B buyers who needed to see how field teams could create better pipeline.

The problem

Many B2B companies have people in the field who see opportunities before anyone in sales does. They notice problems, expansion signals, customer needs, and competitive openings. Most of that insight never makes it into the pipeline.

Wingmate's product helped solve that problem, but the marketing story needed to move from product explanation to business clarity. The buyer needed to understand the cost of missed field intelligence before they cared about the platform.

The work

Marketing Spark helped sharpen the positioning around a simple idea: your best lead sources may already be inside the company. The story connected field activity, sales visibility, and pipeline growth in language a buyer could use internally.

The work focused on messaging, website narrative, and the sales story. The goal was not to make Wingmate sound bigger. It was to make the value easier to repeat.

The result

The message became clearer. The sales conversation had a stronger opening. The website and go-to-market story could focus on the pain buyers already recognized instead of forcing them to decode the product.

Mark is a devoted Swiss Army knife in B2B marketing and branding. Any company seeking CMO-level guidance without hiring a full-time CMO would benefit greatly from Mark's hands-on expertise.

Matt Leuschner, CEO, Wingmate

Mark Evans, Principal at Marketing Spark

Mark Evans

PRINCIPAL AT MARKETING SPARK

Fourteen years working with B2B companies on positioning, messaging, and go-to-market. Host of the Marketing Spark Podcast. Based in Toronto.