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Fractional CMO for Consumer Goods (CPG)
A fractional CMO for consumer goods and CPG brands leads marketing across retail and direct-to-consumer, balancing brand building with performance and margin. Part-time senior leadership runs $5,000 to $15,000 per month.
The consumer goods marketing challenge
CPG lives between brand and performance: you need distinctiveness that drives retail velocity and a DTC engine that stays profitable as CAC rises. The work is brand strategy, retail and Amazon strategy, and disciplined performance marketing under margin pressure.
The metrics that matter: Retail velocity and distribution, DTC CAC and contribution margin, repeat rate, and blended ROAS.
Who buys, and how they decide
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Get your free game plan →Free, no obligation. If it's a fit, you'll pick a time to talk with Mark directly.Two buyers matter at once: retail and Amazon gatekeepers who judge velocity, and end consumers who judge distinctiveness in a crowded aisle. Margin pressure means every dollar has to build brand and move product, so brand strategy and disciplined performance have to work together, not compete.
What a fractional CMO does first in consumer goods
First 90 days: sharpen brand distinctiveness so it drives velocity, build a retail and Amazon strategy that earns and holds shelf, and tune the DTC engine to profitable contribution margin rather than vanity ROAS.
Signs a consumer goods company needs a fractional CMO
- DTC CAC has risen faster than contribution margin
- Retail velocity is soft and shelf is at risk
- The brand blends in on a crowded shelf or PDP
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