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Engagement Plans & Pricing

Proportionate Investment for Clarity, Confidence and Accountability

Engaging senior marketing leadership is not about buying hours or deliverables. It’s about making better decisions faster, reducing commercial risk, and ensuring accountability at the right level of the organisation.

At VCMO, we structure engagements and pricing around decision complexity and leadership responsibility — not generic packages.

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How We Think About Investment

Every organisation comes to us with a different challenge.

  • Some need clarity before committing capital
  • Some need confidence in existing performance
  • Some need direction
  • Others need leadership ownership

That’s why our pricing is designed to be:

Proportionate to the decision at hand

Transparent in how it is structured

Flexible enough to adapt to context

Predictable once scope is agreed

This approach avoids over-investment, under-scoping, and false precision.

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Typical Engagement Types & Investment Ranges

Whether you need quick clarity, defined project outcomes, or embedded leadership, our engagement models flex to your goals and budget — giving you the right strategic support at the right time.

Marketing Capability Diagnostic

Ideal for: Orientation & Early Clarity

A short, online capability sense-check, reviewed with a Chartered CMO, designed to help you decide what conversation to have next — without commitment.

Format: Online
Investment: Free (takes 5-mins)

Strategic Marketing Advisory Workshops

Ideal for: Direction & Prioritisation

Strategic advisory delivered through focused workshops, designed to help leadership teams:
• Clarify direction
• Make trade-offs explicit
• Align priorities
• Decide what to do next

Format: One-day Engagements
Investment: From £1,500 +VAT per day

Fixed-Scope Projects & Due Diligence

Ideal for: Evidence & Confidence

Fixed-price, modular engagements scoped for leaders or investors needing:
• Evidence before committing resources
• Confidence in opportunity or performance
• An objective view of risk and readiness

Format: Project-based (Defined SoW)
Investment: £5,000 - £25,000 +VAT

Retained Marketing Leadership

Ideal for: Sustained Leadership

Retained engagement providing sustained leadership impact. Investment varies based on:
• Scope of leadership ownership
• Time commitment required
• Business complexity and growth ambition

Format: Retained Engagement
Investment: From £4,000 +VAT per month

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What Our Pricing Reflects — and What It Doesn’t

At VCMO, our pricing reflects:

Seniority and leadership accountability

Decision complexity

Commercial and governance responsibility

Depth of experience involved

It does not reflect:

❌ Hours worked in isolation

❌ Activity volume

❌ Media spend or execution delivery

❌ Technology or vendor commissions

This separation protects objectivity and trust.

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Why Our Pricing Structure Works

Our pricing approach allows you to:

  1. Engage at the right level for your situation
  2. Avoid committing to more than you need
  3. Scale support as clarity increases
  4. Maintain commercial discipline
  5. Keep decision-making grounded in evidence

It also ensures our engagements remain focused, effective and accountable.

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Not Sure Where to Start?

You’re in good company. Most of our clients weren’t sure either — until we helped them unpack what they really needed.‍

Take our short survey and discover in just 3-minutes which engagement model is most suitable for your current business context.

What Happens Next?

Book a No-Obligation Discovery Call

Every engagement begins with a confidential discovery call with a Chartered marketing leader.

Purpose of Discovery Call

This is not a sales call. It is a senior-level scoping conversation to establish:

✅ The decision or challenge you’re facing
✅ The level of clarity you already have
✅ Where uncertainty or risk sits
✅ Which engagement type is most appropriate

If VCMO isn’t the right fit, we’ll say so.

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If you’re looking for marketing leadership that matches the seriousness of the decisions you’re making, start with a conversation.

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