Marketing isn't the fat in your budget. It's the muscle.
Times of market uncertainty or economic downturn often produce the same boardroom reflex: marketing goes first. It’s seemingly the easiest line to cut, the hardest to defend in a spreadsheet and the one most likely to be filed under ‘nice to have.’ However, removing marketing leadership or freezing the function isn’t a cost saving. It’s a cost deferral…
What the frac… again?
What is fractional all about? When I started Branding Matters as a fractional CMO Consultancy, the term ‘fractional’ was in its ascendancy, but many people were scratching their heads about what it really meant. How was it different to freelance, interim or part time? So I decided to demystify it…