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Fractional CMO / Head of Growth

Senior, embedded growth leadership. I own the number, the tracking and the weekly spend decisions.

TL;DR

A fractional CMO is a senior marketing leader who works part-time inside your company and owns the growth target. I set the strategy, fix measurement, run the channels and report revenue impact weekly. Engagements start from $6,000 a month, month-to-month, for a fraction of a full-time CMO's cost.

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For acquisition, conversion and measurement
1 owner
To clean tracking and first quick wins
30 days
Revenue-focused reporting
Weekly

Why most marketing stalls before it scales

Most companies I meet don’t have a channel problem. They have an ownership problem. Paid media is run by an agency, SEO by a freelancer, email by someone in operations, and nobody can say which of them produced last month’s revenue. Every report looks good; the bank account disagrees.

A fractional CMO fixes that by putting one senior person in charge of the whole number — acquisition, conversion and measurement — without the cost and months-long search of a full-time executive hire.

How I run the engagement

1. Truth first: fix the measurement

Before budgets move, tracking has to reconcile. I audit GA4, Tag Manager, ad-platform conversions and your CRM, then implement server-side tracking and consent-compliant setups so paid spend, pipeline and revenue tell the same story.

2. Set one target and a 90-day plan

We agree on one growth number — revenue, qualified pipeline or contribution margin — and a ranked list of opportunities. Each item has an owner, a budget and an expected impact.

3. Run the channels

I own the channel mix: SEO and GEO for compounding demand, paid media for predictable growth, CRO for more revenue from existing traffic, and lifecycle email and CRM for retention. Where specialists are needed, I hire and brief them and hold them to the same number.

4. Automate the routine

Reporting, pacing alerts, lead routing and content briefs run on n8n and AI workflows, so the team spends its time on decisions rather than spreadsheets.

5. Report weekly, decide weekly

Each week you get a short report: what moved, what didn’t, and what we’re changing next. Kill-or-scale decisions stay human and are made with clean data.

Who this is for

  • B2B SaaS and tech companies after early traction, where the founder is still the head of marketing.
  • Ecommerce and DTC brands spending on Meta and Google without a clear view of profit per channel.
  • Service businesses and agencies that need a pipeline they can predict.

Who this is not for

  • Pre-revenue companies looking for equity-only advice.
  • Teams that only want cheaper media buying — this engagement owns the whole funnel, not a single channel.
We’ve worked with Can as an outsourced growth marketing partner on several client projects, and he has always been reliable, proactive and easy to work with, delivering great work and fitting seamlessly into our agency team.
Hakan Bahsi General Manager, Looqmates

How we work together

Simple. Transparent. Results-focused.

  1. 01

    Discovery

    A 30-minute call. You share the challenge, I tell you honestly whether I can help.

  2. 02

    Audit

    I audit tracking, funnel, channels and team, and hand you a ranked plan with budgets.

  3. 03

    Build

    We fix measurement and ship the highest-impact systems first. I own the metrics.

  4. 04

    Scale

    Optimize, automate and scale what works. Weekly decisions, compounding results.

FAQ

Fractional CMO FAQ

What does a fractional CMO actually do?

A fractional CMO takes ownership of marketing strategy and results on a part-time basis. In practice I set the growth target with the founders, audit and fix tracking, decide channel priorities and budgets, run or supervise execution, and report progress weekly.

How much does a fractional CMO cost?

My fractional engagements start from $6,000 per month, month-to-month. A one-week Growth Audit ($1,500) is the usual starting point and is credited if we continue. A full-time CMO typically costs several times more once salary, equity and recruiting time are included.

When should a company hire a fractional CMO instead of a full-time CMO?

When you need senior ownership now but can't justify, or can't find, a full-time executive yet. It suits startups after early traction, founder-led companies whose marketing has outgrown freelancers, and ecommerce brands spending on ads without a clear view of profit.

Do you only advise, or do you also execute?

I execute. I build the tracking, landing pages, automations and campaigns myself or with your team. Strategy decks are the smallest part of the work.

How many clients do you work with at once?

A small number at a time, so every client gets focused hours each working day and a fixed weekly leadership call.

Work with me

Let’s find your biggest growth lever

Tell me about your growth challenge. I’ll tell you honestly if I can help — and if I can’t, who can.

  • ✓ No obligation
  • ✓ No sales script
  • ✓ Honest feedback
  • ✓ Clear next steps