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Notes on marketing leadership.
Field notes from inside fractional CMO engagements: what holds up under pressure, and what doesn’t.
The Sales Problem That Wasn’t
A stalled enterprise sales motion turned out to be a positioning problem. What came with it was a sales-led AI rollout that needed real guidance to stay on-brand in a… Read
From Panic to Purpose: Integrating Systems at Northwest Harvest
Five teams, one mission, almost no coordination between them. What it actually took to connect fundraising, comms, volunteers, and advocacy. Read
Marketing a Practice Built Around Not Fighting
Collaborative law rejects the adversarial model. Most of its marketing doesn’t. Four gaps that showed up when we actually looked. Read
The Company Already Works
B2B marketing leadership isn’t always about building demand from zero. A lot of it is building the system around a company that already converts. Read
When the Website Was Still Selling a Fight
A collaborative law website was still advertising the fight it existed to avoid. What changed once positioning, referrals, and onboarding got rebuilt. Read
What a Layoff Actually Tests
A payments partner shut down without warning, and a lean team had to hold a customer base together. What the recovery actually depended on. Read
Fractional CMOs in Higher Education
Fractional CMO work is still rare in higher education, but the enrollment cliff is changing that fast. What the model actually asks of an institution. Read
What AI Is Actually Doing to Marketing Right Now
A reassessment of AI in marketing from April 2026: what’s working, what’s being deployed without clear ownership, and why the limiting factor was never the tools. Read
Why Expanding Between “Similar” Markets Is Harder Than It Looks
Expanding between the US, UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand seems straightforward. In practice, subtle differences in sales, positioning, and hiring can disrupt your go-to-market in ways that are hard… Read
