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January 25, 2022

The constraints being a fractional CMO (audio)

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If you’ve done any fractional CMO/freelance head of growth/managed advisory work (as I like to call it), you’ll quickly notice how much it limits your time to work with multiple clients and do your own marketing.

In this episode, I unpack a few topics, questions, and constraints brought up by member Rob in a private discussion (with his permission to respond via podcast).

Rob currently does some execution work and is getting opportunities to do more involved fractional CMO work. As a result, it’s difficult to find time (and justify spending it) to market himself.

I talk about things like:

  1. My thoughts on selling days per week/month
  2. The risks of selling most of your time to a small handful of clients
  3. Hiring marketing managers instead of being the one to manage
  4. Focusing on selling advisory level as soon as you can
  5. What to do to market yourself when your time is limited
  6. And a lot of other limits, constraints, and ways of dealing with fractional CMO work in your business

Give this a listen and let me know what you think!

—k

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