Fractional CMO Services for Service Businesses

A senior marketing leader, plus the team to carry out the plan

For service businesses that have outgrown doing marketing themselves but are not ready for a full-time CMO. You get the strategy, a plan by location and a team that ships the work every week.

Get a free proposal
Garrett Handley, founder of Spearlance

A 30 minute call with founder Garrett Handley. We review your site, your Google profiles and who outranks you in each market, then send a proposal with the first three fixes we would make, in writing. Yours to keep, whether you hire us or not.

What we build

What a fractional CMO from Spearlance covers

Marketing plan and budget by location

Vendor and channel management, including agencies you already use

Website, SEO and ads oversight

Lead tracking and a monthly scorecard

Recruiting marketing that brings in hires from organic search

Rollout planning for new locations

The difference

Most fractional CMOs hand you a plan. We hand you a plan and a team.

The usual gap is between the strategy meeting and the work. Ours closes it: the same team that writes the plan builds the pages, runs the campaigns and reports the numbers.

FAQ

Common questions

A fractional CMO sets your marketing strategy, budget and priorities part time, at a fraction of the cost of a full-time executive.

It depends on scope. We price by outcome and agree the scope up front.

No. We lead and support the people you have.

Yes. We can manage them or take work in house, whichever performs better.

Get a second opinion on your marketing plan

In 30 minutes we look at your site, your Google profiles and who outranks you in each market. You leave with the three fixes we would make first, in writing. No pitch deck, no obligation.