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Most DSO operators assume a fractional CMO costs significantly more than hiring a marketing director.The actual numbers ...
06/03/2026

Most DSO operators assume a fractional CMO costs significantly more than hiring a marketing director.

The actual numbers tell a different story.

A full-time marketing director at a dental service organization runs $175,000 to $220,000 in real year-one cost when you include salary, benefits, taxes, and onboarding. A fractional CMO engagement for the same organization typically runs $60,000 to $144,000 annually depending on scope.

The gap is smaller than most people expect.

But the cost comparison misses the more important distinction.

A marketing director executes. A fractional CMO leads. Those are different jobs solving different problems.

If your DSO has vendors doing their work, activity being reported, and new patient volume that has been flat for a year or more, you probably do not have an ex*****on problem. You have a leadership gap. And a new coordinator does not fix that.

Before your next marketing hire, get clear on which gap you are actually filling.
Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4sIQeTg

The pattern I see in companies that hire fractional CMOs and fail is always the same.They wanted the price of fractional...
06/01/2026

The pattern I see in companies that hire fractional CMOs and fail is always the same.
They wanted the price of fractional. They did not want to give up the control real leadership requires.
So they hired someone smart. They asked for recommendations. They kept making every decision themselves. Six months in, both sides ended the engagement and called it a bad fit.
It was not a bad fit. It was a bad framing.
Fractional only works if you actually delegate the function. Not just the work. If you cannot do that, do not hire a fractional CMO. Hire a consultant and call it what it is.

Here is what fractional leadership actually solves.Most mid market companies are running with a marketing function one l...
05/29/2026

Here is what fractional leadership actually solves.
Most mid market companies are running with a marketing function one level below what they need. The team is doing tactics. The CEO is doing strategy. Nobody is doing the work in the middle.
That middle work is what a real CMO does. It is connecting strategy to ex*****on. Deciding what the company will not do. Holding the team to a real growth model.
A fractional CMO fills that gap without forcing a long term salary commitment for a role you may only need part time. That is the math. That is the design.
It only works if you actually hand off the function.

Fractional executive roles grew 55x in two years. Demand is up 68 percent year over year. Gartner now projects more than...
05/28/2026

Fractional executive roles grew 55x in two years. Demand is up 68 percent year over year. Gartner now projects more than 30 percent of midsize companies will have a fractional executive on retainer by 2027.
That is not a cost cutting trend. That is a signal that the old hiring model is broken.
Mid market companies do not need a full time CMO who burns six figures whether the company needs them that month or not. They need experienced judgment, applied at the right level, at the right time.
If you are still trying to solve a strategy problem with a salary, you may be solving the wrong problem.

Three mistakes kill most fractional CMO engagements before they ever have a chance to work.1. The silent install The CEO...
05/26/2026

Three mistakes kill most fractional CMO engagements before they ever have a chance to work.

1. The silent install
The CEO brings in a fractional CMO without properly aligning the existing team. The marketing manager feels blindsided, and the engagement starts with politics instead of progress.

2. The impossible mandate
The CEO sets a big revenue target but does not change the budget, team, tools, or authority structure. No operator can win with an empty bucket and a stopwatch.

3. The vendor relationship
The fractional CMO is treated like a consultant on retainer instead of a member of the leadership team. Reports are requested, but real strategic conversations never happen.

The common root cause?

The CEO did not decide what the business actually needed before hiring.

A fractional CMO is not a magic fix. It is a leadership role. And leadership only works when the structure is built for it.

If you are considering a fractional CMO, start with the diagnosis first.

Before you hire a fractional CMO, answer this honestly:Do you know that executive marketing leadership is the real probl...
05/22/2026

Before you hire a fractional CMO, answer this honestly:

Do you know that executive marketing leadership is the real problem?

Or are you guessing?

Many founder- and CEO-led companies reach the same point:

Revenue has stalled.
Referrals are no longer enough.
Agencies are busy, but growth is unclear.
The internal team is working, but nobody is truly owning marketing at the leadership level.

That does not always mean you need a fractional CMO.

Sometimes you need an internal marketing manager.
Sometimes you need three months of strategic cleanup.
Sometimes the real bottleneck is not marketing at all.

The Executive Marketing Readiness Review is a 30-day independent diagnostic designed to answer that question before you make another hire, increase your budget, or sign another agency contract.

The outcome is a clear written determination:

Do you need executive marketing leadership?
Do you need internal changes?
Or is marketing not the primary growth constraint?

Because the wrong hire is expensive.

The right diagnosis is cheaper.

Schedule a conversation at https://bit.ly/3IuGHdO

Most fractional CMO engagements don’t fail because the model is broken.They fail because the company hired before diagno...
05/20/2026

Most fractional CMO engagements don’t fail because the model is broken.

They fail because the company hired before diagnosing the real problem.

A fractional CMO cannot fix a marketing function if:

The CEO has not given them authority.
The internal team does not understand why they are there.
The budget does not match the growth expectation.
The company treats them like a vendor instead of a leader.

The question is not, “Do we need a fractional CMO?”

The better question is:

“What is actually constraining growth right now?”

Sometimes the answer is executive marketing leadership.
Sometimes it is a stronger internal manager.
Sometimes it is governance, budget alignment, or a sales problem hiding behind marketing.

The right diagnosis has to come before the hire.

That is what the Executive Marketing Readiness Review is built to do.

Happy Mother’s Day 💐Today we celebrate the women who have shaped our lives with love, strength, patience, and care. Moth...
05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day 💐

Today we celebrate the women who have shaped our lives with love, strength, patience, and care.
Mothers, grandmothers, and mother figures — your impact is felt in the quiet moments and the lasting lessons you leave behind.

Thank you for all that you do, seen and unseen.

Wishing you a beautiful day filled with love, appreciation, and time with those who matter most.

Here is something that might surprise you.The dental practice winning new patients in your market right now may not have...
05/03/2026

Here is something that might surprise you.

The dental practice winning new patients in your market right now may not have better reviews, a nicer office, or a more experienced doctor.

They just have a website that AI can read. And yours may be one that AI cannot.

When someone asks ChatGPT or Gemini which dentist they should call in your city, AI picks one answer. Not a list. One practice.

If your website is not set up to be found and understood by AI, you are invisible in that moment. The patient moves on and schedules somewhere else. You never knew they were looking.

The good news is this is fixable. And you can find out exactly where you stand for free.

Check the comments for the link.

I worked with an envelope manufacturer a few years back. Thirty-eight years in business. They had never run a single ad ...
05/01/2026

I worked with an envelope manufacturer a few years back. Thirty-eight years in business. They had never run a single ad or sent a marketing email. They ran entirely on referrals until the referrals started slowing down and the pipeline got thin.

When I came in, what I found was not a team that could not execute. They had capable people. What they did not have was anyone who had ever asked the question: who are we talking to, what do we want them to do, and how does that connect to revenue.

Nobody owned the answer. So nobody was accountable for the outcome.

Once we established ownership and connected the work to a revenue target, things moved. That engagement produced $1.21 million in attributable new revenue.

Same team. Same market. The missing piece was ownership, not ex*****on.

I see this pattern in most mid-market B2B companies I talk to. The team is busy. The CEO knows something is off. Nobody can name the person accountable for growth.

If this sounds familiar, the full breakdown of what to look for and what to do about it is here: https://bit.ly/3OdUYlM

Has this been the situation in your company?

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