Casey Stanton is the Founder of CMOx, a Fractional CMO, and author of the Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, The Fractional CMO Method. This week, Casey shares how you can start solving bigger problems by thinking bigger and eliminating the smaller things that keep you from thinking big.    Takeaways: Thinking about your future requires you to break out of the mindset of linear growth. Strive to envision your future in more significant terms. Where do you want to be 25 years from now? ...

Casey Stanton is the Founder of CMOx, a Fractional CMO, and author of the Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, The Fractional CMO Method. This week, Casey shares what he learned while at Copy Chief Live about the value that Fractional Chief Marketing Officers provide to their clients. Casey also dives into why your fractional clients need to be the leader of their marketing team rather than just another person who can complete small marketing tasks.   Takeaways: Great copywriters...

Yes, going down rabbit holes can be fun, but it’s usually not efficient. Casey Stanton is the Founder of CMOx, a Fractional CMO, and author of the Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, The Fractional CMO Method. This week, Casey delves into why the simplest solution is better than the complex, fun solution and how this applies to solving bigger problems for your client businesses.   Takeaways: While you may enjoy complex solutions or processes if there is a simpler process that produces the...

What is the number one campaign to run when joining a new client as a Fractional CMO? Track EVERYTHING. Casey Stanton is the Founder of CMOx, a Fractional CMO, and author of the Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, The Fractional CMO Method. This week, Casey breaks down why you need to track every aspect of your marketing efforts, from traffic sources to conversions, and how to do it.   Takeaways: Use UTMs: Utilize UTM (Urchine Tracking Metric) parameters to track the sources, mediums, and...

Next quarter is getting closer by the second, so what should you be thinking about now to set up your future success? Casey Stanton is the Founder of CMOx, a Fractional CMO, and author of the Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, The Fractional CMO Method. This week, Casey looks ahead to next quarter and shares the questions you should be asking as a marketing leader today to ensure your success in the future.   Takeaways: Do your clients sell a product? A savvy CMO should be aware of...

Success as a Fractional CMO is rooted in having a healthy and balanced mindset throughout the ups and downs of life and business. Casey Stanton is the Founder of CMOx, a Fractional CMO, and author of the Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, The Fractional CMO Method. This week, Casey discusses how to cultivate a balanced and mindful approach in your Fractional CMO practice, why you celebrate your success in moderation, and the importance of practicing empathetic joy.   Takeaways: Embrace...

How do you innovate as the Chief Marketing Officer of a company that you are just stepping into? Casey Stanton is the Founder of CMOx, a Fractional CMO, and author of the Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, The Fractional CMO Method. This week, Casey discusses when CMOs should start to innovate, how not to innovate, and two approaches to finding novel solutions that enable your to solve bigger problems.   Takeaways: There are few opportunities for a new CMO to innovate within the first...

You’ll almost never force yourself to really take a risk and act boldly if you know you can just turn around and go home. Casey Stanton is the Founder of CMOx, a Fractional CMO, and author of the Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, The Fractional CMO Method. This week, Casey discusses the importance of fully committing to your choices, why you should start making changes now rather than later, and which mistakes you can learn from others so as not to follow in their poorly trod footsteps.   ...

What does it take to go from full-time employment to becoming a Fractional CMO? Casey Stanton is the Founder of CMOx, a Fractional CMO, and author of the Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, The Fractional CMO Method. This week, Casey discusses the risks associated with becoming a Fractional CMO and the amazing opportunities that make those risks worth taking.   Takeaways: The first thing to think about when becoming self-employed is your healthcare insurance. In the United States, an...

In order to execute your strategy for your fractional clients, you need to build a strong marketing team within their company to execute that strategy. Casey Stanton is the Founder of CMOx, a Fractional CMO, and author of the Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, The Fractional CMO Method. This week, Casey outlines why Fractional CMOs need to have a Marketing Technician on their team, how to mentally approach building your team, and when to hire full-time versus a contractor.   Takeaways: ...

You don’t get ahead in business by copying what successful people do, you get ahead by copying how they think. Casey Stanton is the Founder of CMOx, a Fractional CMO, and author of the Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, The Fractional CMO Method. This week, Casey discusses how to develop a better way of thinking by using three specific mental models: The Map is Not The Territory, The Circle of Competence, and First Principles Thinking.   Takeaways: If you want to achieve the same success...

Casey Stanton is the Founder of CMOx, a Fractional CMO, and author of the Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, The Fractional CMO Method. This week, Casey shares how to get more stuff done without working full-time for your client. You’ll hear about the importance of setting milestones, what you need for holding your team accountable, and how to construct self-sufficient teams that you can leverage.   Takeaways: As a Fractional CMO, you are responsible for a wide variety of outcomes....

Casey Stanton is the Founder of CMOx, a Fractional CMO, and author of the Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, The Fractional CMO Method. This week, Casey dives into a component of executive coaching that you should use to develop both yourself and your team.   Takeaways: When you come across a mistake, the employee who made it likely already feels bad about it, so it’s not helpful to shame them for the mistake. Once the issue has been discovered, your first step should be to “take a...

Casey Stanton is the Founder of CMOx, a Fractional CMO, and author of the Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, The Fractional CMO Method. This week, Casey shares a helpful mental model to use when joining a new fractional client and needing to clean up their mismanaged data.   Takeaways: There is a vast number of businesses that are trying to run all of their marketing through very basic tools. For example, some companies attempt to use Mailchimp, an effective email tool as their CRM. This...

Casey Stanton is the Founder of CMOx, a Fractional CMO, and author of the Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, The Fractional CMO Method. This week, Casey is focused on discussing what CMOs need from their CRMs, the relationship between a company and technology, and how to build a strong marketing foundation in a company.   Takeaways: When evaluating whether you should work with a client, it’s important to examine their openness to using technology to help them improve what they do. It’s...

Sharing insights from his own marketing journey is Casey Stanton, the Founder of CMOx, a Fractional CMO, and author of the Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, The Fractional CMO Method. Casey explores what you need to do in your day-to-day in order to solve bigger problems and get paid for the amazing work you do.   Takeaways: The bigger and more impactful the problem that you’re solving is for a client, the more you’ll be able to charge for your services. Your compensation is tied to the...

Taking care of your mental health, along with your team’s mental health, is critical to growing as a marketer, let alone a Fractional CMO. Sharing insights from his own marketing journey is Casey Stanton, the Founder of CMOx, a Fractional CMO, and author of the Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, The Fractional CMO Method. Casey dives into that ways to measure your own success, which type of goals will be most fulfilling for you once achieved, and why celebrating the micro-wins within your...

Let’s face it, successful email marketing is hard and there are a lot of nuances that go into doing it right. Here to demystify email marketing and guide you to peak conversion rates is Casey Stanton, the Founder of CMOx, a Fractional CMO, and author of the Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, The Fractional CMO Method. Casey shares great advice for anyone using email marketing as a channel including why they need a separate domain for emailing “Yellow Light contacts, what’s required for a...

Safely securing your company’s data has never been more important than it is now, especially in the wake of the LastPass hack. Casey Stanton is the Founder of CMOx, a Fractional CMO, and author of the Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, The Fractional CMO Method. Casey shares a few cyber security best practices for your fractional clients, the tech details that you actually need to know, and why your customers’ data is the number one thing you need to think about as a Fractional CMO.   ...

Casey Stanton is the Founder of CMOx, a Fractional CMO, and author of the Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, The Fractional CMO Method. Casey dives into the importance of putting constraints on your work hours and how hobbies can help you become a deadlier Fractional CMO.   Takeaways: No matter what constraints you may have in your life you still need to get the same done. According to Parkinson’s Law, work takes the time allotted. What constraints are you adding to your life so that you...

Casey Stanton is the Founder of CMOx, a Fractional CMO, and author of the Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, The Fractional CMO Method. Casey explains why core values are important for Fractional CMOs and shares a few core values that you should instill in the teams you build and lead.   Takeaways: Core values matter. They aren’t just another form of weightless corporate speech. In practical terms, you should use core values to make hiring and firing decisions. Core values help put a...

Casey Stanton is the Founder of CMOx, a Fractional CMO, and author of the Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, The Fractional CMO Method. Casey shares how you can create your own hallways, when you should use non-scalable tactics, and why you need to become a collector of ideas.   Takeaways: Marketers generally look at the typical solutions to a problem and then decide which of those typical solutions is best. However, you can be much more effective if you bypass those solutions...

Casey Stanton is the Founder of CMOx, a Fractional CMO, and author of the Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, The Fractional CMO Method. Casey shares what to consider when selecting clients as a Fractional CMO to determine if they could be a potential long-term client for you.    Takeaways: When you are evaluating prospects, it’s important to see if they have the potential to be a long-term client for you. The distinction to look for is whether they have a collection of offers or a...

Casey Stanton is the Founder of CMOx, a Fractional CMO, and author of the Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, The Fractional CMO Method. Casey shares how you can create space for your creativity to flow, how to clear your head, and the potential business benefits that can come from simply washing the dishes.   Takeaways: Work doesn’t need to be defined as doing something that is all-engrossing and that requires 100% of your focus. For example, listening to a podcast about copywriting...