Band 04 · $10M+

You don’t need another vendor. You need a marketing brain at your altitude.

At $10M+ the bottleneck isn’t lead volume — it’s leverage. A full-time CMO costs $150K–$250K+ before benefits and equity. The Fractional CMO seat delivers the same strategic leadership — strategy, expansion, exit readiness — at a fraction of that. This is the no-brainer comparison for operators who are serious about growth.

You’re here because…
  • Multiple locations, service lines, or trades — and the brand says something different in each one
  • Your marketing team is competent. They don’t have a CMO to push them.
  • You’re planning an acquisition, an expansion, or eventually an exit
  • A full-time CMO at $150K–$250K+ doesn’t pencil yet, but the gap in leadership is costing you
What you actually need right now
  1. Strategic direction at executive altitude

    Nobody on your team is thinking past Q4. I sit in your strategy seat — sparring partner on growth, expansion, and exit readiness.

  2. Marketing stack consolidation

    You’re paying for 14 tools and using 4. We audit, consolidate, and rebuild the stack so the whole company runs on one operating picture.

  3. Brand unification across locations

    Multiple locations, multiple voices, inconsistent customer experience. We unify positioning, messaging, and brand standards so growth compounds instead of fragmenting.

How Blueprinted Leads at This Stage

The Fractional CMO seat — starts at $15,000/month, scales with company size — delivers the strategic leadership a $150K–$250K+ full-time CMO would, at a fraction of the headcount cost:

  • I hold the marketing seat at the executive level
  • Growth strategy: expansion, acquisitions, multi-location
  • Marketing team leadership development and hiring oversight
  • Direction for every external agency across the stack
  • Brand unification across locations and service lines
  • Board-ready reporting and CEO-level insights
Why bands matter

Different Stage. Different Leak.

A $600K contractor does not have the same marketing problem as a $4M contractor. That is why Blueprinted Marketing uses revenue bands.

  • Solo Hustle (under $1M) — The leak is usually visibility, consistency, and owner bandwidth. Community on-ramp, not a CMO.
  • Valley of Death ($1M–$5M) — The leak is usually tracking, booking, reviews, and inconsistent execution. Strategic Advisor when you’re running multiple vendors and decision quality has become the growth constraint.
  • Scaling Engine ($5M–$10M) — The sweet spot. The leak is usually vendor chaos, unclear attribution, and no one owning the full system. This is where the Fractional CMO seat pays for itself.
  • Market Dominator ($10M+) — The leak is usually leadership structure, channel allocation, and market defense. No-brainer vs. a $150K–$250K+ full-time CMO hire.

Same category. Different constraint. The band tells us where to look first.

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