You need a marketing leader and execution team. But should you hire a fractional CMO, a subscription agency, or both? Here's the decision framework every founder should use in 2026.
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Most marketing agencies lock you into 6-month retainers for work you can't measure and people you'll never meet. Here's why the model is structurally broken — and what high-growth founders are choosing instead.
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