Authentic Brand serves growing organizations (generally $5M – $100M in revenue) who need increased marketing proficiency to drive sales, and who are ready to make marketing a sustained, strategic, sales-aligned aspect of their business.
For these companies, we become an extension of the organization: providing services from fractional CMOs to strategy & coaching and brand & messaging.
We help our clients develop their marketing positioning, processes, team, and tools so that they are well-equipped to drive sustainable growth well into the future. We do this through Marketing Traction™
Fractional CMOs
Part-time, senior-level marketing leadership
Strategy & Coaching
Marketing planning and retained advisory services
Brand & Messaging
Differentiate and
show value
We are uniquely equipped to support companies who are powered by EOS® because we’ve implemented and run it in our own organizations. If you’re an EOS company, we understand how you run your business, and we compliment and support that methodology in the way that we deliver our services.
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