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Marketing Advisory Service - Workshop Sprints to Solve Critical Problems

Our Marketing Advisory Service gives you access to a Chartered, board-level marketing leader who can cut through the noise, create clarity, and arm you with a plan you can act on immediately. Book a workshop sprint to solve a critical marketing challenge and de-risk key decisions.

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Helping You De-Risk High-Stakes Marketing Decisions

The stakes are high. You’re about to launch, scale, restructure, or invest — but the plan isn’t clear, the team isn’t aligned, and every decision feels like a risk.

You don’t need another agency pitch or a full-time hire. You need sharp, senior advice that protects value and creates momentum.

We’re often engaged when business leaders face:

  • A launch plan that’s unclear on positioning or value proposition
  • Sales and marketing disconnects that lose prospects in the gap
  • An outdated playbook that no longer fits market realities
  • Go-to-market strategy for new products, services, or geographies
  • Founder/Co-founder alignment and positioning workshops
  • Agency briefing, auditing, or onboarding
  • Pricing, positioning, and brand clarity
  • Investor or board preparation for growth

These aren’t “marketing problems.” They’re growth risks — and they need expert advisory guidance now, not next quarter.

cost of inaction

The Risk of Pressing On Without Marketing Advice

Every month without clarity:

  1. Risks a misfired launch or wasted spend
  2. Sees teams drift without alignment
  3. Hands control to agencies without senior challenge
  4. Burns budget, time, and morale
  5. Brings tough questions from board members and investors

Delaying strategic input doesn’t save money — it compounds risk.

our solution

On-Demand Marketing Advisory Workshops

Our Marketing Advisory Service is designed for decisive leaders. No retainers. No long onboarding. Just independent, senior-level insight grounded in real experience when you need it.

You get:

✅ Every CMO is Chartered — CIM-accredited, the gold standard in marketing leadership.

✅ SOSTAC® Certified Planners — a structured, strategic planning methodology that’s used globally.

Sector-Agnostic Value — Get a fresh perspective, cross-sector insight, and commercial rigour.

✅ Independent Objectivity — Free from internal politics, agency or supplier bias

✅ Actionable Outputs — Prioritised recommendations you can implement immediately

✅ Follow-On Options — Accountability, mentoring, or a pathway to deeper engagement such as embedded fractional leadership

We adapt the workshops to your context — whether it’s a one or two-day board workshop, a founder alignment session, or an urgent go-to-market review.

How Our Sprint Workshops Work

Every advisory sprint workshop is fast, focused, and built around your unique context.

  1. Discovery - A short call to define your objectives and commercial drivers.
  2. Custom Session Design – A tailored agenda shaped around your outcomes.
  3. Live Delivery – On-site or virtual, with structured frameworks and facilitated decision-making.
  4. Action Plan – Written outputs, clear next steps, and optional session recording.
  5. Follow-up support is available if you need deeper engagement or accountability.

Our sessions can involve founders, CEOs, SLTs, marketing leads, investors, or NEDs — in person or virtually.

low-cost, high-value

Pricing - Simple Day Rate Model

Our Marketing Advisory Service uses a simple, transparent day-rate model — flexible for your stage, scope, or stakes, with no retainers, hidden costs, or unfair cancellation terms.

Business Context Day Rate
(+ VAT)
Example Scenarios
Early-stage / Advisory-led £1,500 Launch planning, founder workshops, ICP definition
Growth-stage / Scale-up Complexity £2,000 GTM review, sales–marketing alignment, martech review
High-stakes / Transformation £2,500 Board/investor workshops, organisational design, market repositioning

Important notes:

Format: Full-day engagements as standard. ️Multi-day packages available.

Cancellation Policy: If less than 48 hours’ notice is given, a cancellation fee equal to 50% of the agreed day rate applies.

Rescheduling: Cancellation fee is waived if the workshop is rescheduled for a future date.

Expenses: Travel or accommodation costs, where applicable, are billed at cost.

Learn more about our pricing

When External Marketing Advisory Makes the Difference

Our Marketing Advisory Service is right for you if:

  • You need answers, not another sales pitch
  • You value objectivity from a Chartered marketer with boardroom experience
  • You’re not ready for a retainer — but need clear, immediate direction
  • You’re under investor, market, or competitive pressure to move

We work with business leaders who are ready to move forward with confidence. Many clients who start here go on to engage us as Fractional CMOs for ongoing leadership.

Is your organisation ready for our Advisory? Take our short diagnostic to assess your readiness for the service. Takes just 3-minutes!

case study

VCMO Provided Marketing Advisory to CatSci Limited

CatSci Limited engaged VCMO for a strategic advisory workshop that redefined their ICP, sharpened messaging, and unlocked confidence in market positioning.

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Related Services

Alongside our marketing advisory support, we offer targeted services — from audits and analysis to mentoring and fully embedded Fractional CMOs — providing focused interventions that build capability, insight, and investor confidence.

Marketing Audit

You’re unsure what’s underperforming or misaligned in your current marketing setup.

Market Analysis

You’re entering a new market or need clear insight on customers, competitors, and trends.

Marketing Mentoring

You, or someone else, needs mentoring to build confidence, clarity, and capability.

Fractional CMO

You need ongoing senior marketing leadership to drive strategy, execution, and team alignment.

FAQ’s

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