Strategy & Fractional Leadership

Fractional CMO & Business Priorities

Set the priorities. Put the team to work.

Micheal Golliet, Deja Gaines, Ladan Askar and Sezen Guner connect business strategy with practical execution. We agree on the priorities that matter to your business, then coordinate research, positioning, creative and systems work around them.

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One set of priorities for the team.

Business strategy guides what we do and how we review it.

  1. Business strategy
  2. Shared priorities
  3. Assigned delivery
  4. Business review

The next cycle follows the business priorities and the evidence.

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Build at the operating structure.

Fractional CMO works in the operating structure. Strata Modus raises the information floor, from the physical layer to the digital surface.

  1. Convert
    The digital surface

    Where buyers search, ask AI and decide who to call: your website, Google, AI answers and campaigns.

    Marketing & AdvertisingWeb Design, Development & CRO
  2. Connect
    The signal layer

    How an inquiry reaches a person: AI voice, missed-call text back, intake, CRM and follow-up.

    AI & Business Automation
  3. Build
    The operating structure

    The systems the work runs on: strategy, software, technology and the integrations between them.

    Strategy & Fractional LeadershipCustom Software & IntegrationsTechnology Consulting
  4. Unearth
    The physical layer

    The work itself: crews, jobs, records, compliance and the numbers behind them.

    Compliance & Operational ReadinessBookkeeping & Payroll

The expertise behind the work

One team, working toward your business priorities.

Micheal, Deja, Ladan and Sezen connect strategy with execution, using modern tools and regular reviews to keep the work focused.

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Business priorities & systems

Micheal Golliet

CEO & Growth Strategist

Micheal connects business strategy, information systems and financial analysis to a clear implementation scope, with accountable owners and useful reviews.

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Research & customer experience

Deja Gaines

Market Research & Customer Insights Lead

Deja brings market research and customer experience to understanding what people need, clarifying workflows and reviewing whether the work is useful to customers and staff.

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Positioning & campaign direction

Ladan Askar

Product Marketing Lead

Ladan connects audience insight with messaging, positioning and coordinated campaigns, turning shared priorities into a clear brief for the people doing the work.

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Content, creative & execution

Sezen Güner

Media & Digital Campaigns Lead

Sezen supports content, campaign visuals and website experiences, carrying the agreed direction into working materials the team can review.

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The business opportunity

Fractional CMO,
with a clear purpose.

A business can have campaigns, software and several suppliers without a shared view of what matters next. The owner ends up joining the work together while urgent requests push the strategy aside.

Get a nimble team that can turn a business decision into assigned work. Modern research, creative and development tools help us move quickly, while people remain responsible for decisions and quality. The deliverable is progress on your business priorities, with marketing and operations working toward the same goals.

Build growth you keep.

Start with our infrastructure. Strengthen the assets in your business.

Strata tools & networks
Your retained assets

Your research, growth plan and operating playbooks.

See the ownership pathway

Shared Strata networks remain Strata-owned. Your commissioned assets and access are documented in the scope.

The engagement

What we build
with your business.

A defined scope gives your team a clear picture of the work and what it needs to operate.

01

Shared business priorities

Agree on the goal, constraints, evidence and measures that guide the work.

02

Coordinated delivery plan

Connect strategy to a practical sequence across marketing, customer experience and business systems.

03

Named owners and working outputs

Assign work to Micheal, Deja, Ladan and Sezen, with responsibilities and review points agreed for your scope.

04

Business reviews

Review completed work and business signals, then decide what to continue, change or stop.

From first conversation to working system

How the work moves.

  1. 01

    Understand the business

    Review customers, margins, team capacity and the decisions holding the business back.

  2. 02

    Agree on shared priorities

    Choose the work that serves the business strategy and define a useful result.

  3. 03

    Assign and deliver

    Give each task an owner, use modern tools and review working outputs with your team.

  4. 04

    Review the priorities

    Assess progress against the business goal and adjust the next cycle.

Before we begin

Useful questions.

We’ll refine the details around your business in the first conversation.

Who does the work?

The core team is Micheal Golliet, Deja Gaines, Ladan Askar and Sezen Guner. Micheal connects strategy and systems; Deja contributes research and customer experience; Ladan brings positioning and campaign direction; Sezen supports content, creative and execution. The proposal assigns responsibility for your scope.

Can we add senior marketing expertise?

For national or seven-figure campaigns, or buyers who need more seniority, optional executive-director-level marketing expertise is available from specialists currently working at JPMorgan Chase and the ACLU. Specialists engage independently, with the named chief consultant and remit agreed in your contract.

Is this limited to marketing advice?

The work starts with business strategy and shared priorities, then includes the execution agreed in the scope. That may connect marketing with customer experience, software and operating workflows.

Who approves budgets and changes?

Your business retains budget and release authority unless a specific delegation is agreed. Scope, availability, third-party costs and approval responsibilities are documented before work begins.

Make the next decision with context

From the service to your business decision.

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Meet the people.
Define the work.

Consultation-scoped pricing

This work is scoped separately after consultation. Your proposal defines implementation, responsibilities and any ongoing support.

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Start with your business

Put Fractional CMO to work.

Tell us what needs to improve and what you use today. We can help plan the change, build the solution and provide ongoing support, with responsibilities and pricing agreed in your proposal.

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