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Notes on marketing leadership.
Field notes from inside fractional CMO engagements: what holds up under pressure, and what doesn’t.

Marketing automation for government agencies: what the tools won’t fix
Most public agencies shopping for marketing automation need leadership before they need software. What the tools won’t fix, and how that leadership gets hired in Washington. Read

Fractional vs full-time CMO: what each costs, and what you’re paying for
Fractional or full-time CMO? What each costs, what you’re paying for, and how company stage, team size and marketing complexity change the answer. Read

Hiring ahead of a broken sales process
Adding salespeople to a broken sales process adds cost faster than revenue. Why the system usually needs fixing before the headcount grows. Read

Billboards in Minnesota
How Funnelback grew into North America with scrappy ABM, right-sized systems and steady leadership through a merger. From my years as its Global Marketing Director. Read





