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Fractional CMO Show

Fractional CMO Show

Di: Casey Stanton
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 Marketers of the world! Why do we work hard to solve small problems? Why do we reinvent ourselves and our clients over and over, and why are we giving away marketing strategy for free? With advancements in AI, we're all seeing the marketing department shrink from the bottom-up and companies need YOU to serve them as their Fractional Chief Marketing Officer. It's time to solve bigger problems and bring home bigger paychecks. It's time to create the lifestyle we deserve, and to make a greater impact. This is the Fractional CMO Show and I'm Casey Stanton. Join me as we explore this growing industry and learn to Solve Bigger Problems as marketing leaders The Fractional CMO Show is sponsored by CMOx, the number one company to teach you how to attract, convert and serve high-paying Fractional CMO clients on your terms.Copyright 2025 All rights reserved. Economia Marketing Marketing e vendite Ricerca del lavoro Successo personale
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  • What Leadership Looks Like in the Age of AI

    What Leadership Looks Like in the Age of AI
    Apr 28 2026

    The marketing department is shrinking from the bottom up, and most fractional CMOs are running straight into the part that's getting cut. In this episode, Casey breaks down the one quality that separates the CMOs who keep their seat from the ones AI is about to replace, and it isn't strategy, an AI tool stack, or a $29 a month SaaS tool you build on the weekend. It's leadership.

    The bigger picture is that AI is shifting the entire stack. Manus can run meta ads. ChatGPT Image 2.0 handles the creative. Claude can rip headlines on demand. The implementer roles are vanishing, compute costs are climbing, and the models are getting nerfed in real time. What stays valuable is the human with taste, discernment, and the spine to be accountable when something breaks. The chef tasting the sauce, not the line cook making it. The CMOs who'll thrive are the ones who can sit beside the CEO and the CFO in a quarterly meeting and own the outcome with the same weight everyone else owns theirs.

    Key Topics Covered:

    • Why "leadership" is the one quality separating long tenured fractional CMOs from the ones who churn out every six months

    • The BP CEO and Deepwater Horizon, and what real responsibility looks like inside a marketing department

    • How to tell if a business actually needs a CMO or just needs leads (and why the dentist example matters)

    • Why the marketing department is shrinking from the bottom up and which roles AI is eating first

    • The role of taste and discernment in a marketing landscape full of AI generated slop

    • How Casey raised his rates 50% on a single client and got hired anyway

    🌟 Take the First Step Toward Growth with CMOx 🌟

    Booking a call with our team is super easy, stress-free, and all about YOU. Whether you're exploring options or ready to scale, this no-pressure consultation is designed to understand your needs and guide you in the right direction.

    📅 Schedule your call today:

    👉 CMOx.com/call

    We'll make sure this is the most productive (and effortless) decision you've made for your business. Let's talk about strategy and success!

    🤝 Join the Fractional CMO Community 🤝

    Want to continue the conversation and get access to exclusive resources? Join our free Facebook group for fractional CMOs and marketing leaders! Inside, you'll find discussions, insights, and tools to help you grow your business and maximize your impact.

    👉 CMOx.com/community

    Looking forward to seeing you inside! 🚀



    🎙️ Stay Ahead with the Fractional CMO Show 🎙️

    Want to unlock the secrets of marketing success? Subscribe to the podcast and gain exclusive insights from industry leaders and experts!

    👉 CMOx.com/podcast

    Got questions? We'd love to hear them!

    Submit your questions for a chance to be featured on an upcoming episode:

    👉 FractionalCMOShow.com

    Subscribe today and start leveling up your marketing game!

    📚 Master the Game with These Must-Read Books 📚

    Want to go deeper and build a high-impact marketing career on your terms? These two books from Casey Stanton are your blueprint.

    The Fractional CMO Method

    Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller. Learn how to attract, convert, and serve high-paying clients while staying focused on strategy and leadership.

    👉 CMOx.com/book

    Find Your CMO

    Hiring a CMO? This guide helps CEOs and founders understand what great marketing leadership looks like—and how to find the right fit.

    👉 CMOx.com/find-your-cmo

    Connect with Casey Stanton:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caseystanton/

    Website: https://caseystanton.com/
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    25 min
  • Selling AI-First Fractional CMO Services

    Selling AI-First Fractional CMO Services
    Apr 21 2026
    AI is moving fast. So why are so many fractional CMOs spending their nights vibe coding SaaS tools that nobody's paying for? In this episode, Casey draws a hard line between eating your dinner and eating dessert — and explains why most marketers are choosing the wrong one. He breaks down the two camps: the ones who feel behind and don't know how to talk about AI without sounding lost, and the ones who can't stop tinkering long enough to close a client. Neither extreme wins. What wins is knowing enough to lead — and selling that leadership at a price that reflects it. But here's the positioning trap Casey flags early: don't walk into a prospect conversation rattling off a hundred AI use cases like you're reading from a feature list. The CMO who says "I do a thousand things with AI" gets tuned out. The CMO who says "here are the three things I'd tackle with AI so we don't have to hire for them" gets hired. Specificity is confidence. Overwhelm is not. Because AI doesn't have taste. It doesn't have discernment. It doesn't have experience. And without those three things in the room, your client is already heading toward a slop loop — generating garbage that looks like growth until it isn't. That's why the market needs you more right now than it ever has, not as the person who builds the tools, but as the person who decides whether to use them. Key Topics Covered: The two camps fractional CMOs fall into — and why both are leaving money on the table What the "$6 Uber era" of AI compute means for how fast you need to move with clients The three things AI will never have — and why your clients are paying for exactly those What a slop loop looks like before it becomes obvious (and why it's your job to see it coming) Why vibe coding gives you dopamine but not dollars How to talk about AI in a pitch without overwhelming a prospect or underselling yourself The one-line positioning shift that turns "you're smart" into "I want to bet on you" 🌟 Take the First Step Toward Growth with CMOx 🌟 Booking a call with our team is super easy, stress-free, and all about YOU. Whether you're exploring options or ready to scale, this no-pressure consultation is designed to understand your needs and guide you in the right direction. 📅 Schedule your call today: 👉 CMOx.com/call We'll make sure this is the most productive (and effortless) decision you've made for your business. Let's talk about strategy and success! 🤝 Join the Fractional CMO Community 🤝 Want to continue the conversation and get access to exclusive resources? Join our free Facebook group for fractional CMOs and marketing leaders! Inside, you'll find discussions, insights, and tools to help you grow your business and maximize your impact. 👉 CMOx.com/community Looking forward to seeing you inside! 🚀 🎙️ Stay Ahead with the Fractional CMO Show 🎙️ Want to unlock the secrets of marketing success? Subscribe to the podcast and gain exclusive insights from industry leaders and experts! 👉 CMOx.com/podcast Got questions? We'd love to hear them! Submit your questions for a chance to be featured on an upcoming episode: 👉 FractionalCMOShow.com Subscribe today and start leveling up your marketing game! 📚 Master the Game with These Must-Read Books 📚 Want to go deeper and build a high-impact marketing career on your terms? These two books from Casey Stanton are your blueprint. The Fractional CMO Method Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller. Learn how to attract, convert, and serve high-paying clients while staying focused on strategy and leadership. 👉 CMOx.com/book Find Your CMO Hiring a CMO? This guide helps CEOs and founders understand what great marketing leadership looks like—and how to find the right fit. 👉 CMOx.com/find-your-cmo Start reading and take control of your marketing future. Connect with Casey Stanton: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caseystanton/ Website: https://caseystanton.com/
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    27 min
  • The 5-Part Marketing Team All Fractional CMOs Must Build

    The 5-Part Marketing Team All Fractional CMOs Must Build
    Apr 14 2026
    As a Fractional CMO, you're not supposed to do everything. So who — or what — does? In this episode, Casey breaks down the five-resource allocation framework: the exact model he uses to staff a marketing department without becoming the person who handles it all. He walks through each layer in plain terms — full-time hires, contractors, agencies, fractional talent, and AI agents. When to use each one. Where they break down. And how to sequence them so your 10 hours of CMO time actually multiplies into 40, 80, or more hours of output. The goal isn't to be cheaper. It's to be faster. But here's the trap Casey flags early: don't walk into a client engagement waving your AI toolkit like a merit badge. The CMO who leads with "look what I can automate" is solving the wrong problem. Your job is to build a marketing department that works — full-time people as the foundation, everything else layered on top when it earns its place. Agents aren't automations. Agencies aren't contractors. And your client's bookkeeper definitely isn't your fractional CFO. The distinctions matter, and Casey makes them clear. Key Topics Covered: What a "marketing technician" is — and why it's your ideal first hire The Upwork trick that tells you if a contractor is quoting you honestly Why agencies are mercenaries (and when that's exactly what you need) The difference between an automation and an agent — and why your clients need to understand it How to use AI to replace tasks, not people — and move your team to the next layer Why you should never let a six-month agency renewal sneak up on you The dangerous place CMOs end up when they become the "AI person" on the team 🌟 Take the First Step Toward Growth with CMOx 🌟 Booking a call with our team is super easy, stress-free, and all about YOU. Whether you're exploring options or ready to scale, this no-pressure consultation is designed to understand your needs and guide you in the right direction. 📅 Schedule your call today: 👉 CMOx.com/call We'll make sure this is the most productive (and effortless) decision you've made for your business. Let's talk about strategy and success! 🤝 Join the Fractional CMO Community 🤝 Want to continue the conversation and get access to exclusive resources? Join our free Facebook group for fractional CMOs and marketing leaders! Inside, you'll find discussions, insights, and tools to help you grow your business and maximize your impact. 👉 CMOx.com/community Looking forward to seeing you inside! 🚀 🎙️ Stay Ahead with the Fractional CMO Show 🎙️ Want to unlock the secrets of marketing success? Subscribe to the podcast and gain exclusive insights from industry leaders and experts! 👉 CMOx.com/podcast Got questions? We'd love to hear them! Submit your questions for a chance to be featured on an upcoming episode: 👉 FractionalCMOShow.com Subscribe today and start leveling up your marketing game! 📚 Master the Game with These Must-Read Books 📚 Want to go deeper and build a high-impact marketing career on your terms? These two books from Casey Stanton are your blueprint. The Fractional CMO Method Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller. Learn how to attract, convert, and serve high-paying clients while staying focused on strategy and leadership. 👉 CMOx.com/book Find Your CMO Hiring a CMO? This guide helps CEOs and founders understand what great marketing leadership looks like—and how to find the right fit. 👉 CMOx.com/find-your-cmo Start reading and take control of your marketing future. Connect with Casey Stanton: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caseystanton/ Website: https://caseystanton.com/
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    21 min
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