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III · Pricing

One framework. Three tiers. Pays for itself.

Productized on purpose. The framework is the same across the three tiers: Diagnosis, Design, Execution, Iteration. What changes is the operational scope. What stays the same is the math: the fee comes out of the new clients the system captures, not your pocket. Under disciplined execution, the engagement pays for itself within 90 days.

Tiers
3
Range
$7,500 – $11,890 / mo
Self-paying horizon
90 days, typical
Capacity
3 clients / quarter
I   ·   The Tiers

The three tiers.

Read down. Each tier is built on top of the one before it. The price increase reflects the incremental scope; the underlying framework, accountability, and exit terms are identical. All three tiers operate under the same self-paying logic.

Tier I · Foundation

Ferminius Direction

A marketing director, two specialists, and an external agency — replaced by one operator.

$7,500/ month

What's included

  • 72-hour operational audit at kickoff
  • Full growth system design and documentation
  • Monthly execution: SEO, content, paid campaigns
  • AI stack tuned to your voice and offer
  • Weekly call + 4-KPI dashboard
  • Direct line, 9am–6pm ET
  • Clean exit at 90 days if there's no fit

Best for

Operators who want fractional marketing direction with an AI-operated execution stack. The foundation tier covers tactical SEO, content, and paid campaigns — without offensive linkbuilding, GEO infrastructure, or social media production.

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Tier III · Reach

Ferminius Reach

Authority, plus full social media management with content engineered for the four-KPI framework.

$11,890/ month

Includes everything in Ferminius Authority, plus the components below.

What's added

  • Full social media management across Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, X, and TikTok
  • Detailed media strategy aligned to the four-KPI framework — not vanity metrics
  • Native content production per platform, in English and Spanish
  • Editorial calendar managed end to end — from concept to publication
  • Community response handling under the same human-supervised AI stack

Best for

Operators who want full ecosystem coverage with one accountable name. Reach is the complete tier — direction, authority, and social presence operated as one connected system instead of three disconnected vendors.

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Track record · Aggregate

We add seven figures in net new annual revenue to our clients' funnels. $1M+ delta, year over year. The framework is built to repeat.

Year-over-year deposits comparison: 2024 vs 2025 monthly deals captured by the framework
FIG. I · Year-over-Year Monthly deposits captured · 2024 vs 2025 · Same client, same framework, same operator.
II   ·   The Math

How the engagement pays for itself.

The fee doesn't come out of your pocket. It comes out of the new clients the system captures. Under disciplined execution, the engagement pays for itself within 90 days — after that, you're effectively running the system at zero net cost. This is the math behind Ferminius.

It's not a contractual guarantee. It's the outcome observed when the four-stage framework is run with discipline — Diagnosis honest, Design portable, Execution at 21 days, Iteration monthly with a kill rule. When all four hold, the system captures more revenue than the fee costs, normally before the first quarter ends.

Dolls case study 2025 — Google Analytics dashboards across laptop, tablet, and mobile
FIG. II · Dolls case · 2025 dashboards

The economic logic

Days 1–3
Diagnosis identifies the leaks. Most clients lose $5–25k per month in attribution gaps and dead time before Ferminius arrives.
Days 4–17
Design closes the most expensive leaks first. Recovered revenue starts compounding inside the same monthly fee window.
Day 21
First measurable revenue lift, committed and tracked against the Diagnosis baseline.
Day 60
The cumulative new revenue captured typically equals the cumulative fees paid. Break-even.
Day 90
Cumulative new revenue exceeds cumulative fees. The engagement is net-positive going forward.
Months 4 onward
Compounding. The infrastructure built in Design keeps producing without proportional new spend. Marginal cost approaches zero.

What "disciplined execution" means.

Self-payment isn't automatic — it's the result of the framework being respected on both sides. From the client side: full P&L access, full CRM access, full attribution data, full brand voice artifacts, and willingness to act on the four-KPI dashboard. From the operator side: 21-day commitment, monthly kill decisions, and the radical accountability that defines the practice.

When discipline breaks — half-shared data, delayed access, ignored kill decisions, vanity metrics chasing — the math fails. Not because the framework doesn't work, but because the framework wasn't run.

Why this isn't a guarantee.

Markets change. Verticals saturate. Some businesses have structural problems that no marketing system can solve at the unit-economic level — wrong product, wrong pricing, wrong target. Ferminius doesn't promise outcomes outside its control. What Ferminius promises is the framework, the operator's accountability, the speed, and the clean exit. The self-paying outcome is the typical observed result. Treat it as the operating thesis, not the contract.

III   ·   Comparison

Tier comparison.

A direct view of what each tier adds. Read across.

Component Direction$7,500 Authority$9,800 Reach$11,890
72-hour operational audit✓✓✓
Growth system design + documentation✓✓✓
Monthly SEO, content, paid execution✓✓✓
AI stack tuned to voice and offer✓✓✓
Weekly call + 4-KPI dashboard✓✓✓
Direct line, 9am–6pm ET✓✓✓
Clean exit at 90 days✓✓✓
Self-paying engagement design✓✓✓
Dedicated linkbuilding budget—✓✓
GEO & LLM positioning strategy—✓✓
Content tracking automations—✓✓
Custom-built CRM—✓✓
LLM-citation content strategy—✓✓
Full social media (IG/FB/LI/X/TikTok)——✓
Detailed media strategy——✓
Native content production per platform——✓
Editorial calendar managed end to end——✓
Community response handling——✓
IV   ·   Non-negotiables

What's identical across all three tiers.

The price changes; the operating principles do not.

V   ·   Questions

Pricing questions.

  1. How does the engagement pay for itself?

    The fee comes out of the new clients the system captures, not your pocket. Under disciplined execution, the system produces enough new revenue within 90 days to cover the monthly fee. After that, the engagement runs at effectively zero net cost. This is the math behind Ferminius — not a contractual guarantee, the outcome observed when the four-stage framework is run with discipline.

  2. Is the self-paying outcome guaranteed?

    No. There is no contractual guarantee that the engagement will be ROI-positive within 90 days. What is guaranteed is the framework, the operator's accountability, the speed to first measurable lift (21 days), and the clean 90-day exit. The self-paying outcome is the typical observed result, not a promise.

  3. What happens if the engagement doesn't pay for itself in 90 days?

    The 90-day exit clause activates. Either side can exit with 14 days' notice. The client retains all documentation, automation, and assets. There is no recovery fee, no clawback, no theatrical clause. If the math didn't work, the framework didn't fit — the worst case is that the client leaves with a documented marketing system and a clear map of why their unit economics don't support paid acquisition at this stage.

  4. Can I move between tiers during an engagement?

    Yes. Tiers can be upgraded mid-engagement with 14 days' notice. Downgrades follow the same notice period. Pricing changes apply to the next monthly cycle, never retroactively.

  5. Why are there three tiers if Ferminius is productized?

    The framework is the same in all three. The tiers reflect the operational scope: Direction is the foundation; Authority adds infrastructure that compounds long-term value; Reach adds the production layer for full ecosystem coverage. The tiers are additive, not alternatives.

  6. Are the three clients per quarter shared across tiers?

    Yes. The three-clients-per-quarter cap is operational, not commercial. It applies across all tiers combined. A client paying Direction occupies the same single seat as a client paying Reach.

  7. What if I need only linkbuilding or only social media?

    The tiers are not unbundled. Linkbuilding only exists inside Authority and Reach. Social media management only exists inside Reach. The framework loses coherence when components run in isolation, which is why pricing reflects the full system, not parts of it.

  8. Is the 90-day exit clause the same across all tiers?

    Yes. At 90 days, either side can exit with 14 days' notice regardless of tier. All documentation, automation, and assets transfer fully to the client. No theatrical clauses, no recovery fees, no proprietary lock-in at any tier.

  9. Are there setup fees or annual contracts?

    No setup fees. No annual contracts. Month-to-month after the 90-day initial engagement. The 72-hour operational audit at kickoff is included in the first month's fee, not billed separately.

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The diagnostic comes first. Tier selection comes after.

Pick a tier later. Start with the diagnostic. Thirty minutes, 72 hours, no PDF deck — an honest read of where your current marketing leaks money, and whether the unit economics of your business support a self-paying engagement at all. If the math doesn't work, you'll know in the diagnostic, not three months in.

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