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Lately, a new line keeps showing up at the bottom of blog posts, LinkedIn updates, and proposals: "Written with help from AI." Some people put it in the byline. Others add a little sparkle emoji, as if AI engines deserve a co-author credit. I understand the instinct...
You gave twenty dollars to an animal rescue once, and ever since, a photo of a dog named Biscuit has been landing in your inbox each month. Biscuit has learned to trust again, and last week’s update mentioned that the shelter was getting ready for winter. You gave...
A recovery nonprofit once described its work to me this way: "We provide evidence-based, trauma-informed treatment for individuals with substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions." Every word was accurate, and it sounded great. Except… When we...
Think about how your best clients found you. If you're like many organizations and businesses, you probably met them in the most old-fashioned way possible: someone vouched for you. Perhaps it happened in a conversation you were never a part of, somewhere between the...
When was the last time a social media post actually brought a new client through your door? For most small business owners, that answer is harder to come by than the advice to "just post more" would suggest. And yet the advice keeps coming, with the implicit promise...
A few weeks ago, I got on a call with a founder who had spent the better part of three months trying to build a marketing plan. She had a Google Doc with fourteen tabs, a spreadsheet with channel ideas color-coded by priority, and a Notion board tracking campaigns...
How to Find and Hire the Right Fractional CMO for Your Business Bringing in a fractional CMO can sound like a dream solution for a small or mid-sized organization. Senior-level marketing leadership, without the cost or permanence of a full-time executive, feels like...
Why Work With a Fractional CMO? If your organization has been operating for some time, chances are marketing has grown more complex than it used to be. What once felt manageable through a few channels or occasional campaigns now carries greater weight and...
Hiring a full-time Chief Marketing Officer is not always the most practical move, especially for organizations operating with limited budgets and lean teams. At the same time, marketing decisions rarely stay small for long. What starts as a question about messaging or...