Agency Growth Leaks →
If you're not sure which leak is yours and you'd rather diagnose the right thing once than fix the wrong thing twice
Services
Three ways we work together.
A 90-day sprint, a done-for-you systems build, or your marketing function run for you.
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Pick the speed and depth that fits where you are.
Foundations
Advisory
90-day sprint
Flat monthly fee
Best fit
Agencies stuck in plateaus
What's included
Positioning and offer refinement
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Messaging and what sets you apart
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Sales playbooks and a steady rhythm
Hands-on
Consulting
Done-for-you systems build
Month-to-month
Best fit
Leaders who want hands-on guidance
What's included
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Delivery and fulfillment systems
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Playbooks and workflow handoffs
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CRM and sales pipeline setup
Embedded
Fractional Marketing
Your marketing function, ongoing
Monthly retainer
Best fit
Agencies ready to invest in growth
What's included
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Content strategy and production
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Pipeline and CRM systems
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Sales materials and scripts
Where Growth Gets Complicated
Lead Generation
When your positioning isn't clear, you end up talking to anyone willing to take a call instead of the clients who actually value what you do. Growth stalls and referrals hit a ceiling.
The fix starts with defining what you're known for, who you serve best, and how to communicate it. Better-fit leads, fewer tire-kickers, and a pipeline that runs on more than word of mouth.
Closing Sales
Most agencies don't lose deals because they can't deliver. They lose them because the offer feels unclear, or every sales conversation starts from scratch with no system behind it.
A repeatable sales approach makes your value obvious and shortens decision cycles. The right clients say yes without pushing, chasing, or discounting.
Delivery
As you grow, more decisions route through fewer people. Approvals, scopes, client expectations, team questions. The business depends on who's available rather than what systems are in place.
Clean delivery systems, better handoffs, and operating rhythms keep projects moving without needing the founder in every meeting. The team can move without waiting.
A Clear Path From Diagnosis to Predictable Growth
A structured process that helps you make better decisions, install the right systems, and turn what you've already built into predictable growth.
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Clarity and Diagnosis
We map out where your company is today: positioning, sales, delivery, and marketing infrastructure. Most companies we work with have strong pieces scattered across tools and people. The goal is finding the gaps and the opportunities.
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The Strategic Plan
You get a focused roadmap that cuts out noise and replaces it with the few key levers that actually move revenue. A focused plan with priorities, timelines, and owners.
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Systems and Execution
Depending on the path you choose, we either work the plan together (Advisory), build and install the systems for you (Consulting), or run your entire growth engine on an ongoing basis (Fractional Marketing).
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Ongoing Optimization
We refine what's working, fix what's not, and help you grow without adding complexity. For Fractional Marketing clients, this is continuous. For Advisory and Consulting clients, this is the rhythm that keeps momentum after the initial engagement.
Find the growth leak first
Use the Growth Leaks framework to identify where growth is getting stuck before you choose an engagement.
Go straight to the leak you recognize
If your messaging hasn't kept up with what you actually do now
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If you're billing hourly and margin is leaking on every renewal
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If AI is already compressing scope on your engagements and the pricing model hasn't caught up
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If your BD hire isn't producing eight months in and you're back on intro calls that should have stopped going to you a year ago
Agency Pipeline →
Still not sure? Let's talk.
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What Clients Say
Kurt showed me the skills and practices I was missing. His advice tripled revenue from the low to high 6 figures in about a year. Everything he has shared is still in practice today and I am constantly improving and implementing the habits and practices that made my agency more sustainable.
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Dustin Rea
Red Hook
I reached out to Kurt needing dual help: One, casting a vision. Two, turning on more effective business development approaches. He was the decisive sounding board that my vision casting needed. And he also brought immense practical operational techniques to help spur me to action just when I needed the kick in the pants.
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Ken Byers
Confidant
You Shouldn't Have to Be the Entire Marketing Department
Fractional marketing leadership and execution for agencies that are ready to grow on purpose.
Frequently Asked Questions
Digital agencies, consultancies, and service-based businesses that are strong at delivery but ready to build marketing infrastructure. Fractional Marketing clients are typically companies that have outgrown founder-led sales but haven't built a marketing function yet. Advisory and Consulting clients range from solo founders to 50+ person firms. The common thread: you know how to do the work, you just need a predictable way to win it.
Fractional Marketing is ongoing. Content, pipeline, sales support, and promotion, month after month. Consulting is a project: we build and install the systems, train your team, and hand it off. Advisory is a 90-day sprint focused on clarity, positioning, and a working plan you execute yourself. Most clients know which they need after an intro call.
With Advisory, you'll see clarity and momentum within the first 30 days. With Consulting, systems implementation typically takes 60-90 days. Fractional Marketing clients usually see pipeline activity within 60-90 days, with the full engine running by month four.
What you pay depends on how much we take on, how many channels we run, and how much we publish each month. The work covers strategy, content, the systems that bring in leads, sales support, and getting your message in front of the right people. For context, a mid-level marketing hire costs $80-120K in salary alone, before tools, training, and managing them. Most clients get results sooner this way than by hiring and training a team of their own. Book a call and we'll price it to what you need.
When you hire internally, you get one person who is strong in one or two areas and learning the rest. You also absorb recruiting time, onboarding, management, and tool costs. With Fractional Marketing, you get a full marketing function from day one: strategy, content, pipeline work, sales support, and promotion. No slow start, and no single person everything depends on. Many of our clients came to us after a failed first marketing hire.
Companies that need a one-time marketing plan and want to run it themselves. Businesses still searching for a service or product people are buying. And anyone looking for a silver-bullet campaign rather than building marketing infrastructure. We're selective because the work only delivers when there's commitment on both sides.
Yes. Many clients start with Advisory to build clarity and foundations, then move to Consulting or Fractional Marketing when they're ready for implementation. We'll help you determine the right path based on where you are.