Build a Sales Function That Actually Works

Experienced sales leadership for growing companies that need better process, stronger management, clearer messaging, and a sales system their team can repeat.Get senior-level sales support without adding a full-time VP of Sales.Explore The Sales Writers
FVP of Sales is the fractional sales leadership division of The Sales Writers.

Sales Leadership Without the Full-Time Hire

Most companies reach a point where informal sales stops working.The founder is still managing the team. Reps have different approaches. The CRM is being used inconsistently. Forecasts are unreliable. New hires learn through trial and error. Everyone knows parts of the sales process, but nobody has put the whole thing together.That is where we come in.FVP of Sales gives you experienced sales leadership on a fractional basis. We help you build the structure, process, messaging, management habits, and tools that make sales easier to run and easier to repeat.

Fractional VP of Sales

Senior sales leadership without the cost or commitment of another full-time executive.We can step into the sales function, work directly with ownership or executive leadership, manage priorities, establish accountability, coach the team, improve forecasting, and build the systems needed for sustainable growth.Typical areas of focus
Sales strategy · Team structure · KPIs and accountability · Pipeline management · Forecasting · CRM process · Hiring and onboarding · Coaching and performance management

Headset, sales activity, and customer conversations

Telesales Management & Development

Phone-based selling requires more than a script.We help inside sales, telesales, SDR, and BDR teams improve how they work, how they are managed, and how their performance is measured.That can include call structure, coaching, QA, activity standards, management cadence, conversion analysis, rep development, and the processes surrounding the call itself.The goal is a team that knows what good looks like and a management structure that reinforces it consistently.

Sales playbook with a repeatable process and qualification funnel

Sales Playbook Development

Get the sales process out of people’s heads and into a system the whole team can use.We develop custom sales playbooks that can cover everything from prospecting and qualification through discovery, objection handling, follow-up, closing, onboarding, KPIs, coaching, and management expectations.Through The Sales Writers, we can also develop the messaging and written content inside the playbook, giving you one connected sales system instead of a collection of unrelated documents.Learn More at The Sales Writers

Sales messaging, follow-up conversations, and progress

Professional Sales Messaging

Your sales process works better when your team knows what to say.Through The Sales Writers, we develop the messaging that supports the sales system, including:Call scripts · Email sequences · Discovery questions · Value propositions · Objection responses · Follow-up messaging · Presentations · Proposals · Sales collateralThe objective is consistency without making your team sound scripted.Explore Sales Writing Services

Built for Companies That Have Outgrown Informal Sales

FVP of Sales is usually a strong fit when:• The founder or owner is still acting as the sales manager.
• You have salespeople but no senior sales leader.
• Your team is growing faster than your sales process.
• Every rep seems to sell differently.
• New hires take too long to become productive.
• Your CRM does not reflect how the team actually sells.
• Forecasting feels more like guessing.
• Managers need better structure for coaching and accountability.
• You need experienced sales leadership but are not ready for a full-time VP.
• You have a strategy on paper but need help making it operational.

Let’s Talk About What Is Happening Inside Your Sales Team

You do not need to diagnose the problem before the call.Tell us what the team looks like, what you are trying to accomplish, and where sales feels harder than it should.We can use the first 30 minutes to figure out whether fractional sales leadership makes sense and what we would recommend.Book a Free 30-Minute Consultation
No obligation. No long-term contract required.

FRACTIONAL SALES LEADERSHIP

From strategy to execution

Strategy Only Matters If the Team Can Use It

A sales strategy can look great on paper and still fail in practice.

The harder part is introducing the process, getting the team to use it, coaching against it, measuring what is working, and adjusting as the business changes.

Fractional leadership allows us to stay involved beyond the recommendation stage.

We can help build the sales system, introduce it to the team, manage the operating cadence around it, and keep improving it until the internal organization is ready to take full ownership.

How we help

Build the Sales Operating System Around the Team You Already Have

Every engagement is different, but most of the work falls into a few connected areas.

Strategy

Define priorities, target markets, sales motion, goals, roles, and the structure required to support them.

Process

Create a clear sales process from prospecting through close, including CRM stages, qualification standards, follow-up, handoffs, and expectations.

Management

Establish the operating cadence around sales, including one-on-ones, pipeline reviews, forecasting, KPIs, coaching, and accountability.

Messaging

Make sure the sales team has language that reflects how customers actually buy and sounds like your company rather than generic sales copy.

Enablement

Build the playbooks, scripts, templates, onboarding resources, and internal knowledge needed to help reps perform consistently.

Development

Coach managers and salespeople around the actual opportunities and challenges they are dealing with.

Experience

Decades of Sales Experience Applied to Your Business

Our experience spans decades across B2B and enterprise sales, global telesales organizations, business services, cybersecurity, intellectual-property-related services, and consulting.

That work has included leading sales organizations, working directly with thousands of business owners, building sales systems, developing managers and representatives, creating playbooks, improving sales messaging, and helping companies turn scattered sales activity into a repeatable process.

Much of that work comes back to the same challenge:

Take something complicated and make it easier to sell, easier to manage, and easier for a team to repeat.

That is what FVP of Sales is built around.

The Sales Writers connection

Sales Leadership Backed by Better Sales Messaging

FVP of Sales is part of The Sales Writers, a human-led sales copywriting, strategy, and sales systems business.

That relationship matters because sales leadership and sales messaging rarely work well in isolation.

If the process changes, the messaging may need to change with it.

If a new playbook is built, the team needs usable scripts, emails, questions, and objection responses inside it.

If reps are struggling, the problem might be management, process, messaging, or some combination of all three.

Through The Sales Writers, those pieces can be handled together.

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How engagements work

Start With the Sales Problem

There is no reason to force every company into the same consulting package.

We start with a conversation about what is happening inside the sales function now.

What is working?
Where is the team getting stuck?
What is missing?
What are you trying to build?

From there, we recommend the level of support that makes sense.

That could be a focused project, ongoing fractional leadership, team development, or a combination of services.

Flexible Support Based on What You Need

Fractional Leadership

Ongoing involvement in the sales organization as an experienced extension of the leadership team.

Sales System Build

A defined engagement focused on process, CRM structure, management cadence, KPIs, playbooks, or another part of the sales operating system.

Sales Team Development

Hands-on coaching and management support for salespeople, telesales teams, and frontline managers.

Advisory Support

Senior sales guidance for owners or executives who want experienced outside perspective without handing over day-to-day management.

Ready-to-use resources

Start With a Playbook

Looking for a starting point you can use on your own? Explore The Sales Writers’ digital playbooks on Gumroad. For a playbook built around your business, talk to us about custom development.

Digital downloads are delivered through Gumroad. View each product for contents and current pricing.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does a Fractional VP of Sales do?
A Fractional VP of Sales provides experienced sales leadership on a part-time or flexible basis.
Depending on the engagement, that can include strategy, team leadership, pipeline management, forecasting, process development, CRM structure, hiring, onboarding, coaching, KPIs, playbooks, and sales messaging.How is this different from hiring a sales consultant?
Traditional consulting often focuses heavily on recommendations. Fractional leadership can extend into implementation and ongoing management. We can help design the sales system and remain involved while the team puts it into practice. The exact level of involvement depends on what your company needs.Do we need an existing sales team?
No. We work with companies that already have established sales teams, companies building their first structured sales organization, and founder-led businesses preparing to make their first serious sales hires.Can you help us build a sales team?
Yes. That can include defining roles, creating job expectations, establishing KPIs, developing the sales process, building onboarding resources, supporting interviews, and creating the management structure around the team.

Working Together

Can you work with our existing sales manager?
Yes. In some engagements we provide senior sales leadership directly. In others, we work alongside an existing manager or leadership team to strengthen the process, operating cadence, coaching structure, and accountability around them.Do you create scripts and sales materials too?
Yes. Sales copywriting and messaging are handled through The Sales Writers, including call scripts, emails, follow-up sequences, objection responses, presentations, proposals, and custom sales playbooks. That allows the leadership work and the messaging work to stay connected.How much does this cost?
Pricing depends on the scope and level of involvement. A defined sales-system project will look different from an ongoing fractional leadership engagement. After the initial consultation, we will recommend a scope and provide clear pricing before any work begins.How quickly can we get started?
Most engagements can begin relatively quickly once the scope is agreed upon, subject to current availability.

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