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Practical writing on ecommerce growth: fractional CMO leadership, paid media, creative testing and measurement.
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What Does a Fractional CMO Actually Do? Scope and 90 Days
What a fractional CMO owns, what stays with the brand, what a week looks like, and what should exist at day 30, day 60 and day 90 of…
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Meta Ads for Black Friday: Structure and Budget Pacing
How to structure Meta ads for Black Friday, how to pace budget across the window, and what really happens to CPMs and ROAS before the sale opens.
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BFCM 2026 Paid Media Calendar for Ecommerce Brands
A week by week BFCM 2026 paid media calendar for ecommerce brands, from early October to mid December, with what changes in the account and why.
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Ecommerce Audit: What a Growth Audit Should Check
An ecommerce audit should check the numbers before the tactics. The priority order we use, the thresholds behind each check, and what a useful audit deliverable contains.
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Google Shopping Agency: What to Expect and Pay
What a Google Shopping agency actually runs, what feed tools and freelancers cost at published rates, how flat, percentage and hybrid fees behave, and how to vet a…
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Fractional Marketing Team: Roles, Cost and Setup
The five seats a fractional marketing team needs for an ecommerce brand, what the same seats cost in house on BLS and Salary.com data, and how one team…
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Fractional Marketing Director: Cost, Scope, vs CMO
A fractional marketing director runs the plan, while a fractional CMO decides what the plan should be. Scope, 2026 cost data and a stage test for ecommerce brands…
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AI Runs the Ads Now. Who Runs the AI?
AI advertising tools optimize brilliantly toward whatever objective and data you give them, which is exactly why the human job moved above the ad account.
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When to Hire a Fractional CMO: 7 Signals Your Ecommerce Brand Is Ready
Seven concrete signals that an ecommerce brand is ready for a fractional CMO, what causes each one, the first fix for each, and when not to hire at…
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Fractional CMO vs Full Time CMO: Which Does Your Ecommerce Brand Need?
A spend based stage test for deciding between a fractional CMO, a full time CMO, or neither, with the honest case for each and the cost math behind…
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How Much Does a Fractional CMO Cost in 2026?
Fractional CMO rates run $4,000 to $20,000 per month in 2026, and this guide shows the pricing models, the full-time comparison and the break-even math on your own…
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What Is a Fractional CMO? An Ecommerce Founder’s Guide
A guide to the fractional CMO role for ecommerce founders: what it covers, how it differs from an agency or a full time hire, and when it makes…
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