Band 02 · $1M – $5M

You’re growing. That’s the part that’s going to kill you.

$1M to $5M is where most contractors plateau, blow up cash flow, or quietly fold. You hired a tech. You hired a CSR. You’re still doing marketing in the truck between jobs. The signal you’re ready for a Strategic Advisor isn’t a revenue number — it’s when you’re running 2+ vendors, can’t answer which channel produced last week’s booked jobs, and the owner is still the marketing escalation point at 9pm.

You’re here because…
  • You have leads. You can’t tell which ones are profitable and which ones are bleeding.
  • Your CSR is winging it. Booking rate moves 20 points depending on who answered.
  • You hired marketing help. Marketing is still your job at 9pm.
  • You’re running 2+ marketing vendors with no single owner aligning their plans, and the owner is still the escalation point at 9pm.
What you actually need right now
  1. Lead-source truth

    You’re guessing which channel is profitable. I set the attribution standard and your team installs it — you’ll know the actual cost-per-booked-job by source within 30 days.

  2. A booking protocol that doesn’t depend on the mood of your CSR

    Most leaks at this stage aren’t on the ad side. They’re between ‘phone rings’ and ‘job booked.’ I rebuild the CSR standard, your team installs the follow-up, and booking rate becomes a number you can manage.

  3. Marketing that runs without you in the room

    Right now nothing’s documented and nothing scales. I extract the playbook from your head and your team builds the system they can actually run.

How Blueprinted Leads at This Stage

The Strategic Advisor tier makes sense at this stage when decision quality has become the growth constraint — multiple vendors in motion, no single source of truth, and the owner stuck owning marketing decisions on top of the rest of the business:

  • Two strategy calls per month with Sam
  • Monthly scoreboard review — scale, fix, cut, or investigate by channel
  • Coaching for the owner or office manager who runs execution
  • Vendor briefs, standards, and accountability frameworks
  • Direct Slack/email access for the leadership team between calls
  • Quarterly planning sprint — one big problem solved every 90 days
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.

The paid diagnostic · $7,500

Request the Marketing Blueprint.

A fixed-scope $7,500 diagnostic delivered in 2–4 weeks: a 7-zone teardown, your scoreboard built, the leak math done, and a 90-day execution roadmap. Every retainer engagement starts here.