Fractional CMO for Businesses Who Demand Results, Not Reports
In today’s competitive landscape, marketing is both an art and a science, yet too often it’s dismissed as simply “making it look pretty.”
Gerrell Collective provides Senior-level marketing leadership — on your terms, with no long-term hire or equity risk. We partner directly with organizations in their growth-stage and mid-market companies to architect marketing operations that deliver measurable revenue impact and competitive advantage.
Why a Fractional Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Makes Strategic Sense.
When to Consider Fractional CMO
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You’re scaling and need experienced leadership without the cost or risk of a full-time executive.
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Marketing is fragmented across teams or channels, and you don’t have a unifying strategy.
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You're launching new products, entering new markets, or repositioning your brand.
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You need a trusted advisor to bridge between the C-suite and your marketing execution team.
“Fractional CMO” is not part-time marketing — it’s senior-level oversight, accountability, and expertise deployed exactly when and where you need it.
Our Services
Strategic Planning & Direction
Market analysis, go-to-market frameworks, positioning, and value propositions.
Operational Leadership
Build or audit your marketing function, set goals/KPIs, develop processes, and build dashboards.
Team Oversight & Guidance
Guide internal/external teams, help with hiring or upskilling, vendor selection.
Execution Oversight
Oversee key campaigns, product launches, brand development, digital channels.
Board & Investor Communications
Translate marketing results into stories/metrics your board will understand.
Crisis & Reputation Management
Be ready when a negative event hits — PR response, messaging calibration, media readiness.
Why Gerrell Collective?
I think like CEOs, because I've led Billion Dollar organizations.
You don’t need more creative ideas — you need confidence your marketing is held accountable to growth. We bring senior leadership experience, not agency-level juniors.
Outcomes speak for themselves.
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Grew revenue from $630M to $1B+ in 5 years.
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Increased membership 40%+ and expanded geographic footprint 87% over 2.5 years through expansion and accelerated growth in same market YOY.
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Led national, regional, and local campaigns with measurable outcomes.
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Trusted by organizations during high-stakes reputation moments.
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Customer growth improved by greater than 40% over 4 years.
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Increased Gross revenues by 28% over 5 years.
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Created annual strategic campaigns and consistently achieved greater than 90% of all marketing goals while remaining under budget.
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Elevated unaided awareness to 70%+; preference 50%+ over 5 years by creating one meaningful and unified brand.
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Produced 90+ award-winning national, state, and regional campaigns as recognized by Aster and other elite associations.
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Directed crisis communication that strengthened or protected brand reputation from personal leader indiscretions to high-level government projects.
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Led acceleration of market share growth over 5 years from 52% to over 70% with laser focus on ”impression ratio marketing”.
Flexible, Risk-Managed Engagements
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Fixed-term contracts, retainer-based, or outcome-based compensation.
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Integrate as a temporary executive — no distractions, no hidden costs.
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Transparent reporting and clear deliverables.
How Fractional CMO's work.
The Gerrell Collective offers flexible engagement options, tailored to meet the needs of organizations of all sizes. Each service level is structured to deliver executive expertise, measurable outcomes, and a tailored approach that aligns with the client’s strategic objectives.
This approach ensures transparency, accountability, and alignment between the parties throughout the partnership's duration.
Market & Performance Review
A comprehensive, executive-level evaluation of your organization’s marketing strategy, digital presence, and brand performance. Delivered through the lens of a Fractional Chief Marketing Officer, this audit combines advanced analytics, competitive intelligence, and real-world industry benchmarks to uncover how effectively your marketing investments are driving growth, engagement, and reputation.
Each report includes a detailed analysis of brand positioning, website performance, SEO/AIO visibility, content effectiveness, social media impact, advertising execution, and customer engagement metrics. The result? A clear, data-driven roadmap that identifies what’s working, where opportunities exist, and how to elevate your marketing performance to outperform peers and capture market share.
This service delivers board-ready insights, actionable recommendations, and a prioritized growth strategy, empowering leadership teams to make confident, informed marketing decisions that align with long-term business goals.
Fractional CMO Role
This is a deep look at how your business is doing in marketing and branding. We review your website, social media, ads, and overall message to see what’s working and what’s not. You’ll get an easy-to-understand report that shows where your marketing money is helping you grow and where you can do better. The goal is to give you a clear plan to reach more people, build your brand, and grow your business faster.
Before starting, we complete a Market & Performance review to understand your business. As your Fractional Chief Marketing Officer, we work with your team to plan, lead, and improve marketing every week. Help guide strategy, manage vendors, and keep everyone focused on what matters most: results. It’s a flexible partnership you can scale up or down anytime, built to help your business grow without the full-time cost of a CMO.
Strategic Project Engagement
Gerrell Collective offers project-based marketing leadership and strategy services for organizations requiring focused, one-time initiatives outside the standard engagement structure. Each project is evaluated on a case-by-case basis to ensure alignment with client objectives, desired outcomes, and available resources.
These engagements often include initiatives such as market expansion, brand repositioning, merger or acquisition integration, campaign development, or strategic communications planning. Project scope, deliverables, and pricing are customized to the client’s needs and formalized through a dedicated agreement or addendum.
This flexible model allows organizations access to senior-level marketing expertise for high-impact priorities—delivering clarity, execution, and measurable results, without the long-term commitment.
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