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Service · 06 · Direction

Fractional marketing direction.

A seat at your table. Budgets, metrics, vendors, calendar. Fewer reports, more decisions. Not an agency. Not a consultant. A director with skin in the game — and a maximum of three clients per quarter.

3/Q
maximum clients accepted per quarter
$7,500
starting monthly retainer
90d
first review window with exit option
1
operator on the call. Always.

You don't need another vendor.

If you're reading this, you probably already have a Meta agency, an SEO contractor, a designer on retainer, an email freelancer, and a CRM consultant nobody calls back. The work is happening; the work is not connected. Each vendor optimizes their slice. Nobody owns the whole.

Fractional direction is the missing role. Same authority as an in-house CMO. Same accountability. Without the salary, the equity ask, the recruiter fees, or the 14-month onboarding curve.

What the engagement actually delivers.

  1. One operator. Me. The same person on the strategy call is the same person reading your P&L, the same person writing the brief to the agency, and the same person on the phone when something breaks.
  2. One dashboard, four KPIs. Whatever vertical you're in, the dashboard reduces to four numbers that decide whether the business is healthy this month. Read in 90 seconds.
  3. One decision per month. A monthly review where exactly one consequential change is made. If a vendor isn't moving the four KPIs, they get replaced. If a channel isn't, it gets cut. Even if it was my idea.
  4. Vendor management. Briefs, contracts, performance reviews. You stop being the bottleneck for everything that needs my approval.
  5. Direct access. WhatsApp, email, phone. Same-day response on weekdays. Same-week response on weekends. No account manager between us.

Who this is for.

Who this is not for.

Pre-revenue businesses still finding product-market fit. Founders who want a yes-person. Operations where marketing reports to a committee. The framework requires a single decision-maker on the client side; a marketing director without a counterpart cannot close the loop.

Engagement structure.

M 01

Audit + setup.

72-hour operational audit, vendor inventory, KPI dashboard live, first vendor review scheduled.

M 02—03

System in flight.

One consequential decision per month. Channels reassessed. First measurable KPI movement expected by end of month 03.

M 03

90-day review.

Either side can exit with 14 days' notice. You retain every asset, dashboard, and document. No theatrical clauses.

M 04+

Steady state.

Monthly review, quarterly recalibration, annual planning. Engagements typically run 12–18 months before transitioning to a permanent in-house director (which I help recruit if needed).

Next step

One seat remaining this quarter. 30 minutes, no deck.