Marie Sample

Founder, Salt + Co Marketing  ·  B2B Marketing Strategist
13+ years in identity verification & fintech

I build marketing from scratch for early-stage companies that don't have time to figure it out as they go.

Strategy, content, systems, paid media, and brand — all of it, done with intention and grounded in faith-first leadership. I've spent 13+ years in the identity verification and fintech space, which means I don't need a long runway to understand your product, your buyer, or your market. What you see here is a live record of the work.

01   Strategize

Foundation first

Positioning, ICP, voice, messaging, and full funnel audit. Clarity before campaigns — every time.

02   Systems

Make it work together

CRM alignment, automation, nurture frameworks, and dashboards. Nothing slips and nothing is ad hoc.

03   Scale

Activate and grow

Campaigns, paid media, content engine, performance tracking. Built to compound over time.

178%

AI agent traffic growth in 30 days

1 platform to 4

55%

Organic search growth on Google and Bing simultaneously

60-day window

185%

LinkedIn impressions growth

Month over month

5

SEO/GEO-optimized blog posts published

Dec 2025 – Mar 2026

0 → 1

Full marketing function built from scratch

Day 1, no infrastructure

2

Podcast episodes recorded as host

The Modern Risk Playbook

Identity Orchestration for Commercial Equipment Finance: Reducing Risk Without Slowing Onboarding

Risk-based onboarding, channel fraud, and where traditional identity stacks break down for commercial lenders.

IndustryContent
Mar 12, 2026gridverify.com

Specialty Lending's KYC, AML & Fraud Challenge: Why Fragmented Tools Fail

Why the compliance stack accumulated over time is costing specialty lenders more than they realize.

IndustryContent
Feb 24, 2026gridverify.com

White-Labeled Grid Apply: Keep Customers in Your Brand Experience

How branded verification flows reduce application abandonment at the critical moment in the customer relationship.

ProductContent
Feb 4, 2026gridverify.com

Auto Finance Fraud Prevention Workflows: Mastering Security, Efficiency, and Customer Experience

Mastering security, efficiency, and customer experience in a high-fraud, high-velocity lending environment.

IndustryContent
Jan 28, 2026gridverify.com

Identity Verification and Fraud Prevention for Automotive Dealerships and Marketplaces

The fraud landscape facing automotive dealers and marketplaces, and how a modern identity stack changes the equation.

IndustryContent
Jan 6, 2026gridverify.com

Head of Marketing at Grid — fraud prevention and identity verification platform serving financial institutions, auto lenders, and specialty finance

Building the full marketing function as first hire  ·  December 2025 to present  ·  gridverify.com

Host of The Modern Risk Playbook podcast — practitioner conversations on fraud, identity, and risk operations

2 episodes recorded  ·  3 in production

Running paid media across Google Search and LinkedIn targeting auto finance and specialty lending decision-makers

Pilot launched March 2026  ·  placement research underway across Javelin, Point Predictive, PYMTS, American Banker

Salt + Co Marketing — taking select clients for fractional CMO and strategic marketing engagements

saltandcomarketing.com