TrueAdvertize
ABOUTBuilding TrueAdvertize since 2023

Built by an operator,
not an agency.

I am Samuel Roa Cardenas. I build owned revenue engines for B2B companies whose sales motion is research-heavy, whose pipeline is flat or still depends on a founder or sales leader, and whose team has an operator ready to inherit the system.

Building TrueAdvertize since May 2023. I engineer the data, targeting, messaging, CRM, and measurement systems behind the revenue motion. Humans keep judgment, relationships, discovery, follow-up, and the close. You own the workflows, documentation, credentials, and working system at handover on day 90.

  • Based
    Colombia
  • Building since
    2023
  • Working with
    US, CA, UK, AU, LATAM
Samuel Roa Cardenas, founder of TrueAdvertize
Samuel Roa Cardenas
Founder, TrueAdvertize
Building TrueAdvertize since May 2023 · Clay ecosystem
01The short version

How I got to building revenue engines for B2B companies.

I came out of competitive athletics and data-science training. Both teach the same thing: systems compound and individual heroics do not. When I started working in revenue, I evaluated every motion against one question: can this run next quarter without the founder or sales leader carrying the whole system in their head?

I started TrueAdvertize in May 2023. Most engagements share the same shape: a B2B company knows its market, but the motion that created its first growth no longer scales. A founder or sales leader is still carrying too many deals. The CRM is duct tape. Research, targeting, messaging, and measurement do not operate as one system.

The answer is rarely another indefinite dependency. It is an owned system: build through week 8, co-optimize through day 90, document the workflows, train the team, and transfer the credentials and working engine at handover.

Lately I have been rebuilding most of that with Claude Code and AI agents. Workflow orchestration, enterprise research, tool consolidation, all stitched together by code instead of no-code wires. The agencies still selling Apollo lists and templated sequences are about to look like the people who shipped Flash websites in 2014.

02The framework

Pick the problem. Define the units of work. Execute as a system.

Every engagement runs the same three moves, regardless of the company stage. The problem changes from company to company; the method does not.

STEP 01

Identify the actual problem

Most pipeline problems are misdiagnosed at the symptom layer. Low reply rates are usually an ICP or list problem, not a copy problem. Slow close rates are usually a qualification problem, not a sales problem. The first week is always diagnostic.

STEP 02

Define the units of work

Once the problem is named, break it into atomic, measurable, automatable units. A unit is something with one input, one output, and a clear pass/fail. This is what no-code automation could never do cleanly, and what Claude Code and Clay can do shockingly well.

STEP 03

Execute as a system

Wire the repeatable units into an owned system. The engine handles routine research, data movement, targeting, and measurement. Humans keep the questions, judgment, relationships, discovery, follow-up, and close. Transfer the documented workflows, credentials, and working system to the client on day 90.

03On LinkedIn

Recommendations and current work, public on LinkedIn.

Current work and appearances

Follow Samuel's current interviews, operator work, and public appearances on LinkedIn.

Follow Samuel on LinkedIn

Want me on your podcast or in your community? Email samuel@trueadvertize.com. I take the conversations that go deeper than “what is allbound.”

04Building right now

What I am building now.

Revenue Engine Builds

Custom engagements for B2B companies with a research-heavy sales motion and an operator who can inherit the system. Build through week 8, co-optimize through day 90, then hand over the engine.

Claude Code skills for GTM

Open source skills for prospecting, enrichment, copywriting, and distribution. Living at /skills, weekly cadence.

Field reports at /blog

Long-form writeups on outbound, allbound mechanics, founder-led sales escape, and tool consolidation. Bi-weekly cadence.

Reddit and LinkedIn

Working in the r/SaaS, r/sales, and Clay operator communities. Building in public is part of the GTM motion.

READY WHEN YOU ARE

If your revenue motion is held together by duct tape, let's name the constraint.

30 minutes · founder-led · no pitch. We walk the funnel, name the broken parts, and tell you whether the next step is a Blueprint, a Build, a Recalibration, or a different kind of help.