Fractional CMO Show · 2026-06-23 · 20 min
Most fractional CMOs aren't failing because they lack skill. They're stalling because they're busy doing everything except the one thing that actually moves the needle. This episode opens with a gym analogy that's almost too accurate, then goes somewhere more uncomfortable: the real reason experienced marketers spend weeks building websites, booking headshots, and dreaming about book signings before they've landed a single client. What gets unpacked is the gap between productive activity and the feeling of productive activity, and why fear is almost always the engine running underneath all of it. The argument isn't that preparation is wrong. It's that most of the "preparation" happening right now is a dressed-up version of avoidance, and there's a faster way through it.
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