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Fractional CMO for Technology Companies
A fractional CMO for technology companies leads marketing across software, hardware, and IT services, aligning product, sales, and demand around a clear category story. Part-time senior leadership runs $5,000 to $15,000 per month.
The technology marketing challenge
Technology buyers are skeptical and self-educating. Winning means owning a category narrative, feeding a product-and-sales-led demand engine, and proving impact on pipeline, not clicks. A fractional CMO installs that engine without a full-time salary.
The metrics that matter: Pipeline and CAC, category share of voice, product-qualified and marketing-qualified leads, and revenue attribution.
Who buys, and how they decide
Find out what your first 90 days would look like.
Start here, free →Free, no obligation. If it's a fit, you'll pick a time to talk with Mark directly.Technology purchases run through a committee: a champion who feels the pain, an economic buyer who owns budget, and skeptical technical evaluators who can veto. They self-educate long before they talk to sales, so your content is your first sales rep and your category story decides whether you even make the shortlist.
What a fractional CMO does first in technology
First 90 days: nail category positioning so buyers instantly understand what you are and why you are different, then instrument a demand engine, content, product-led signals, and sales alignment, that you can measure to pipeline and CAC. Kill the channels that only produce clicks.
Signs a technology company needs a fractional CMO
- Prospects do not clearly understand what category you are in
- Marketing generates traffic and MQLs that sales calls junk
- CAC is rising and payback is getting worse
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