Traction

Build
pipeline, demand, authority, and revenue.

Traction Studio is a B2B marketing agency in Ponsonby. We run content-led demand generation for NZ and Australian SaaS companies — strategy, copy, LinkedIn, HubSpot, and pipeline reporting, all on retainer.

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01 · Case Studies

Work that moved numbers.

CloudGate — CRM SaaS

CloudGate sells a mid-market CRM to NZ professional services firms. They had a product people loved and a pipeline that stalled at 40 SQLs a quarter. We rebuilt their content engine: a weekly LinkedIn series from the CEO, three gated case studies, and a HubSpot nurture sequence keyed to industry vertical.

Pipeline: $2.4M influencedSQLs: 40 → 112/quarter12-month engagement

FreightPulse — Logistics Platform

FreightPulse needed to break into the Australian market. We wrote a 40-page industry report on trans-Tasman freight costs, promoted it through LinkedIn InMail to 2,000 logistics managers, and handed the leads to their BDR team with intent scores from HubSpot.

Pipeline: $3.8M influencedReport downloads: 1,4006-month sprint

Hatchboard — HR Tech

Hatchboard is a Wellington onboarding platform. Their existing content was product-focused and ignored the buyer. We repositioned around the cost of bad onboarding, built a calculator tool, and syndicated through four NZ HR publications.

Pipeline: $1.1M influencedInbound demos: 8 → 31/monthOngoing retainer

02 · Our Process

Six steps. Brief to pipeline.

Discovery

We interview your sales team, audit your CRM data, and map your ICP by job title, company size, and buying trigger.

Strategy

A 90-day content calendar, channel plan, and conversion model — reviewed with you before a word is written.

Content

Long-form articles, LinkedIn carousels, gated assets, and email sequences — all written by humans who know B2B.

Distribution

LinkedIn Ads, organic social, HubSpot nurture, syndication. We place content where your buyers already read.

Measurement

Weekly pipeline attribution dashboards in HubSpot. You see which pieces create SQLs, not just clicks.

Iteration

Monthly retro: what moved, what did not, what we change next quarter. No multi-month lock-ins.

03 · Results in Numbers

The scoreboard.

$28MPipeline influenced
47SaaS clients
340%Avg pipeline lift
1,200+Assets published

04 · Retainer Plans

Pick a lane.

Monthly retainer comparison — all prices NZD + GST
Feature Ignite · $4,500 Accelerate · $8,200 Scale · $14,000
Strategy sessionsMonthlyFortnightlyWeekly
Long-form articles2/month4/month8/month
LinkedIn content8 posts16 posts24 posts
Gated assets1/quarter2/quarter
HubSpot setupIncludedIncludedIncluded
Email nurture3-step sequenceMulti-branch workflow
LinkedIn Ads$2k managed$5k managed
Pipeline dashboardIncludedIncludedIncluded
Dedicated strategistSharedDedicated
Minimum term3 months3 months6 months

05 · Client Testimonials

In their words.

"Traction is the first agency that understood our sales cycle is six months, not six days. They built content that nurtures, not nags."
— Priya Mehta, CEO, CloudGate
"The industry report they wrote for us generated more qualified leads in three months than our entire outbound team did in a year."
— Tom Elder, Head of Growth, FreightPulse
"We went from 'what is Hatchboard' to 'we've read your case study, let's talk' in under six months. The pipeline attribution is real."
— Aroha Campbell, Founder, Hatchboard

06 · In the Press

Coverage.

NZ Herald"The Ponsonby agency turning SaaS startups into pipeline machines"Feature, March 2026
Idealog"B2B content that sells: inside Traction Studio's retainer model"Interview, January 2026
SaaS Weekly"How NZ agencies are exporting demand-gen to Australia"Column, November 2025
Marketing Mag AU"Content-led growth: a trans-Tasman playbook"Guest piece, September 2025