Fractional CMO services
for franchise development
Grow your footprint with strategy, structure, and leadership.
What is a fCMO?
Build a fran dev marketing strategy that attracts right-fit candidates and keeps the pipeline moving.
Know exactly what your marketing is producing. Get executive-level analytics and analysis in your corner.
Assemble the right team, lead the marketing function, and own the outcomes.
Identify waste, reallocate spend, and keep the budget working as hard as the team. A fractional CMO ensures every dollar in your franchise development budget does its job.
THE DIAGNOSTIC
Every engagement is different, but there are twelve areas we assess at the start of every relationship.
The candidate experience
Marketing assets, tech & infrastructure
Budget history
Strategy & analytics
Audience data & targeting
Team & department
Creative & performance
The sales handoff
Brand & messaging consistency
Portals, broker, & agency relationships
Competitive landscape review
Media mix & channel allocation
A NOTE ON TECHNOLOGY
We always lead with strategy. But we also believe the brands that leverage the right tools at the right time will outpace the ones that don’t. We bring an AI-informed approach to every engagement. Not because it’s a trend, but because your data deserves to be used, your team deserves to move faster, and your budget deserves to work harder.
Jordan Valentin has spent her career inside marketing and media agencies serving franchise brands at every stage of growth. She has supported franchisors scaling national systems through franchise development, stewarded brand funds at the consumer level, and helped franchisees build and grow single locations.
That range builds a rare perspective on what it actually takes to grow a franchise system and where franchise development marketing tends to break down. Most brands are working hard without the right strategy, the right systems, or any real visibility into what their spend is producing.
Franchise development marketing doesn’t have to be an afterthought. It deserves real leadership, clear strategy, and full accountability to performance.