You know your business needs marketing. You just want somebody to tell you what to actually do.
Not a twelve-month contract. Not a proposal with a phased rollout. One conversation with someone who's done this for eighteen years, who'll give you a straight answer about what's worth your time and what isn't.
Let's have a conversation →- I know I should be doing more with marketing. I don't know where to start.
- I paid somebody for a website and nothing happened.
- Everyone tells me I need to be on social media. Doing what, exactly?
- I can't afford to hire a marketing person and I don't have time to be one.
- I don't know if what I'm already doing is working.
- I don't want to sign a contract I can't get out of.
- Now people are telling me I should be using AI. For what?
You're not behind because you did something wrong. You're busy running a business, and marketing is a field that's very good at making itself sound more complicated than it is.
Ask an agency what you should do and you'll hear you need a retainer. Ask a web company and you need a new site. Ask a social media person and you need to post more. Ask anyone this year and you need AI.
None of them are lying, exactly. They're each looking at your business through the one thing they sell.
What almost nobody offers is the thing you actually want: a conversation with someone experienced enough to look at your specific situation and tell you the truth about it — including when the truth is “what you're doing is fine, don't spend money on this yet.”
One conversation, focused on one thing. You bring the problem that's actually bothering you — the website that doesn't bring calls, the ads you can't tell are working, the question of whether to hire someone. We spend the time on that, not on a general marketing overview.
You get a real answer. What we think is actually in your way, what we'd do about it, and in what order. Specific to your business, not a checklist.
No contract. It's a single session. Some people do one and never need another. Some people keep a standing monthly conversation as a sanity check. Both are fine, and you decide after.
No pitch at the end. If there's something we could help with, we'll say so once. If there isn't, we'll tell you that too, and point you toward whoever would be better.
Nothing gets sold to you that you don't need. That includes us.
- Should I redo my website, or is the one I have fine?
- I've got $2,000 a month. Where should it go?
- Is it time to hire somebody, or am I not there yet?
- How do I get more of the customers I actually like working with?
- My competitor is everywhere online. Does that matter?
- Should I be doing email? Does anybody read it?
- Everyone says I need AI. Does a business my size actually need any of that?
Most of what you're being told about AI is noise for a business your size. A few pieces of it will genuinely save you hours a week. Knowing which is which is worth a conversation on its own.
Advisory sessions are priced per conversation, and you'll know the number before you book anything. There's no contract, no minimum, and nothing recurring unless you decide you want it.
The first conversation — the one where we figure out whether this is even useful to you — is free and takes about twenty minutes.
If it turns out you don't need this, we'll say so. That happens fairly often and it's a fine outcome.
Is this you?
- You own or run the business and marketing decisions land on you
- You want to understand your options before you spend money
- You've been burned by somebody who used jargon to justify a bill
- You'd rather get one good answer than a proposal
- You want to know what's worth doing, not have it all done for you
You want somebody to take marketing off your plate and run it — the Small Business Accelerator is built for that
You're looking for free consulting dressed up as a sales call. Fair enough, but this isn't it.
Kirk Trucking & Forestry Recycling
A regional operator with steady demand and no way for new customers to find them online. We rebuilt the brand and the website around how their customers actually search and decide.
New England's Tap House Grille Restaurant Group
A restaurant, a raw bar, a farm, and an event venue, all under one ownership group, all pulling on the same owner's time. We gave each one its own identity while keeping the day-to-day simple enough for one team to run.
Z Car Club Association
Fourteen years, forty thousand members, and a partnership with Nissan North America, built with almost no budget. Most of what we know about making marketing work when money is tight came from here.
Eighteen years doing this, across ten different industries — including running the sales and operations side, not just marketing. That's usually why the answer turns out to be something other than “do more marketing.”
Common questions.
Does a small business actually need AI?
Most of what you're being told about AI is noise for a business your size. A few pieces of it will genuinely save you hours a week. Knowing which is which is worth a conversation on its own.
Is Executive Advisory the right fit for my business?
This fits if you own or run the business and marketing decisions land on you; you want to understand your options before you spend money; you've been burned by somebody who used jargon to justify a bill; you'd rather get one good answer than a proposal; or you want to know what's worth doing, not have it all done for you.
When is Executive Advisory not the right fit?
This isn't the right fit if you want somebody to take marketing off your plate and run it — the Small Business Accelerator is built for that. And if you're looking for free consulting dressed up as a sales call — fair enough, but this isn't it.
Ask somebody who isn't selling you anything.
Twenty minutes, no cost. Tell us what's going on and what you've already tried. We'll tell you what we think is actually in your way - and whether that's something worth a longer conversation or something you can go handle yourself this week.
Let's talk →