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Your Fractional CMO

Get a senior marketing leader embedded in your business without the six-figure salary. As your Fractional CMO, I own strategy and execution — running campaigns, building content, optimizing funnels, and reporting on results. You get CMO-level leadership and a full digital team without the overhead.

Every growing business deserves a marketing leader who executes relentlessly, measures everything, and treats your budget like their own. That is what a Fractional CMO delivers. I am not an advisor watching from the sidelines. I am an operator in the trenches — embedded in your business, driving results every single week.

Trent
Digital Strategist

What your Fractional CMO handles

  • Campaign planning, execution, and daily optimization across paid and organic channels
  • Content production from briefs through publication and distribution
  • Conversion rate optimization with continuous testing and iteration
  • Email marketing execution including automations, campaigns, and list management
  • Monthly reporting with plain-language insights and next-step recommendations

What you get back

  • Hours of your week freed from managing marketing tasks and vendor coordination
  • Consistent execution that does not stall when team members are busy or unavailable
  • Professional-quality output across every channel without hiring specialists for each one
  • Predictable monthly costs replacing the hidden expenses of training, tools, and turnover
  • A team that already knows your brand, your goals, and your audience from day one of each month

Ready for CMO-level leadership?

Book an onboarding call. We will scope your needs, define deliverables, and show you exactly what your first month with a Fractional CMO looks like. No long-term contracts required.

Our Method

How we work

A structured approach that turns insight into action.

Onboard
We learn your brand, access your platforms, review your existing strategy, and establish communication rhythms within the first week.
Execute
Your dedicated team launches campaigns, publishes content, runs tests, and optimizes performance daily across all active channels.
Report
Monthly performance reviews with clear metrics, trend analysis, and recommended adjustments keep you informed without drowning you in data.

Campaign Operations

We manage the day-to-day execution of your digital campaigns across paid media, organic content, and email channels. Every campaign is planned, launched, monitored, and optimized by our team, not yours.

1

Campaign Planning

Monthly and quarterly campaign calendars aligned with your business goals, seasonal trends, and budget constraints.

2

Creative Production

Ad copy, landing pages, email templates, and social content produced by our team using your brand guidelines and approved messaging.

3

Launch & Monitoring

Campaigns launched on schedule with real-time monitoring for spend pacing, performance anomalies, and platform policy compliance.

4

Optimization Cycles

Weekly performance reviews with bid adjustments, audience refinements, creative rotations, and budget reallocation based on results.

Tools & Frameworks

Google AdsMeta Ads ManagerLinkedIn Campaign ManagerKlaviyoHubSpotHootsuite

Performance Optimization

Execution without optimization is just activity. Your Fractional CMO runs continuous improvement cycles across every active channel, ensuring your results compound over time rather than plateau.

1

A/B Testing Program

Structured testing across landing pages, ad creative, email subject lines, and audience segments with statistical rigor.

2

Conversion Rate Optimization

Ongoing funnel analysis and improvement based on user behavior data, heatmaps, and session recordings.

3

Budget Reallocation

Monthly budget reviews that shift spend from underperforming channels to those delivering the strongest results.

Tools & Frameworks

Google OptimizeHotjarGoogle Analytics 4Looker StudioScreaming Frog

The five-step process

Every engagement follows this proven methodology. Click a step to see what it covers and what you get.

1

What this covers

  • Digital Asset Inventory

    A complete catalog of your website, landing pages, social profiles, email lists, and advertising accounts with current performance baselines.

  • Audience Signal Analysis

    Behavioral analysis of your current audience using analytics, heatmaps, and survey data to understand who they are and what they respond to.

  • Competitive Landscape Review

    Assessment of your top competitors across search visibility, content strategy, paid media presence, and brand positioning.

  • Opportunity Scoring

    Prioritized ranking of growth opportunities by estimated impact, feasibility, and alignment with business goals.

What you get

  • Signal Map Document

    A visual and written summary of all audience, competitive, and performance signals discovered during the audit phase.

  • Prioritized Opportunity List

    A ranked list of improvement opportunities with impact scores, enabling your team to focus on the highest-value changes first.

  • Baseline Metrics Dashboard

    A configured dashboard establishing starting-point metrics so every future change can be measured against a clear benchmark.

2

What this covers

  • Hypothesis Design

    Structured hypothesis creation for each experiment, defining what we are testing, why, and what success looks like.

  • Landing Page Variants

    Rapid creation of test pages with different messaging, layouts, or offers to measure audience response.

  • Audience Segment Testing

    Targeted experiments across different audience segments to identify which groups respond most strongly to each approach.

What you get

  • Test Results Summary

    A clear summary of each experiment with performance data, statistical confidence levels, and recommended next steps.

  • Validated Messaging Framework

    A tested set of headlines, value propositions, and calls-to-action proven to resonate with your target audience.

  • Channel Effectiveness Ranking

    Data-backed ranking of marketing channels by cost-per-acquisition and conversion rate for your specific audience.

  • Budget Allocation Model

    A recommended spend distribution across channels and campaigns based on test performance data.

3

What this covers

  • Funnel Analysis & Redesign

    Detailed analysis of each step in your conversion funnel with targeted redesigns to reduce drop-off at critical points.

  • User Experience Optimization

    Interface improvements based on heatmap data, session recordings, and usability principles to reduce friction across the site.

  • Form & Checkout Streamlining

    Reduction of form fields, improvement of error handling, and optimization of checkout flows to increase completion rates.

  • Mobile Experience Enhancement

    Dedicated optimization of the mobile user journey, addressing touch targets, scroll depth, and mobile-specific conversion barriers.

What you get

  • Conversion Rate Improvement

    Measurable increase in conversion rates across primary funnels, benchmarked against pre-optimization performance.

  • Reduced Bounce & Exit Rates

    Decreased abandonment at key conversion points through improved page design, load performance, and content relevance.

  • Optimized Page Templates

    A set of tested, high-performing page templates that can be reused across future campaigns and content.

4

What this covers

  • Workflow Mapping & Automation Design

    Documentation of current manual workflows and design of automated equivalents using your existing tools and platforms.

  • AI Content Assistance Setup

    Configuration of AI writing and editing tools tailored to your brand voice, with quality control processes built in.

  • Automated Reporting Pipelines

    Creation of scheduled reports and real-time dashboards that eliminate manual data pulling and spreadsheet work.

What you get

  • Time Savings Report

    Documented hours saved per week through automation, with before-and-after workflow comparisons for each automated process.

  • Active Automation Suite

    A configured set of automations running in your platforms, with documentation and training for your team to manage and extend them.

  • AI Governance Framework

    Guidelines for when and how to use AI tools within your organization, including quality standards and review processes.

  • Scalability Assessment

    An evaluation of which automations can handle 2x or 10x volume without degradation, preparing your operations for growth.

5

What this covers

  • Monthly Performance Reviews

    Structured monthly analysis of all key metrics with trend identification, anomaly detection, and recommended actions.

  • Quarterly Strategy Adjustments

    Periodic reassessment of priorities and resource allocation based on cumulative performance data and market changes.

  • Real-Time Monitoring & Alerts

    Automated monitoring systems that flag performance degradation, tracking failures, or competitive shifts as they happen.

  • Competitive Intelligence Updates

    Ongoing tracking of competitor activity, industry trends, and platform changes that could affect your strategy.

What you get

  • Compounding Performance Gains

    Month-over-month improvement in key metrics as each iteration cycle builds on validated learnings from previous rounds.

  • Living Strategy Document

    A continuously updated strategy document that reflects current priorities, recent learnings, and upcoming initiatives.

  • Early Warning System

    Automated alerts that catch performance dips, tracking failures, or competitive threats before they impact revenue.

Why a Fractional CMO over a full-time hire

Hiring a full-time CMO costs $180K or more before equity, benefits, and the team they need underneath them. Even then, you are betting on one person with one set of experiences and blind spots. A Fractional CMO gives you senior marketing leadership at a fraction of that cost. You get strategic vision paired with hands-on execution, a breadth of experience across industries that no single hire can match, and the flexibility to scale up or down as your business evolves. Most importantly, you get velocity. I have done this across dozens of businesses. I know what works, what does not, and how to avoid the mistakes that waste months of effort. You focus on running your business. I focus on growing it.

The best marketing leader is one who delivers results without adding headcount. Strategy and execution in one seat.

Trent Digital Fractional CMO philosophy

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Common questions about our approach and process.

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