You are already paying for marketing.
We find out what it is actually returning.
A two-week review of the agencies, channels and spend behind your locations — scored, ranked, and handed back as a plan you can run with or without us.
Four ways this usually starts
How we price →- “I’m not sure my agency is earning its retainer.”Agency & Vendor Performance ReviewTwo weeks, fixed scope. Scored work, scored spend, scored contract, and a 90-day plan you can run with or without us.2 weeks · fixed scope →
- “My marketing isn’t producing.”Growth SprintSix weeks to rebuild the channels, offers and measurement feeding your locations, starting with what pays back fastest.6 weeks · fixed scope →
- “I need a marketing leader, not another hire.”Fractional CMOSenior marketing leadership one or two days a week, running the plan and the agency relationship for you.Monthly · 3-month minimum →
- “My leaders need to grow into the next stage.”Leadership CoachingFor the operators and marketing leads carrying a growing system through its next phase.Monthly · 6-month engagement →
The method, in the open
Full framework →- 1–2 weeksDiscoveryProblem definition, impact analysis, current-state assessment, stakeholder map.
- 2–3 weeksSolution designSolution architecture, implementation roadmap, resourcing, risk and mitigation.
- Scoped to the workImplementationDeployment plan, adoption and training, performance monitoring, success measures.
Every stage has named deliverables and a date attached before it starts. We quote a fixed price for the whole scope after a twenty-minute call — no hourly billing, no annual lock-in.
The library
- Benchmark
What a $15k monthly retainer actually buys
[PLANNED — Our own breakdown of retainer hours against output.]
- Tool
Agency performance scorecard
[PLANNED — Score your own agency in ten minutes, free.]
- Guide
Ten questions that reveal an underperforming agency
[PLANNED — The checklist we run in week one.]
- Benchmark
Fractional CMO or full-time hire: the real cost
[PLANNED — Salary, ramp and risk, side by side.]
- Guide
Central or local: where multi-unit budgets should sit
[PLANNED — How to split spend across locations without starving either end.]
[CASE STUDIES — this row stays empty until the first reviews are delivered and a client agrees to an anonymised write-up. Nothing invented goes here.]
Tell us what is going on.
Five questions, two minutes. You get a written read on your situation before anyone talks about scope or price.