
Fractional CMO leadership and marketing transformation for growing businesses, helping overcome Random Acts of Marketing® with 1,000+ organizations served.
Authentic
Rhoda Brimberry
We have worked with quite a few fractional leaders in all the different areas. In the case of Authentic, and with our fractional CMO specifically, there was a big difference in the fractional offering that she had versus other people, in that she truly feels like a part of the team. She’s taken so much time and effort to really understand what we’re doing.

Randy Hauserman
Everything we’re doing is working. The content is driving eyeballs; the eyeballs are turning into real prospects that want to know how we can help them. This [engagement] has really poured fuel on the organization in terms of growth and hitting our targets.

Kyle Gardner
We picked Authentic as our partner for two reasons: One, the value was there. It’s a big investment, but we felt that what we were getting, in terms of time, the mindshare, and the skill set and experience of our fractional CMO, lined up well with what we needed and what was in budget. And second, we just really enjoyed the process of meeting the team — understanding how Authentic approaches marketing at large, and then, when we met our dedicated fractional CMO, it just worked.

John Pendergrast
One of our Authentic Fractional CMO’s superpowers is his ability to be a positive influence. He took the team under his wing, helped them understand where their expertise lay, divvied them out into those different areas of expertise, and helped them feel they were making a difference.

Ashley Gullickson
I just wanted to take a moment and let you know how much I value working with [our CMO] through Authentic! She has been an amazing coach, mentor, and friend and has immensely helped me in growing my marketing confidence and building an amazing marketing team! We truly value our partnership with Authentic and cannot thank you enough for bringing [CMO] into our organization!

Jessica Cohen Banish
The Authentic methodology is BRILLIANT. It calmed the marketing chaos and stopped the cycle of random acts of marketing. It truly amazes me to think about where UpStart was before [our fractional CMO], and how far we've come because of her. She taught my team and me invaluable strategies and set us up with the necessary tools to capture and analyze data, target our reach, and stay on course for impact and growth.

Theisen's
Theisen's, a farm and home retail chain, needed to optimize marketing spend and strengthen vendor relationships. Marketing operations required assessment to identify inefficiencies and opportunities. The team also needed to maintain campaign effectiveness while controlling costs. A Fractional CMO was deployed to evaluate marketing operations and guide improvements. The engagement developed a marketing strategy aligned to budget and performance goals. Efficiency initiatives were implemented to streamline execution and support stronger vendor co-op collaboration. The engagement achieved a 40% reduction in direct mail costs while maintaining effectiveness. It also delivered 20% year-over-year growth in vendor co-op funding. Marketing ROI improved across channels as operations became more efficient.

PetroSkills
PetroSkills, a global leader in oil and gas training, needed to modernize their marketing approach and drive measurable business results. Their existing marketing approach required updates to better support growth. They also needed clearer, measurable outcomes from their marketing efforts. A Fractional CMO was deployed to lead the engagement. They developed an integrated strategy across digital, content, and demand generation. They also established data-driven marketing operations to improve planning, execution, and measurement. The engagement delivered a 59% year-over-year increase in e-commerce revenue. It also generated 400 sales qualified leads within four months. In addition, PetroSkills established data-driven marketing operations to sustain and measure performance over time.

Redpath and Company
Redpath and Company, a CPA and advisory firm, needed to evolve its marketing function to support growth objectives. The existing marketing capabilities had not kept pace with the organization’s ambitions. The team needed a clearer view of current marketing maturity and a path to build a more effective function. A Fractional CMO was deployed to assess marketing maturity and identify gaps. A marketing strategy was developed to align brand, digital, and content efforts with growth goals. Programs were implemented across brand, digital, and content to operationalize the strategy. The engagement achieved a 20-point improvement on the marketing maturity assessment. It delivered over 2000% growth in LinkedIn reposts. The work also established sustainable marketing operations to support ongoing execution.
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Authentic® provides fractional Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) leadership and marketing transformation services for growing businesses. Offers Fractional CMO, Interim CMO, and Advisor CMO services plus Authentic Growth® Activation marketing operating system. Features Ally Network of 35+ curated agency partners and LIFT Integrator Community for second-in-command leaders. CMO team credentials include 99% with M&A experience, 75% with PE/VC-backed scaling experience, and 92% with global enterprise leadership. Serves Professional Services, Technology & SaaS, Manufacturing & Distribution, CPG/Retail, Financial Services, Healthcare, Construction, Non-Profit, Private Equity, and EOS-run companies. Notable clients include Kraus Anderson Insurance, Wiley Wallaby, KLN Family Brands, Pet Poison Helpline, and Ninety.io.
An independent global marketing consultancy delivering outsized growth.




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